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Palestinian prisoners at heart of Israel’s elections
Israeli Public Security Minister, Gilad Erdan, announced a series of escalatory measures that could be described as a declaration of war against prisoners. He recommended that the living conditions of Palestinian prisoners be intensified without any difference between old or young, those who are imprisoned for a month or...
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Operation Northern Shield: Israel’s new wars
Israel announced yesterday morning a military and engineering operation, which it dubbed “Operation Northern Shield”, aimed at destroying what it alleges are offensive tunnels belonging to the Lebanese resistance group, Hezbollah, on the border with Lebanon. This operation represents Israel’s new approach to war, which has been Israel’s favourite...
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Will the intensity of the return marches decline?
The Israeli occupation has made great efforts, especially in recent days, to achieve its goal of weakening the activities of the return marches, taking advantage of what is widely considered a fault within the Palestinian front, i.e. the launching of rockets. The Israeli efforts included a soft war in...
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An ideological reading of Lieberman and Bennett’s dispute regarding Gaza
The right-wing, racist Defence Minister of Israel, Avigdor Lieberman, has rejected the accusations of his rival in racism and extremism, Naftali Bennett, that he is following a defeatist – or “leftist” as he put it – policy towards the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Accusations of weakness and a...
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The truce in Gaza is between Egypt, Israel and Abbas
Two central players, namely Egypt and Israel, and a third party, President Abu Mazen, are controlling the progress of easing the siege and lifting it from the Palestinian people and their resistance in the Gaza Strip. The first phase of this process has been completed: a ceasefire and stopping...
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Why is Israel ignoring the West Bank protests to lift Gaza sanctions?
Despite the “sacred” security coordination between the PA and the Israeli security services, even in suppressing the growing protest movement in the West Bank that is calling for lifting the PA’s unjust sanctions against the Palestinians in Gaza, Israel’s disregard for the protests is obvious. Israel’s officials, spokespeople and...