Ex-Israel commanders expect Smotrich to annex West Bank

Middle East Monitor  /  December 7, 2022 Former senior officials in the Israeli Civil Administration (COGAT) say they expect that Religious Zionist Party leader, Bezalel...

From Unity Intifada to World Cup, the Palestinian cause is growing stronger

Jeanine Hourani The New Arab  /  December 6, 2022 Despite Israel's lavish PR campaigns and FIFA's insistence that football is 'apolitical', the outpouring of support for...

Blockade leaves Gaza’s firefighters badly equipped

Ghada al-Haddad The Electronic Intifada  /  December 6, 2022 Kamel Arafa’s family is in constant fear that something bad could happen to him. Relatives of the...

Palestinian human rights groups release new report ‘Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism’

  Yumna Patel Mondoweiss  /  December 6, 2022 The new report explores apartheid as a “structural element of furthering Zionist settler colonialism” - a framework overlooked by...

US opposes Al-Jazeera’s push to take the Abu Akleh case to ICC

AJ Staff Al-Jazeera  /  December 6, 2022 Washington reiterates calls for ‘accountability’ although Israel ruled out criminal probe into killing of journalist. The United States has voiced...

Biden can’t denounce Russia’s annexations and ignore Israel’s

Brian Finucane  Foreign Policy  /  December 6, 2022 From the Baltic Republics to Crimea, Washington has opposed forcible annexation—and the Golan Heights should be no exception. The...

Analysis: Herzog’s Gulf trip aims to consolidate Abraham Accords

Giorgio Cafiero Al-Jazeera  /  December 6, 2022 Israeli president’s visits to Bahrain and UAE can be interpreted as a desire to consolidate diplomatic gains achieved following...

Israel Justice Minister calls on President not to extend Netanyahu government formation mandate

Middle East Monitor  /  December 6, 2022 Israel's Justice Minister has urged the country's President not to grant an extension for newly-elected Prime Minister, Benjamin...

For the Biden administration, there are no red lines on Israel

Peter Beinart Jewish Currents  /  December 6, 2022 At the J Street Conference this past weekend, Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered a speech fit for AIPAC. When...

The IDF’s violent origins and Israel impunity

Ramona Wadi Middle East Monitor  /  December 6, 2022 Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister, Yair Lapid's assessment of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) completely eliminated its paramilitary...