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Avigdor Liberman’s new job: Control over four million Palestinians
Netanyahu may have found an opportunity to take revenge on the old IDF elites, but in doing so has put one of Israel’s most hawkish politicians in charge of the occupation. Avigdor Liberman’s appointment as defense minister is, in my eyes, one of Netanyahu’s most surprising moves (in fact, on Wednesday I argued that it…
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Noam Sheizaf
May 19, 2016
What Turkish arrest warrants could mean for reconciliation efforts
Turkish court issues arrest warrants for four retired Israeli generals who were in senior command positions during the deadly raid on the Mavi Marmara in 2010. Does this spell the end of reconciliation efforts between the two countries? A Turkish court has issued arrest warrants for four retired Israeli generals over the killing of 10…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
May 26, 2014
‘Prisoner X’ and the security elite’s unchecked power
Recent actions taken by the heads of the army, Mossad and the internal security service (Shin Bet) reveal the Israeli security establishment’s unsupervised power, and the way it directs that power at the country’s own citizens and elected officials. These are the main details which have been made public in the affair of Ben Zygier,…
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Noam Sheizaf
February 18, 2013
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Operation ‘Cast Ballot’: Post mortem
As yet another military campaign ends, the IDF turns out to be, as usual, the weakest link in the chain. Operation Cast Ballot, or as it is formally known, “Pillar of Defense,” has come to an end. Childish to the end, the Palestinians and Israelis managed to miss a ceasefire on Tuesday, as they quarreled…
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Yossi Gurvitz
November 22, 2012
Netanyahu and Barak: Two ‘messiahs’ playing with bombs
Ex-Shin Bet chief launches the latest attack on Netanyahu and Barak’s character, warning that they can’t be trusted to deal with Iran. What is it about these two? This is just about unprecedented in Israeli history, these public attacks on the reliability of the prime minister and defense minister by the security chiefs who served under them. On Friday, Yuval Diskin, who headed…
By
Larry Derfner
April 29, 2012
Tenderizing the opposition to war with Iran
Barak/Netanyahu – they are “one hand” – are presenting an Israeli attack as an inevitability. It seems the die has been cast – Netanyahu and Barak have decided to bomb Iran in a matter of months, as Ronen Bergman concluded in the New York Times Magazine – and now it’s time to close ranks around the decision. This is my…
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Larry Derfner
January 27, 2012
Israeli public, politicians split on Iran (with advantage to skeptics)
The lack of national consensus makes an Israeli attack on the Iranian nuclear facilities unlikely, yet the escalating threats could create a dangerous dynamic in the longer run ● Public discourse is lacking a serious debate on the consequences of the attack After months and years in which it has been kept in back rooms…
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Noam Sheizaf
November 3, 2011
In the Bizarre US debate, head of Mossad, IDF chief, would have been “anti-Israeli”
Former head of Mossad, Meir Dagan, has called this week for the Israeli leadership to accept the Arab peace initiative. He has also ruled out an attack on Iran. According to almost every news source in Israel—from centrist Yedioth to Haaretz—Former head of Mossad coordinated his messages with former Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazy and…
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Noam Sheizaf
June 3, 2011
Idea of an Israeli attack on Iran losing popularity?
Mossad head dismisses thoughts of a military strike on Tehran’s nuclear facility as “the most stupid idea I ever heard” and even Defense Minister Barak sounds less confrontational than ever Last summer, American journalist Jeffrey Goldberg published a cover piece in the Atlantic which claimed that Israel all but made up its mind to attack…
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Noam Sheizaf
May 8, 2011
Israeli Wikileaks: Journalists demand not to try Haaretz reporter
Israel’s Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has summoned Haaretz journalist Uri Blau to a formal hearing – the last procedural step before prosecuting Blau in a criminal court. The 7th eye website reports [Hebrew] that the hearing will take place towards the end of the month. Last March, The Tel Aviv Office for the General Prosecution…
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Noam Sheizaf
May 3, 2011
“Israeli Wikileaks:” Kamm could face 9 years in prison
A plea bargain was reached in the case of Anat Kamm, the former soldier who leaked documents showing IDF senior commanders allegedly approved illegal assassinations of Palestinian militants The Israeli media is reporting today that the general prosecution has reached a plea bargain with the attorneys of Anat Kamm. Kamm, 23, was charged with illegally…
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Noam Sheizaf
February 3, 2011
Will Israel go to war in 2011?
A war between Israel and its neighbors could be triggered by an Israeli miscalculation. Recent statements by Israeli Generals, warning of an upcoming conflict – the worst yet, according to them – may act as a self-fulfilling prophecy Foreign observers of the Middle East have lately begun to sound the alarm about the possibility of…
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Roi Maor
January 12, 2011
Nov 12: Maariv calls AIPAC to help get Israeli spy released
The Roundup: Ma’ariv calls on Israel and AIPAC to team up to release American spy; Israel’s most important columnist denounces “Appartheid Law”; IDF General thinks conflict with Hama is “inevitable” The Headlines: Israeli-American Relations > Ma’ariv is calling upon Israel to act now – with AIPAC’s help – to facilitate the release of the American…
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Roi Maor
November 12, 2010
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