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Strangled by Israel for decades, Gaza’s future must begin with free movement
Israel persistently shirks responsibility for Gaza despite subjecting it to closures, permits, and assaults. Returning to those policies is not an option.
By
Noa Galili
March 10, 2024
Israeli settlers cross into Gaza, build ‘symbolic’ outpost
Dozens of settlers and right-wing activists stormed Erez Crossing, building two wooden structures while soldiers and police stood aside.
By
Oren Ziv
March 1, 2024
For all its military might, Israel succumbed to its most fatal weakness
The illusion that Israel could control Gaza endlessly is rooted in a dysfunctional political system that is incapable of imagining an alternative future.
By
Lev Grinberg
November 15, 2023
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Unilateral withdrawal makes a comeback in Israeli politics
What is it that is making Israeli leaders (Netanyahu and Barak among them), think tanks and pundits talk more about a ‘unilateral solution,’ and what would such a plan look like? Details below. I published the following post on my Hebrew blog earlier this week. Yesterday, in an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg, Prime Minister Netanyahu…
By
Noam Sheizaf
May 23, 2014
His finest hours: On Sharon’s murderous legacy
From the Qibya massacre, to Sabra and Shatila and the dirty tricks, lies and deceptions that made the West Bank settlements what they are today, Ariel Sharon has caused unimaginable damage to Israel, its army, morality, and political life. (Translated by Sol Salbe) On Saturday night, as soon as Ariel Sharon’s death became known, our hyperactive education…
By
Yossi Gurvitz
January 13, 2014
When Sharon was great
If Israel ever does take down the occupation and make peace with the Palestinians, Ariel Sharon’s disengagement from Gaza will stand as a crucial stepping stone on the way. The single greatest demonstration of political leadership I’ve ever witnessed in my 62 years in America and Israel was Ariel Sharon’s disengagement from Gaza. No other…
By
Larry Derfner
January 11, 2014
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dies at 85
Israel’s former prime minister Ariel Sharon, who spent the last eight years comatose after a series of strokes, died on Saturday, January 11. He was 85 years old. A general, politician, statesman, and to many a notorious war criminal, Ariel Sharon was known to combine dogged personal ambition with strategic acumen and ruthlessness, which together…
By
Dimi Reider
January 11, 2014
WATCH Bibi’s latest lie: ‘I didn’t vote in favor of disengagement’
Benjamin Netanyahu kicked off his campaign this weekend with interviews to the major TV channels. In the following segment, taken from the interview aired this evening on Channel 1, he tells reporter Ayala Hasson that he did not vote in favor of the disengagement plan from Gaza, when in fact he did. He indeed resigned…
By
Ami Kaufman
December 22, 2012
High Court reaffirms settlements are integral to Zionism
The High Court of Justice re-validated a law defining the demolition of settlements as “traumatic” – and denying claims that demolition of Palestinian houses is just as bad. A couple of years ago I was asked to participate in a televised debate (Hebrew) with a right-wing conscientious objector, Avi Biber, who became famous when he dramatically abandoned…
By
Haggai Matar
February 24, 2012
Has settler movement sacrificed Gaza to annex the West Bank?
A new YouTube video from the settler movement suggests that without Gaza, Israel can annex the West Bank and still maintain a Jewish majority. Only recently, Gaza was sacred land to the same movement. Does this indicate a strategic shift? By Eyal Clyne || Translated from Hebrew by Ofer Neiman. || Co-posted with Jnews. A.…
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+972 Magazine
November 21, 2011
Between the lines: An Israeli look at Georgia’s map
Gori will forever remain in my memory, like an image from some strange dream. I don’t necessarily mean a bad dream, there’s something very delightfully bewitching about this city, as there is about everywhere in Georgia, but it’s spooky nonetheless, especially on a cold winter’s day. Gori is famously spooky for being Stalin’s hometown and featuring both…
By
Yuval Ben-Ami
February 20, 2011
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