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Israeli arrogance thwarted a Palestinian political path. October 7 revealed the cost
A Fatah-Hamas agreement in 2021 offered a different political horizon. But success blinded Israel — just as it did before the 1973 war.
By
Menachem Klein
November 28, 2023
The silent occupation: Bringing pre-1967 Golan Heights back to life
With war raging over Israel’s border with Syria, it’s easy to forget that the Golan Heights — a buffer between the two countries — is occupied territory. But occupied it is, and the landscape bears witness to a history of violence and expulsion. “The sky fell to earth, the stars turned to stones…” — Elias…
By
Natasha Roth-Rowland
April 18, 2016
Doing God’s work: A look at the Islamic Movement in Israel
It grew out of the Muslim Brotherhood, split into two branches over ideological differences, and is now joining forces with communists, feminists and Jews in the Joint List. This is the surprising story of the Islamic Movement in the Jewish state. By Dr. Nohad Ali Much has been said in the Israeli media about the union…
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+972 Magazine
March 13, 2015
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Public reading of soldier testimonies to be held in Tel Aviv on anniversary of occupation
Avner Gvaryahu, spokesperson for the anti-occupation group Breaking the Silence: ‘We want as many public figures as possible to assume responsibility, in broad daylight, for the kind of stories every soldier knows to tell.’ Breaking the Silence, an organization made up of ex-IDF soldiers that seeks to expose the reality of the occupation, is organizing a…
By
Noam Sheizaf
June 3, 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
Yom Kippur War holds lessons for Netanyahu’s stance on Iran
Netanyahu appears more and more confident that Iran’s stated intentions are not its true intentions. Instead of making parallels to WWII, he should take some lessons from the overconfident, and ultimately catastrophic intelligence assessments that preceded the Yom Kippur War. By Shemuel Meir What can we learn from the Israeli intelligence failure, known in Hebrew as…
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+972 Magazine
October 28, 2013
Israel’s Memorial Day: A day of mourning and militarism
Today is not only a day of sadness for fallen Israeli soldiers, it’s also one of public declarations that all those bloody conflicts were righteous and necessary – just like the current ones and those that lie ahead. Maybe in another country, a country that goes to war once in a generation or longer, Memorial…
By
Larry Derfner
April 15, 2013
The lesson Israel refuses to learn on Gaza
There is a proven road to security for the people of the Negev: a total end to Israeli rule over the people who are shooting at them. Here is my suggestion for how Israel can bring peace and quiet to the people living within rocket range of Gaza: lift the blockade of the Strip…
By
Larry Derfner
November 13, 2012
Between the Lines (8 Oct): On the loyalty oath and racism
The Headlines: The Dollar declines, Israeli politics sink even lower > The dollar has sharply declined throughout the world. In Israel, the national bank has been trying to stop this development (which would hurt exports and economic growth) by buying huge amounts of foreign currency. Predictably, it is failing to exclude Israel from the global…
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Roi Maor
October 8, 2010
Between the Lines (7 Oct): Disloyalty to the Jewish democracy
Headlines: Disloyalty to Judaism and Democracy Netanyahu has decided to support a proposed bill, which would require new citizens to proclaim their allegiance not just to Israel, as they are required to do right now, but specifically to Israel as a “Jewish and democratic state”. The law would apply only to non-Jews, and all outlets…
By
Roi Maor
October 7, 2010
Between the Lines (6 Oct): Yesterday’s news today & the real news
Headlines: Yesterday’s new today > This is a news roundup, but do the newspapers necessarily publish news? This is yet another day when the Yom Kippur War protocols capture the headlines, without revealing anything significant about that war that we didn’t already know. Israel was caught by surprise despite sufficient intelligence? Jordan was a secret…
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Roi Maor
October 6, 2010
Between the Lines (5 Oct): Yom Kippur war protocol revealed
Headlines: It’s déjà-vu all over again >Top of the news: Israel under attack! All-out war! Egyptians cross the channel! No, wait a second… what? That was the 1973 Yom Kippur war, which is now back in the headlines. A declassified protocol reveals that the Israeli leadership was overwhelmed, and that the security minister at the…
By
Roi Maor
October 5, 2010
The IDF spokesman’s war on freedom of the press
Following an 1992 IDF military training debacle known as the Zeelim B scandal, an Israeli general named Uri Sagi, then serving as chief of AMAN (military intelligence), was interviewed for the domestic media. During the interview, the journalist noted that the IDF Spokesman gave a version of events that directly contradicted Sagi’s. The general, always…
By
Yossi Gurvitz
October 2, 2010
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