Sun 19-May-2024

Motasem A Dalloul

Who is more extreme Ben-Gvir Smotrich or Netanyahu?

Since they won the Knesset elections in November leader of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich and leader of Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) Party Itamar Ben-Gvir have been making local regional and international headlines due to their far-right extremist stances and racist and hostile attitudes towards secularists as well as Palestinians.

The rise of the far-right exposes the fallacy of Israel’s ‘values’

The latest General Election in Israel was held on 1 November. The election campaign saw hatred and hostility between politicians come to the surface across the political spectrum.

Sorry Mr Lapid but you and your soldiers do need lessons in morality

Al Jazeera TV Network has submitted the case of Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

In Israel there is no right or left; they’re all extremists

Attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank by Israeli occupation forces and extremist Jewish settlers have increased sharply. Too many of the attacks have been deadly.

Who’s going to stop the madness of extremist ministers?

As Benjamin Netanyahu the head of the largest right-wing Israeli party Likud is going to form the most right-wing government the country has ever had expectations are rising that he will give influential ministerial portfolios to far right Ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.

Will the Palestinians prepare for a new Nakba?

With what looks like a resounding election victory Benjamin Netanyahu seems certain to return as prime minister of Israel a post he has already held for twelve years.

Is Netanyahu making credible promises to Arab Israeli voters?

As Israel heads to the polls today opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping that Arab citizens of the occupation state will head to the polling stations “in droves” to cast their votes for him as a result of his election campaign promises.

The Palestinians in Gaza must watch in silence

Since the beginning of October news reports have mentioned a tripartite agreement between Egypt the Palestinian Authority and Israel to develop a natural gas field off the shores of the besieged Gaza Strip.

The West faces an energy crisis but still backs Israel

Russia’s war in Ukraine is about to enter its ninth month. While the Ukrainians have been suffering the more obvious effects of the war Europe has been facing a crippling energy crisis due to Russia’s suspension of natural gas supplies.

The world allows Israel to act with impunity against everyone

Israel’s occupation forces have killed eight Palestinians over the past week including three children in a crackdown on legitimate Palestinian resistance against its occupation. All of those killed were teenagers three of them were minors.

Why is Israel allowed to annex occupied land but Russia isn’t?

Russian President Vladimir Putin formally announced last Friday that his country is to annex four regions in Ukraine. He referred to them as “new regions” of Russia.

Lapid’s misleading two-state solution

Addressing the world leaders on Thursday Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid clearly declared his support for the two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict stressing this is even the best solution for all current problems for the State of Israel and for the future of Israeli children.

Is Israel’s opposition to a new nuclear deal with Iran genuine?

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited himself for a security meeting with Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid last month to discuss Iran’s nuclear program.

Israel’s new rules for visitors to the occupied West Bank

The Israeli occupation authorities are set to impose new rules next week on Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and foreign citizens who wish to visit the territory; the rules violate the basic human right to privacy.

Israel attacks UN human rights commissioners

Just one day before the end of her tenure as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called on the Israeli government to meet its international obligations not least towards her staff.

Will the world ever recognize Palestinian tragedies?

During a joint press conference in Berlin for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz last week a German journalist asked Abbas whether he was ready to apologize to Israel over the 1972 attack on Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich.