New collective punishments against Palestinians include execution
Wednesday 4-January-2023
There have been recent Israeli calls to enact new racist laws that can be classified as collective punishment and constitute a war crime.
Adnan Abu Amer
Dr. Adnan Abu Amer heads the Political Science and Media Department of Umma University Open Education in Gaza.
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The new Israeli government faces internal and external challenges
Friday 23-December-2022
Hours after Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he has been able to put together a coalition government the most far-right in the history of Israel just a few minutes before his mandate to form it ended it is clear that it faces internal and external challenges.
Israel boosts its profits by arms deals fueling wars and conflicts
Saturday 17-December-2022
As the year end approaches it’s become clear that Israeli arms manufactures have concluded more unprecedented deals which mean that three of them are responsible for two per cent of the total arms deals in the world.
Israel is hostile towards the UN following its diplomatic losses
Saturday 10-December-2022
Although the United Nations was the one that established Israel and granted it international legitimacy the latter launched a major political diplomatic and media attack against the UN organization recently accusing it of being biased in favor of the Palestinians who have gained many political and legal achievements that Israel classified as diplomatic setbacks for it.
Israel disappointed for losing the narrative battle to Palestinians
Friday 25-November-2022
Despite Israel’s lethal military capabilities it is still bitterly disappointed to be losing the narrative battle to the Palestinians who are making significant inroads in terms of international public opinion.
In Israel the big debate is now spy technology vs. human assets
Tuesday 15-November-2022
Israeli security agencies are still in shock after it was reported last month that three Palestinian “Arab Israeli” citizens managed to leak sensitive information about Israel’s mobile phone company Cellcom to Hamas after testing during a round of fighting whether they could disrupt the company’s infrastructure.
On the road to international isolation with the rise of fascists
Thursday 10-November-2022
As Benjamin Netanyahu head of the Likud party that won the Israeli elections rushes to form his new government unprecedented international and US warnings have been made calling for right-wing Knesset members not to participate.
Israel fears a clash with Russia if it were to arm Ukraine
Sunday 30-October-2022
The Ukrainian war continues to have negative effects on Russian-Israeli relations where recently there was a warning by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to Israel that if it offered military assistance to Ukraine it would seriously harm relations with Moscow.
Israel is facing diplomatic problems in every direction
Saturday 22-October-2022
Despite Israel’s efforts to strengthen its ties with countries around the world it has recently been involved in several political crises.
The Shuafat shooting has destroyed Israel’s deterrence factor
Sunday 16-October-2022
The Shuafat shooting near the city of Jerusalem left an Israeli soldier dead and another wounded when an armed Palestinian stormed a military checkpoint and opened fire while soldiers were apparently dumbfounded and unable to respond.
The virtual world is a new arena for Palestine-Israel confrontations
Sunday 9-October-2022
While Israeli aggression against Palestinians is escalating and the Palestinian response is to attack the occupation army Israel is complaining about what it describes as biased media coverage by the world’s leading television networks and newspapers.
Israel is watching Europe’s shift to the right with interest
Wednesday 28-September-2022
Israelis are watching political developments in Europe with interest particularly in Sweden and Italy amid fears that the Jewish communities there may soon face problems.
More and more Israelis accept the legitimacy of Palestinian resistance
Friday 23-September-2022
As resistance operations in the occupied West Bank escalate Israel’s occupation army continues to mobilize against Palestinian “terrorist attacks”.
Only Israelis have benefited from the accords
Saturday 17-September-2022
On 13 September 1993 Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization signed the Oslo Accords which set a historical precedent in Palestinian recognition of the occupation state giving it a measure of legitimacy in a concession that Israelis had never imagined could happen.
Racist Israel exaggerates the ‘threat’ of Palestinian population
Saturday 10-September-2022
Racist Israel continues to promote the perceived threat of Palestinian population growth the so-called “demographic time bomb”.
Israel is worried about a possible clash with Washington
Monday 5-September-2022
As the countdown begins for the signing of a nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers a number of disputes have surfaced between Israel and the US about the deal.