Those are powerful arguments, but they lead to the wrong conclusion.Israel is inflicting terriblecivilian casualties. It must minimise them and be seen to do so. Palestinians are lacking essential humanitarian supplies. Israel must let a lot more aid pass into Gaza. However, even if Israel choos...
The Palestinians Tell the World Their Strategy: Why Make Peace with Israel When We Can Get Everything from You InsteadBarry Rubin
Since Israel was founded in 1948, wars and Israeli settlement construction have led to the displacement of some 5 millions Palestinians, according to U.N. estimates. The situation over the Jewish settlers' bid to expand into more areas by pushing Palestinians out cuts right to the heart of the...
Cook, at the Council on Foreign Relations, told CBS News that Hamas' objective was "to not just relieve Palestinians of the occupation of the West Bank and Israel's blockade of the Gaza strip, but in fact strike at the heart of Israel." ...
Palestinians threw explosives at the fence and Israeli forces responded by firing tear gas and live fire. After the standard closure over Rosh Hashanah, Erez crossing, which is used by Gazan workers with permits to enter and exit Israel, remained closed in response to the riots. The reopening...
Why Did Halevi Let the Israeli Army Commit War Crimes Against the Palestinians? Such an important question raised so effectively, such a searing indictment of a commander who lost control of his troops. And such masterful prose, ...
"No," they said. "Iran's strategy is that of proxy war and to deny a direct connection to Hamas's efforts. They work through proxies and that's why they are the number one state sponsor of terror. So for now we are not concerned about a direct conflict with Iran...
Attacks on arms centres, alleged chemical weapons facilities, and military air and sea resources are essentially defensive in nature, Israel claims
strife since it was founded as a modern state. With Lebanon as its new base, the PLO militias positioned themselves in the south and, relying on the support of the refugee camp Palestinians – well in excess of 100,000 – began mounting armed attacks on Israel and on Jewish targets world...
TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) – France has been one of the main motivators of Trump’s pullout from the nuclear deal. If the young French president had not supported calls by Trump to change the content of the nuclear accord, today we would not have faced the c