Benjamin Netanyahu

After an Israeli reserve soldier named David Ben Zion told a reporter Palestinian militants “cut [off] heads of babies,” Biden, Netanyahu, and the international media amplified the dubious claim. The Grayzone has identified Ben Zion as a fanatical settler leader who incited riots by demanding a Palestinian town be “wiped out.” An international outcry erupted when Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced that Palestinian militants from the besieged Gaza Strip had killed 40 “babies,” and beheaded several of them during an incursion […]

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It is unclear what direction Netanyahu will choose. But either way, no matter what will happen in the coming days and weeks, Israel has, in many ways, already lost the war.

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Rather than demand U.S. citizens receive fair and decent treatment by Israel, the Biden administration added yet another award to the government leader of apartheid Israel.

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The task of marketing Israel as “the only democracy in the Middle East" is no longer an easy sell.  With the 'democracy' pillar crumbling, the 'stability' pillar is falling apart, as well. And without stability, investors simply run away. 

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Miko Peled unravels Thomas Friedman's flawed analysis of the strategic U.S.-Saudi-Israel alliance, Middle East politics, the Palestinian issue, and the future of Netanyahu's government.

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Israel's success on the battlefield has been largely predicated on the disunity of its Arab enemies, a factor which is changing, argues Ramzy Baroud.

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What is currently taking place in Palestine is not yet a religious war, but some Israeli officials and political parties are keen on turning it into one. 

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Since Prime Minister Netanyahu and his far-right coalition have sought to curtail the powers of...

The illusion of a cohesive Israel, an Israel that is a miraculous success, exists only in the minds of privileged Israeli and some diaspora Jews. Some European politicians may also believe this to be the case, having been convinced by Jews in their countries. But it was never the case.

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Israelis are calling for democracy. Privileged citizens that denied democracy to Palestinians fear that their democracy is in danger. This is not a new phenomenon; we have seen this in the US, in Australia, and other settler colonial states.

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