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Dan Steinbock

Dan Steinbock is the author of The Obliteration Doctrine and The Fall of Israel, . He is the founder of Difference Group and has served at the India, China and America Institute (US), Shanghai Institute for International Studies (China) and the EU Center (Singapore). For more, see https://www.differencegroup.net/

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The Genesis of Israeli Hyper-Apartheid

The Genesis of Israeli Hyper-Apartheid

Dan Steinbock

Such a shift would be consistent with the Israeli far-right’s redemptionist dreams of Jewish supremacy and Greater Israel

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Why Jewish Squatter Violence in the West Bank is Skyrocketing

Why Jewish Squatter Violence in the West Bank is Skyrocketing

Dan Steinbock

As with the Gaza atrocities, 1 in every 5 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in 2025 across the West Bank is a child

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The Netanyahu Cabinet’s Complicity in the Gaza Genocide

The Netanyahu Cabinet’s Complicity in the Gaza Genocide

Dan Steinbock

A classified report by a U.S. government watchdog discovered that Israeli military units have committed hundreds of human rights violations

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Whitewashing Gas Exploration in Post-Genocide Gaza

Whitewashing Gas Exploration in Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

Amid its lethal bombarding campaign, Israel awarded licenses for gas exploration in offshore Gaza, which is not under its sovereignty. Hence, the ceasefire smokescreen to disguise the struggle for the gas reserves. New York (Special to Informed Comment) – In December 2022, Israeli Ministry of Energy launched the Fourth Offshore Bid Round offering new exploration […]

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The Israeli Scramble for Palestine’s Energy Reserves (Pt. 1)

The Israeli Scramble for Palestine’s Energy Reserves (Pt. 1)

Dan Steinbock

For 25 years, Israel’s Gaza policies have been motivated not just by security concerns, but by efforts to exploit the Palestinians’ energy reserves. With the smokescreen of the ceasefire, these behind-the-façade attempts are now rapidly escalating. New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As the Second Intifada was about to begin in September 2000, […]

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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption is not supported by the facts. The attack was avoidable. New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After the Hamas-led assault, the Netanyahu cabinet and other high-level Israeli political, […]

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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is the public face; Jared Kushner, the commissioner; and the Trump White House, the architect. New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The jackals are back! In early September, Jared […]

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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza

Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza

Dan Steinbock

Bezazel Smotrich is one of political leaders of Israel’s Messianic far-right. But he is also a shrewd administrator executing a biblical “decisive plan” of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, which he is incorporating into Israel. New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Notorious as an extremist both in Israel and overseas, yet beloved as a […]

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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

Dan Steinbock

As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New York (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – Recently, The Voice of Hind Rajab won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize in Venice after a 23-minute standing ovation. The docudrama is […]

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