Israel

By Laurent Lozano | – Jerusalem (AFP) – A picture taken on January 29, 2019, shows the podium where former Israeli chief of staff Benny Gantz delivered his first electoral speech Bullish on security, conservative in diplomacy — ending weeks of silence, retired Israeli general Benny Gantz has launched his campaign to become prime minister. […]

Far Right

Israel: Key Far-Right Faction to be Headed by even Farther-Right anti-Palestinian Ideologue

Middle East Monitor

That night, scores of Israeli settler youth went to Route 60 to throw stones at passing Palestinian vehicles

Corporate Surveillance

Snowden: If Israel’s NSO had Refused Sale to Saudis, Khashoggi would be Alive

Middle East Monitor

Three people, all of whom were in contact with [Khashoggi] suffered from hacking attempts by what appeared to be Saudi intelligence

Israel

Will Israeli PM Netanyahu be Defeated by the Far-Right Monster he Created?

Maan News Agency

The leaders of the ‘Jewish Home’ are now the leaders of the ‘New Right’.

Foreign Policy

Pompeo Pledges continuing US Cooperation with Israel in Syria v. Iran

Middle East Monitor

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that the United States would continue to cooperate with Israel over Syria and in countering Iran in the Middle East, even as President Donald Trump plans to withdraw US troops from Syria. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said as he met with Pompeo in the Brazilian […]

Iraq

Israeli general sees possible threat from Iraq as Iran’s clout grows

Middle East Monitor

Israel said it might attack sites in Iraq, effectively expanding a campaign now focused on Syria

Books

Amos Oz, Renowned Israeli Novelist and Critic of Expansionist Right, Dies at 79

AFP

Jerusalem | AFP | – Amos Oz, who died of cancer Friday aged 79, was a celebrated Israeli novelist and passionate peace advocate whose stirring memoir “A Tale of Love and Darkness” became a worldwide bestseller. His daughter Fania Oz-Salzberger confirmed his death on Twitter, calling him “a wonderful family man, an author, a man […]

Israel

“Dangerous!:” Israel Denounces Trump’s withdrawal from Syria

Middle East Monitor

Syrian Kurds also protest “Stab in the Back”

Israel

Israel: Thousands of Women Protest State Inaction over Femicide

TeleSur

Concerts and performance art filled the region as women protested the state’s inaction in the face of injustice. Some 20,000 women are banding together to denounce the state’s deadly negligence which is victimizing women across Israel in a nationwide march Tuesday. Black coffins, puddles of red paint, roadblocks, and “die-ins” were erected throughout the Tel […]