Tag: Israel

Israel – Lasers, integration and mobility: Israel races to stop growing threat from drones (Defense News)

 Seth J. Frantzman On April 27, personnel with the Israel Defense Forces downed a drone that crossed into the country from Lebanon. https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/2021/05/24/lasers-integration-and-mobility-israel-races-to-stop-growing-threat-from-drones/

Israel/Palestine – Israeli businesses lost $368 mln during 11 days of fighting against Hamas (Al Arabiya)

Israeli businesses lost 1.2 billion shekels ($368 million) during 11 days of fighting between Israel and the Hamas militant group in Gaza, the country’s...

USA/Israel/Palestine – President Biden condemns attacks on Jewish communities as ‘despicable’ (Al Arabiya)

US President Joe Biden condemned violence against Jewish communities in the United States and abroad on Monday after a string of attacks amid the...

Israel/Palestine/USA – US: Blinken heads to Middle East amid Gaza ceasefire (Al Jazeera)

The US secretary of state says he will ‘meet with the parties to support their efforts to solidify a ceasefire’ as tensions run high...

Israel/Palestine – ‘A war declaration’: Palestinians in Israel decry mass arrests (Al Jazeera)

 Farah Najjar Israeli police launch wave of arrests targeting Palestinian citizens of Israel who rallied in support of Sheikh Jarrah, Al-Aqsa and Gaza. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/24/a-war-declaration-palestinians-in-israel-decry-mass-arrests

Israel/Palestine – Two Israelis stabbed, assailant killed in occupied East Jerusalem (Al Jazeera)

Two men in their 20s treated after knife-wielding man attacked them as tensions between Israelis and Palestinians continue. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/24/two-israelis-stabbed-assailant-shot-near-jerusalem-flashpoint

Israel/Palestine – Root causes of Israel-Palestine conflict must be addressed: UNRWA (Al Jazeera)

Philippe Lazzarini said the situation in Gaza is getting worse because the very basis of the conflict has not been addressed. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/24/root-causes-of-israel-palestine-conflict-must-be-addressed-unrwa

Israel/Palestine – Council members mourn loss of civilian lives resulting from violence (Global Times)

UNSC calls for ‘full adherence’ to cease-fire https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202105/1224240.shtml

Israel/Palestine – Experts React: What’s next after the Israel-Hamas ceasefire? (Atlantic Council)

William F. Wechsler, Kirsten Fontenrose, Barbara Slavin, Tuqa Nusairat, Thomas S. Warrick, Carmiel Arbit, Andrew L. Peek, Shalom Lipner, Jonathan H. Ferziger, Mark N. Katz, Jonathan Fulton, Ariel Ezrahi, Alissa Pavia, Joze Pelayo After eleven days of cross-border fighting, Hamas and...

Israel/Palestine – From the Twitter trenches: The Israeli army’s propaganda war (Al Jazeera)

Belen Fernandez While bombing mercilessly Gaza and killing children, the Israeli army kept tweeting that Israel is a victim. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/5/23/from-the-twitter-trenches-the-israeli-armys-propaganda-war

Israel/Palestine – Operation Guardian of the Walls: Two Parallel Dimensions and Three Stark Surprises (INSS)

Itai Brun Israel hit Hamas hard, but the Israeli public was frustrated by the ongoing rocket fire, the IDF's inability to prevent it, and the...

Israel/Palestine – Hamas’s Relentless Jihad (BESA Center)

Efraim Karsh While many in the West were quick to condemn Israel for its response to Hamas’s attacks on its population centers, they must face...

Israel/Palestine – The Gaza War Ended, the Hamas Problem Remains (BESA Center)

Gershon Hacohen Israel’s relations with Hamas in the coming months will be tested first and foremost by the strengthening of its sovereignty in Jerusalem. This...

Israel/Palestine – Israel’s Top Priority: Immediate Confiscation of Illegal Weapons amongst Israeli Arabs (BESA Center)

Hillel Frisch The foremost and most immediate task confronting Israel after the Gaza war is the confiscation of the tens of thousands of illegal weapons held...

Israel/Palestine – Congratulations on the ceasefire. Now the hard work begins (Brookings)

Tamara Cofman Wittes As I noted last week, it’s well past time to dispel any illusions that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was simmering quietly on a back burner,...

USA/Israel/Palestine – Biden’s bungled response on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Brookings)

Shibley Telhami No one expected President Joe Biden to make the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a priority of his administration. He has had his hands full with...