Tag: netanyahu
Analysis: How Israel’s Pro-Democracy Protests Sold Out Palestinians
by Daisy Schofield
Despite sharing in fears of an increasingly fascist Israeli state, Palestinians have been largely excluded from the pro-democracy protests that have engulfed the country in recent months. Now the movement has won a partial victory - at Palestine’s expense. Daisy Schofield reports.
Opinion: Israel is Rushing Settlement Expansion in Fear of a Biden Presidency. It Has Nothing to Worry About
by Aron Keller
Netanyahu appears to be accelerating settlement expansion in fear of a Biden win next week. Yet it's unlikely Biden will stand in his way any more than Trump has, writes Aron Keller.
Analysis: Is Israel Above International Law?
by Haim Bresheeth
As Israel prepares to annex the West Bank, academic and author Haim Bresheeth asks why the country seems free to carry out any illegal action it wishes, with no sanction or retribution for breaking international law.
Netanyahu’s Electoral Alliance With the Far Right is Frightening, But It’s Nothing Radically New
by Douglas Gerrard
Back in February, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he was forming an electoral alliance with the nation's foremost fascist party Otzma Yehudit. Douglas Gerrard argues that while this alliance is certainly bleak, there’s much Western journalists discussing these elections are missing.
Novara Live: Bibi One More Time? Israeli Elections and Palestine.
On the 9th April, Benjamin Netanyahu will defend his premiership in Israel’s General Election. On tonight’s #TyskySour, we ask whether after 50 years of occupation, elections in Israel matter for Palestine. With Salma Karmi-Ayyoub and Yair Wallach
4 Ways the Labour Movement Must Move Forward on Palestine
by Aliya Yule
Following an ugly and protracted battle over Labour’s adoption of the full IHRA definition of antisemitism during the summer, at party conference this year Palestinian solidarity was stronger than ever. Here are four ways the labour movement must move forward in demanding justice for Palestine.
3 Things You Need to Know About the Israeli Elections and the Palestinians
by Alia Al Ghussain
Netanyahu's Likud party has won the Knesset elections, confirming the Israeli PM for a fourth term. While Israel's allies laud the latest elections in 'only democracy in the Middle East', the media narrative belies the systematic disenfranchisement of Palestinians who will be negatively impacted by the results.