Netanyahu’s Hedonism: From Occupation to Annexation The UN Security Council rejected a statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the Golan Heights would always remain under Israeli sovereignty. Israel captured…
When Israeli premier Netanyahu makes reference to territorial compromise, he conspicuously avoids phrases such as “Palestinian State” or “two states for two peoples”. The vicissitudes of Arab-Israeli half-century-conflict seem to…
The name of the game is power politics. France was a major presence in the Middle East following the First World War, but has been on the retreat ever since,…
Confronting Challenges Israel is actively involved in three different protracted conflicts – or more accurately competitions – that manifest the collision of various visions for the region: (1) pacifying the…
Following Israel’s legislative elections in March 2015, US officials warned Tel Aviv not to backtrack from its commitment to the two-state solution, for if it did, the Obama administration would…
Legal Perceptivity Exercised by Israeli Chief Court The Supreme Court of Israel held that the fundamental rules of international law accepted as binding by all “civilized” nations were incorporated in the domestic…
In 2016 Commonwealth Day falls on March 14. That may not mean much to some people, but to the 53 member nations of the Commonwealth, representing some 2.2 billion people,…
Recently, the Israeli Supreme Court refused to reconsider a decision to demolish the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm Al-Hiran, and ordered to evict all its residents, Adalah centre reported on…
The idea to create then and now photos emerged when I heard that New York Public Library has added many old photo scans to the public domain. Probably most photos…
Hamas’s fortunes have taken a turn for the worse. The de facto government of the Gaza strip suddenly finds itself in difficulties on four fronts: deteriorating external relations, including financial…