The official Israeli army version of why it has targeted civilian areas during the intense and deadly bombardment of September 20 in south Lebanon is that the Lebanese are hiding long-range missile launchers in their own homes.This official explanation by the Israeli military was

If one is to visit the Mahal website, a pop-up reminder, reading “Apply online”, keeps appearing.

 Never in its history of war, and military occupation has Israel been so incapable of developing a coherent plan for its future, and the future of its victims.Even a quick glance at headlines in international media reveals the depth of the Israeli dilemma.

When asked why his latest map has erased the whole of the West Bank, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu retorted with the most detestable answer. “I didn’t include the Dead Sea. It’s not shown on the map. I didn’t show the Jordan River. It’s not on this map.

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir vowed, on August 26, to build a synagogue inside the Muslim holy site Al Haram Al-Sharif.Ben-Gvir, as a representation of Israel's powerful religious Zionist class in the government and society at large, has been candid regarding

Departing Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan clearly had an unpleasant experience at the world’s largest international institution.In an interview published in the Israeli newspaper Maariv on August 20, the disgruntled envoy said that “the UN building should be

 Promises of "absolute victory" in Gaza are nothing but "gibberish", according to Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.

On October 25, Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin told Arutz Sheva-Israel National News that “Muslims are not afraid of us anymore”.It might sound odd that Feiglin saw the element of fear as critical to Israel’s well-being if not its very survival.In actuality, the fear element is

The idea that the war on Gaza is essentially waged and sustained by and for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has, for long, dominated political analyses on the subject. The notion is often kept alive by public opinion inside Israel.  Most polls produced si