Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently said in a classified briefing to Israeli lawmakers that China’s growing involvement in the Middle East “could be useful” because it “will compel” the U.S. to increase its engagement in the region, two Israeli officials who attended the meeting told Axios.
Scoop: Netanyahu sees upside to China’s growing involvement in Middle East
For the second time this year, large numbers of armed Israeli settlers have rampaged through Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank terrorizing Palestinians in their homes.
Biden won’t protect Palestinian Americans from Israeli attacks
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Israeli settlers torch Palestinian homes and cars to avenge deadly shooting. A Palestinian is killed
You, American taxpayer, are helping to fund Israeli settlements
U.S. Ambassador: We Will Not Stand Idly by and Watch Settler Violence
Israel’s Far-right Finance Minister: ‘I’m a Fascist Homophobe But… I Won’t Stone Gays’
Israel Eases West Bank Settlement Rules, Clearing Way for New Homes
Beltway scholar Mark Lynch says even the White House understands Israel practices apartheid, even if it won’t say so publicly, because Palestinian intellectuals have led the way in shifting the foreign policy establishment.
White House officials know Israel is an apartheid state, but they can’t say so
While much attention has been given to Kohelet Policy Forum in Israel, experts say think tank has played major role in crafting US policy on Israel-Palestine.
Israeli far-right think tank Kohelet is ‘shaping US policy’, experts say
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Two Knesset members propose legislation to outlaw sharing the Gospel in Israel and send violators to prison – could it become law?
In “major policy disclosure breakthrough” State Department spokesperson Ned Price responds to questions by Sam Husseini, referring questions about Israel’s nuclear weapons program to…Israel.
State Dept: Israel in Charge of When We’ll Enforce US Bans on Foreign Aid Over Its Nuclear Weapons Program
Nikki Haley was the first U.S. governor to sign anti-BDS legislation, and once criticized AIPAC for not being pro-Israel enough. Now, she is preparing to run for president.
Nikki Haley, who once criticized AIPAC for being insufficiently pro-Israel, is running for president
Benjamin Netanyahu is set to announce his new governing coalition that includes openly racist and fascistic lawmakers (according to reports), and American Zionists have been sounding alarms that the next government will break Israel’s supposedly unbreakable relationship with the U.S.
U.S. Zionists Foxman, Jacobs and Kurtzer sound alarm about Netanyahu’s extremist government
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What in the World Is Happening in Israel?
I don’t think a day passed on this trip when I did not read about or see TikTok or other videos of a Palestinian shot by Israeli soldiers or Israelis rammed into or attacked with knives by individual Palestinians. This conflict porn is new, it’s pervasive and it is incredibly effective at instilling hate in 15-second bites that keep everyone in a permanent state of fear and rage
On 15 November, far-right Israeli member of the Knesset (MK) Itamar Ben Gvir sought to implement the death penalty for Palestinians guilty of killing Israelis. He has set this as a condition for his faction to join former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government.
Ben Gvir demands death penalty for Palestinians as condition to join Netanyahu’s govt
After the fifth attempt in three years, an Israeli election has finally delivered a decisive victory for the right-wing camp with ultra-nationalist parties emerging as the biggest winners.
Israel: Meet the new Knesset members of the far-right Religious Zionism party
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