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      Jonathan Cook

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      A Palestinian refugee camp in 1949. Israeli archives confirm massacres of Palestinian civilians carried out in 1948, the year Israel was established. Alamy Stock Photo
      How Israel wages its war on Palestinian history

      The state is using a variety of means to create a perception that its policies vis-a-vis the Palestinians have been driven by security concerns

      CommentAugust 19, 2020
      Demonstrators protest against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his residence in Jerusalem on Saturday. AP Photo
      Play12:57:14
      Can the anti-Netanyahu protests grow into a larger movement?

      Whether the demonstrations can transcend party political tribalism and demand meaningful change remains to be seen

      CommentAugust 02, 2020
      The Sumarin family's could be the latest case of Palestinians being evicted from their property. David Shulman / Peace Now
      An Israeli charity group is uprooting Palestinians, not planting trees

      The Jewish National Fund has won plaudits for its environmental work, but its agenda has been to evict on behalf of the state

      CommentJuly 21, 2020
      Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, overlooking a part of Israeli-occupied West Bank, might consider a two-stage annexation plan. Reuters
      Play17:23:54
      The annexation conversation is far from over

      Netanyahu missed his July 1 annexation deadline, but Israel still has designs on the West Bank

      CommentJuly 05, 2020
      Israel's first Bedouin Arab diplomat Ishmael Khaldi said he believes he was ethnically profiled. AP
      Why an Arab-Israeli diplomat's assault is no surprise

      Israel subjugates its Palestinian citizens while being too eager to showcase their successes in order to portray itself as a western-style democracy

      CommentJune 21, 2020
      US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is visiting Israel in a show of support for the new coalition government. AFP
      Why is Mike Pompeo risking a trip to Israel amid the pandemic?

      It is no coincidence Mr Pompeo’s visit comes the day before Mr Netanyahu’s government is sworn in

      CommentJune 10, 2020
      Demonstrators carry banners outside the International Criminal Court, ICC, rear, urging the court to prosecute Israel's army for war crimes in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, November 29, 2019. AP
      Camera11
      The US and Israel are scaring the ICC away from helping Palestine

      The International Criminal Court has never done much for Palestinians, but it will do even less under intimidation

      CommentJune 09, 2020
      Israeli left-wing activists protest in front of the Knesset in Jerusalem earlier in the week. EPA
      Play11:55:22
      Has Netanyahu effectively put Israeli democracy on life support?

      With opposition leader Benny Gantz on his side and few checks in place, the prime minister is all set to rule with an iron fist

      CommentApril 27, 2020
      Palestinians, wearing masks as a preventive measure against the coronavirus disease, work in a bakery in Gaza City. Reuters
      If coronavirus overwhelms Gaza, there will be few others to blame but Israel

      What is already a crisis in the territory barely needs a nudge from Covid-19 in order to be tipped into a health disaster

      CommentApril 12, 2020
      Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Israeli President Reuven Rivlin (C) and Benny Gantz (R) join hands at a memorial service for late Israeli president Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, on September 19, 2019. EPA
      As Netanyahu uses coronavirus to consolidate power, Israel's opposition leader has given in

      In a blow to opposition parties, Benny Gantz has broken his promises and made a deal to join Benjamin Netanyahu's "emergency government"

      OpinionMarch 29, 2020
      Benny Gantz, leader of the Blue and White electoral alliance, finds himself in a very difficult spot. AFP
      How the coronavirus could force Benny Gantz to shake Benjamin Netanyahu's hand

      Having postponed his own trial for two months, Prime Minister Netanyahu may have left his rival with no option but to accept an offer to form a unity government

      CommentMarch 15, 2020
      Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses his Likud party supporters during a campaign rally in Ramat Gan, Israel on Saturday, Feb. 29. Tsafrir Abayov / AP
      Israeli elections: race increasingly desperate as voters go to polls

      In the final days of the vote, Israel's party leaders have been slinging mud and pandering to the right.

      OpinionMarch 01, 2020
      A view of the Israeli settlement of Elon Moreh as seen from the Palestinian village of Azmout near the West Bank City of Nablus, 16 February 2020. Alaa Badarneh / EPA
      Profiting from loss: how business in illegal Israeli settlements continues unchecked

      UN efforts to protect Palestinian land from economic exploitation are failing

      CommentFebruary 17, 2020
      Palestinian women walk beneath Israel's separation barrier on August 27, 2018. Heidi Levine for The National
      A new capital? Palestinians say Abu Dis would be no substitute

      It is being touted as part of a peace plan but Jonathan Cook finds only a wasteland in the West Bank

      January 30, 2020
      US President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu take part in an announcement of the Middle East peace plan in Washington. AFP
      Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan will not bring peace – the US and Israel know this

      The proposal deliberately includes a host of unrealisable preconditions before what remains of Palestine can be recognised

      CommentJanuary 29, 2020
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