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Jonathan Cook

Jonathan Cook

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Jonathan Cook is a Palestine columnist for The National

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Zouheir Bahloul, candidate number 17 in the Zionist Union list, speaks during an election campaign press conference for the party. Ahmad Gharabli / AFP Photo
Israel considers its demographic time bomb

Jonathan Cook explores the position of Arab Jews in Israeli society

OpinionJune 21, 2016
Under the leadership of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel will try to ride out the French initiative until Mr Obama’s successor is installed next year. Gil Cohen-Magen / AFP Photo
Netanyahu frets over how to tackle French peace plan

Israel's leadership is unsure how to handle a fresh wave of diplomatic pressure to end the occupation, writes Jonathan Cook

OpinionJune 05, 2016
Religious zealots waging a quiet revolution in Israel

The growing clout of religious nationalists means there is no hope for an end to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, writes Jonathan Cook

OpinionMay 22, 2016
Palestinians gather next to a house sprayed with graffiti reading in Hebrew: "revenge" and "hello from the prisoners of Zion", in the village of Beitillu, near Ramallah in the Israeli occupied West Bank on December 22, 2015. Abbas Momani / AFP Photo
Zionism’s roots help us interpret Israel today

We have to understand Zionism's historical development to evaluate Israeli politics today, argues Jonathan Cook

OpinionMay 09, 2016
Badee Dwaik, of the non-government organisation Human Rights Defenders, points out grafitti on a wall in occupied Hebron, H2, that says "death to Arabs". Kate Shuttleworth for The National
In Israel, an ugly tide sweeps over Palestinians

Jonathan Cook says too many in Tel Aviv simply do not want peace

OpinionApril 25, 2016
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, embraces the outgoing director of Mossad, Meir Dagan, in Jerusalem in 2011. AFP
Spymaster’s final interview reveals deep rift in Israel

Almost no one in Israel wants justice for the Palestinians, writes Jonathan Cook

OpinionApril 11, 2016
Illustration by Pep Montserrat for The National
Cold-blooded killing puts Israeli military culture on trial

Why do so many ordinary Israelis support soldiers who kill Palestinians? Jonathan Cook tries to understand a rising problem

OpinionApril 02, 2016
A Palestinian man looks out a window in a house that was torched in the Palestinian village of Duma near the West Bank city of Nablus, this month. Majdi Mohammed / AP Photo
Decades on, Israel tries to bury its darkest times

Israel must face facts: the days when systematic brutality could be kept under wraps are now over, writes Jonathan Cook

OpinionMarch 22, 2016
A Palestinian boy sits amidst used clothes and items at the weekly flea market in the Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on February 29, 2016. / AFP / MOHAMMED ABED
Aid subversion report makes for shocking reading

Israel is subverting aid meant for the Palestinians, which Jonathan Cook says is helping prop up the occupation.

OpinionMarch 07, 2016
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu (C) waves to supporters in Tel Aviv (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)
Israel is on the brink of a tyranny of the majority

By discrediting and disenfranchising Palestinian parliament members, Israel's democracy is being exposed as just a facade, says Jonathan Cook

OpinionFebruary 23, 2016
An Israeli soldier aims fire during clashes with Palestinian youths in the village of Qabatiya, near the West Bank town of Jenin on February 6, 2016. Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP Photo
Military and government disagree sharply in Israel

The quagmire in Israel and Palestine is only getting deeper, writes Jonathan Cook

OpinionFebruary 08, 2016
Palestinians walk past an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank town of Hebron. Menahem Kahana / AFP
Israel continues to sow the seeds of discontent

Jonathan Cook reveals Israel’s inability to wean itself off the West Bank occupation

OpinionJanuary 26, 2016
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Dan Balilty / EPA
A familiar tale of two Israels plays out on the tarmac

There are stark differences in the way Israel treats Jewish extremists compared to its Palestinian minority, writes Jonathan Cook

OpinionJanuary 10, 2016
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to stop the spread of videos showing Israeli troops' brutality. Baz Ratner / Reuters
Israel’s cynical approach is feeding unrest

Israel is claiming it is fighting incitement when it really just wants to shut down the spread of proof of its excessive brutality, writes Jonathan Cook.

OpinionDecember 06, 2015
Benjamin Netanyahu speaks as Israel's defence minister Moshe Yaalon looks on at an Israeli army base near the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday. Emil Salman / EPA
Netanyahu paves the way for a new era of tyranny

Netanyahu said in reference to the Paris attacks that the world should learn from Israel's 'aggressive policy'. Last week he banned part of the Islamic Movement. Why did he do it? Jonathan Cook explains

OpinionNovember 24, 2015
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