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      Jonathan Cook

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      Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on January 5, 2020. Ronen Zvulun / AFP
      The US might finally unveil deal of the century, in the run-up to Israel's election

      More than any of his recent predecessors, Mr Trump has shown a repeated willingness to meddle in Israeli elections to the benefit of Mr Netanyahu

      CommentJanuary 19, 2020
      Palestinians attend a Christmas tree lighting celebration in Gaza City earlier this month. Mahmud Hams / AFP
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      Bit by bit Israel aims to squeeze out the Palestinian Christians

      Its decision to trap the minority group in Gaza this Christmas is a prelude to a seemingly contradictory plan to sap the people of the will to stay and struggle for what is theirs

      CommentDecember 22, 2019
      Palestinian Muslim worshippers gather for an early morning prayer service around the Ibrahimi mosque or the Tomb of the Patriarch in Hebron, West Bank. EPA
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      Hebron plan is Israel's reminder to Palestinians that settler-power knows no limits

      Proposed destruction of the West Bank city's market to make way for a settlement is the government's way of making the apartheid system as the rule of law

      CommentDecember 10, 2019
      Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has been indicted on criminal charges, including bribery, fraud and breach of trust. AFP
      With a corruption trial looming and no mandate to govern, Benjamin Netanyahu must go

      As the deadlock over forming a government continues, charges against the caretaker prime minister have tipped the country into an uncharted constitutional crisis

      CommentNovember 24, 2019
      Palestinian protesters run from Israeli soldiers near the Jewish settlement of Qadumim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on November 8. Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP
      Israel's violation of human rights is not new but last week there was a difference

      Infringements of Palestinians at the hands of Israeli soldiers who enjoy impunity went viral on social media

      CommentNovember 10, 2019
      Palestinians seeking redress from Israel for the settlements will have to fight an endless array of separate claims against individual settlers. AFP
      UN expert's call to stop Israeli settlement of Palestinian territories falling on deaf ears

      It is assumed that the Trump administration is preparing to approve the annexation of West Bank as part of its peace plan

      CommentOctober 27, 2019
      Bedouin girls in Rahat, the largest Bedouin township in Israel. Heidi Levine for The National
      Bedouin mass eviction is part of Israel's concerted efforts to drive Palestinians from their historic lands

      Thousands have been driven out of their homes because their numbers pose a major demographic threat to the state

      CommentOctober 15, 2019
      Protesters wear masks of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz and Avigdor Leiberman of Yisrael Beiteinu. Ammar Awad / Reuters
      Why the three parties at the heart of discussions to form a unity government in Israel can't agree

      Likud, the Blue and White party and Yisrael Beiteinu are ideological bedfellows – but other fears have prompted a stalemate

      CommentSeptember 30, 2019
      Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have fallen short of the 61-seat majority he needs to form yet another far-right government comprising settler and religious parties. AFP
      Israelis have given their verdict: Benjamin Netanyahu could be on his way out

      There looms the possibility of weeks of horse-trading and the Joint List of Arab legislators becoming the official opposition

      CommentSeptember 18, 2019
      Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ​​​​​​. AP
      With strikes against Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu risks jeopardising his closest alliance

      The US has not taken kindly to Israel’s actions in Iraq, fearing that a local backlash could endanger the 5,000 troops it has stationed there

      CommentSeptember 09, 2019
      A Palestinian protester after Friday prayers at the site of demolished buildings in the West Bank. AFP / Hazem Bader
      Sur Baher home demolitions illustrate a vicious spiral of oppression in Palestine

      The more the West represses criticism, the more Israel luxuriates in its impunity

      CommentJuly 28, 2019
      Jawad Siyam points to large cracks in the walls of Silwan, where Israel's tunnel digging has damaged Palestinian homes. Heidi Levine / The National.
      Israel’s machinery of dispossession has crushed the hopes of an inspirational family

      The struggle of Jawad Siyam perfectly illustrates the relentless oppression faced by all Palestinians

      CommentJuly 14, 2019
      Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, speaks at the US-sponsored "Peace to Prosperity Workshop" in Bahrain. AFP
      In Manama, the horizon of peace stretched further away from Palestinians

      The Peace to Prosperity workshop, held in Bahrain, is just the latest in a long-running series of impossible propositions

      CommentJune 30, 2019
      A Palestinian villa in the West Bank village of Turmus'ayya, with the Israeli settlement of Shilo in the background. Anne Paq / The National
      For Israel, annexation of the West Bank is a long-established goal

      With Benjamin Netanyahu under pressure and the US signalling its support, the time to realise this catastrophic ambition may be fast approaching

      CommentJune 16, 2019
      Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Ronen Zvulun / AP
      The clock is ticking on Netanyahu's legal and political manoeuvring

      The battle lines in the new election have been drawn between the far-right and centre-right

      CommentJune 02, 2019
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