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      Jonathan Cook

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      Jonathan Cook is a Palestine columnist for The National

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      Israeli solider Elor Azaria waits with his parents for the verdict inside the military court in Tel Aviv, this month. Heidi Levine / Pool via AP Photo
      Like Brexit and Trump, Israeli trial exposes a moment of transition

      Jonathan Cook writes about the Israeli soldier's manslaughter conviction last week and its implications

      OpinionJanuary 10, 2017
      Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem. Abir Sultan / AP Photo
      Why Netanyahu remains Israel’s ‘inciter-in-chief’

      Jonathan Cook argues that Israel's prime minister uses incitement to advance his political projects

      OpinionDecember 27, 2016
      Tourists walk past an Israeli border police officer in Jerusalem's Old City. Ronen Zvulun / Reuters
      In the West Bank, Israel’s ‘charity’ comes at a price

      Jonathan Cook comments on Israel's occupation authority launching a campaign to attract tourists only to the Christian sites in the West Bank

      OpinionDecember 13, 2016
      Israeli legislation ostensibly intended to tackle noise pollution from Muslim houses of worship has, paradoxically, served chiefly to provoke a cacophony of indignation across much of the Middle East. Bernat Armangue / AP Photo
      ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­The fantasy at the centre of Israel’s ‘muezzin bill’

      Tel Aviv's attempt to silence the call to prayer is the latest part of a long history of colonisation in Palestine, writes Jonathan Cook

      OpinionNovember 28, 2016
      An Israeli cyclist passes placards in Tel Aviv, Israel. Jim Hollander / EPA
      Why Netanyahu should fear what the future holds

      The Israeli prime minister should be careful what he wishes for when it comes to a Trump presidency, writes Jonathan Cook.

      OpinionNovember 14, 2016
      A Palestinian man prays in front of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Al Aqsa mosque compound yesterday. Ahmad Gharbali / AFP
      Israel acts to blunt criticism of the occupation as its grip tightens

      Western leaders are increasingly conceding that any criticism of Mr Netanyahu’s policies towards Palestinians is off-limits, writes Jonathan Cook

      OpinionNovember 01, 2016
      Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Gil Cohen-Magen / AFP
      How Israel seeks to erase the region's history

      Jonathan Cook reviews the role of history in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

      OpinionOctober 18, 2016
      Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, centre, with European Council president Donald Tusk, left, and president of Romania Klaus Iohannis at the funeral of Shimon Peres. Abir Sultan- Pool / Getty Images
      Odeh exposes the myth of 'peacemaker Peres'

      Celebrations of Shimon Peres as a peacemaker highlight the inconsistency of the Israel's commitment to peace, writes Jonathan Cook

      OpinionOctober 06, 2016
      Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Dan Balilty / AP
      Palestinians lose in US military aid deal with Israel

      Both Israel and the US are claiming a win with their 10-year aid package agreement, but Jonathan Cook says the real losers are the Palestinians.

      OpinionSeptember 19, 2016
      Palestinians wait to cross into Jerusalem next to Israel's barrier at a checkpoint near Bethlehem. Ammar Awad / Reuters
      Is Israel on the brink of tearing itself asunder?

      A majority of Israelis can't imagine what a viable Palestinian state would look like, writes Jonathan Cook

      OpinionSeptember 12, 2016
      Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman. Petros Karadjias / AP
      Carrot and stick carve-up will not work for Israel

      Jonathan Cook looks at Tel Aviv's plan to "cut out the middle man" in Palestinian politics

      OpinionAugust 29, 2016
      Frecha Amar, 84, an Israeli Jew of Moroccan descent, holds a picture of her baby, who she says was abducted in 1958, at her home in the village of Kfar Chabad, near Tel-Aviv (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
      Israel’s stolen babies remains the state’s darkest secret

      Jonathan Cook on a new Israeli government inquiry into the "stolen generation", the disappearance of babies from Arab Jews who emigrated to Israel after 1948

      OpinionAugust 11, 2016
      Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to social media last week to apologise for last year’s notorious election-day comments. Gali Tibbon / Reuters
      Palestinians inside Israel are under attack

      Israeli politicians are trying to conceal how bad life is for the country's minorities, writes Jonathan Cook

      OpinionAugust 01, 2016
      Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Robyn Beck / AFP
      In the US, money talks when it comes to Israel

      Fundraising is outweighing the views of ordinary voters when it comes to the main US parties' policies, writes Jonathan Cook.

      OpinionJuly 19, 2016
      Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu blames Europe for many of Israel’s woes. Gali Tibbon / Reuters
      Israel can’t avoid the fallout from a disunited Europe

      Brexit is a warning sign that western leaders will pay a price if they continue overlooking popular concerns, writes Jonathan Cook

      OpinionJuly 05, 2016
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