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Items by Dr Adnan Abu Amer
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Israel is facing more threats but is less prepared for them
While the occupying state is concerned about the escalating security tensions, its security and military experts say that it has a big problem, being completely devoid of strategic depth as a small country with many apparent weaknesses. This makes it vulnerable to military harassment, especially on ideological backgrounds. Such...
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The Israeli media failed the state in its coverage of recent Palestinian attacks
Israel not only suffered human losses in the recent attacks by lone Palestinians in Beersheba, Hadera and Tel Aviv, but it also suffered other, no less dangerous, damage. This included the identities of members of Israeli Special Forces units being exposed to the media and general public. Shortly after...
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It’s no surprise that Israel has boosted its arms sales thanks to the war in Ukraine
While Israel is watching developments in the war in Ukraine with the political and economic implications in mind, it is also looking forward to the export deals that are likely to boost its arms industry. Israel’s military exports totalled $9 billion last year, up from $8.3bn in 2020, amounting...
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Israeli doubts are growing about relying on the United States
The Russian-Ukrainian war has caused alarm bells to ring in Israel’s decision-making circles because of what are seen as growing doubts about the US as a reliable ally. Ukraine was basically left alone to deal with Putin; Iran is doing what it wishes; and the humiliation of the withdrawal...
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Israel's policy on Ukrainian refugees reveals its odious racism
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its third week, and the number of Ukrainian immigrants has increased under the strain of war, Israel is witnessing sharp differences between one group that supports the reception of all immigrants and another that supports accepting only Jewish ones. A third group warns against...
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The Israeli occupation provokes Palestinians religiously before Ramadan
In light of the escalation of attacks on Palestinians and the Israeli acts of aggression in occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli intelligence forums predict that this will lead to a wave of security tensions before Ramadan. Israeli intelligence forums monitored what they believe to be a series of Palestinian operations in...
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Near completion of the Iran nuclear deal advances Israel’s military option
With Iran and the great powers approaching the signing of a nuclear agreement in Vienna, the Israeli political, security and military circles are anxious to discuss the next step. Their options include continuing efforts to thwart the agreement by communicating with the US and European parties, persisting with economic...
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Drones: A new threat to the Israeli home front
The Israeli military and security establishment is still preoccupied with the threat of drones that have recently emerged from both the Gaza and Lebanon fronts. The Palestinian and Lebanese Resistance revealed a sample of drones they own, which means they have been working to improve their capabilities in this...
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Like it or not, Israel is being affected by the Russia-Ukraine crisis
It is almost 3,000 kilometres from Tel Aviv to Kyiv, and yet the crisis between Ukraine and Russia is having a huge impact on Israel. Why does it seem to be a party to the crisis when it shares no border with either of them? Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett...
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Israel is hesitant about rapprochement with Turkey
Ongoing developments between Turkey and Israel following recent phone calls between their leaders, and the announcement that the Israeli president will visit Ankara soon, make it urgent to discuss the feelings within the occupation state about rapprochement with the Turks. We need to understand the nature of the Israeli...
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Israel is hiding behind useless ‘security’ walls yet again
After years of facing Palestinian resistance activities, which have developed significantly, Israel resorted to hiding behind walls. This tendency was preceded by serious violence against the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza before Israel resorted to the apartheid wall built on Palestinian land, which has confirmed its...
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Turkey and Israel seek to normalise relations despite mutual concerns
In recent weeks, relations between Turkey and Israel have thawed slightly, despite hostile statements by their leaders. Decision-makers in both countries are trying to bring the relationship out of the depths through the media as well as political and security channels. Behind the serious consideration of normalising their relations probably...
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Netanyahu's deal gives corruption legal legitimacy
Israeli parties have witnessed successive developments recently, including the likelihood of a political explosion following a possible deal with Leader of the Opposition and head of the Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu. This will have a direct impact on the party itself, and on the government, with the possibility that...
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The Israeli occupation army is weaker than ever, despite state of the art weapons
Three years after Aviv Kochavi took command of the Israeli occupation army, military correspondents and experts are auditing his achievements and failures, and forecasting what we might expect from him in his upcoming fourth and final year as chief of staff. They are reviewing the most prominent challenges in...
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The Abbas-Gantz meeting broke the deadlock without any major promises
A week after the meeting between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Benny Gantz at the Israeli Defence Minister’s home, reactions are ongoing. Opinions vary: some approve, others oppose; some think that the meeting could help achieve a political breakthrough with the Palestinians; and yet others believe that the...
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Israeli settler violence pushes Palestinians to the point of no return
The attacks carried out by the Israeli settlers against the Palestinians in the West Bank alongside violations of the occupation soldiers have continued to the extent that they have prompted Israeli alerts and fear that these attacks will ignite the security situation in the Palestinian areas. The Israeli security alerts...
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Israeli fears of a decline in the ‘Jewish State’ project
Six months after the commencement of the new Israeli government and, despite it being a right-wing government, religious circles within the occupying state began describing it as having abandoned the “Jewishness” of the State in favour of the left and centre, especially in terms of religious issues and Jewish...
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Israel’s ‘security and military’ interests are advancing in its normalisation with Morocco
Morocco has become the first Arab country to sign an open military agreement with Israel. No other Arab country has yet agreed to take such an overt step; Egypt, Jordan and other Arab countries have very secretive military relations with the occupation state. Israeli-Moroccan cooperation began in the 1960s based...
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Britain's designation of Hamas as a ‘terrorist’ organisation is a mistake
It was a surprise when British Home Secretary Priti Patel announced last week that she planned to designate the political wing of Hamas as a “terrorist organisation”. The resistance movement’s armed wing has been thus designated for twenty years. The announcement was rejected by Palestinians and their supporters, but...
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Turkish-Israeli relations face a new crisis
The arrest of two Israelis for filming the home of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to provoke angry reactions in Israel, despite the apparent keenness not to enter into a new political crisis with Turkey. However, media coverage suggests that there are fears in Israel that the issue...
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The cyberwar between Israel and Iran is heating up
It is becoming clear that the cyberwar between Israel and Iran is heating up, although neither side has accepted responsibility for recent attacks. Things became even clearer when hundreds of thousands of Iranians found themselves unable to fill the fuel tanks in their vehicles due to a computer glitch...
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The passing of the founding generation has exposed Israel’s leadership crisis
More than 73 years have passed since the “declaration of independence” by the occupation state of Israel. It has since claimed many great security and military achievements, but the state lacks leadership. There is no handbook for leaders. The severity of this crisis has been exposed by the passing...
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Commemoration of Rabin's assassination amid more hatred and incitement
Israelis commemorate the 26th anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin. This commemoration comes amidst an unprecedented state of sharp polarization, exchanging accusations and recent voices expressing their fear of a return to the same inciting atmosphere that preceded the assassination, which was the first of its...
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Ten years after the exchange deal, the Israeli shock has not allayed
These days, Palestinians and Israelis commemorate the 10th anniversary of the conclusion of the prisoner exchange agreement between the occupation and Hamas in 2011. Even after all these years, Israelis have a negative assessment of it. This is because the released prisoners have returned to resisting the occupation, and...
