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Items by Saleh Al-Naami
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Hamas’ opportunity
When Khaled Meshaal – head of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) – finally acknowledged that its monopolisation of governance in the Gaza Strip was wrong, he failed to specify what, in particular, as been the main flaw in the movement’s behaviour since the 2006 elections....
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What frustrates Netanyahu in his relationship with Arab rulers?
A number of Israeli commentators who met with Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu recently have said that he feels frustrated at his inability to divulge details of his success in establishing “strong alliances” with some Arab states, not least those with which Israel has no peace treaty. According to Amir...
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Israel’s Arab Spring
Recent signs point to a “positive boom” when it comes to the relationship between Israel and the Arab world, enough to require Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to mention the nature of this relationship in all of his recent speeches and conferences. Among his remarks is the claim that...
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Lieberman is too enthusiastic about Dahlan
Israelis and Arabs alike are concerned with shaping Palestine’s future in accordance with the interests of the right-wing government in Tel Aviv and in a manner that meets the aspirations of sponsors of the counter-revolution in the Arab world. This was made clear through information revealed by Zvi Yehezkeli,...
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What about anti-Semitism in Israel?
In its quest to deny charges of anti-Semitism within its institutions, the British Labour party has fired some of its senior members because they have criticised Israel’s behaviour and treatment of the Palestinian people and have compared them to Nazi crimes. The problem is that such decisions in Britain...
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Israeli circles disclose the story behind Sisi’s speech and Blair’s role in arranging it
Israeli political and media circles continued their noticeable interest in the speech delivered by Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi last Tuesday in which he discussed the settlement file in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Within this context, informed Israeli sources have disclosed that the speech in which Al-Sisi sent peace messages...
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Sisi is working against Mahmoud Abbas
It is possible to assume that there are real reasons that made Israeli Minister of Infrastructure Yuval Steinitz gloat to the army leadership, security institutions and media elites in Tel Aviv last week after they sharply criticised him for openly admitting, a month ago, that Egypt President Abdel Fatah...
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Is Gaza paying the price of the Cypriot-Israeli-Greek alliance?
The Israeli, Cypriot, Greek summit held in Cyprus’s capital city, Nicosia, is another example of how Tel Aviv’s predictions regarding its gas discoveries on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea were realised. Tel Aviv had predicted that its huge gas discoveries in what it claims to be its...
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Attacking churches in Palestine: An Israeli policy since 1948
Israeli documents have revealed that the Israeli army deliberately adopted a policy based on the destruction, vandalism and harm of the sanctity of churches in Palestine, during and after the 1948 war. An Israeli book, which will be published next month, explains how the Israeli army carried out seizure...
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Abu Dhabi office approval shows that Israel ‘is not living in isolation’
In an obvious celebration of the decision, Israeli officials are looking at Abu Dhabi’s approval for the Zionist state to open a representative office in the Emirates as a sign that “it is not living in regional isolation”. Speaking on Saturday’s weekly “Yuman” news programme on Israeli television’s Channel...
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An Israeli trap for Jordan regarding Al-Aqsa
No one condemned the Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, Tzipi Hotovely, when she called for the Israeli flag to be raised at the Noble Sanctuary of Al-Aqsa shortly after the announcement of an agreement between Jordan and Israel regarding arrangements for the presence of Muslims and Jews in the compound....
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Abbas gets ready to drop a bombshell
Mahmoud Abbas has promised to drop a “bombshell” during his speech scheduled for later this month at the UN; his bomb, however, detonated too soon in Tulkarem, only 30 kilometres from Ramallah, instead of New York or Tel Aviv. Abbas made himself into a joke when social networking sites...
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Israel, Iran and Russia meet in Syria
If there is anyone looking for proof of common interests between Israel, Iran and Russia after the nuclear deal was reached between Iran and the global superpowers, one need only look at the Israeli evaluation of the intensified Iranian and Russian involvement in Syria. The Iranian and Russian discourse...
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The priorities of the post-Abbas era
It is foolish to address with any seriousness the systematic leaks that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his supporters are spreading regarding his intention to resign. They are only attempts to convince Israel to reduce the level of embarrassment it will cause him and to justify its continued...
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The Palestinian resistance and the absence of strategic thinking
A year has passed since the latest Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip. Israel has formed five committees to investigate the events and course of the war, as well as track and evaluate its results and draw conclusions from it. In addition, the results of this war have remained...
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Herzliya 2015: A map of opportunities and threats
The 15th Israeli National Security conference, organised by the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Centre, ended a few days ago. The conference addressed, as it has done previously, the map of strategic opportunities and dangers facing Israel. Herzliya concluded with a list of recommendations that aim to improve Israel’s ability to face...
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What annoys Al-Sisi about Hassan Salameh?
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi knows full well that Hassan Salameh, one of the most prominent leaders of the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, has been in an Israeli prison for 19 years. He is also aware that his decision to involve Hassan Salameh in the prison-break case...
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An Israeli General: The Jihadists will Set the Golan on Fire against us
A prominent Israeli general has anticipated that the Islamic organisations that are in control in the Syrian Golan plateau will target the Israeli heartlands in the future. Brigadier General Itai Baron, head of military intelligence in Israel “AMAN”, has said that these organisations, spearheaded by Al-Nusrah Front, are not...
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Israel's soft power boosts its diplomatic efforts
Contrary to what some had expected, the ambassadors of Arab countries at the UN failed to secure the necessary nine Security Council votes required for the Jordanian draft resolution calling for an end to Israel’s occupation within the next two years. Hearing that two African countries abstained, Nigeria and...
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Netanyahu tells the West to be quiet over 'Jewish nation-state' bill, like the Arabs
Israeli TV Channel 10‘s Rafif Drowkir has said that the behaviour of Arab regimes is one of the things that encouraged Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition to adopt a radical political stance. The most recent manifestation of this is the rush to get the Jewish nation-state bill onto the statute...
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Dossier of Jewish organizations that seek to destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque
The assassination attempt by Palestinian martyr Moataz Hijazi on Rabbi Yehuda Glick, one of the most prominent advocates of rebuilding the Third Temple on the ruins of Al-Aqsa Mosque, is being used to promote a misleading impression. This impression suggests that the desire to destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque is limited...
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The war on Gaza: where did the resistance go wrong?
It is neither worthwhile nor sufficient for the Palestinian resistance to celebrate its great show of resistance during the war on Gaza and its success in preventing the success of Zionist schemes and Israeli aggressions on Gaza. On the contrary, it must consider the value of its military operations...
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Egypt's war on the Palestinian resistance in the eyes of the Zionists
The Zionist elites are no longer able to keep up with “surprises” of the Egyptian regime, which are particularly focused on its tendencies of aggressive behaviour towards the Palestinian resistance and its blatant bias in favour of the Zionist side. Those following the internal Zionist affairs and arguments would...
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Israeli media calls for Gaza to be sent back to the "Stone Age"
The Israeli media are unanimous that Gaza will face a major ground operation by Israel in the very near future. In an article published on Wednesday, the military affairs commentator of Haaretz quoted senior ministers in the Netanyahu government as saying: “We have lifted all the restrictions imposed on...