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Analysis: Is Israel heading for new elections?

Posted 28 May, 2019 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Image: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Israel appears to be edging towards a general election – less than two months after Benjamin Netanyahu was re-elected on 9 April. With the deadline to form a new coalition government fast approaching on Wednesday night, the prime minister’s effort to secure a Knesset majority appears to have stalled.…

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Analysis: Germany condemns “antisemitic” BDS movement

Posted 23 May, 2019 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Israel
Photo: Martin Rulsch, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons The German parliament last week passed a motion condemning as antisemitic the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. The motion was the joint initiative of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union and centre-left Social Democrat party, and was backed by the Greens and the centrist Free Democrats. Entitled “Resist…

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Analysis: What does Tehran’s terror army in Gaza want?

Posted 15 May, 2019 in Analysis, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Israelis and Palestinians have already paid a high price for the mounting tensions between Iran and the United States. According to The Times this week, “a key meeting” was recently held in Beirut between Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran’s Al-Quds Brigade, and Ziyad al-Nakhalah, leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The apparent result: last weekend’s barrage of…

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Analysis: Fragile ceasefire after renewed Gaza violence

Posted 8 May, 2019 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories
A weekend of violence – in which nearly 700 rockets, missiles and mortars were fired from Gaza towards Israel, purposefully targeting Israeli civilians – has given way this week to a tense ceasefire. Four Israeli civilians were killed and 142 were injured, including four in critical condition. Palestinian medical officials reported 27 deaths since Friday, including 16…

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Analysis: Impact of Israel’s proportional representation system on the election result

Posted 30 April, 2019 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
With the dust settling on Israel’s fractious and tumultuous election for the 21st Knesset, albeit with the horse-trading of coalition building still in progress, it is valuable to examine the structure of the election and see how it influenced the result. The Israeli electorate are given the choice of a political party to vote for rather…

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Analysis: Netanyahu on brink of fifth term

Posted 10 April, 2019 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Benjamin Netanyahu’s hopes of entering the history books and becoming Israel’s longest serving prime minister appear close to realisation after yesterday’s general election. Netanyahu’s Likud party and Benny Gantz’s centrist Blue and White alliance each emerged from the closely fought contest with 35 seats. But, with counting almost complete, the prime minister looks set to have a…

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Analysis: After Israel votes, will Trump finally launch his “peace plan”?

Posted 3 April, 2019 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shortly before he was inaugurated as president in January 2017, Donald Trump said of Jared Kushner: “If you can’t produce peace in the Middle East, nobody can.” Pulling off the “deal of the century” – peace between Israel, the Palestinians and the Arab world – would have been a large task for anybody. But the president’s son-in-law, tasked…

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Analysis: Gantz and Bibi in tight race as campaign enters final stretch

Posted 27 March, 2019 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Israel’s closely fought general election campaign is entering its final stretch with Benjamin Netanyahu’s hopes of re-election hanging in the balance. Polls show that the prime minister and his centrist challenger, Benny Gantz, are locked in a tight race as voters prepare to render their verdict in less than two week’s time. All this takes place against…

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Analysis: Hamas’ violent double-game on display

Posted 20 March, 2019 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Hamas’ twin-track strategy – to bring calm to Gaza while stoking terror in the West Bank – has been on graphic display over the past week. Leaders of the terror group, which rules the coastal enclave, were in talks with senior Egyptian intelligence officials on Thursday evening when two rockets were fired from the Strip at…

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