Israel continued raids in the northern West Bank, including Nablus and Qalqiliya, killing 5 Palestinians in a week. Meanwhile, the Israeli judicial overhaul continues reverberating with the adoption of a new bill.
Israel is a racist state, but American leaders bit their tongues about that for decades. Now Israel’s move against the judiciary will end the special relationship between the countries and allow the truth to come out, says David Rothkopf.
A New York Times Op-Ed featuring liberal Zionist leaders calls to end military aid to Israel as the country passes a law gutting its judiciary. This is the moment people working to end U.S. aid to Israel have been waiting for.
Israel’s judicial overhaul will not make a qualitative difference for Palestinians, but it does signal that the intensity of the Zionist colonial project is ramping up.
Thomas Friedman’s condemnation of Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul is based on the false premise that the Israeli judicial system protects democracy. It never has for the millions of Palestinians under colonial rule.
Benjamin Netanyahu placates Itamar Ben-Gvir after postponing judicial overhaul by promising him the establishment of a “National Guard,” as settler violence continues spreading throughout the West Bank.
Benjamin Netanyahu temporarily halted reforms he sought to make to Israel’s judicial system, but critics say Palestinians will pay the ultimate price as the far-right continues to consolidate power.
The protests roiling Israel represent a struggle over its future. The traditional elite is in an existential fight to maintain power, while the ascendant religious-nationalist majority seeks to redefine the state.
The Netanyahu government has so far externalized its ongoing crisis through its military campaign on the West Bank, but Palestinians in Gaza fear that it might ultimately resort to war to cripple the Israeli protest movement.