Recently Israel reconfirmed the status of 400 hectares in Gush Etzion as “state land” after determining that the parcel was not privately owned by Palestinian Arabs, a move criticized internationally as a ‘land grab’. And prior to yesterday’s Netanyahu-Obama meeting, Peace Now publicly denounced a decision two years ago by the Jerusalem municipality to promote […]
Read MoreArab-Jewish relations in the country have been strained over recent months in light of Operation Protective Edge against Hamas in Gaza, following years of growing radicalization of some in Israel’s Arab leadership. Riots opposing the war in Gaza often resulted in violence, with injuries to police and protesters arrested. Many Arab-Israeli leaders criticize the government […]
Read MoreAnti-semitic attacks against Jewish institutions, shops and individuals in Europe and the US are increasing, aside from in Arab and Muslim countries – and even more so since Israel’s Protective Edge Gaza operation against Hamas, the Islamic “Resistance” Movement. Governments and world leaders have expressed dismay over this growing trend with some officials questioning whether the […]
Read MoreAl Qaida’s Nusra Front, together with other rebel militias, captured parts of the Quneitra region on the border with Israel, including the crossing area, after heavy fighting on Wednesday. The crossing is monitored by the UN, through the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF); today Al Arabiya reported that some UNDOF soldiers have been kidnapped. Two Israelis […]
Read MoreMajor General (res.) Uzi Dayan is the former head of the National Security Council and has advocated a ground operation in Gaza ever since Operation Protective Edge started. He has said that Israel has been battling against “arms of an octopus” – the tunnels, mortars, rockets and anti-tank missiles of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). He told Times […]
Read MoreIslamic militant operatives are abandoning al Qaida cells in Yemen and Africa to join “IS” forces seizing territory in Iraq and Syria. The emerging Islamist State movement has escalated its aggressive and violent conquest of territory in Iraq and in Syria with aspirations that extend into Lebanon and Jordan, with potentially destabilizing effect across the region. The far-reaching […]
Read MoreNext in MediaCentral’s series of briefings and tours during Operation Protective Edge: a visit to the Eshkol region near the Gaza border (and a look at one of the terrorist tunnels – pending IDF approval). Many residents of communities near the Gaza border returned home – and rockets and mortar fire continues. The Eshkol region, the hardest […]
Read MoreMudar Zahran is a Jordanian Palestinian civil society leader, writer and political activist who lives in the UK, where he has been granted political asylum. He has long advocated an alternative Palestinian/Jordanian approach to regional issues, including promoting liberal democracy and tolerance as well as rapprochement with Israel. Presently in Israel, Zahran has been interviewed on […]
Read MoreOperation Protective Edge has sparked clashes between mostly young Arab-Israelis – who are pro-Palestinian and many of whom are pro-Hamas – clashing with Israeli police in towns and villages around the country. The Knesset Ethics Committee suspended Balad MK Hanin Zoabi from taking part in Knesset debates for six months in response to anti-Israel and […]
Read MoreToday’s developments have included the news of dozens killed in Shejaia from an Israeli airstrike on Hamas terror sites and at least 13 IDF soldiers killed in battles and in an attack on a tank from a home in Gaza. Pundits and politicians across the globe are debating ethical and operational aspects of Israel’s current, […]
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