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In Russia’s invasion, echoes of Israel’s debacle in Lebanon
Israel's 1982 occupation shows military power is not enough when it faces strong resistance and a home front that doesn’t believe in the war's goals.
By
Lev Grinberg
March 16, 2022
Want to understand Putin’s invasion? Look at Israel’s occupation
The way Putin frames Russian state violence in Ukraine is similar to the rhetoric Israel has been using in its wars against Palestinians for decades.
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Meron Rapoport
March 1, 2022
Why are ‘anti-imperialists’ defending dictators?
By echoing the narratives of repressive regimes, left-wing 'tankies' are forcing targeted activists to spend energy combating smears and disinformation.
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Joseph B.
September 16, 2020
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Netanyahu’s Putin campaign alienates Israel’s Russian-speaking voters
A new election poster of Netanyahu gloating about his relationship with the Russian authoritarian leader may have entirely missed the mark with younger Russian-speaking voters, revealing deep generational divides. By Lily Galili Over the past few years, Israel has seen a small stream of new immigrants from Russia. Tens of thousands of liberal, educated Jews from a fairly high…
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August 9, 2019
PHOTOS: Hundreds of Israelis demonstrate in solidarity with Syrians
Hundreds of Israelis form a ‘human chain’ between the Russian and U.S. embassies in Tel Aviv, protesting the slaughter of civilians in Syria. Photos and text: Keren Manor / Activestills Hundreds of Israelis assembled in Tel Aviv on Sunday night to protest the ongoing slaughter in Syria and to show solidarity with Aleppo and with…
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Activestills
December 19, 2016
The one newspaper in which Trump is still winning
By all accounts, Donald Trump’s election campaign is careening toward disaster. But according to Israel’s most-read newspaper, everything seems to be going just fine. The most prominent event in the United States over the past few days has been the implosion of Donald Trump’s campaign. Not only has Trump lost the slight advantage he held following the Republican…
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Noam Sheizaf
August 4, 2016
The world is letting Israel get away with it again
The assault on Gaza has hurt this country’s image, and it doesn’t care. There’s no doubt that this past month of heavily televised overkill in Gaza – well, heavily televised everywhere but here – has hurt Israel’s standing in the world. The IDF has killed too many civilians, wiped out too many families, bombed too…
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Larry Derfner
August 11, 2014
Obama puts U.S. on collision course with Russia
The Syria crisis doesn’t look like it’s going away. It looks like it’s escalating. What if Russia doesn’t get Assad to hand over his entire chemical weapons arsenal, as Obama – backed loudly, of course, by Netanyahu – is demanding? Is Obama going to bomb Syria like he’s been threatening? At this point, with…
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Larry Derfner
September 12, 2013
Goading Putin: The insanity of Israel’s military policy
Israel is now bombing the strategic interests not only of its preferred targets – Syria, Lebanon, Sudan, Iran or other vastly inferior military powers – but of Russia. When I think of Israel’s continual acts of military “preemption,” I think of a cocky kid who believes he can run across the freeway, so he…
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Larry Derfner
August 2, 2013
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