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A man from the Jahalin tribe herds his sheep in his village near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumin, West Bank, May 19, 2005. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)

Israel issuing Palestinian building permits to further West Bank land grab

An increase in building permits for Palestinian structures in Area C of the West Bank is not what it seems. It is, in fact, part of the Israeli government’s process of concentrating Palestinians in order to make room for settlements to expand. By Alon Cohen-Lifshitz It’s the responsibility of anyone who wants to build a house to…

By +972 Magazine January 27, 2017

Binyamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman thank their supporters at the Likud-Israel Beitenu headquarter, January 23 2013 (photo: Yotam Ronen / Activestills)

Avigdor Liberman’s new job: Control over four million Palestinians

Netanyahu may have found an opportunity to take revenge on the old IDF elites, but in doing so has put one of Israel’s most hawkish politicians in charge of the occupation. Avigdor Liberman’s appointment as defense minister is, in my eyes, one of Netanyahu’s most surprising moves (in fact, on Wednesday I argued that it…

By Noam Sheizaf May 19, 2016

A man from the Zanoun family sits on the ruins of his house a few hours after it was demolished by the Israeli Land Administration, in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Wadi Al Na'am, Negev Desert, May 18, 2014. The family of seven people was living in the house demolished for being illegaly built. Wadi Al-Na’am is the largest unrecognized village in Israel, with about 13,000 inhabitants, most of its inhabitants are internally displaced. The village is not connected to electricity and its inhabitants are subjected to Israel's house demolition policy. (Keren Manor/Activestills)

New Jewish settlements planned ‘on top of’ Bedouin villages

The Israeli government approves a plan for five new settlements in the Negev/Naqab. Rights group says the plan, like Israel’s overall policy regarding its Bedouin citizens, is discriminatory. The Israeli government on Sunday approved a plan for five new Jewish settlements to be built in the Negev (Naqab) in the south of Israel. The plan,…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland November 23, 2015

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Oct 22-23: Foreign donors funded 98% of Netanyahu’s campaign

The Headlines: Brutal and Incompetent > The mess over the illegal migrant worker employed by the wife of Defense Minister Barak (Labor) is not going away. The Attorney General turned down her request to pay an administrative fine, and is considering an indictment. The immigration police is scouring the country looking for the worker, while…

By Roi Maor October 23, 2010

Oct 18: Arab poverty on the rise, Barak’s problems

The Headlines: Guilt and Innocence > The State Attorney has decided not to retroactively acquit Margalit Harshefi, who was convicted for knowing in advance about the intention to assassinate Prime Minister Rabin in 1995, and doing nothing to stop it. Influential columnist Nahum Barnea suggests reopening the whole issue: what was the role of hard-right…

By Roi Maor October 18, 2010

IDF spokesperson spins Mavi Marmara video for local political purposes

After weeks in which Israel refused to release the media confiscated form the journalists on the Gaza-bound flotilla, a short clip is posted on the IDF radio site, just at the perfect timing for Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi’s needs Israeli chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi testified this week before the Turkel committee, the investigating…

By Noam Sheizaf August 13, 2010