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The recognition by the Israeli Defense Forces this month that it was probably one of its soldiers who killed Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was belated, expected, and unsatisfactory.
A new Israeli Supreme Court judgment applies a 2012 amendment to civil tort immunity legislation to effectively block tort claims arising from incidents in Gaza.
The judgment marks a regressive trend in which HCJ justices uncritically apply old rulings on international law doctrines to belligerent occupation situations.
Despite signs of rapprochement, new faultlines are emerging over freedom of navigation in the eastern Mediterranean.
Today’s shaky ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is a good thing in itself, but without further diplomacy it will prove just a brief respite from the violence.
The current unravelling has its roots in the political dysfunction of both Israel’s party system and the Palestinian national movement’s decayed one-party dictatorship.
People are rushing to defend symbols seemingly under attack, ready to believe and spread their worst fears and misconceptions and eager to save face and pride where so much else is shaking.
The organization's narrow focus on armed conflict has limited its options and appeal at times, but it may now be its greatest strength.
Cultivating ties with China has been one important component of Benjamin Netanyahu’s grand strategy of building national resilience through economic, political, and military strength.
Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to walk away from agreements with Israel and the United States, but it's not clear what that would mean in practice.