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Israeli Cabinet minister rejects US criticism on settlements

Israel's finance minister says that his ultranationalist party would push to legalize all wildcat settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, a move likely to draw international outcry and condemnation

The Independent UK

Israeli Jews Are Increasingly Shunnning Buses In The West Bank Over Harrassment Issues

Many Jews in Samaria are afraid to take the bus where harassment has been reported on buses from Arab men against Israeli girls.

Zenger

Israel Authorizes Nine West Bank Outposts, Despite US Opposition

Israel granted retroactive authorization on Sunday to nine Jewish settler outposts in the occupied West Bank and announced mass-construction of new homes within established settlements, moves likely to draw US admonition. The first to publish the decisions by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet were two pro-settler politicians whose inclusion…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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U.S. to Israel: Giving far-right minister authority in West Bank is step toward annexation

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is a radical right-wing settler who supports annexation.

Axios

Israeli minister says no pause on settlements after US asked Israel to halt expansion

One of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right allies said on Tuesday Israel would not freeze Jewish settlement building in the occupied West Bank, a week after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed Israel to halt construction.

Reuters

Commentary: Palestinians in Israel have new cause to fear for their future

In recent days, there has been an alarming escalation of violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories, adding victims to what had been a deadly year in 2022. Last Thursday, the Israel Defense Force launched a raid against militants in the Jenin refugee camp, killing nine Palestinians. The next day,…

Los Angeles Times

Israel's plastic tax repeal signals climate policy shift

Israel's new government is moving quickly to repeal a tax on single-use plastic goods like cups, plates and cutlery

The Independent UK

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Trudy Rubin: Netanyahu's radical cabinet ministers ignore history and pursue one undemocratic state

One of the advantages of growing older is that you accumulate something called "historic memory," which basically means you've been around long enough to recall more than younger folks.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Israel raids: Why are so many Palestinians being killed?

Al Jazeera breaks down the reason for the increase in the number of Palestinians killed by Israel in recent months.

Al Jazeera

Removal of West Bank Outpost Tests Israel’s New Coalition

Israeli authorities on Friday dismantled a small settler outpost in the occupied West Bank, a day after it was erected, in a major test to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new ruling coalition. Footage broadcast by Israeli media showed troops removing the outpost of Or Chaim without any violence. The action,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli forces remove West Bank settler outpost, riling rightists in government

Israeli security forces on Friday evicted a small group of Jewish settlers from an outpost they erected hours earlier in the occupied West Bank, upsetting pro-settlement members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.

Reuters

Jake Sullivan meets Netanyahu amid rise of Israeli far right

The US official’s visit comes a month after Israel inaugurated the most far-right government in its history.

Al Jazeera

Biden adviser meets Netanyahu amid unease over his govt

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, the highest level meeting between the two allies since Israel’s most right-wing government ever took power last month

The Independent UK

New Israel army chief vows to keep politics out of military

Israel’s new army chief has vowed to keep the military free of politics, days after his predecessor spoke out against planned changes to military operations in the occupied West Bank

The Independent UK

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Vows to Protect its Military from Politics

Israeli leaders vowed on Monday to keep the country's conscript military free of politics after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave far-right coalition partners increased control over security forces and settlements in the occupied West Bank. While Netanyahu's conservative Likud party retained the Defense Ministry, which runs the authority that coordinates…

The Guardian - UK

Netanyahu is Israel’s own worst enemy. Why won’t western allies confront him?

The hard-right religious coalition is attacking civil liberties at home and becoming an unreliable partner abroad. Its leader is endangering western support for his country, writes Simon Tisdall

The Independent UK

Israel's outgoing army chief rebukes far-right government

Israel’s outgoing army chief has warned against plans by Benjamin Netanyahu’s new coalition to grant more control to pro-settler lawmakers and make other changes to the Israeli security establishment

The Guardian - UK

Abbas allies fear new Israeli government intends to destroy Palestinian Authority

Palestinian minister says ultranationalists in coalition want to create ‘new reality in the West Bank’

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The Guardian - US

Biden’s response to Israel’s far-right government: avoid confrontation

As Netanyahu takes an aggressively anti-Palestinian line, the White House will seek to avoid the humiliations heaped on Obama

Zenger

Israel Moves Ahead With Transfer Of Palestine Funds To Terror Victims

Israel on Sunday transferred 138.8 million shekels of revenues to the victims of terrorism and their families.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shtayyeh Warns of Palestinian Authority’s Collapse

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh warned Monday that Israeli sanctions on the Palestinian Authority “will promptly lead to its collapse.” Speaking to Haaretz, Shtayyeh was referring to the retaliatory sanctions the Israeli cabinet imposed over the weekend on the PA, including seizing 140 million shekels ($39 million) in tax revenues.…

Salon

Israel demographic changes spark alarm

The next generation of Israelis are becoming increasingly religious, and the new government represents that change

The Conversation

Israel's new hard-line government has made headlines – the bigger demographic changes that caused it, not so much

Israel’s new goverment is the most right-wing and religious leadership the country has had in the 75 years of its existence, as many observers have pointed out. And this style of leadership may last because it represents the next generation of Israelis.

Salon

Far-right threat to Israeli democracy

Netanyahu government is coalition of the most extreme right-wing and religious parties in the history of the state

The Conversation

4 ways Netanyahu's new far-right government threatens Israeli democracy

Democracy is not just about holding elections. It is a set of institutions, ideas and practices that allow citizens a continuous, decisive voice in shaping their government and its policies.

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