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Israel grants legal status to 19 West Bank settlements, including two vacated in 2005 disengagement
The move follows government approval on Wednesday for the construction of 764 housing units across three settlements in the West Bank.
How the Second Intifada built the walls that failed on October 7 - analysis
The Gaza Disengagement: Sharon's strategic mistake and its cost – opinion
It began in Neveh Dekalim: How the Gaza Disengagement led to judicial reform
Was Sharon right after all?
If the Gaza pullout doesn’t kill us, it may well have saved us from a far more lethal West Bank one.
Restraint is not strength
Sharon’s disengagement plan was perhaps the most deceitful, manipulative and shameful move by any Israeli leader.
Israel and Gaza: The existential conundrum
Gaza only poses problems of Current Security to Israel, the West Bank, however, constitutes a Basic Security problem.
The long view?
The Arab Spring is better understood as a ‘Second Arab Awakening’ that has the potential to build a political culture and political institutions that promote checks and balances on government power, diversity, toleration, human rights and economic growth, writes Marwan Muasher.
Grapevine: Italian empathy
Grasso promised to raise his voice all over Italy, with the aim of gaining support for the safe return of the abducted youngsters.
Candidly speaking: Our Islamic fundamentalist adversaries are inhuman barbarians
If these barbarians have the capacity to behave so cruelly toward their own kinsmen, one can only shudder at what they would do to Jews if they had the opportunity.
Media comment: ‘They’ are not ‘one of us’
In this period between Holocaust Remembrance Day and Independence Day, we can only wish that Israel’s democracy does not succumb to those who abuse its freedoms.
The price is going up
Policy makers still turn a blind eye to "price tag" activists and legislators have followed suit.
Candidly speaking: Jewish leaders Down Under are not being intimidated
Indeed, Australia could serve as a role model for leaders in other Diaspora Jewish communities.
Netanyahu, Ya'alon eulogize decorated war hero Har Zion
Meir Har Zion, who was part of legendary commando force Unit 101, was laid to rest near his home in the northern Jordan Valley.