Worth also mentioning in context of Israel-UK defence ties that the tiny amount of security-related purchases in the UK some now suspended, far less important than intelligence-sharing, military cooperation and UK purchases (in billions) of Israeli arms. All of which continuing

There were no Situation Room meetings for Shireen Abu Akleh, Omar Assad, Mohammad Khdour and Tawfic Abdel Jabbar

A new Palestinian-owned shop here in Chicago, Nabala Cafe, had its windows bashed in last night.

Literally minutes after Biden said a hostage ceasefire deal is “very close.” Maybe the only thing worse than the Netanyahu governments actions is the Biden administrations inactions.

Of course, the West Bank does not exist on Netanyahu's map. And Gaza is the forever Israeli enclave. This speech will go down in history as Netanyahu's open admission to that world that Israel will remain between the river and the sea indefinitely, as long as he rules.

That worked well with Iran. And so in 11 months of war to total victory maximum pressure has yet to be put on Hamas..?

You don’t need a rocket scientist to know that when Netanyahu makes crystal clear that Israel will not do a deal, end the war or leave Gaza, there is no longer incentive to keep the hostages alive.

By the way, not lost on me that Netanyahu did this on Labor Day, when much of the US was not paying attention

Netanyahu can continue to insist that there is no change to the status quo at Al Aqsa/Temple Mount. But the evidence shows otherwise. Here's an explainer I did last year on what's at stake crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…

Israel’s north is still burning. The war of attrition with Hezbollah continues, the risk of escalation is always present, and the stakes on both sides become higher. As I wrote in June nytimes.com/2024/06/12/opi…

“Kahane Lives. Hersh is dead.” Israel 2024

This is a very good piece foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/01/isr…

“You have a government whose senior ministers are settlers, and not just settlers, but settlers that represent the radical hilltop youth, the kind of settlers who want to annex the entire West Bank," Mairav Zonszein מרב זונשיין explained: nationaljournal.com/s/726060/risin…

Israelis have been protesting in huge numbers for four days in a row, including at least half a million just on Sunday. But that is simply not going to cut it. It won’t change Netanyahus mind. And it along can’t bring down the coalition.

Israelis protesting in front of Ron Dermer’s house in west Jerusalem. He is Netanyahus closest aide and recently said at a cabinet meeting “the prime minister can do whatever he wants.”

Nope. It’s literally just Netanyahu not wanting a ceasefire

Inside the brutal siege of Jenin 972mag.com/jenin-operatio…

You don’t need two guys nobody has ever heard of to implicate Israel and Israeli society in major offences against the Palestinian people.