Israel after the Ceasefire

 

Verfassungsblog

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»A leader at the human rights group called the proposal “a dangerous and dramatic step backwards and a product of ongoing #impunity for Israel’s system of #apartheid and its #genocide in Gaza.“«

https://www.commondreams.org/news/amnesty-blasts-israeli-death-penalty-bill-as-institutionalized-discrimination-against-palestinians

Amnesty Blasts Israeli Death Penalty Bill as 'Institutionalized Discrimination Against Palestinians' | Common Dreams

Amnesty International condemns Israel's advancement of a death penalty bill targeting Palestinians, calling it a discriminatory tool of state-sanctioned killing.

Common Dreams
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> For Concepcion, the country’s over-reliance on OFWs remittances is equivalent to the perpetuation of the violation and murder of Filipino workers. She believes that a viable solution to this issue involves ending the government’s labor export program and creating decent jobs domestically through meaningful land reform and national industrialization.
#Philippines #LandReform #DomesticPolicy

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„Despite Misgivings About Netanyahu’s Gaza Plans, Most Israelis Support His Approach to the Palestinians“

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/israels-emerging-occupation-consensus

Israel’s Emerging Occupation Consensus

Despite misgivings about Netanyahu’s Gaza plans, most Israelis support his approach to the Palestinians.

Foreign Affairs

#israel #palestine #war #gaza #domesticpolicy #opinion #division

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„… Palestinians has been so fundamentally destroyed that neither a one-state nor a #twostatesolution seems realistic at present. How this #trust could be rebuilt was "a mystery" to him, said Gräbe.“

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #domesticpolicy / #opinion

„Gaza war deepens #division in Israel

(…) For the expert, a political solution seems a long way off. He considers the accusation that Palestinians are not capable of running their own state to be "colonialist". He points to Jordan, which also receives a lot of international aid and is praised worldwide for its good governance. However, trust between Israelis and…“

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(Original source; german only:)

https://www.evangelisch.de/inhalte/246392/10-08-2025/nahost-experte-gaza-krieg-vertieft-spaltung-israel

Gaza-Krieg vertieft Spaltung in Israel

Der Krieg im Gazastreifen verstärkt nach Einschätzung des Nahost-Experten Uwe Gräbe derzeit vor allem die Spaltung in Israel. Die deutsche Luftbrücke bewertet er als teure und ineffektive Maßnahme.

#israel #iran : #war / #domesticpolicy

„In addition to targeting the Islamic Republic's military and nuclear facilities, Israel has struck economic sites, police stations and ministries, hoping to throw the country into #disarray.“

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/06/16/iran-struck-throughout-by-israel-faces-chaos_6742385_4.html

Iran, struck throughout by Israel, faces chaos

In addition to targeting the Islamic Republic's military and nuclear facilities, Israel has struck economic sites, police stations and ministries, hoping to throw the country into disarray.

Le Monde

A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

There is no question in my mind that it is time for the country to become fairly radical for a generation. History shows that where this occurs occasionally, nations are saved from revolution.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Letter (1930-05-12) to John A. Kingsbury

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #fdr #franklinroosevelt #domesticpolicy #economics #policy #politicalinstability #politics #publicpolicy #radicalism #revolution #stability

Letter (1930-05-12) to John A. Kingsbury - Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | WIST Quotations

There is no question in my mind that it is time for the country to become fairly radical for a generation. History shows that where this occurs occasionally, nations are saved from revolution.

WIST Quotations

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #domesticpolicy / #government / #settlers / #ethniccleansing / #farright

„Netanyahu has embraced — partly out of conviction and partly to maintain the necessary support to stay in power — the Gaza agenda of his allies in Israel’s far-right nationalist movement. This vision, which is being implemented at a rapid pace, centers on establishing settlements and carrying out the ethnic cleansing of the population in Gaza.“

https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-26/netanyahu-advances-the-israeli-far-rights-most-extreme-agenda-in-gaza.html

Netanyahu advances the Israeli far right’s most extreme agenda in Gaza

The religious ultranationalist parties in the coalition are setting the government’s agenda with their plans for ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the annexation of the West Bank

EL PAÍS English
Lebanon faces the difficult challenge of disarming a weakened Hezbollah

The president is committed to demilitarizing the Shia party-militia through dialogue, but pressure from the US and Israel leaves little room for maneuver for the armed organization

EL PAÍS English