Editor of Middle East Eye, David Hearst, on how we are on the brink of witnessing the birth of the Zionist dream. The creation of a Greater Israel has the potential to transform the Middle East and bring with it much wider and bloodier conflicts
Former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has effectively confirmed the existence of the Hannibal Directive, a procedure used to prevent the kidnapping of Israeli forces. This entails killing other Israelis, or allowing them to be killed, in order to prevent their kidnapping. In other words. many Israelis killed on Oct 7, 2023, could have been killed by the IDF NOT Hamas
Netanyahu has presented President Trump with a golden pager to commemorate an Israeli operation against Hezbollah last year. The operation killed and maimed hundreds, including Hezbollah members AND many Lebanese civilians and children
When asked who will take in the Palestinians, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said it should be countries who have opposed Israel’s military operations in Gaza. “Countries like Spain, Ireland, Norway, and others …are legally obligated to allow any Gaza resident to enter their territories,” he said.
Israel’s newly appointed chief of staff Major General Eyal Zamir has admitted that the number of Israeli soldiers killed and wounded in Gaza is significantly higher than officially acknowledged
Trump and Netanyahu are working together in a campaign of ethnic cleaning, which has now moved into the West Bank. So while Trump promises a better life in Egypt and Jordan, the IDF assists by forcibly expelling West Bank residents and demolishing their homes
What happened in Gaza is now repeating itself in the West Bank, says Prof. Marandi. With President Trump’s assistance, Israel is systematically annexing Palestinian land as Netanyahu implements plans for a Greater Israel
In what must sound like music to Netanyahu’s ears, President Trump has announced plans for the permanent resettlement of Palestinians to neighbouring countries. To be implemented by U.S. troops, the plan will amount to ethnic cleansing
The US president may view the bombed-out territory as prime real estate. But the people who live there aren’t going anywhere, despite Israel’s genocidal plans
IDF soldiers reportedly leave the Netzarim Corridor in tears having failed to deliver a decisive blow to Hamas. Although they did manage to kill more than 40,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians
Following his release, the 80-year-old spoke of the humane way his captors had treated him, which prompted a wave of online abuse from Zionist trolls
According to a former Israeli intelligence officer, quoted by the Financial Times, “Hamas is still ruling, and still the dominant actor in Gaza. Period.”