Month: May 2019

INTO THE FRAY: Cracks in the Dome?

For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column Cracks in the Dome? (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag ‪#‎IntoFray) The huge investments made in defensive systems are slowly emerging as an exorbitant and costly failure—or at best a very partial and temporary success. The time has come to rethink Israel’s strategic paradigm. It […]

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Let their people go

WHY GAZA MUST GO www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Into-the-fray-Why-Gaza-must-go-368862 The only durable solution requires dismantling Gaza, humanitarian relocation of the non-belligerent Arab population, and extension of Israeli sovereignty over the region.   LET THEIR PEOPLE GO! www.jpost.com/Opinion/Into-the-Fray-Let-their-people-go-379687 The Palestinian Arabs, as a national collective, have failed the test of history. It is high time we drop the charade of […]

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Haaretz: Gazans’ only way out is through Egypt – if they can afford it

Gazans’ only way out is through Egypt – if they can afford it A two-track system offers wealthier Gazans to pay for expedited exit permits to Egypt through middlemen while all the others are left waiting https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/egypt/.premium-gazans-only-way-out-is-through-egypt-but-only-if-they-can-afford-it-1.7172812 Zvi Bar’el | Apr. 29, 2019 | 2:55 PM |  1 The honor accorded to Youssef al-Najjar, in whose memory the departure […]

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Haaretz: 35,000 Palestinians left Gaza in 2018; Hamas blocking doctors from leaving

35,000 Palestinians left Gaza in 2018; Hamas blocking doctors from leaving Most of those departing were young, educated and relatively well-off, and mainly reach Europe via Turkey and then Greece https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/.premium-35-000-palestinians-left-gaza-in-2018-hamas-blocking-doctors-from-leaving-1.7254747 Yaniv Kubovich | May 19, 2019 | 2:59 PM |  2 Some 35,000 Palestinians who left the Gaza Strip via Egypt last year haven’t returned, according to Israeli […]

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הרהורים בעקבות סירוב הרשות הפלסטינית לקבל מישראל את כספי המיסים בעקבות הפעלת חוק הקיזוז

        מאת תת-אלוף (מיל.) יוסי קופרווסר   התועלת הביטחונית לטווח הקצר שישראל מפיקה משיתוף הפעולה הביטחוני נמוכה מהתועלת הביטחונית שמפיקים הפלסטינים, ונמוכה אף יותר מהנזק האסטרטגי ארוך הטווח שנוצר כתוצאה מההשלמה המתמשכת של ישראל עם ההסתה, עידוד הטרור והמאבק המדיני נגד ישראל שמנהלת הרשות התעקשותו של אבו מאזן שלא לקבל מישראל את […]

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