Daily Archives: 16.12.2023

Ksenia Svetlova: The Left in Israel After 7 October

The public discourse in Israel is poisoned by the very same people who failed to prevent Hamas’s attack in early October. Now Netanyahu’s government wants to divert attention from its failures by pushing a vindictive agenda. Political analyst and former member of the Knesset Ksenia Svetlova explains what it means to be a leftist in…

“Netanyahu is ruining Israel for his own good”: Former Knesset member

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Why is Israel unable to explain the war in Gaza to the world?

The scope of the massacres committed by Hamas terrorists and Gazan civilians in southern Israel on October 7 deeply shocked Israeli society. In the aftermath of October 7 Israel was shocked a second time – by multiple denials of the massacre, the indifference to Israeli women who were raped and Israeli children who were kidnapped,…

A Decision Not to Decide: Israel’s View of Hamas Before October 7

In the aftermath of the Hamas attack on October 7, Israeli government and military chiefs have repeatedly promised the Israeli public that soon HAMAS will not rule over Gaza, politically or militarily. Hamas has been in power in Gaza for 16 years. Let’s review Israel’s recent history with Hamas, to show how inaction and postponing decision-making…

The primary victims of Hamas are Palestinian

On the night of January 25, 2006, after Hamas won a majority of the seats in elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council, its political leader Ismail Haniya told the press he had requested a meeting with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the future of the Palestinian government. “Hamas will cooperate with everybody for…