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Archives: Israel
![Oil-Rich Arab States Quietly Join Israel in Cheering for Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/oil-rich-arab-states-quietly-joi-187x137.jpg)
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Israel’s Netanyahu bribed Major Newspaper to get Positive Coverage
TeleSur | - - The Israeli right-wing leader tried to negotiate with the owner of a critical and highly circulated newspaper to get positive coverage. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under police…![US Media outraged by Russia, won’t Notice Israeli plot on UK Parliament](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/us-media-outraged-by-russia-wont-187x137.jpg)
US Media outraged by Russia, won’t Notice Israeli plot on UK Parliament
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment)- - Washington is obsessed by the story put out by US intelligence agencies that Russia tried to interfere in the US presidential election. But for reasons…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/LN-1-187x137.jpg)
Rebuking Fundamentalists, Funeral for Palestinian-Israeli Istanbul Victim draws Thousands
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - One of the thirty-nine victims of the Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) shooting at the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, Layan Nasser, 19, was buried on…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/148249248012938-2-1-187x137.gif)
With Fall of Aleppo, will a Russo-Iranian Middle East challenge Trump?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Thursday, the Syrian government announced that the last of those who wanted to be evacuated from the East Aleppo pocket had been…![Can Israeli institutions include both more Women and more Gender-Segregating Orthodox?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/can-israeli-institutions-include-187x137.jpg)
Can Israeli institutions include both more Women and more Gender-Segregating Orthodox?
Shulamit Almog | (The Conversation) | - - In one sense, women are making great strides in the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). In October, the army declared it was examining the possibility…![Obama not only did not pay Iran Ransom, he denied Iran Billions it had Coming to It](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/obama-not-only-did-not-pay-iran-187x137.jpg)
Obama not only did not pay Iran Ransom, he denied Iran Billions it had Coming to It
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Zack Beauchamp at Vox has a very clear explanation of why the $400 million the US paid to Iran in January was not…![Arab Street Shocked as Saudi Delegation Visits Israel](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/arab-street-shocked-as-saudi-del-187x137.jpg)
Arab Street Shocked as Saudi Delegation Visits Israel
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Egyptian news site the Arab Observer Network reports that the visit to Israel of a former Saudi military intelligence officer, Gen. Anwar…![Corruption: Israeli Police recommends prosecuting wife of PM Netanyahu](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/corruption-israeli-police-recomm-187x137.jpg)
Corruption: Israeli Police recommends prosecuting wife of PM Netanyahu
Israel Broadcast Authority news | (Video Report) | - - "Israel Police submits file to Jerusalem district attorney: enough evidence for Prime Minister's wife to be indicted for graft. IBA News: "Police…![Israel’s “chained women” fight for right to divorce](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/israels-chained-women-fight-for-187x137.jpg)
Israel’s “chained women” fight for right to divorce
By Michael Blum | ( Your Middle East | - - Israel's "chained women" fight for right to divorce. She is one of Israel's "chained women" -- the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/index-187x137.jpg)
Civility? Professor Proposes Israel “flatten” a City of 1 million
By Belén Fernández | ( TeleSur ) | - - No, Israel Should Not Flatten Beirut: A debate over whether Israel should commit war crimes and wipe out a city of at…![Israel frets about “Iran as Neighbor” if Aleppo falls & al-Assad Regime Wins](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/israel-frets-about-iran-as-neigh-187x137.jpg)
Israel frets about “Iran as Neighbor” if Aleppo falls & al-Assad Regime Wins
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - An Arabic site that aggregates Facebook and other social media postings reports that Israeli officials are filled with anxiety and consternation about the…![Are Palestinian-Israelis going from 2nd Class Citizens to 3rd Class?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/01/are-palestinian-israelis-going-f-187x137.jpg)
Are Palestinian-Israelis going from 2nd Class Citizens to 3rd Class?
By Nadim Nashif and Raya Naamneh | Al-Shabaka | (Ma'an News Agency) | - - Israel still portrays itself as a Jewish and democratic state. Yet in practice, as its Palestinian citizens…![71 UK doctors call on World Medical Association to Expel Israel over Torture](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/01/71-uk-doctors-call-on-world-medi-187x137.jpg)
71 UK doctors call on World Medical Association to Expel Israel over Torture
Ma'an News Agency | - - 'BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A group of British doctors is pushing for the World Medical Association (WMA) to expel the Israeli Medical Association (IMA), the IMA’s chairman…![Israeli PM Netanyahu Still trying to derail Iran Nuclear Deal](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/01/israeli-pm-netanyahu-still-tryin-187x137.jpg)
Israeli PM Netanyahu Still trying to derail Iran Nuclear Deal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - BBC Monitoring reports that over the weekend, even as the great Powers were certifying that Iran was in compliance with the UNSC deal…![Offices of Israeli Human Rights & Peace Group B’Tselem Torched in Jerusalem](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/01/offices-of-israeli-human-rights-187x137.jpg)
Why Arson was suspected in Fire at Offices of Israeli Human Rights & Peace Group B’Tselem
Nir Hasson | Haaretz | (Video News Report) | - - Update: N.B. an investigation by the Jerusalem fire brigade appears to have concluded that an electrical wiring fault was responsible for…![Israel’s working poor](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/12/israels-working-poor-187x137.jpg)
Israel’s working poor
By Jacob Wirtschafter | ( Your Middle East) | A poverty report has added fuel to long-standing debates about religion, intercommunal politics, and Israel’s national priorities. An energy boom and its high-tech…![Shin Bet: Jewish Terrorists Out to ‘Violently Overthrow’ Israeli Government](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/12/shin-bet-jewish-terrorists-out-t-187x137.jpg)
Shin Bet: Jewish Terrorists Out to ‘Violently Overthrow’ Israeli Government
By IMEMC | - - Israel’s domestic security agency Shin Bet, on Thursday, cautioned that a Jewish terror organization is seeking to “violently overthrow” the Israeli government, Israeli media reported. Israeli soldiers…![Trump Cancels trip to Israel after Parliamentarians slam him as Neo-Nazi](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/12/trump-cancels-trip-to-israel-aft-187x137.jpg)
Trump Cancels trip to Israel after Parliamentarians slam him as Neo-Nazi
By IMEMC | - - After criticism from both the left and the right, Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that he will delay his visit to Israel and Jerusalem. The wealthy business tycoon…![US think tank says Israel has around 115 nuclear weapons](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042521im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/11/us-think-tank-says-israel-has-ar-187x137.jpg)