Hamas wants to confront Israel, but not in Gaza
Hugh Lovatt believes that cooperation with Hamas is also to Hezbollah’s advantage, as it allows it to increase pressure on Israel while avoiding more serious repression
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The recent rocket fire from Lebanon was another attempt by Hamas to open another front against Israel that would still try to leave Gaza out of the equation
Neither Palestinians, nor Hezbollah, nor Israel ‘actually really interested in full-scale conflict’
The acceleration of the settlements, which also crosses what were considered red lines by the US and EU, could prove fatal to the two-state solution
Hugh Lovatt deciphers the latest events shaking the Israeli public squares on the one hand and the violence in the West Bank on the other
The EU doesn’t want to rock the boat; it sees a lot of interest in bilateral relations with Israel and very little interest in relations with the Palestinians
Hugh Lovatt analyses why the EU describes Palestinian attacks as terrorist acts but refuses to use the same description over Israeli attacks
Palestinians in numerous villages and hamlets continue to face the daily threat of home demolitions and forced evictions by the State of Israel
Hugh Lovatt comments on Israel’s systematic displacement of Palestinians in Eastern Jerusalem
These foreign businesses are implicating themselves and foreign tourists in Israel’s internationally unlawful actions and human rights abuses against Palestinians
Hugh Lovatt on how the operations by some companies in occupied territory results in their complicity with Israel’s violations of Palestinian rights
Can Israeli settlements benefit from carbon capture investments ? Can Israel exploit and export Palestinian gas reserves?
While Naftali Bennett’s government has given new impetus to many areas of Israeli domestic politics, with regard to Palestine there is no change
Hugh Lovatt comments on Israeli politics and policies vis-à-vis Palestine
A heavy-handed security response by Israel will do little to alter these drivers of violence