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When asked if a hostage deal was difficult because "someone" is devoid of emotions and humanity, Dan responded, "Oh, I didn't understand because Bibi Netanyahu also meets all these definitions."

Samer Badawi joined +972 in 2014 and covered Operation Protective Edge for the magazine from Gaza and the West Bank in the summer and fall of that year. He writes about U.S. policy toward the region, Israel-Palestine activism, and the nexus between the movement for Palestinian rights and other liberation struggles. His reporting and analysis have been cited by The Washington Post, featured on Al Jazeera, BBC, and other mainstream outlets, and called "must read" by Arad Nir of I...

Flag parade: Israel's intention to hold the flag parade, cancelled because of Hamas rocket fire targeting Jerusalem (the beginning of Operation Guardian of the Walls) enraged the Palestinians, whose responses included threats to renew the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. Judea and Samaria: A shooting attack was carried out near Elon Moreh (east of Nablus), targeting an Israeli civilian vehicle. No casualties were reported. Rebuilding the Gaza Strip: The Egyptian army sent engineers and heav...

Matthias Schmale says that his comments about IDF precision strikes during “Operation Guardian of the Walls”—and about there being no shortage of humanitarian supplies in the Strip—were “blatantly manipulated.”

Get email notification for articles from Amira Hass Follow May. 26, 2021 12:23 AM The director of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza apologized Tuesday for remarks he made to Channel 12 stating that it was his impression that with few exceptions, the targets Israel struck during the recent Gaza war were not civilians. Hamas and Palestinian human rights groups harshly criticized his remarks prior to his apology.  Matthias Schmale, director of UNRWA’s operations in the...

“Netanyahu … tarried until the morning hours on Thursday, in the same way as he was late to congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in the election,” writes Amos Harel in Haaretz. “This is a direct continuation of Netanyahu’s cynical attitude towards Trump, the man he crowned at every opportunity as the American president most friendly and beneficent towards Israel, ever.” 3. Nazis on the Hill: Among those good people that Bismuth and some others on the Israeli right were so enamored ...