The Palestinian Forum for Israeli Studies
Summary 2015–2018
Over the three years of its parliamentary session, the Knesset enacted a total of 185 racist laws in support of the occupation and settlement activity.
A total of 32 bills were approved in the final reading. These included 26 separate laws. Six bills were included as provisions under four of the 26 approved laws.
Almost all Israeli analyses coincide that the Palestinian marches of return in the so-called “border area with the Gaza Strip” do not pose a significant risk to Israel, taking account of the balance of
A representative of the military government, so-called the “Civil Administration”, in the West Bank presented a report to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, stating that the number of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip reached 5 million. In addition to 300,000
- The Trump Administration’s support is not only political, but ideological as well, and combines a transcendental religious vision with politics.
- Israel has shifted from complaining of an absent partner to dispensing with the need for one. Meantime, a new formula of the Palestinian state is being imposed on grounds of the current settlement enterprise.
- Identification with the US right wing offers Israel an opportunity in the short term, but it is associated serious risks, which can be used by the Palestinians.
In its recently published periodic report, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned that the benefits of Israeli economic growth indicators, which the report describes as “good”, are not equally shared by all citizens. In addition to the Arab citizens who face a
In the evening of 22 February 2018, the Judicial Selection Committee in Israel, chaired by Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked of the far right wing Jewish Home party, approved the appointment of Alex Stein and Ofer Groskopf as judges at the Israeli High Court.
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On the collapse of the concept of "moving away from America and the West and replacing them with new friends": "Netanyahu was looking for comfortable political partners, even at the cost of harming Israel's national security."
