Israelis are concerned the UN may move to recognize Palestine this
year. Hamas says it will seek revenge for the killing of three of its
cadres in an Israeli airstrike. Judge Goldstone reconsiders his report
on the Gaza war. Israel welcomes his statement, but Palestinians say
he caved under pressure. An Israeli commander calls the death of
Rachel Corrie “an accident.” The UN says the Israeli destruction of
Palestinian homes continues to increase. The first woman leader of a
Palestinian political party is elected. Israel tells its citizens to
leave the Sinai. Israel launches a counter-cyber terrorism unit.
Ha’aretz says another Gaza war is getting closer, and looks at PM
Fayyad’s Land Day state-building activities. The Israeli government
approves more West Bank settlement expansion. The Israeli military
says it will have to do more real-time documenting of its activities.
An Israeli university report says there is a danger of it turning into
a religious state. Gaza militants declare their “truce” with Israel
over. Aluf Benn says whatever his re-considerations, the Goldstone
Report has changed Israel’s behavior. The National says Goldstone has
not cleared Israel of civilian deaths. Tony Karon says Pres. Obama’s
multilateral Libya policy has serious implications for Israel. Hussein
Ibish says all parties stand to gain from normalization between the
Arab states and Israel in the context of a two-state solution.
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