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Jun. 6, 2021 6:08 AM
It’s obviously only a coincidence, but somehow the leaders of the Religious Zionism party decided this year, of all years, that it was insufficient to mark the end of the Six-Day War according to its Jewish calendar date, which fell on May 10 this year. On Friday, posters appeared announcing people to celebrate the reunification of Jerusalem 54 years ago on its anniversary in the Gregorian calendar. A second Flag March is planned for Thursday.
Last week, I wrote that the unprecedented political crisis could encounter renewed security tension along the Green Line and in the Palestinian territories. The new provocation from Religious Zionism Chairman Bezalel Smotrich, in the form of the march, strengthens this suspicion. On Saturday, Shin Bet security service head Nadav Argaman issued an extraordinary warning, saying political violence could end in physical harm, amid the efforts to form a new coalit
The recent Gaza-Israel violence began with an issue that's plagued the region for a century: settlements. NPR's history podcast Throughline relays the back story of settlements and displacement.
We are led to believe that history is being made in Israel following the formation of an ideologically diverse government coalition which, for the first time, includes an Arab party, Ra am, or the U.
The latest escalation of fighting in Palestine/Israel highlighted the Israeli government's backing of extremist Israeli settler groups, but new information now reveals that US charities are also funding them. US President Joe Biden provided.