The Perfect Storm for Israelis and Palestinians
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
A perfect storm has gathered among Israelis and Palestinians. Amid yet another calamity the loss of life, the loss of human dignity, the fear the undercurrents of the conflict have reemerged. This is not merely another round of the Israel-Hamas war. As bad as previous rounds were, the past few weeks have managed to touch and inflame almost every core aspect of the century-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict: national narratives and grievances, religious sanctity and symbols, and communal violence not seen in many decades, bringing with it the base, awful human fear of one’s own neighbors and the even-worse impulse to strike them first. All this is wrapped in the all-too-familiar thunder of bombs and rockets, with millions of lives abruptly interrupted and endangered, children running to bomb shelters or cowering in fear if they have none, and many lives already lo
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu s mandate to form govt expires; Opposition chief Yair Lapid gets the chance
Firstpost 2 hours ago Agence France-Presse © Provided by Firstpost Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu s mandate to form govt expires; Opposition chief Yair Lapid gets the chance
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s mandate to form a government following an inconclusive election expired on Wednesday, giving his rivals a chance to take power and end the divisive premier s record tenure.
Netanyahu, on trial over corruption charges he denies, had a 28-day window to secure a coalition following the 23 March vote, Israel s fourth in less than two years.