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Donald Macintyre

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Journalist-- Middle East, UK politics etc. Former Jerusalem correspondent of the UK Independent, author of "Gaza: Peparing for Dawn" Reposts are not necessarily endorsements.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The UK now needs to introduce political spending limits across a parliament, not just for election campaign years. Otherwise, its election spending rules could fall over. Current rules: parties have a limit (about £34m) for 12 months before an election - but no limits outside the 12 month period.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A bit more from the West Bank newsroom.observer.co.uk/cr/AQjcjBUQ-...
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No man’s land
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Ahead of Ed Miliband's promised "comprehensive reset" of UK policy on Israel, read @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social's in-depth report from the small village of Um al-Khair in the West Bank, for @prospectmagazine.co.uk >> www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
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‘They want us out of Palestine’: On the ground in the West Bank
The intimidation inflicted by Israeli settlers on villages like Umm al-Khair makes clear why Palestinians believe international intervention cannot co...
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Day in the life of POTUS. Inside 24 hours Trump 1 posted an AI- generated video of himself showing an appreciative George Washington round the giant vanity ballroom he is putting major energy into getting the Supreme Court to pass www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Trump bizarrely chats with President Washington in AI ballroom tour
President Trump shared several seemingly AI-generated images of himself along with George Washington over the weekend
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USpolitics 🇺🇸 @uspol.skyfleet.blue · 30/06/2026
Gaza Is Costing Democratic Incumbents Their Seats
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Gaza is costing Democratic incumbents their seats
Pro-Palestine House candidates won primaries in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and lead in Colorado.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"a new [British] prime minister has a unique opportunity to unite most of Labour behind a more progressive policy than his predecessor." thenewworld.substack.com/p/what-the-n...
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What the next PM must do on Israel-Palestine
The change of leader in No 10 gives a chance for the UK government to reset its position on perhaps the most difficult foreign policy question of all
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Keep eyes on Gaza.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
RIP Roy Hattersley. A lifelong Labour Party big beast and a true social democrat in the best sense. His "Who Goes Home" one of the funniest and most perceptive books about about 20th century British politics.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Once the nationality of the perpetrator of Monday's horrific attempted murder in Belfast had been revealed -as he had demanded-- Farage retweeted a boast about Reform's planned ban on ALL Sudanese from entering the UK. Nothing so far condemning last night's racist thuggery in the city.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The failure of FIFA--not to mention individual FAs for example in Europe--to call out the US on this is pretty enraging. Leaves a sour taste around the World Cup. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
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Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Small story on "ordinary" people's honesty even in these crazy times. I left my wallet --containing cash, credit card driving licence etc, on an 88 London bus. Just collected from Stockwell bus garage totally intact. The (presumably) driver or cleaner who handed it in not known. But thank you!!
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Far-right Netanyahu Adviser Caroline Glick Tasked With 'Relocating' Gazans www.haaretz.com/gaza/2026-04...
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Far-right Netanyahu aide Caroline Glick tasked with 'relocating' Gazans
A Source Who Spoke to Haaretz Said Netanyahu's International Affairs Adviser Unsuccessfully Approached Somaliland and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in an Effort to Transfer Palestinian Populati...
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USpolitics 🇺🇸 @uspol.skyfleet.blue · 29/03/2026
The Palestinian Question Is Still the Core of the Middle East Conflict
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The Palestinian Question Is Still the Core of the Middle East Conflict
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Walid Khalidi obituary
Historian who played a key role in persuading the Palestinian leadership of a two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Just caught up with this. Springsteen nails it as only Springsteen can.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This is a great piece.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
The NYT, leading on the $1bn "fee" for joining Trump's "Board of Peace", understandably airs speculation that it "could even be aimed at creating a U.S.-dominated alternative to the United Nations Security Council." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
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$1 Billion in Cash Buys a Permanent Seat on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
This reads like a spoof but if it's authentic, and I'm told it is, it's gobsmacking. www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
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Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace
No mention of Gaza, which bolsters ToI's reporting that US also envisions panel helping resolve other conflicts worldwide; member countries must pay $1 billion for permanent spot
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
This intro to David Frost's Telegraph column sums up so much that is wrong with British politics.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Three days is a long time in geopolitics right now but this from earlier in the week still worth a read. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
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Iran in Crisis: Time for a Change from Within | International Crisis Group
Once again, Iran is experiencing nationwide upheaval and, as on past occasions, the state has responded with brute force. This time, however, U.S. threats of military intervention create additional da...
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
This is a devastating film on every level whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
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Buy cinema tickets for The Voice of Hind Rajab | BFI Southbank
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This, like so much else emerging from Iran, is horrifying. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Tehran morgue videos show the brutality of Iran's crackdown on protesters
Distressing footage reveals nearly 200 bodies with one victim identified as young as 16.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Jonathan Dimbleby, in his new introduction to his and Don McCullin's 1979 "The Palestinians" observes “a growing tendency to regard what they used to consider a fine nation in peril from multiple enemies as a rogue state under demonic leadership” www.the-tls.com/politics-soc...
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Amid the ruins
It has been ten years since I was in the rapturous audience for the highlight of Gaza’s first film festival – a glossy feature about Mohammed Assaf and
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Yes! Salutary, this. www.independent.co.uk/voices/iran-...
independent.co.uk
Stop calling Iranian protesters ‘foreign‑backed’ – they’re not puppets
As Iranians, particularly the women, risk everything for freedom, too many in the West prefer conspiracy theories and scepticism to solidarity – and are repeating the language of the regime they claim...
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This seems to explain why HSBC, the biggest British bank and one of the top ten in the world, blocked modest donations to individuals in Gaza who I have known and worked with for 20 years and have absolutely nothing to do with Hamas. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Israeli and foreign banks block aid to Gaza, pushing donors into crypto
Several Financial Institutions Fear That the Money Will Reach Terrorist Organizations and Are Legally Obligated to Prevent This
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
An, exemplary, human being, in every way. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, visits the community of the Holy Family Catholic Parish in Gaza City, ahead of Christmas Mass he will deliver there. lpj.org/en/news/pres...
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USpolitics 🇺🇸 @uspol.skyfleet.blue · 19/12/2025
Marco Rubio Stands by Cuts That Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People
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Marco Rubio Stands by Cuts That Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People
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Jonathan-FL #HumanRightsForEVERYONE @amerliberal.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
‘A Chilling Assertion’: Trump Officials Falsely Claim Citizens Must Carry Immigration Docs to Prove Their Status “There is no legal requirement that US citizens carry papers or have proof of their citizenship on them,” said an attorney at the ACLU Northern CA. www.commondreams.org/news/bovino-...
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The FT notes that delusional claims about London from Trump, Musk and others are having a reputational impact. The paper points out the capital's murder rate is a third of that in Berlin, a quarter of New York's, and 5% of that in Washington DC
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Just seen “It was just an accident” Jafar Panahi’s brave and riveting film bringing in the most human of ways to the screen the brutal repressiveness and corruption of the Iranian regime and the courage of "ordinary" Iranians who oppose it at such personal cost. Definitely my movie of 2025.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Maybe someone can explain why it isn't seriously irresponsible for the ICC to let this drag on for so long. www.middleeasteye.net/news/icc-lim...
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ICC 'in limbo' as chief prosecutor's fate uncertain ahead of member states assembly
UN inquiry into allegations against Karim Khan missed October submission date with no explanation as key annual meeting by International Criminal Court's governing body due to begin
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Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
This is about the best breakdown on the restrictions of foreign reporters into Gaza, and how outlets like NPR report the conflict: with the excellent, tireless work of our Palestinian reporter, Anas Baba. www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
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Barred from Gaza for 2 years, international journalists are still fighting for access
Israel's Supreme Court has again pressed the government to explain why, more than two years into the war, it still bars independent journalists from entering Gaza.
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LDH @ldh.fr · 26/11/2025
🚨🚨🚨 La #LDH dénonce la persistance de frappes israéliennes sur les populations civiles #gazaouïes malgré l’accord de cessez-le-feu. Le #génocide doit cesser et la justice être rendue aux victimes, pour qu’une paix durable puisse enfin se construire.
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Gaza : au moins 345 personnes tuées depuis la mise en œuvre du cessez-le-feu du 11 octobre, selon le ministère de la santé local
Le ministère de la santé de la bande de Gaza a rapporté mardi que 17 corps (trois nouveaux morts, 14 corps récupérés des décombres) sont arrivés dans les hôpitaux du territoire palestinien au cours des dernières vingt-quatre heures.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
This is good for no one. European academic boycotts of Israel have intensified despite the Gaza cease-fire, with a new report warning they risk sending Israeli academia into "dangerous isolation www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Academic boycott of Israel persists despite Gaza cease-fire, report finds
A Report by Israel's Association of University Heads Found That European Academic Institutions That Cut Ties With Israel After October 7, 2023, Have Yet to Restore Them, With a Quarter of the Boycotts...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/11/2025
the price of populism
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Peter Etedgui, a Jewish former classmate of Nigel Farage, says he is angered by Reform leader claiming his recollection of racist bullying is untrue. Two former classmates bsck Etedgui's challenge to Farage's (partial) denial among 20 who recalled Farage's conduct then www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate
Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Yesterday, millions of voters refused to go along with the cruelty of the Trump regime. They repudiated the formula Trump and his billionaire backers have used to distract and divide us. Democrats must build off of this moment. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-true…
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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I’m sure Matt Goodwin will be along shortly to tell us all whether LNER Customer Service Host Samir Zitouni counts as British or not. news.sky.com/story/train-...
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Train company LNER 'extremely proud' of rail worker in critical condition after mass stabbing as family call him 'hero'
The "extraordinary bravery" of the LNER worker who intervened during the train mass stabbing attack on Saturday has been hailed by his company.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 27/10/2025
The Taliban have gutted Afghan media since taking control of the country in August 2021. HRW's @fereshtaabbasi.bsky.social details the harsh conditions and growing challenges journalists are facing in Afghanistan ⤵️
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 25/10/2025
Trump gave Amazon a $16 billion tax break to accelerate its investments this year. Now, Amazon will replace 600,000 workers with robots as Jeff Bezos accelerates his plan to automate warehouses. No. Corporate tax breaks do not trickle down to workers. Never have. Never will.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
The timing is accidental but this revised edition has just gone on online. www.amazon.co.uk/Gaza-Prepari...
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Gaza: Past. Present. Future. eBook : Macintyre, Donald: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Gaza: Past. Present. Future. eBook : Macintyre, Donald: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
quite right. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
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Greater Manchester Muslims show solidarity in wake of synagogue attack
The Manchester Council of Mosques and the Anwaarul Haramain Jam’e Masjid have released statements.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Manchester Council of Mosques have issued this statement in sadness, shock and solidarity with the Jewish community about this attack at the synagogue in Manchester
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
A thought or two on what might follow the latest multilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood inews.co.uk/news/world/p...
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Palestinian statehood is the bare minimum - what Starmer needs to do next
Every diplomat knows there is a menu of options if the Government chooses to enact them
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
we need a label for UK politicians who endlessly "empathise" with fascist concerns - let's try a US one my latest with @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...
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What is a reactionary centrist, and does the UK have them?
A term favoured by US progressives can help us understand Britain’s drift to the right
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Milshtein warned that Israel’s advance into Gaza City will probably result in more deaths of Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians and a long, grinding insurgency that could become “like the U.S. in Iraq.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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As Israel seeks to empty Gaza City, its residents weigh whether to leave
The Israeli military is trying to transfer nearly 1 million people from Gaza City. Many are wrestling with the costs and perils of moving to a massive encampment.
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey takes a welcome and principled stand. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... .
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Lib Dem leader to boycott king’s Trump banquet in protest over Gaza
Exclusive: Ed Davey says Starmer should engage with US president but they should not close their eyes to crisis
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Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
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Israel's denial of the Gaza City famine sums up its disregard for civilian lives
Such nonchalance may have its roots in a shift in Israeli military thinking that goes back 20 years
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
My full statement on the Gaza Famine :
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
"As Netanyahu starves Gaza, there is a whole new battle to be fought in Israel – against complacency. Here in Tel Aviv, beaches and restaurants are packed." Aluf Benn www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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As Netanyahu starves Gaza, there is a whole new battle to be fought in Israel – against complacency | Aluf Benn
Here in Tel Aviv, beaches and restaurants are packed. Amid that distraction, the PM is playing his power games and purging his generals, says Aluf Benn, editor-in-chief of Haaretz
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