المركز الفلسطيني للدراسات الإسرائيلية
Over the past few days, controversy has stirred up by a prominent settler rabbi, who called on soldiers to refuse military service if they are forced to serve in mixed military units, which comprise both men and women. There were people who immediately supported that rabbi. However, he aroused the full ire of other settler rabbis as well as angry reactions by politicians. A prominent researcher in army affairs warned against the ongoing religionisation of the Israeli army since the beginning of the 2000s. The researcher stressed that this process, which involves religious and political extremism, reflects on the soldiers’ performance against Palestinians in the field.
Avigdor Feldman is a key, if not the most prominent and significant, Israeli lawyers. Systematically and unrelentingly, he has waged a stubborn struggle against torture techniques, used by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), which particularly targets Palestinian suspects or detained persons under investigation. Feldman has opposed that these technique be established as “a dedicated and normal approach” in the Shin Bet operations.
The letter revealed in Israel in early September 2014 is not like any other in view of its content, writers, signatories, impact and influence. Repercussions and reactions were equally extraordinary and exceptional. On the one hand, official political and military authorities sought to “silence” the letter. On the other, attempts were made to highlight how serious and far reaching the potential future projections of the letter would be.
According to a report published exclusively by Yedioth Ahronoth last week, Ayelet Shaked, Israeli Minister of Justice and member of the Jewish Home party, is finalising a bill, which would force Palestinian complainants from the West Bank to file petitions on building and land disputes to a central court, rather than to the High Court of Justice.
A new report released by Yesh Din Volunteers for Human Rights asserts that less than one in ten investigations into ideologically-motivated crimes of hatred against Palestinians in the West Bank ends up in a charging instrument.
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The Repercussions of the War against Gaza on Israel's Relations with Russia and Turkey: Will There Be Fundamental Changes?
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."
Israeli Affairs (Issue no. 91)
