Lucius Fox

December 6th 2012

from Crisis Group’s most recent report, Israel and Hamas: Fire and Ceasefire in a New Middle East

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Israel’s military operation could be interpreted as a reply to rocket attacks. Yet, the chronology of events, precise targeting (eg, of Hamas’s principal military leader) and overwhelming response suggest more than that. Israeli decision-makers were delivering a message: if Hamas thinks it enjoys a cloak of immunity, if Cairo thinks it can deter Jerusalem, think again.

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August 15th 2012

Reblogged from crisisgroup|7 notes

crisisgroup:

“… in the early months of the Arab revolts, Hamas’s fortunes seemed to be changing in a way the movement could have only dreamed of, offering what it hoped would be an unprecedented chance to advance its goals in the region, as well as in Gaza, the West Bank and Palestinian society generally…”

- a map and an excerpt from Crisis Group’s latest report on Hamas and the Arab Uprisings

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crisisgroup:

“… in the early months of the Arab revolts, Hamas’s fortunes seemed to be changing in a way the movement could have only dreamed of, offering what it hoped would be an unprecedented chance to advance its goals in the region, as well as in Gaza, the West Bank and Palestinian society generally…”

- a map and an excerpt from Crisis Group’s latest report on Hamas and the Arab Uprisings

May 11th 2012

Israel: Changes at the top

Israelis awoke on Tuesday to the news that they have a new government—one of “national unity”—which immediately pledged to push through a raft of sweeping reforms.

They went to bed on Monday night believing they had a broken-down government and were headed for elections. As far as they knew the Knesset (parliament) was in the process of dissolving itself and arranging, by consensus, for early elections on September 4th.

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April 16th 2012

The "flytilla": How much should airlines co-operate with governments?

AIRLINES have cancelled the tickets of over half of the pro-Palestinian activists planning to take part in a “flytilla” protest scheduled for Sunday, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported early on Sunday morning. The Israeli government sent the airlines a letter warning that the 1,500 or so protesters, who claim they were going to protest against settlement construction in the West Bank, were in fact planning to “disturb the peace and confront security forces at Ben Gurion International Airport and at other points of friction.”

The government’s claims are “simply not true”, a spokesman for the protest told Haaretz, adding that the activists are planning legal action against the airlines for “bowing to Israeli pressure”.

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March 29th 2012

Israel severs working relations with UN Human Rights Council over settlement probe

Israel cut working relations with the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday and will bar a U.N. team from entering Israel or the West Bank for a planned investigation of Jewish settlements, the Foreign Ministry said.

Israel accuses the council of having a pronounced anti-Israel bias because of what it says is its disproportionate focus on Israeli policy toward the Palestinians.

Israeli leaders have been in an uproar over the council’s adoption of a resolution last week condemning Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem and its decision to send a fact-finding mission to investigate.

On Monday, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced Israel was severing working ties with the council.

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