Middle East Press On: Israel, Germany, Palestinian, US, hostages, New Age Islam's Selection, 15 December 2025
By New Age Islam Edit Desk
15 December 2025
· Israel’s pension gap begins long before workers reach retirement
· Germany sees reality: Why a Palestinian state is no longer realistic
· Not someday: Israel is ready for a woman prime minister now
· It's time for Israel to walk away from US military aid
· What the hostages reveal about Israel’s real strength
· Why only Israel’s narrative of annihilation is actionable
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Israel’s pension gap begins long before workers reach retirement
By AYAL KIMHI
DECEMBER 15, 2025
The latest Social Survey from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics presents a reality that can no longer be ignored: a dignified old age in Israel is not determined at retirement. It’s shaped over an entire lifetime. When only 54% of seniors receive pension benefits – and just a quarter of Arab seniors do – it becomes clear that economic inequality does not begin at 67. It begins in education, employment, wages, and long-term savings.
The survey shows that only 23% of seniors rely on non-pension savings, and just 13% receive income from assets such as rent. Most older Israelis reach retirement without any real financial cushion. When their pension is low, there is simply nothing to offset it. Many depend on their children, struggling with Israel’s rising cost of living. This is not dignified aging; it is a system of dependency.
New research from the Shoresh Institution links today’s income disparities among seniors to the life paths that preceded them. Employment among Israelis aged 65+ has risen in the past decade – from 15% to 30% among men and from 5% to 15% among women – but the gains are concentrated among stronger groups. Around 35% of Jewish men in this age bracket are employed, compared with only about 20% of Arab men. The gaps among women are even more severe: only 1–3% of Arab women over 65 participate in the labour market. Even among those who do work, inequality persists: over 70% of older working men are employed full-time, compared with roughly 40% of women, with clear implications for pension savings.
The strongest predictor, however, is education. According to the Shoresh study, around 40% of seniors (age 65+) with 13 or more years of schooling work at age 65+ at rates of 40%, while those with only primary education are below 20%. These differences are structural. People who enter the labour market with skills and education enjoy stable careers, higher wages, and pension accrual. Those without them reach retirement with no economic safety net. Income data reflect these divides: senior couples earn over NIS 9,000 per standard person, compared with about NIS 8,000 for senior men living alone without a partner and about NIS 7,000 for senior women living alone without a partner.
Israel’s pension system assumes workers will save enough over time. But the reality is very different. Many Israelis cannot save at meaningful levels, work in jobs that do not allow for long-term accumulation, or are forced into early retirement. A debate about the “right” retirement age is important – but it misses the real issue. The question is how to ensure people arrive at retirement age with the financial foundation necessary to live in dignity.
Early age investment is needed to narrow the Gap
This requires a strategy: investing in education that narrows gaps from an early age; promoting stable employment and fair wages; strengthening the safety net for pension savings; and offering support to those who reach old age without assets, savings, or family assistance. This is not simply social policy – it is long-term economic planning.
Israel is approaching a demographic turning point. The number of seniors in the coming decade and the inequalities will expand unless addressed early. Inequality does not disappear at retirement. Those who are not given the tools early in life will reach their later years without a safety net – and the entire society will bear the cost.
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-880286
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Germany sees reality: Why a Palestinian state is no longer realistic
By RABBI ABRAHAM COOPER
DECEMBER 15, 2025
When German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Yad Vashem, he not only bowed his head in memory of 6 million murdered Jews, he delivered a message to millions of living Jews—in Israel and across the Jewish Diaspora. Under Merz’s leadership, Germany is reiterating its commitment to confront antisemitism, support Israel’s right to self-defence, and reject policies that weaken Israel’s security. Germany’s unofficial arms embargo against the Jewish state during the height of the Israel-Hamas war has ended, and in a remarkable twist of history, Berlin has turned to Jerusalem with a multibillion-dollar purchase of the Iron Dome system. In the 21st century, the Jewish state’s cutting-edge technology will be safeguarding tens of millions of German lives.
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Merz had another message: While ruling out a Palestinian state in “the foreseeable future,” he reiterated, “Our conviction is that the prospective establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel offers the best prospect for the future.”
For many observers, the German leader’s measured words hardly raised an eyebrow. After all, it was French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer who took the lead in endorsing and recognizing a Palestinian state in the midst of the brutal struggle against Hamas, and while the terrorists still held Israeli hostages—alive and dead.
In fact, before October 7, 2023, a two-state solution was openly pushed within Israel. That dream went from life support to DOA on the day when Palestinian terrorists sought out Israeli peacemakers living in kibbutzim adjacent to Gaza and executed them in their homes.
Israelis watched in horror as the connections between Hamas and the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) unfolded, including video evidence of participation in the kidnapping of Israelis and a UNRWA teacher who held an Israeli hostage in his home. UNRWA facilities had terror tunnels and infrastructure under their buildings. It took years and billions to construct the massive underground city of terror, yet there is apparently no evidence that UNRWA teachers, employees, or their bosses ever reported the construction to UN Secretary-General António Guterres. More than 60 donor nations funded a war curriculum that inculcated generations of Palestinian children with genocidal hatred for their Jewish neighbours. The very word “Israel” never appeared on a map in a textbook. Lobbying by the Wiesenthal Centre in world capitals from Tokyo to Berlin to at least independently review the education of millions they were underwriting was for naught.
Palestinian Authority corruption and Hamas terror
The broader issues still revolve around one question: Who are the Israelis supposed to negotiate with—the Palestinian Authority (PA)? That corrupt institution will not hold fair elections because Hamas would win and the PA would lose its global ATM of foreign aid. What officials do not pocket themselves largely goes to “pay-to-slay” salaries for Palestinian murderers and stipends for their families. These payments are not symbolic—they are a top-line, structured budget item. One hundred and sixty of the released terrorists exchanged for Israeli hostages left Israeli jails as millionaires. Hamas unleashes mass terror, and the PA rewards the murder and mayhem and financially incentivizes violence.
Beyond the cash, PA officials and PA-controlled media routinely glorify terrorism, portraying killers as national heroes. Textbooks promote antisemitic tropes and erase Jewish history from the region.
Reality for Israelis is that there is no public support to trust the current Palestinian leadership, whether in Ramallah, Gaza, or Doha. What is left of Hamas promises to spawn more October 7-style attacks until the Jewish state and the Jewish people’s destiny are obliterated.
If Germany wants to play a constructive role toward a peaceful future in the Holy Land, it should stop mouthing old platitudes written in the heady days of the Oslo Accords and start tying future support for Palestinian projects to full transparency and to people—including teachers, journalists, health care providers, and yes, politicians—who are openly pro-peace.
There is more. There are Palestinians who reject the hate, violence, and terrorism. Berlin should empower projects run by them, not by recycled Hamasniks who don three-piece suits.
Palestinian children must be taught that their Jewish neighbours are not interlopers, that the Jewish people’s connection to the land goes back 3,500 years, and that Judaism and Judaic values are worthy of respect, not blind hatred. This means that UNRWA must be put out of business, now and forever. If not, expect the endless cycle of violence never to end.
And yes, Germany should take the lead. Forget France. President Macron praised PA President Mahmoud Abbas—now in the 21st year of his four-year term—as a partner who “condemns terrorism,” not bankrolls it. If Europeans want to play any role in peacemaking, Israel will be looking to Berlin, not Paris, not London, not Brussels.
As for the two-state solution, the butchery of October 7 and the tsunami of global antisemitism it spawned mean that there will not be a Palestinian state in our lifetime.
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-880242
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Not someday: Israel is ready for a woman prime minister now
By SHMUEL LEGESSE
DECEMBER 15, 2025
If someone told you a decade ago that Israel, a country born amid conflict, forged in debate, and constantly reinventing itself, would be ready to pick a woman prime minister, you might have nodded and said, “Of course… eventually.” But add, “maybe even a black woman prime minister,” and the room might have gotten a little quieter.
That silence tells us two things: one, people don’t like to be proven wrong, and two, they should be thinking differently about leadership in Israel. Here’s a simple truth: Israel is ready for a woman prime minister, and I’ll even argue it’s ready for a black woman prime minister. In fact, two leaders on the current political stage embody the qualities Israel needs next: Sharren Haskel and Pnina Tameno-Shete.
Sharren Haskel is a rising star whose career tells a story about Israel’s evolution. Elected to the Knesset at a young age and now serving as deputy foreign minister, Haskel has carved a reputation as a principled, intelligent, and articulate voice in Israeli politics. Born in Toronto and raised in Israel, she has blended classical liberal values with practical politics, advocating for individual freedoms, environmental protection, and human dignity long before such ideas became trendy talking points. She is not a caricature of a politician; she is a thoughtful, action-oriented leader who understands both Israel’s strategic challenges and its moral obligations. Whether confronting blood libel abroad or defending Israel’s narrative in international forums, Haskel embodies the blend of grit, grace, and moral clarity that modern leadership demands.
There is also Pnina Tameno-Shete, a trailblazer. Born in Ethiopia, she became the first Ethiopian-born woman elected to the Knesset in 2013 and later the first Ethiopian-born Israeli cabinet minister when she was appointed aliyah and integration minister. Tameno-Shete’s story is more than symbolic; it embodies history. Her presence in the highest echelons of government reflects the success of Israel’s democratic project: a black African immigrant girl rising to a position of national leadership. This is proof that Israel’s democracy is mature enough to embrace leaders from all backgrounds. Leadership is not a costume one tries on; it’s a vocation one lives on. Tameno-Shete has lived it. Her career demonstrates the capacity, resilience, and vision of women in Israeli politics, qualities any prime minister would need in abundance.
Some critics might say, “Sure, but is the nation ready?” Israel has been ready for a long time; it just needed leaders like Haskel and Tameno-Shete to arrive on stage. Israel is no longer a tentative democracy finding its footing. It is a thriving technological powerhouse, a diplomatic actor with global alliances, and a place where ideas are robustly debated in public, media, and parliament. For every sceptical headline about Israel’s future, there are five stories of Israeli women leading at the highest levels of science, law, business, and politics. While the world fixates on old stereotypes, Israeli women have already moved into positions that would be the envy of many older democracies.
Next chapter in Israeli politics awaits
Even the most loyal Likud voters would agree: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has earned his place among the historic architects of modern Israel.
After October 7, he carried one of the heaviest burdens placed on an Israeli leader, guiding a nation through war, defending its legitimacy, and navigating the world’s sharpest diplomatic storms.
Looking ahead to the 2026 elections, it is almost certain that the right-wing bloc will win again and that Netanyahu will continue to lead. He must complete his unfinished mission, securing victory after October 7, expanding the Accords, and working closely with President Donald Trump and other allies to advance the Middle East peace initiatives, including the long-term Gaza Reconstruction and 20-Point Peace Plan. But once those goals are achieved, Netanyahu’s greatest legacy may not be another policy but a person. Like Moses preparing Joshua, or Elijah preparing Elisha, he should mentor the next leader not merely to inherit his office, but to inherit his courage and strategic vision.
And perhaps this time the next leader will wear heels.
Israel doesn’t need to wonder whether it can have a woman or a black woman as prime minister. The real question is: When will Israelis make that choice? The answer is: whenever the public recognizes that quality matters more than convention. When the electorate sees candidates like Haskel and Tameno-Shete not as anomalies but as exemplars of leadership grounded in Israel’s values of resilience, morality, and pluralism, that choice will not just be possible, it will be natural. Because leadership is not about gender or colour. It is about integrity, courage, and love of country. And on those fronts, Israel’s women have already proven themselves more than ready.
So, is Israel ready for a woman prime minister? Yes. Is it ready for a black woman prime minister? Absolutely. Not someday. Now. Candidates like Sharren Haskel and Pnina Tameno-Shete are not just ready, they are living proof that Israel’s democracy is strong, inclusive, and bold enough to elect leaders who reflect the full tapestry of its people. The only question left is not if it will happen, but when Israel’s voters will look at leadership and see brilliance in every shade. And when that day comes, somewhere in Jerusalem, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (z”l) will be smiling, because the people of Israel will have proven once again that moral leadership knows no colour, and democracy when rooted in faith can indeed produce light for the whole world.
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-880250
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It's time for Israel to walk away from US military aid
By SHERWIN POMERANTZ
DECEMBER 15, 2025
In the waning days of the Obama administration in 2016, many in Israel applauded the signing of a 10-year, $38 billion security assistance Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), then the largest single pledge of US military aid to Israel. The MOU, which covered fiscal years 2019-2028, followed a $30 billion MOU signed in 2007, which expired at the end of fiscal year 2018.
The 2016 MOU provided $33 billion in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) funds and an unprecedented $5b. commitment to missile defence assistance. Funding was disbursed in equal increments of $3.3b. in FMF and $500 million in missile defence funding each year for ten years.
The funding covered in that MOU expires in fiscal year 2028. On December 10th, the US House of Representatives voted 312-112 to pass the 2026 National Defence Authorization Act. The bill, now headed to the Senate, posits a budget of more than $900b. and includes “critical pro-Israel provisions,” according to AIPAC, the America-Israel Public Affairs Committee, the powerful US-based pro-Israel lobby.
According to AIPAC, the bill favours Israel and includes:
• $500m. In fiscal year 2026, for US-Israel missile defence cooperation.
• Funds for Israeli procurement of Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and Arrow, and for bilateral
research, development, testing, and evaluation.
• $80m. for a joint American and Israeli anti-tunnelling program.
• Proposes $35m. for the two nations to work together on areas such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
• Increases authorization on funding to counter drones by $15-70m.
While this appears positive for Israel, there is a solid argument for Israel to say to the United States that, as a strong economy, Israel no longer needs direct financial assistance from the US government.
US aid to Israel generates antisemitic and anti-Israel views
Because of the negative publicity, anti-Israel and antisemitic sentiment that these programs generate in the wider US community beyond the Washington Beltway and the Christian Evangelical community is too high a price to pay for assistance that we can live without.
Many Americans assume that the $3.8b. of annual support was a blank check written to Israel. Even though it is far from how the funds are actually allocated, this misunderstanding fuels anti-Israel feelings.
Those funds are part of a financing program that Israel must use to purchase defence-related products from US manufacturers. Therefore, the creation of $3.8b. a year in US defence exports to Israel actually keeps tens of thousands of defence contractor employees working and getting regular salaries in the US. In effect, the funds are a subsidy to American defence companies, not a gift to Israel.
Since October 7, there have been thousands of demonstrations by anti-Israel forces throughout the US demanding that America stop funding Israel’s purchase of weapons, making specific reference to the $3.8b. annual allocation. Saying no to America would help neutralize that aspect of anti-Israel and antisemitic fervour not only in America, but around the world, where the same issue is constantly being raised.
The proposed 2026 defence budget for the State of Israel is about $35b., making the US allocation just 10% of that total. Given that it is a relatively small part of our defence budget and an even smaller part (1.8%) of our overall budget, it is clear that Israel could live without that assistance.
Another factor is that, as we are “on the American dole,” it is difficult for us to stand up to the US when we determine it is in our interests to do so. Oftentimes, it feels as if we are pretty much being controlled by the US when its president, as a guest in the Knesset, feels comfortable telling the President of Israel what he should do with his pardoning authority. Anything Israel can do to wean itself away from such control could be beneficial to guaranteeing our long-term sovereignty and is worthy of consideration.
In an August 2023 piece about the subject in Jewish Currents, former Israeli diplomat Yoram Ettinger, who was the Israeli Consul General in Texas and in the 1990s worked at Israel’s US embassy in Washington, said that instead of providing Israel aid, the US should create joint investment funds with the goal of developing military technology beneficial to both countries.
Ettinger said this would be politically sustainable because “Americans prefer an ally free of foreign aid.”
Much in the current defence package passed by the US Congress takes that approach, which Israel should applaud while saying “no thank you” to the direct annual subsidy, which has been a part of the relationship for so many (perhaps too many) years.
There is, of course, one other potential benefit from saying no. While Israel has been the largest recipient of US foreign aid for many years, Egypt has been number two in a US effort to be seen as ensuring parity in the region. If Israel did not receive its package in future years, the US might be in a position to cut back on Egypt as well, all in the interests of parity, of course.
Our relationship with the US is critical and mutually beneficial. Yet, sometimes there is a need for a “reset” where the benefits of pulling back may outweigh those of maintaining the status quo. This may be one of those moments. After all, it was French President Emmanuel Macron who said: “The status quo leads to self-destruction.” A word to the wise to be sure.
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-880275
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What the hostages reveal about Israel’s real strength
By HOLLY CIN
DECEMBER 15, 2025
It has been three months since I last sat down to gather my thoughts and reflect upon life in Israel. Since then, there have been few, if any, sirens hauling us off to safe rooms, and the rhythm of life – for civilians at least – has resembled normal in this far-from-normal place I now call home.
Three months ago, as we welcomed the Jewish New Year, we prayed for the release of the remaining hostages, both living and deceased. Hostage Square in Tel Aviv was packed each week with vigils for their return. When reports emerged that President Trump had arranged a deal in which all the hostages would be freed, it was impossible to believe that Hamas would surrender the only leverage it appeared to have. Nevertheless, here we are, awaiting the return of the last hostage from this nightmare, the hero Ran Gvili. May his body be returned for a proper burial so that his soul may rest in peace and his family may find solace among the mourners of Zion and Israel.
Many of the hostages who survived their hell in Gaza have told stories of remarkable courage and faith. They are the Natan Sharanskys of this generation, tortured and imprisoned for the “crime” of being a Jew. Scouring the headlines on multiple Israeli news sources, I almost daily read a story about a hostage’s connection to Judaism, no matter how tenuous or even absent that connection had been before their abduction, lighting candles with no candles, making kiddush without wine. Subsisting on starvation rations, they refused bread during Passover and fasted on Yom Kippur. The ones who were murdered are martyrs. The ones who survived are spiritual giants.
We hear how these brave souls never lost their humanity. They looked out for one another. They asked for death rather than sacrifice their brothers. Who would have believed that these brutalized survivors who journeyed deep into the heart of darkness would emerge beaming with light?
Among the stories that moved me most was one I read today about the survivor Maxim Herkin, who was not Jewish according to halacha until this week, when he elected to undergo ritual circumcision to make his membership in the tribe official. Someone else might have run away from being a Jew after all he endured – and who would blame him? – but instead Maxim, now Zalman Zelig, runs toward Judaism, toward his G-d and his people. A European friend of mine, who is fighting to obtain a Jewish divorce from her estranged husband, flew to Israel with the express goal of receiving a blessing from an October 7th survivor to “unchain” her. She was blessed by a sweet, smiling Maxim for a swift release from her personal captivity.
Israel’s heroes beyond the battlefield
Heroism in this period has taken many forms. A few months ago, I had the privilege of hearing Iris Haim, mother of Yotam Haim, who was accidentally killed by IDF forces while trying to escape his Hamas captors. She is another unexpected angel who graces this land. In a country that is deeply divided, Iris’s message to the people of Israel is one of unity and healing, forgiveness and compassion. She is a spiritual giant on this remarkable team of heroes that protects this land.
What I have come to understand in these past few months is that the true story of Israel is not the suffering we have endured but the souls who rose in response to it. From the hostages in the hell of Gaza who practiced the faith of their ancestors in whatever way they could, to Maxim, who ran toward the covenant instead of away from it, to Iris Haim, who transformed a mother’s unbearable grief into a message for national unity – each of them is a role model for transcendence. If there is a lesson for the rest of us, it is that the strength we look for in leaders may already be living quietly among us – in mothers who forgive, in survivors who bless strangers, in citizens who refuse to abandon hope. Their courage calls us to rise as well. As we light the candles this week to commemorate the original Hanukkah miracle, may we be cognizant and worthy of the spiritual giants who walk among us. Happy Hanukkah to all!
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-880255
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Why only Israel’s narrative of annihilation is actionable
DR. RAMZY BAROUD
December 14, 2025
Three dominant narratives contend for the future of Gaza and Palestine, yet only one is being translated into consequential action: the Israeli narrative of domination and genocide. This singular, violent vision is the only one backed by the brute force of policy and fact.
The first narrative belongs to the US administration, largely embraced by America’s Western allies. It rests on the claim that US President Donald Trump personally solved the Middle East crisis, ushering in a peace that has supposedly eluded the region for thousands of years. Figures like Trump, his son-in-law Jared Kushner and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee are presented as architects of a new regional order.
This narrative is exclusive, domineering and US-centric. It was exemplified by Trump himself when he declared the Gaza conflict “over” and presented a peace plan that strategically avoided any clear commitment to Palestinian statehood. The entire vision is built on transactional diplomacy and a dismissal of international legal consensus, positioning US approval as the sole measure of legitimacy.
The second narrative is that of the Palestinians, supported by Arab nations and much of the Global South. Here, the goal is Palestinian freedom and rights grounded in international law and humanitarian principles.
This discourse is frequently shaped by statements from top Arab officials. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, for example, asserted in April that the two-state solution is the only way “to achieve security and stability in this region.” He added a warning: “If we disregard international law … this will open the way for the law of the jungle to prevail.” This narrative continues to insist on international law as central to true regional peace.
The third narrative is Israel’s — and it is the only one backed by concrete, aggressive policy. This vision is written through sustained, systematic violence against civilians, aggressive land seizures, deliberate home demolitions and explicit government declarations that a Palestinian state will never be permitted. Its actors operate with chilling impunity, rapidly creating irreversible facts on the ground. Crucially, the failure to enforce accountability for this pervasive violence is the primary reason Israel has been able to sustain its devastating genocide in Gaza for two full years.
This narrative is not theoretical; it is articulated through the acts and legislative pushes of the highest-ranking Israeli government officials.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir last week appeared at a Knesset session wearing a noose-shaped pin while pushing for a death penalty bill targeting Palestinian prisoners. The minister stated that the noose was “just one of the options” through which the death penalty might be implemented, also listing “the option of hanging, the electric chair and … lethal injection.”
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, meanwhile, announced an allocation of $843 million to expand illegal settlements over the next five years, a massive step toward formal annexation. This unprecedented funding is specifically earmarked to relocate military bases, establish absorption clusters of mobile homes and create a dedicated land registry to formalize Israeli governmental control over the West Bank.
This policy of territorial expansion is cemented by the head of government, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself made it clear that “there will not be a Palestinian state. It’s very simple: it will not be established.” He described its potential creation as “an existential threat to Israel.” This unequivocal rejection confirms that the official Israeli government strategy is outright territorial expansion and the permanent denial of Palestinian self-determination.
None of these Israeli officials have shown the slightest interest in Trump’s peace plan or in the Palestinian vision of statehood. Netanyahu’s core objective is ensuring that international law is never implemented, that no semblance of Palestinian sovereignty is established and that Israel can contravene the law at a time and manner of its choosing.
The fact is that these narratives cannot continue to coexist. Only real accountability — through political, legal and economic pressure — can halt Israel’s advance toward continuing its genocidal campaign, destruction and punitive legislation. This must include the swift imposition of sanctions on Israel and its top officials, comprehensive arms embargoes against Tel Aviv to end its ongoing wars and full accountability at the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice.
As long as the supporters of the pro-Palestine narrative lack the tools to enforce its principles, Israel and its Western backers will see no reason to alter course. States must replace symbolic gestures and prioritize aggressive, proactive accountability measures. This means moving beyond simple verbal condemnation and applying concrete legal and economic pressure.
Israel is now more isolated than ever, with public opinion rapidly collapsing globally. This isolation must be leveraged by pro-Palestine forces through coordinated, decisive diplomatic action, pushing for a unified global front that demands the enforcement of international law and the holding of Israel and its many war criminals accountable for their ongoing crimes.
A lasting peace can only be built on the foundation of justice, not on the military reality established by an aggressor that does not hesitate to employ genocide in the service of its political designs. This is the undeniable moral frontier: confronting and dismantling the impunity that allows a state to pursue extermination as a political tool.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2626267
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