Analysis

Move will accelerate the fragmentation of the Sunni community, while Shiite Hezbollah is well positioned to capitalize on the change.  

The council held its regular meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, drawing almost no top diplomats as planned, as the United States and the United Arab Emirates redirected the focus to other pressing concerns in the Middle East and around the world.

"The accusation that Israel is committing war crimes with plans to build an Arabic-language special-needs school for Israeli and Palestinian Arab residents of the neighborhood shows that European officials harbor equal contempt for common sense, international law and the Jewish state," Professor Avi Bell says.

The Iranian-backed terrorist group and the Shiite Amal party “have done everything possible in order to paralyze the government and impose their rule,” regional expert says. 

While Israel is held to an international double standard of morality, the IDF's commitment to the international laws of war is a long-term advantage.

The inherent political and economic complexities involved in crafting a defense doctrine in the coalition governance structure in Israel prevent the prime minister from simply committing such principles to paper, but it is imperative this mission is accomplished.

Hamas' rival in the Gaza Strip is using the issue of a hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner as a pretext to stir up violence, while not going back on its promises to Egypt.

The violent and discriminatory nature of BDS is evidenced by its targeting the Jewish state alone for attack and by its leaders’ and members’ justification of verbal or physical violence against Israelis, Jews, and Jewish supporters of Israel.

In the event of an Israeli strike on Iran, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is expected to follow any orders by his patrons on Tehran as it wields both religious and financial power over his organization.

While averting a collapse of the Palestinian Authority would prevent Hamas from seizing control, trying to bolster the PA through economic development is nothing more than “a band-aid on the problem, says Foundation for Defense of Democracies analyst Jonathan Schanzer.