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Jonathan Cook

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Jonathan Cook is a Palestine columnist for The National

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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Reuters
How Kurdish independence is central to Israel's plans to reshape the region

The unravelling of the map of the region would likely lead to chaos of the kind that a strong, nuclear-armed Israel could richly exploit, writes Jonathan Cook

OpinionOctober 02, 2017
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with his sons Yair, left, and Avner. Uriel Sinai / AP
The growing affinity between Netanyahu’s Israel and the West’s far-right is hardly surprising

A recent social media incident involving Benjamin Netanyahu's eldest son shows the obvious paradoxes at play in such a love affair, writes Jonathan Cook

OpinionSeptember 18, 2017
Israel has always acted oblivious to the Palestinian demographic time bomb. Now, it is getting creative in an attempt to reverse the damage. Mohammed Zaatari / AP
Israel is getting creative at countering its demographic disadvantage, but it may be too little, too late

Still, opening the doors to "Jewish" non-Jews is a step too far

OpinionAugust 31, 2017
Israeli security forces gather at the Amona outpost, northeast of Ramallah, as they prepare to evict Jewish occupants. Jack Guez / AFP
Land law is final nail in the two-state solution coffin

Jonathan Cook explains what the new Israeli land law actually means

OpinionJuly 21, 2017
Despite continuing to play the victim card, Israel continues its full-fledged siege of Palestinians and is getting its allies to put more pressure on the Palestinian Authority. Abbas Momani / AFP
Israel's determination to maintain its image as a victim leads to double standards

The West has indulged Israel for far too long, argues Jonathan Cook

OpinionJuly 11, 2017
An Israeli left-wing supporter holds a banner during a mass demonstration against 50 years of occupation in Tel Aviv. Photo: Jack Guez / AFP
Can young Jews in US turn tide against Israel?

American Jewry is becoming polarised, between an older generation and a young generation with a sense of responsibility, writes Jonathan Cook

OpinionJune 26, 2017
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for dismantling the UN refugee agency. Ariel Schalit / Reuters
Netanyahu wants UN out of way to be able to achieve objective

The Israeli leader is wants to tear down the post-war international order as a means to finally get rid of the Palestinians, writes Jonathan Cook

OpinionJune 14, 2017
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens as US president Donald Trump speaks at the Israel Museum. Evan Vucci / AP Photo
Thursday marks the first test of the ‘ultimate deal’

Jonathan Cook says that all indications are that Donald Trump is going nowhere with his “ultimate deal” to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

OpinionMay 29, 2017
The Israeli settlement of Ramot in an area of the occupied West Bank that Israel annexed to Jerusalem. Ronen Zvulun / Reuters
How Israeli schools help sabotage peace prospects

Jonathan Cook says that Israel's intolerant education system is losing the battle to educate for peace and reconciliation

OpinionMay 15, 2017
Marwan Barghouti, the most senior Palestinian leader in jail, is on hunger strike. His political influence worries Mahmoud Abbas. Ammar Awad / Reuters
Abbas fears the growing influence of Barghouti

Jonathan Cook says that the Palestinian campaign of civil disobedience stands no chance of success so long as Mahmoud Abbas is intent on undermining it

OpinionApril 30, 2017
A general view of the Jewish settlement of Ateret west of the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Abbas Momani / AFP
Israel’s festivities will highlight 50 years of shame

Jonathan Cook says that Israel’s imminent celebrations should lay to rest any confusion that the occupation is temporary

OpinionApril 17, 2017
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Matthew Cavanaugh / EPA
How Netanyahu’s dirty tricks squad targets boycotts

Israel is trying to thwart the BDS movement both inside and outside its borders, writes Jonathan Cook

OpinionApril 03, 2017
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Singapore last month to promote Israel as a tolerant country. Roslan Rahman / AFP
Israel: where vision and reality violently diverge

Jonathan Cook highlights the case of Dustin Pfundheller, who was set to become the youngest person to visit every country in the world, before he was barred from Israel, the only country left on his list

OpinionMarch 06, 2017
US president Donald Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu give a joint news conference at the White House in Washington. Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Photo
Trump’s clarifying moment for Israel and Palestinians

In the Trump era, Israel and the Palestinians must define what they really want for the future, writes Jonathan Cook

OpinionFebruary 21, 2017
A protest at the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Mohammed Abed / AFP
Palestinians will need more than unity to save them

Jonathan Cook looks at likely developments in Palestine under a Trump presidency.

OpinionJanuary 22, 2017
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