Why Netanyahu won’t let Israel stop fighting after killing Hamas’s Sinwar
Al Jazeera
The Israeli PM has seized every opportunity to expand the fighting, and to sink any possible ceasefires.
Beirut, Lebanon – Israeli forces killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in combat on Wednesday in a surprise shootout in Rafah.
The news raised some hopes among Western commentators that the killing may be an opening for an end to the ongoing war in Gaza or even to the broader Israel-Palestine conflict.
However, analysts told Al Jazeera, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would seek other pretexts to keep his country at war for personal gain and to further an Israeli expansionist dream of expelling the Palestinians and maintaining an indefinite occupation of their lands.
Netanyahu has long feared losing power due to the possibility that he could spend multiple years behind bars.
In 2019, he was charged in three separate cases: fraud, bribery, and breach of trust. If convicted, he risks spending up to 10 years in prison.
It will be ‘slaughter as usual’ for Israel in Gaza and Lebanon under the incoming Trump administration, analysts say.
A late start, a failure to differentiate herself from Biden, and the loss of key voting groups made victory impossible.
Lebanese officials said dozens of Israel air strikes in the east of the country have killed 40 people, wounded 53.
Polls show Republican and Democratic presidential candidates locked in close fight as Election Day voting set to begin.
In last day of campaigning for Republican, Democratic presidential candidates, polls indicate race couldn’t be tighter.
My grandfather survived the first Nakba in 1948; he didn’t make it to the end of the second – this war waged by Israel.
Trump’s first term showed that while a win for him could help Russia in Ukraine, it would bring its own challenges, too.
The candidates will hold rallies in Nevada today, where Harris will be joined by Jennifer Lopez.