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Permissive airstrikes on non-military targets and the use of an artificial intelligence system have enabled the Israeli army to carry out its deadliest war on Gaza, a +972 and Local Call investigation reveals.

Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 terror attacks has killed thousands of civilians, and may strengthen the terrorist group

Benjamin Netanyahu was given updates from the IDF concerning the possibility of a Hamas attack. He is responsible and also to blame for what happened on that Black Saturday. He failed in his most important duty, to ensure the security of Israelis.

How do we balance our desire to stop the fighting with the need to address the roots of the conflict? For 75 years, diplomats, well-intentioned Israelis and Palestinians and government leaders around the world have struggled to bring peace...

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In an Israeli war that has been retrofitted onto a Holocaust template, it is obscene that a plea to stop further killing is now read as moral failure.

A former permanent representative of Israel to the United Nations said he was very puzzled by the constant concern which the world is showing for the Palestinian people. He cited U.S. actions after Sept. 11 as a model for what Israel should do

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