Israel’s separation policy and the closure of Gaza have resulted in far-reaching social changes and shifted the priorities of Gaza residents. Important issues such as gender equality, art and promoting human rights values are pushed aside as residents are compelled to deal with the “more pressing” task of survival.

“The Israeli political class, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Isaac Herzog, offer little solution to the threat posed by Hamas,” writes Mazal Mualem.

“To understand Simone Zimmerman, the 25-year-old Jewish outreach coordinator for the Bernie Sanders campaign who was suspended last week for hostile comments about Benjamin Netanyahu, you must understand American Jewish Millennials more generally,” writes Peter Beinart.

The release follows months of pressure from the State Department.

The Shin Bet security service uncovered and arrested members of a Jewish terror network suspected of several attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank, including the firebombing of buildings that had people inside, the service said in a statement on Wednesday.

Various Israeli politicians from the Left and Right fired back at opposition leader Isaac Herzog on Wednesday after remarks he made that in order to garner constituents, his Zionist Union facition and Labor party should distance itself from the perception that it is made up of stringent “Arab lovers.”