NEW FROM FMEP
FMEP Legislative Round-Up March 21, 2025 (Lara Friedman)
- Bills, Resolutions; 2. Letters; 3. Hearings; 4. Selected Members on the Record; 5. Selected Media & Press releases/Statements
Settlement & Annexation Report: March 21, 2025 (Kristin McCarthy)
West Bank Settlement News; East Jerusalem Settlement News; Gaza Annexation & “Resettlement” News; Israeli Government News; U.S. Government News
Israeli Detention and Torture of Palestinian Medical Workers: Testimonies, Patterns, and Analysis (new Occupied Thoughts episode)
FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Naji Abbas, Director of the Prisoners and Detainees Department for Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI), about Israel targeting medical workers in Gaza for arrest and detention inside of Israel, an effort that is part of the overall destruction of the infrastructure for community and life in Gaza. In Israeli detention, health care workers have been subjected to multiple methods of torture, including beatings, sexual abuse, the withholding of medical care and insufficient nutrition. Drawing on direct testimonies from detained medical workers, PHRI details this cruel and illegal treatment in their new report: Torture of Medical Workers in Israel – A Call for Urgent Action.
Palestinian Politics Under Israeli Occupation (new Occupied Thoughts episode)
FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with Tahani Mustafa, Senior Palestine Analyst for the International Crisis Group, about Palestinian politics and the challenging predicament of cooperation or confrontation with Israel. The two discuss the evolution of the Palestinian Authority and its legitimacy today, including the role of Mahmoud Abbas, as well as the growth of militancy in the face of expanded Israeli military activity in the West Bank. They draw from Tahani’s recent policy brief, “Israel’s West Bank Incursions Highlight the Dilemmas of Palestinian Politics.”
GAZA
Arab mediators rush to salvage Gaza ceasefire as Israel restarts war (WaPo 3/21/25)
“The shattering of a hard-fought ceasefire in the Gaza Strip this week sent regional officials scrambling to get Israel and Hamas back to the negotiating table, in a last-ditch effort to salvage months of painstaking diplomacy as the Palestinian death toll from renewed Israeli strikes soared past 500. Egypt and Qatar, in particular, are pushing the two sides to agree to an emergency truce and Egyptian mediators have already presented a new proposal to Hamas, according to a former Egyptian official briefed on the diplomacy who, like others in this article, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive negotiations. The details of the proposal were unclear, but efforts to get the Trump administration — which helped broker the original agreement — to break the deadlock have so far yielded little, the official said, adding that Egypt contacted Washington as soon as Israel resumed strikes in Gaza on Tuesday but had not heard back as of Thursday afternoon. In the meantime, Trump officials have expressed ironclad support for Israel’s decision to restart the conflict, a move Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he made in part to pressure Hamas to release more Israeli hostages…Netanyahu this week said that negotiations with Hamas would take place “only under fire,” and Israeli troops on Thursday were already operating on the ground in northern, southern and central Gaza, the military said. “This is just the beginning,” Netanyahu added.” See also Israel resumes war in Gaza with a series of massive airstrikes against Hamas (Axios 3/18/25); “I couldn’t tell whether we were alive or dead and buried under the rubble” (Sharif Abdel Kouddous//Drop Site 3/18/25); What Ceasefire? Trump Helps Netanyahu Kill Over 400 Palestinians in Gaza (Zeteo 3/18/25); Israeli troops enter northern Gaza; Hamas responds with rocket fire (WaPo 3/20/25); Hamas fires first rockets since Israel broke recent ceasefire (NPR 3/20/25)
Scenes from a Ramadan massacre (Ahmed Ahmed//+972 Magazine 3/20/25)
“Palestinians in Gaza City describe collecting body parts from the street and fending off stray dogs as they awaited ambulances amid Israel’s attacks.” See also Israeli strikes on Gaza add to soaring child death toll (Guardian 3/20/25); Massacre at 2 A.M.: Israel Resumes Indiscriminate Attacks Against Gaza, Killing Over 400 People (Abubaker Abed & Jeremy Scahill//Drop Site 3/18/25);
‘We just want it all to stop’: Palestinians across Gaza awake to new Israeli massacre (Ruwaida Kamal Amer//+972 Magazine 3/18/25)
“After recovering a semblance of safety during the ceasefire, Gazans are forced again to decide whether or not to flee their homes as Israel resumes its assault.” See also ‘My Son Cries All Night From Hunger, and I Have Nothing to Give Him’: Gazans Faced Food Shortage Even Before Israel Resumed Bombing (Haaretz 3/19/25);
Israel launches ground operation in Gaza as ceasefire collapses: What we know (Al Monitor 3/19/25)
“The Israeli military announced Wednesday that it had resumed ground operations in central Gaza, a day after airstrikes killed more than 400 Palestinians, breaking the fragile ceasefire reached in January. The military said it had retaken parts of the Netzarim Corridor, which divides Gaza from east to west, and the operations were aimed at expanding the buffer zone…In a speech on Wednesday directed at residents of Gaza, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz demanded all of the remaining hostages be released, saying the recent actions were a “last warning” and threatening further attacks. “The air force attack against Hamas terrorists was just the first step. The continuation would be much harsher, and you will pay the price,” he said. Katz added that Israel will soon start calling on Gaza populations to evacuate certain areas. “If all the Israeli hostages are not released and Hamas is not expelled from Gaza — Israel will act with forces you have never known before,” he said, adding that “the alternative (to not releasing the hostages) is complete destruction and devastation.”’ See also Israel is Denying Doctors and International Aid Workers Entry to Gaza at Unprecedented Rates (Sharif Abdel Kouddous//Drop Site 3/15/25); Israeli strikes kill eight aid workers in Gaza, British charity says (WaPo 3/15/25); Aid workers killed in Israeli air strike in Gaza, charity tells BBC (BBC 3/15/25); Israeli military blows up Gaza’s Turkish hospital and medical school (Al Jazeera 3/21/25); Turkey condemns ‘deliberate Israeli strike’ on Gaza hospital (TOI 3/21/25);
Israel threatens annexation after expanding ground offensive in Gaza (Al Jazeera 3/21/25)
“Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Friday that Israeli forces would “intensify” the military campaign against Hamas and use “all military and civilian pressure, including evacuation of the Gaza population south and implementing United States President Trump’s voluntary migration plan for Gaza residents”. Katz instructed the army “to seize additional areas in Gaza, evacuate the population, and expand security zones around Gaza to protect Israeli communities and [Israeli army] soldiers,” local media quoted him as saying. He also warned that Israel would seize Gaza land until the Palestinian armed group agrees to release all captives still held in the Strip. “The more Hamas persists in its refusal to release the hostages, the more territory it will lose, which will be annexed to Israel,” Katz was quoted by The Jerusalem Post newspaper as saying.” See also Katz threatens to annex part of the Gaza Strip unless Hamas releases hostages (Times of Israel 3/21/25); Israel’s return to war is a prelude to mass expulsion (Ben Reiff//+972 Magazine 3/18/25)
Netanyahu returns to war amid mounting political pressure at home (WaPo 3/20/25)
“In recent days, the Israeli prime minister has publicly feuded with officials from the country’s security establishment, including many who favor reaching a deal with Hamas to recover all the hostages left in Gaza. He has announced his intent to fire his internal intelligence chief, prompting calls for mass street protests. And most pressing, Netanyahu is facing a March 31 deadline to corral enough votes in the Knesset to pass a national budget — or otherwise see his government forced to dissolve under Israeli law. In resuming war, the Israeli leader not only sought to redirect the country’s attention, political observers say, but also cemented a governing coalition that can help him get past his most immediate political hurdles.” See also Netanyahu says Israeli strikes that killed hundreds in Gaza are ‘just the beginning’ (WaPo 3/17/25); Families of hostages in Gaza are terrified they won’t return after Israel resumes fighting (AP 3/19/25); Former hostages decry return to war as Netanyahu says further talks will happen only ‘under fire’ (JTA 3/19/25); As Israel resumes war in Gaza, families of hostages fear the worst (WaPo 3/20/25); Hostages’ Families Say Israeli Gov’t ‘Gave Up on Hostages’ by Resuming Gaza Fighting (Haaretz 3/18/25); Israelis Protest Against Netanyahu as Strikes on Gaza Continue (NYT 3/19/25); Israeli protesters say airstrikes are ‘cover’ for Benjamin Netanyahu to keep power (Guardian 3/18/25)
Why Don’t Gazans Rise Up and Oust Hamas? Dismantling a Deeply Dishonest Claim (Dahlia Scheindlin//Haaretz 3/20/25)
“Until October 7, Netanyahu didn’t want to topple Hamas. For the last 17 months, Israel – backed by billions in foreign aid – has been unsuccessful in doing so. But somehow, Israelis see every Gazan who hasn’t risked their life to rise up against Hamas as a terrorist with a target on their back”
REGION/GLOBAL
Israel to push Trump on Iran attack plan on high-stakes Washington visit (Al Monitor 3/21/25)
“Israeli officials hope to convince the Trump administration to reject Iranian attempts to buy more time for its nuclear program, with the goal of ultimately reaching an understanding on attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities. Top Israeli national security officials will meet with their US counterparts next week in Washington to discuss a blueprint for a potential attack on Iran. The talks will take place within the framework of the first US-Israel Strategic Consultative Group (SCG) meeting since President Donald Trump took office.” See also U.S. and Israel to hold high-level Iran consultations next week (Axios 3/20/25); With Massive Airstrikes on Yemen, Trump Intensifies Undeclared War Against the Poorest Country in the Arab World (Drop Site 3/16/25); Trump Says Houthis in Yemen Will Be ‘Annihilated,’ as U.S. Keeps Up Strikes (NYT 3/19/25); U.S. defense secretary beefs up warship presence in the Middle East, sends two aircraft carriers (Haaretz 3/21/25); University of Amsterdam ends student exchange with Hebrew U, saying it’s complicit with Israeli military (JTA 3/18/25)
RIVER TO THE SEA
Netanyahu ousts intelligence chief as Israeli troops expand Gaza operations (WaPo 3/21/25)
“As Israeli troops moved Friday to seize additional areas of Gaza in a renewed offensive, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressed forward on the home front to oust two senior officials in a move that roiled Israeli politics. In a late-night Thursday cabinet session, Netanyahu’s ministers voted unanimously to dismiss Ronen Bar, the director of the Shin Bet intelligence service. Hours later, on Friday morning, the government scheduled another discussion for Sunday over firing another Netanyahu critic, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara. The moves to dismiss two of Netanyahu’s most prominent and powerful critics in the government set off calls for further protests in a week that already saw mass demonstrations in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.” See also ‘War of survival’: Thousands rally in rain as cabinet meets to oust Shin Bet head (TOI 3/20/25); Israeli Cabinet Approves Ouster of Shin Bet Chief, Who Calls the Move Illegal (NYT 3/20/25); There Is No Justification at All for Israel to Resume the War in Gaza (Yossi Melman//Haaretz 3/19/25); ‘This May Be Our Last Protest in a Democracy’: Thousands Rally Against Shin Bet Chief Ouster in Jerusalem (Haaretz 3/20/25); Netanyahu disputes court order freezing decision to fire Shin Bet chief (Guardian 3/21/25); Netanyahu gifts Fetterman silver pager in Jerusalem meeting (JI 3/20/25); Israeli businessman says he moved cash from Qatari lobbyist to PM’s aide Feldstein (TOI 3/19/25)
Israeli outposts have proliferated in the West Bank since Oct. 7, analysis shows. Palestinians fear annexation could be next. (CNN 3/20/25)
“The settlers brought another settler here and placed him in our area. The Israelis built a road that separates us from grazing and agricultural areas, and the settlers don’t allow us to farm on them,” [Palestinian farmer Jihad Suleiman Al-Sawafta] told CNN. “They crowded the area. They took thousands of dunams (1,000 square meters) from Bardala and its grazing lands,” he said, referring to his Palestinian town in the northern part of the West Bank. He added that the Jordan Valley, a fertile strip of land long considered the West Bank’s breadbasket, had been “largely emptied”of its Palestinian residents…Herding outposts like the one set up on Al-Sawafta’s land are often established by Israeli settlers on hilltops with a few caravans and sometimes livestock to mark their claim. Monitoring groups say they are notorious for swallowing up vast swathes of land and prohibiting Palestinian residents from moving freely…The number of Israeli herding outposts has dramatically increased since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition took power in 2022 on a platform of settlement expansion. The government includes ministers who are themselves settlers and want to annex the occupied territory to Israel. In the wake of the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, which triggered Israel’s invasion of Gaza, settlers have accelerated land grabs with support from the state…Israeli herding outposts have ballooned by nearly 50% since the war broke out, according to a joint report shared exclusively with CNN by Peace Now and Kerem Navot, two Israeli advocacy groups that oppose settlements and track their development, covering data up to the end of December 2024.” See also Israeli settler violence is rapidly emptying Jordan Valley of Palestinians (Dikla Taylor-Sheinman and Georgia Gee//+972 Magazine 3/19/25)
‘They lock us in like sheep’: new Israeli checkpoints and barriers raise fears in the West Bank (The Guardian 3/15/25)
“Since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in Gaza in January, life for the 2.9 million Palestinians in the West Bank has not become easier. Israel immediately launched a bloody major offensive in the north that has so far forced at least 40,000 people from their homes, the largest displacement since Israel’s occupation began in 1967, and killed dozens, including children. At the same time, Israeli authorities have been constructing new checkpoints and barriers. According to the Palestinian Authority, at least 119 “iron gates” have been set up since the start of the war in Gaza in October 2023, including many since January. These block access to villages and towns, cutting off entire communities from major transport routes. There are now close to 900 barriers in the West Bank, the PA said. The UN has recorded more than 800, a steep increase on the 645 in 2023. Palestinian officials say this “localised system” of roadblocks is a change from a strategy merely to cut the West Bank into north, south and central sections. “It no longer controls movement alone, but also … access to agricultural land, social and livelihood opportunities, health, education and the economy, among other things,” Amir Daoud, of the Authority’s Colonisation and Wall Resistance Committee, told the Observer. A survey last month of NGOs working in the West Bank found that 93% said roadblocks, permit denials and checkpoint delays hindered aid delivery.” See also Israeli Army to Demolish 180 Homes in West Bank Palestinian Refugee Camps (Haaretz 3/21/25)
He led the fight to save Sheikh Jarrah for 15 years. Now he faces his own eviction (Oren Ziv//+972 Magazine 3/14/25)
“After more than a decade of legal battles, an Israeli court ruled that settlers can take over Salah Diab’s lifelong home. But he refuses to give up fighting.”
Well-known Palestinian journalist detained by Israeli police over alleged ‘incitement’ (CNN 3/17/25)
“Israeli police are seeking to keep a well-known Palestinian journalist in detention in Jerusalem on charges related to “incitement” and “support of terrorism,” despite an Israeli judge ordering her release on Monday.
Latifeh Abdellatif is a freelance photojournalist whose work has appeared in Reuters, ABC News, BBC, Al Jazeera and TRT, according to her Instagram account biography. Israeli police said that she was apprehended at her home in the Old City on Sunday by Jerusalem District Police officers “on suspicion of incitement and support for terrorism.”…Abdellatif denies the charges…Odeh told CNN that Abdellatif had been interrogated for three hours on Sunday “about social media posts that are part of her professional work as a journalist.”’
Ben Gvir reappointed police minister as Knesset okays his party’s return to government (TOI 3/20/25)
“I am returning tonight to manage the National Security Ministry,” Ben Gvir said, boasting of having worsened conditions for security prisoners and expanded gun ownership during his previous stint in the cabinet.” See also Man Shot Dead in Northern Israel, Marking 50th Homicide in Arab Community This Year (Haaretz 3/15/25); After welcoming far-right politicians, Israel’s antisemitism conference is hemorrhaging speakers (The Forward 3/17/25); ADL chief drops out of Israel’s antisemitism conference over inclusion of European far right (eJPhil 3/18/25)
U.S. SCENE
‘I am a political prisoner’: Mahmoud Khalil says he’s being targeted for political beliefs (The Guardian 3/18/25)
“In his first public remarks since being detained by federal immigration authorities, Palestinian activist and recent Columbia graduate, Mahmoud Khalil, spoke out against the conditions facing immigrants in US detention and said he was being targeted by the Trump administration for his political beliefs…The Trump administration, he said, “is targeting me as part of a broader strategy to suppress dissent”, warning that “visa-holders, green-card carriers and citizens alike will all be targeted for their political beliefs.” The statement, which Khalil dictated to his friends and family over the phone from an Ice detention facility in Jena, Louisiana, railed against the US’s treatment of immigrants in its custody, Israel’s renewed bombardment of the Gaza Strip, US foreign policy, and what he described as Columbia University’s surrender to federal pressure to punish students. “My arrest was a direct consequence of exercising my right to free speech as I advocated for a free Palestine and an end to the genocide in Gaza, which resumed in full force Monday night,” the statement said. “With January’s ceasefire now broken, parents in Gaza are once again cradling too-small shrouds, and families are forced to weigh starvation and displacement against bombs. It is our moral imperative to persist in the struggle for their complete freedom.”’ See also the full text of his statement: My Name is Mahmoud Khalil and I Am a Political Prisoner (In These Times 3/18/25)
Je suis Khalil (Financial Times 3/14/25)
“Every American should worry about Mahmoud Khalil, the recent Columbia University graduate who was detained last week by US immigration authorities, though “abducted” would be a better description. It is no exaggeration to say Khalil’s fate is a test of how easily President Donald Trump can slide into lawlessness…Should Trump get his way, his licence to punish any speech that he deems pro-terrorist or against the US national interest would make him judge and jury on first amendment rights. It would put every US citizen — not just permanent residents — at risk. To take one example: Trump said that attacks on Tesla showrooms qualify as domestic terrorism. But you can fill in any number of blanks. Trump depicts his adversaries as the enemy within. Isn’t criticising America’s president anti-national?” See also Protests sweep US as calls grow for Mahmoud Khalil’s release (New Arab 3/16/25); ‘Mahmoud Is Not Safe’ (Nadia Abu El-Haj//NYRB 3/15/25);
Columbia Is Now The Front Line in Trump’s Unconstitutional Assault on Higher Ed (Joseph Pace//Common Dreams 3/18/25)
“There’s a malign genius to the administration’s approach. Trump and his enablers know they can’t directly muzzle students or faculty without facing First Amendment lawsuits…As a private institution, however, Columbia is unconstrained by the First Amendment. There’s no redress in the courts if Columbia starts expelling students for criticizing Israel. So the trick is to find a way of outsourcing the censorship to university administrators. And that’s where the funding cuts come in. As explained by one of the strategy’s architects, the threat of defunding is designed to create an “existential terror” that will “discipline [universities] in a way that you could not get through administrative oversight with 150 extra Department of Ed bureaucrats.” To be clear, this tactic is also blatantly illegal…The question is whether Columbia will fight or whether it will sacrifice the free speech rights of its faculty and students to appease the Trump administration. The Trump Administration is clearly counting on the latter, and not without cause. Columbia has been a case study in preemptive acquiescence…This is not going to end with Columbia: the Department of Education has sent similar letters to 60 other universities. And the assault on academic freedom is not going to be limited to discourse about Israel. This battle is, in a real sense, the front lines.” See also Georgetown Postdoc the Latest to Be Detained by ICE as Crackdown on Campus Speech Widens (Drop Site 3/19/25); Weaponizing antisemitism makes students ‘less safe,’ says drafter of definition (NPR 3/20/25); Brown University professor deported despite judge’s order, defying US court (Guardian 3/17/25); Judge bars deportation of pro-Palestinian Georgetown University student (Reuters 3/20/25)
Why Trump’s Ultimatum to Columbia Could Upend Higher Education (NYT 3/20/25)
“With $400 million in canceled government grants and contracts on the line, federal officials ordered Columbia’s administration to place the university’s Middle Eastern studies department under academic receivership for at least five years…Several historians and veteran professors said that the move by the federal government to intervene in an academic department at a private university would be unparalleled in the modern history of U.S. higher education.” See also Trump’s war on Columbia comes for Middle East studies (JI 3/20/25); Columbia Is Nearing Agreement to Give Trump What He Wants (WSJ 3/19/25)
The Last Time Pro-Palestinian Activists Faced Deportation (David Cole//New Yorker 3/18/25)
“Nearly forty years ago, immigration officials in Los Angeles arrested eight young immigrants—seven Palestinian men and the wife of one of them, a Kenyan. The immigrants were mostly students. Two were permanent residents; the others were on student visas. They had been involved in pro-Palestinian activism. The government charged them all with being associated with a group that advocated the doctrines of world Communism, a justification for deportation dating back to the McCarran-Walter Act, of 1952, a Cold War relic…While the case was pending, the L.A. Eight grew older, some married and had children, and some became citizens…They had to spend more than two decades defending their right to remain here simply because they advocated for Palestinian self-determination. But since their case, immigration authorities have not sought to deport anyone for mere speech. Until now.” See also When They Came for Columbia University (David Klion//The Nation 3/19/25);
Victims of UCLA Mob Attack Sue to “Hold the Aggressors Accountable” (The Intercept 3/20/25)
“In late April 2024, a mob attacked a pro-Palestinian student encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles. Police and campus security stood by and watched the assault for nearly five hours before intervening. Pleas to university officials went nowhere. And the next day police returned, only to violently and unlawfully clear the encampment and arrest protesters. These are the allegations of a group of students and faculty who are suing the people they blame for the attack, law enforcement agencies, and university officials for violating their civil rights. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, comes as the federal government deploys all of its might to restrict speech on Palestine in the name of eradicating antisemitism on college campuses…The sprawling 96-page complaint, which identifies 20 alleged members of the mob by name, accuses university officials and police of violating their civil rights, carrying out unlawful arrests, firing less lethal munitions at protesters at close range without just cause, as well as negligence for failing to protect students and faculty from violence in late April. Plaintiffs said the mob incident followed a series of “physical attacks, threats of violence, and harassment” against Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim students on or near campus throughout the school year.” See also Pro-Palestinian Activists Sue U.C.L.A. Over Encampment Attack (NYT 3/20/25); LAPD Surveilled Gaza Protests Using This Social Media Tool (The Intercept 3/17/25)
Justice Department, FBI launch task force to investigate Oct. 7 attack on Israel (Axios 3/18/25)
“The Justice Department and FBI on Monday launched a task force to investigate Hamas for the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, as well as civil rights violations and antisemitism by anyone who supported the group…The task force will focus on charging and prosecuting perpetrators in the attack, taking over charges brought during the Biden administration against Hamas leadership…The task force will investigate civil rights violations and antisemitism, including funding and financing Hamas and proxies in Iran.” See also The Trump right’s pro-Israel antisemitism (Zach Beauchamp//Vox 3/19/25); Trump’s antisemitism chief shares ‘Jew card’ post from white supremacist (The Forward 3/17/25); Doge occupies US Institute of Peace headquarters after White House guts its board (The Guardian 3/17/25)
PERSPECTIVES//LONG READS
I Negotiated for Israeli Prime Ministers. Netanyahu Is Lying (Daniel Levy//Zeteo 3/20/25)
“It has taken less than two months for normal service to be resumed – a White House that is the plaything of the prime minister of a client state, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu. Having briefly flirted with leading the ‘ceasefire over war’ camp, the US is back to bombing Yemen, threatening Iran with military action, and undermining its own negotiations in the service of greenlighting Israel’s resumed bombing of Gaza. Trump has apparently been reminded who is the superpower here. The peace president? Not if Israel says otherwise. It is hard to say that Trump 47 has exactly been duped, he of the ethnically-cleansed Gaza Riviera plan. Alignment with Israel’s genocidal orientation would seem to come naturally.”
‘No Other Land’ Won an Oscar. Many People Hope You Don’t See It. (Rania Batrice & Libby Lenkinski//NYT 3/16/25)
“As cultural organizers, we both know that art, and film in particular, can serve a critical role in not only educating audiences, but also in helping to bring about change. “No Other Land” has given a glimpse into the decades-long Palestinian experience and the realities on the ground. For those of us who have been inhabiting this reality our entire lives, we know it is only getting worse and increasingly dire. All of that makes support for this film and the people behind it that much more important.” See also Florida Mayor Drops Threat to Evict Cinema Over Israeli-Palestinian Film (NYT 3/19/25)
How a Billionaire Netanyahu Associate Sought to Buy Quiet in Gaza, With Qatari Money (Haaretz 3/14/25)
“Billionaire Shlomi Fogel, who’s close to Netanyahu, did business with the Qatari government, supported its financing of Gaza and called for isolating the Palestinian Authority. For a decade, promoted a series of infrastructure-related projects in Hamas-led Gaza. Then came October 7”