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Hirschfeld Ariel
October 7, 2023, marked a rupture in Israel’s collective consciousness – a profound shock that undermined citizens’ trust in the state’s ability to protect them. The ensuing war has brought with it an existential crisis that threatens Israeli culture through its destructive forces. The situation presents a dual challenge: beyond the war’s immediate devastation, the current leadership under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be actively widening divisions within Israeli society.
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Alqaisiya Walaa · Capasso Matteo · Jianxin Rong
This is a translated and exclusive interview from Wénhuàzònghéng (Beijing Culture Review), where Dr Walaa Alqaisiya and Matteo Capasso discuss the situation in Gaza. As they point out, Israel’s fundamental goal is not just the destruction of Hamas, nor is it limited to Gaza and the West Bank; under the expansionist vision of ‘Greater Israel’, Netanyahu seeks to redraw the map of the Middle East. This strategic aspiration aligns with America’s urgent goal of consolidating imperialist rule amid crisis. China’s rise brings hope for establishing an alternative world system based on peaceful coexistence and joint development. Once Arab regimes seek unity again and the Middle East region returns to stability, it will seriously shake the imperialist architecture that the United States has cultivated for years through division and control in the Middle East—thus thoroughly eradicating any resistance forces in the region has become a strategic objective from which the US–Israel alliance cannot retreat.
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Mottes Raz · Haffner Elior · Netanyahu Daniel
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Abstract A series of complex, complementary numerical and analytical analyses are performed toward the challenging fabrication of the next generation of a nanometric device entitled hall amplifier nanoscale device (HAND). This nanoscale device, based on the well‐known macro–Hall effect, possesses two modes of operation: Amplification mode, using a direct current (DC) applied voltage, and Mixer mode, using an alternating current (AC) applied voltage. Per the Hall effect, the device receives a current as an input, and creates a voltage as an output, creating low input impedance, as well as high output impedance. Models are developed to forecast the device's functionality, quality and reliability, with a focus on phenomena such as local heat transfer and mega‐magnet feasibility inside integrated circuits. The pre‐processing optimization study focused on two main areas (among others): The material composition of the device (e.g., superconductors, ferromagnetic materials, and graphene), and its geometry (e.g., bar, coil, shape, dimensions, and more). As compared to existing Hall effect‐based micro‐ and nanoscale sensors and devices, HAND presents broader opportunities with its two modes of operation, with possible usage in electronic circuits at very high frequencies (tens of Terahertz (THz)), increasing computing rates in the microelectronics industry.
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Fitzpatrick Mark
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are betting that Israeli and American strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities in June 2025 set back its programme so severely that Iran’s leadership will give up its quest for nuclear weapons. But the evidence suggests that Iran has retained significant nuclear capabilities and, fuelled by nationalist fury and a sense of defensive necessity, could secretly use them to produce at least a handful of weapons. Iran continues to insist it will not give up uranium enrichment. Diplomacy, twice abandoned by Trump under Israeli pressure, could yet play a constructive role. A return to agreed enrichment limits verified by close monitoring is still the best solution to the Iran nuclear crisis, but Trump and Netanyahu appear unlikely to accept such a compromise. The cycle of reconstitution and US-supported Israeli attacks could repeat, and Iran could emerge nuclear armed.
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Pinfold Rob Geist
Israel’s 2005 disengagement from Gaza is increasingly remembered as a failed peace initiative. Recently, Israeli commentators have even argued that the policy directly precipitated the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023. Such interpretations are historically inaccurate and are designed to advance the Israeli far right’s contemporary goals in the West Bank and Gaza. The disengagement was never supposed to promote a two-state solution. On the contrary, it sought to freeze the peace process while consolidating Israel’s control over the West Bank. In the event, the disengagement did contain the conflict and entrench the status quo. While current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resigned in protest as minister of finance over the disengagement in 2005, he perpetuated its strategic logic after he became prime minister in 2009. This led Israel to 7 October.
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Ziv Guy
The relationship between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s security establishment reached a historic low during his sixth term (2022–present). Netanyahu, facing intensifying political and legal challenges, has increasingly perceived top security officials as inimical to his interests. This has resulted in the politicisation of his security appointments, the dismissal of warnings regarding the government’s judicial overhaul, attempts to deflect blame for Hamas’s 7 October 2023 assault and sharp disagreements over Gaza war strategy. Civil–military tensions have escalated into a systematic campaign on the part of Netanyahu’s government to subordinate professional military judgement to political loyalty, endangering Israel’s institutions and democratic foundations.
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Olivas Osuna José Javier · Burton Guy
Populism impacts policy choices and may contribute to fuelling crises and limiting the prospects for conflict resolution. This paper applies a multidimensional populism theoretical framework to compare quantitatively and qualitatively 18 speeches by Mahmoud Abbas and Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations General Assembly between 2010 and 2019. Our analysis shows that while both Abbas and Netanyahu use populist language—mostly focused on antagonistic, moral and idealised depictions of the ‘people’ and the ‘other’—the latter consistently displayed a greater density of populist references in his UN speeches over the period analysed. Netanyahu’s discourses were both more aggressive and exclusionary and made more allusions to religion and securitisation than those of the Palestinian leader. His framing essentialised the ‘us’ (‘the Jewish people’) as threatened by an ‘enemy’; what he called ‘militant Islam’. By contrast, Abbas referred more to borders as a requirement for statehood. Their different communicative frames and language suggest discrepant worldviews. Abbas’s speeches reflected a more ‘liberal’ conception of international relations, relying more on international cooperation, institutions, and regulation to resolve the Palestinian question, while Netanyahu conveyed a realpolitik stance and stressed his concerns with external threats and willingness to act unilaterally.
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Bagheri Reza
On June 13, 2025, the Zionist regime launched a multifaceted attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran, resulting in 610 deaths, including military commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians. The aggressors, backed by US support, aimed to incite internal rebellion, expecting 80% of Iranians to rise against their government, as seen in Libya and Syria. However, the Iranian people overwhelmingly rejected calls for rebellion by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and US President Trump, demonstrating national unity and support for the Islamic Republic’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. This article examines the Iranian response during the 12-day conflict, categorizing it into active participation, empathetic cooperation, and patient alignment. It analyzes two key factors behind this response: recognition of the imperialist nature of the US and Zionist regime, fueled by their actions in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria, and Iran’s deep-rooted patriotism and nationalism, historically tied to its civilizational identity. Despite internal critiques, Iranians prioritized defending their homeland, thwarting foreign plans for regime change and partition. The study underscores the resilience of Iranian national identity and its role in countering external aggression.
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Takas Emmanouil
This study analyzes the rhetorical choices of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu during his United Nations address on 27 September 2024, delivered in the context of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Drawing on the theories of Image Restoration Theory, Social Representations and Identity Entrepreneurship, it investigates how the PM framed a defensive narrative to deflect accusations related to war crimes, disproportionate military force and breaches of international law. The study finds that his rhetoric employed a mix of denial and blame redirection, framing Israel’s actions as acts of security rather than aggression. Through mechanisms of anchoring and objectification, Netanyahu linked Israel’s military stance with broader global security concerns, reinforcing a binary opposition and positioning Israel as a democratic front aligned with western values against extremism. The analysis also reveals how rhetorical strategies serve identity-forming purposes, projecting legitimacy while marginalizing opposing actors, to reframe national identity.
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Hitman Gadi
This study examines Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership style toward social protests in Israel between 2011 and 2023. Based on the theoretical framing of a transactional or transformational leader, we analyzed Netanyahu’s conduct during the social protests that took place in Israel in 2011, 2020, and 2023. The main conclusion of this study is that Netanyahu practices the divide-and-rule approach that characterizes a transactional leader, thus deepening Israel’s social and political divisions. This supports the argument that Netanyahu’s primary goal is to remain in power, which is typical of a transactional leader, as he constantly strives to drive a wedge between protest groups and disintegrate their cohesion.