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Yoni Ben Menachem

Yoni Ben Menachem, a veteran Arab affairs and diplomatic commentator for Israel Radio and Television, is a senior Middle East analyst for the Jerusalem Center. He served as director general and chief editor of the Israel Broadcasting Authority.

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights reported that demonstrations took place in the Jabalya, Al-Bureij and Nuseirat refugee camps, and in the cities of Khan Yunis and Rafah, and that they were forcibly dispersed by Hamas security forces.
Indications on the ground suggest that Israel has come to terms with Jordan’s efforts, and it does not intend to close the “Gate of Mercy” compound, which was shut for 16 years.
The new Muslim Waqf council on the Temple Mount intends to revamp the Golden Gate (Sha’ar HaRachmim, or “Gate of Mercy”), and use it as a place of prayer.
Jordan and the Palestinian Authority have set up a joint council to administer the Temple Mount and the Jerusalem holy places as a preparatory step towards scuttling the Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan.
Hassan Nasrallah is trying to “construct” a new policy of deterrence to cover up Israel’s revelation of the organization’s invasion tunnels.
Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani is trying to launch a war of attrition against Israel from inside Syrian territory, copying the Gazan model.
Hamas sources claim that Israeli intelligence used Palestinians to spy on the ISIS offshoot operating in the Sinai Peninsula.
The Israel Defense Forces is preparing for a renewal of acts of large-scale violence at the Gaza border.
The arrest of a Hamas terrorist cell in the Ramallah area is a significant success for the Israel Security Agency (ISA) in its war against Hamas terror. The ISA is also known by its Hebrew title, the Shin Bet or Shabak.
Hamas is threatening to renew acts of violence along the Gaza Strip to put pressure on Israel so that it will in turn press the Palestinian Authority to return its officers to the Rafah border crossing.
A drone bearing a large explosive charge and a huge bouquet of balloons was dispatched towards the Gaza perimeter and landed inside Israeli territory. The explosives were neutralized by the Israel Defense Forces; in response, the IDF attacked two Hamas positions in Gaza.
Ziyah Nakhalah gave an interview to the Iranian TV channel Al-Alam, in which he revealed the “Axis of Resistance” plan, led by Iran, to attack Israel from the north and the south.