Mossad Failures and West Bank Annexation Strain Israeli State
August 24, 2026
As Mossad intelligence failures and spiraling war debt expose deep vulnerabilities within the Israeli state, Benjamin Netanyahu’s government accelerates West Bank settlement expansion, home demolitions, and the E1 corridor project. Far-right ministers and settler militias enforce displacement across occupied territories, while Ankara seeks an Interpol warrant over attacks against the Global Sumud Flotilla.
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The Mossad Suffers a Crushing Defeat Entirely of Its Own Making
High-profile firings show that none of the Israeli spy agency's promises about the war with Iran have come to pass. The post The Mossad Suffers a Crushing Defeat Entirely of Its Own Making appeared first on The Intercept.
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- OSINT methodology
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Turkiye accuses Israel’s Netanyahu of ‘genocide’, seeks Interpol warrant
Netanyahu and Erdogan trade insults as Ankara seeks warrant for Israel's attacks on Global Sumud Flotilla activists.
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Israeli politicians focus on foreign threats, ignoring spiralling debt
Israel faces mounting debt pressures as wars and declining tax revenues collide and more top earners leave the country.
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Israel’s Chief Rabbi says Palestinians are not a people and have no rights
Israel’s Chief Rabbi denied Palestinians are a people, claimed Gaza for Jews and called for its destruction and return.
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Is Israel about to split the occupied West Bank in half?
Israel is moving forward with its ‘E1’ plan. What is it and why could it threaten the future of a Palestinian state?
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Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian home while family asleep
Israeli settlers set fire to a Palestinian home while a mother and her children were sleeping inside.
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Jewish activists push back against Israeli settlers
Jewish activists provide a ‘protective presence’ to deter settler violence in parts of the Occupied West Bank.
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Sanctioned by EU, Israeli settler steals and kills Palestinian donkey
A donkey belonging to a Palestinian farmer was reportedly stolen and dragged to death by Israeli settlers.
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Israeli settlers set fire to heavy machinery at West Bank quarry
Israeli settlers entered a stone quarry in Wadi Al-Rakheem near Hebron overnight and set fire to heavy machinery
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Settlers target Palestinian homes in Occupied West Bank’s Area B
Palestinians in Qaryut say Israeli settlers, backed by the military, are forcing families from their homes.
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Jewish-American barred by Israel calls settler violence ‘state terror’
Jewish-American activist says Israel barred his re-entry over his work with Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
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Israel is betting on Islamophobia to save its standing in the West
Netanyahu’s government is using anti-Muslim fear to rally a Western right increasingly receptive to its message.
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Ben-Gvir celebrates demolition of Palestinian homes in Israel
Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has praised the destruction of 10,000 Palestinian homes in Israel.
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