Since September 2000 and the beginning of the second intifada (the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip) the Israeli government has been building a wall surrounding the occupied Palestinian territories. "It stands three time the height of the Berlin Wall and will eventually run for over 700Km - the…
This post is the english version of an article published in French late December on the following website: https://lemonde-arabe.fr/21/12/2018/loperation-bouclier-du-nord-ou-une-potentielle-escalade-regionale/ On December 4th Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the launch of "Operation Northern Shield", to expose, prevent and destroy underground tunnels dug by Hezbollah from southern Lebanon into Israeli territory. The operation was launched with the…
Echoes from the Middle East 