Robert Inlakesh

Robert Inlakesh is a political analyst, journalist and documentary filmmaker currently based in London, UK. He has reported from and lived in the occupied Palestinian territories and hosts the show ‘Palestine Files’. Director of ‘Steal of the Century: Trump’s Palestine-Israel Catastrophe’. Follow him on Twitter @falasteen47

In Their Own Words: The Racist Sentiments of Israel’s Prime Ministers

The hateful sentiment expressed by Israel’s Prime Ministers demonstrates the extent to which racism is entrenched and indeed normalized, in Israeli political culture.

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By Robert Inlakesh
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem. Whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked documents from 2008 and 2009 showing that UK spied on Israeli and Palestinian officials. (Photo: Abir Sultan/AP)

Most nations have dealt with their fair share of institutionalized racism and bigotry, and Israel is no exception. However, when it comes to Israel, the volume of racism expressed by prominent political figures is both astounding and concerning.   DAVID BEN-GURION: David Ben-Gurion was the first Prime Minister of the state of Israel,

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Should Israeli Settlers be Considered Civilians?

Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.”

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By Robert Inlakesh
The Israeli Jewish-settlement of Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem, Feb. 7, 2017. (AP/Oded Balilty)

It is time to pose a question: Are Israeli settlers civilians? Or are they illegal occupiers? A group of Israeli settlers made the move, to seize land in East Hebron (al-Khalil) last Monday (06/03/18), setting up camp - adjacent to the ‘Kharsina settlement’ - backed by an entourage of heavily armed soldiers. This move threatens three Palestinian

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