“Today I write to you and my heart is on the verge of tears. I read the High Court's decision regarding our Bedouin neighbors. It is clear that the four petitions submitted by the (Kfar Adumim settlement) Association contributed to a decision that would enable the forcible evacuation of our Bedouin neighbors. From here, I cannot understand why the community leadership chose to act to expel our neighbors. What instinct has led us to want the destruction of their homes? What morality has motivated us to want to expel people for the second time, after their families were already expelled from the State of Israel in the 1950s? What imperviousness, and perhaps arrogance, led us to refuse to join the proposal of members of the community to reach a jointly agreed solution? What logic made us open a terrible account with those who live next to us? The Bedouin houses are illegal. Maintaining the law is essential to the welfare of society. But this was not the principle that was of top concern to the leadership of the community. If this were the case, it would have prevented unauthorized construction inside (our own) community, before it acted against illegal construction by the Bedouin. It eyes were set on other considerations, not keeping the law and not good neighborliness. I hope that there were no considerations regarding the fact that our neighbors are not Jews, because these are unacceptable to me as a Jew.”
—Part of a letter written this week by former Jewish Agency chairman, Sallai Meridor, slamming his fellow settlers at Kfar Adumim settlement where he lives, for their actions to get rid of their Bedouin neighbors, the village of Khan al-Ahmar.*

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You Must Be Kidding: 
The three Jewish settlers detained Tuesday for attacking and injuring six police officers during the eviction from the Netiv Ha'avot settlement outpost, were released the following day, yet 21 Arab Israeli citizens were detained for three days last month for participating in a non-violent protest in Haifa against the IDF killing of Gazans and during their detention seven of the civilians were hospitalized for injuries they received in the hands of police.**

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Killing a Child Is 'Not Right', but Not Wrong Enough for an Indictment (Gideon Levy, Haaretz+) Israeli prosecutors concluded that the two soldiers acted properly when they shot and killed an unarmed teenager 10 meters away as he ran away from them.
The silent transfer of Palestinians from Area C (Rida Abu Rass, Yedioth/Ynet) About three weeks ago, Supreme Court Justices Noam Sohlberg, Anat Baron and Yael Willner allowed the state to destroy the Palestinian community of Khan al-Ahmar and expel its citizens to a site near a dumpster in Abu Dis...Think about it: No infrastructure, no running water, no electricity and no educational framework for your children. You live under the constant fear of projectiles fired by training military forces, and all the while, the state destroys the few buildings and basic infrastructure you managed to build would you stay? The upcoming war crime in Khan al-Ahmar is merely an extreme example of an expulsion strategy that Israel is undertaking vis-a-vis all Palestinian communities in Area C, to create an environment that will coerce them into leaving.
'They destroyed everything': Israel's decades-long war against the Jahalin Bedouin (Joshua Leifer, +972mag) Expelled by Israeli forces from the Negev, then forced to live next to a garbage dump, the Jahalin Bedouin have lost their ancestral homes and their traditional way of life. The impending forced displacement of Khan al-Ahmar is just the latest struggle in the Bedouin tribe’s history of dispossession.
How Trump's Foreign Policy Is Making Russian Fascism Great Again (Alexander Reid Ross, Haaretz+) As he sabotages America's strategic alliances in favor of pro-Kremlin autocrats, the president is acting out the geopolitical fantasies of Alexander Dugin, rising Russian fascist ideologue and guru to Trump's alt-right base.
Where is Netanyahu's leadership move? (Sima Kadmon, Yedioth/Ynet) Why is the American president’s ardent fan refusing to ignore the hostility, the fights, the lies, the conflict and the distrust of the past, and to sit down with Palestinian President Abbas, because ‘yesterday’s conflict does not have to be tomorrow’s war’? And why aren’t all those who celebrated Trump’s election adopting his approach that peace is made with enemies?
Trump is sharper in identifying failures of others, and a little less so in identifying his own failures (Shmuel Rosner, Maariv) The details of the agreement may reveal that the North Korean regime has indeed decided that the time has come to change direction. They may also discover that he has decided to examine again whether and to what extent the Americans are not learning from experience. Three successive US administrations "tried to put North Korea's nuclear program under control." Three tried - and only one government succeeded. All of course thanks to the hard work of two of his senior officials: Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Ambassador Bob Glucci. Having difficulty believing that all this happened? Open Bill Clinton's book "My Life" on page 625 and you won’t find it difficult. The proof is there, signed by the President. Clinton tells how he blocked North Korea's nuclear program. Clinton even argues with "several people who said" success was not a success, but a failure. The Koreans fooled the Americans. Not for the first time, nor the last. But Clinton, with his familiar skill, knows how to explain that failure is actually a success. Without which the world would have been more dangerous. ‘My Life’ is one of the worst memoirs written by any president, but Clinton's basic flaw is shared by many presidents: all are sharp as a razor in identifying the failures of others, their predecessors or their heirs. Everyone is a little less sharp in recognizing their own failures.
The Secret of Israel’s Trumpmania? He’s One of Our Own (Chemi Shalev, Haaretz+) The U.S. President distrusts Muslim, derides Europeans, detests political correctness, ignores human rights, torments immigrants and trashes the media: What’s not to like?
Israeli Right rolling in foreign money (Uri Zaki, Yedioth/Ynet) Ironically, those who caution against foreign funds donating to left-wing organizations benefit from millions of shekels apportioned to them by covert overseas entities.
No General Will Save Us (Carolina Landsmann, Haaretz+) Netanyahu eats the defense establishment for breakfast; former top defense officials seem aware of the Netanyahu's danger, but he controls them.
The absurdity: The General Staff forum, whose hands are stained with blood, represents the sane part of Israeli society (Ran Adelist, Maariv) It is difficult to determine from when the IDF began to conduct a counter-policy vis-à-vis the government. This has happened since the establishment of the state, but it seems that there has never been a big gap like there is in these days, at the last (Security) Cabinet meeting regarding Gaza. This absurdity gets to the point where the IDF was forced to decide between refusing orders and an all-out-war within Israeli society and between squashing the Palestinians. The decision is clear: the Palestinians are paying the price over the struggle for Israel’s democracy and the IDF is obeying the orders of the rabbis of the West Bank through their representatives in the Knesset, without whom Netanyahu would not be Prime Minister and Lieberman would not be defense minister. Within the boundaries of the democratic-political game, Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot is doing his best to stop them. Last week, the IDF did not respond to the throwing of explosives, kites and balloons, and a very senior officer in the Southern Command said that the IDF is in favor of an arrangement [with Hamas - OH]. At the last cabinet meeting, where the "situation in the Gaza Strip" was discussed, another issue was discussed in the background, namely, the situation in Israel. The question that floated in the air and was not answered was how much Israeli society can support the brutality that is being waged against the citizens of the Gaza Strip. This question should be answered by all the citizens of Israel, but at the sound of growls coming from all sides, I am not sure that they should be asked…During his visit to (German Chancellor Angela) Merkel, Netanyahu said: "Israel is examining how to prevent a humanitarian collapse in the Gaza Strip, and perhaps it is the only one working on the issue." At the cabinet meeting, Netanyahu kept the right to remain silent. Why should he enter between the IDF and the rabbis of the West Bank and their representatives? Let the boys play in front of him. Both in the cabinet and in the Gaza Strip. On both sides of the fence.
Anyone who finds it difficult to blame the Gazans for shooting at a kindergarten is not someone I can talk to (Tamir Idan, Maariv) Is it worth mentioning that Israel has withdrawn from Gaza? Is it worth mentioning that the siege on Gaza is imposed only because Hamas continues to smuggle weapons and ammunition? A response to Yehoshua Sobol.
Rogel Alpher’s Terrible Verbal Attack on U.S. Ambassador David Friedman (Israel Cohen, Haaretz+) Alpher and his fellow Israeli leftists can’t accept that Trump is now president, just as they can’t accept Netanyahu’s success.
Iran is worried, disappointed and afraid (Menashe Amir, Israel Hayom) Iranian citizens are already asking: How could the toughest communist leader in the world bend to Trump while we continue burning the American flag?
A Dove in Hawk's Clothing? Trump’s Korea Haggling May Make the World Safer, by Accident (Asaf Ronel, Haaretz+) The document Trump signed is worthless, but he managed to smash the hypocrisy that's been running the world for decades.
Wasting no time (Eldad Beck, Israel Hayom) Trump is aware of the risk: The arduous negotiations with the Kim regime could blow up at any moment. But the new equation of deterrence he has achieved vis-à-vis North Korea will also impact Iran.
North Korea’s Kim Is Big Winner of Singapore Summit but Trump Comes Up Short (Chemi Shalev, Haaretz+) Pyongyang tyrant gains legitimacy and respect from U.S. president without giving up anything new or tangible in return.
Tehran: Your time will come (Prof. Abraham Ben-Zvi, Israel Hayom) An unconventional president was the right person to end the anachronistic "nuclear umbrella" thinking and pave the way for new regional alliances in the Far East. Other rogue regimes should take note.
The Independence of Channel 10 News Must Be Protected (Haaretz Editorial) The proposed merger with Reshet has the potential to exacerbate political influence on the broadcaster, a factor regulators must consider.
What Can We Expect From Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraq’s New Kingmaker? (Amatzia Baram, May 26th, Haaretz+) The Iranians may have been the ones who killed his father – it’s not clear – but he doesn’t like the Americans either and fought them after the 2003 invasion.
Modi's missile dilemma: Why India keeps spiking, and reviving, a massive Israeli arms deal (Shrenik Rao, Haaretz+) A half-a-billion dollar arms deal with Israel has become an electoral liability for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.