A truce that harms Netanyahu and benefits him – politics

• Israel and the Palestinians are currently engaged in violent clashes
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is criticized by the ranks of the government for accepting a ceasefire.
• The military conflict around the Gaza Strip has a different theme Banned from the headlines: The dispute over the so-called law of the national state that critics call racist

This weekend saw the most violent military clashes between Israelis and Israelis. Palestinians since the end of the Gaza war in the summer of 2014. For the first time, mutual attacks were conducted in the light of the day. On Sunday, there were other isolated incidents, even though a truce had previously been negotiated as part of international mediation. After midnight, individual rockets and mortar shells from the Gaza Strip were fired again on Israeli territory, and the Israeli army fought back with air strikes. He also attacked Palestinians who were flying flares with flammable liquids on Sunday to set fire to fields in Israel.

In total, more than 200 projectiles were fired at Israel this weekend, 90% of them landed. in the open field or were intercepted by the defense system Iron Dome ("Iron Dome"). For the first time since the outbreak of clashes in late March, four Israelis were injured when a rocket hit their home in Sderot. Two juvenile Palestinians were killed in about 40 airstrikes on Saturday. A total of 140 Palestinians have been killed since March 30, when protests began at the border.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman were criticized by the government on Sunday for accepting the ceasefire. Education Minister Naftali Bennett called it "capitulation" that Hamas in power in Gaza could impose a ceasefire whenever it wants. Even Israel's Minister of Intelligence, Israel Katz, demanded that Israel define a clear policy against Hamas terror. Recently, a similar situation occurred in late May: after 22 hours of conflict, Hamas declared a ceasefire.

Netanyahu assured Sunday at the Council of Ministers that this time Hamas had been "supported and hard". been since the Gaza war in 2014. "I hope you understand the message." Israel will not tolerate attacks – whether with missiles or with dragons or drones, Netanyahu said. As a result, the army has reinforced its anti-aircraft batteries and has called some of the reservists. The Israeli army has found no effective way against flying objects filled with flammable liquid. More and more Palestinians are attacked from the air, causing the rise of dragons or balloons.

Demonstrations against "national law"

Military clashes surrounding the Gaza Strip have recently caused another issue to flee. On Saturday night, thousands of people in Tel Aviv took to the streets to protest against the so-called national law. The project literally states: "The State of Israel is the national homeland of the Jewish people, in which it realizes its aspirations to self-determination according to its cultural and historical traditions". In the future, a congregation should be allowed to have residents "of the same faith and nationality as to preserve the exclusive character of the community."

In addition, Jerusalem must be consecrated as the capital of Israel and Hebrew as the official language. The law introduced by Netanyahu's Likud Party has already been adopted at first reading and will be approved by Parliament in the coming days.

A broad alliance has formed against adoption. From President Reuven Rivlin to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and many Jewish organizations in the United States, resistance is shaking up. President Rivlin warned that this law "could harm the Jewish people in the world and in Israel". The question is "if we are willing to support discrimination and the exclusion of men and women on the basis of their ethnic origin". Critics such as Rivlin fear that cities on this basis may exclude Israeli Arabs, who make up 17.5 percent of the population. Israel does not have a constitution, but the declaration of independence states: "The state is safe" for all its citizens regardless of religion, race and gender, social equality and politics. Also on Friday, Netanyahu had summoned and reprimanded the EU ambassador for talking about racist tendencies in the law