18.05.2025

Guinean dictator Lancené Konta (screenshot from the last interview he gave, in 2007, to the TV5MONDE network)

The Israeli insurance package failed in Guinea

Foreign Ministry cables reveal how dirty diplomacy with dictatorial regimes can turn into a farce

Eitay Mack

01.02.2025

State reception for Lesotho Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan, Lod Airport, October 31, 1968 (Photo: Moshe Milner, GPO)

Lesotho Plan

The dictatorship in Lesotho was one of five countries on the African continent that did not cut ties with Israel in 1973 • Foreign Ministry documents reveal the compensation it received • Training death squads, eliminating the opposition and senior IDF officers who became state-sponsored arms dealers

Eitay Mack

24.12.2024

The Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Israel, Dr. Joaquin Salazar, with President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi after the presentation of his letter of credence, January 21, 1960 (Photo: Moshe Friedan, GPO)

"We have a conscience problem regarding that tyrant"

Netanyahu's government stands out in its courtship of the world's far-right leaders, but the State of Israel has a troubling history of ties to corrupt dictators and repressive regimes

Eitay Mack

07.12.2024

קנצלר גרמניה אולף שולץ עם רה"מ בנימין נתניהו, ירושלים, 17.2.24 (צילום: אוליבייה פיטוסי)

The other cost of war

The long-standing alliance with Germany, one of Israel's two most important allies, is in jeopardy amid the never-ending war in Gaza

Eitay Mack

09.05.2024

רה"מ שמעון פרס (משמאל) לוחץ ידו של שר החוץ מאנגולה ג'ואאו ברנרדו דה מירנדה במשרד ראש הממשלה בירושלים. במרכז: העיתונאית ושגרירת ישראל באנגולה, תמר גולן; 2.5.1996 (צילום: יעקב סער, לע"מ)

Israel's Cold War in Angola

Secret documents shed light on the arms trade between the State of Israel and the African country

Eitay Mack

24.04.2024

היועצת המשפטית לממשלה גלי בהרב-מיארה והשר לביטחון לאומי איתמר בן-גביר (צילומים: יונתן זינדל)

Good Morning China

The insane arrest of Prof. Shalhoub-Kevorkian is the continuation of the irresponsible conduct of the Attorney General and the State Prosecutor, in the service of the Ben-Gvir police

Eitay Mack

13.04.2024

מפקד כוח האו"ם ברצועת עזה, הגנרל ההודי אינדאר ג'יט ריקייה, מלווה את חייליו לקראת הפינוי מהרצועה דרך מעבר ארז, 19.5.1967 (צילום: משה מילנר, לע"מ)

"No soldier, including commanders, received a briefing"

What has changed since IDF soldiers killed 14 Indian UN soldiers during the occupation of Gaza in 1967, and until the killing of the seven aid workers of " World Central Kitchen" in the current war

Eitay Mack

27.02.2024

טקס קבלת פנים לרה"מ יצחק שמיר בנמל התעופה בלומה, בירת טוגו, 14.6.1987 (צילום: נתי הרניק, לע"מ)

Togo remained loyal to Israel even during the war in Gaza

Government documents that have now been made public reveal the roots of Israel's alliance with African tyranny

Eitay Mack

10.12.2023

בית המשפט העליון בירושלים, 18.1.1993 (צילום: אבי אוחיון, לע"מ)

A War Without the Fig Leaf of the High Court of Justice

Time will tell if the conduct of the current war in Gaza without a cover from its top court will pay off for Israel

Eitay Mack

04.09.2023

Do 'Targets' of the Israel Security Agency Face Close Supervision or Enjoy Immunity

The title that the Israeli media attaches to suspects of far-right terrorism – "a target of the Shin Bet" – sometimes means exactly the opposite of what we think

Eitay Mack

19.02.2023

ראש הממשלה, בנימין נתניהו, נושא דברים לפני פתיחת משפטו כשמאחוריו חברי-כנסת ושרים מהליכוד. בית-המשפט המחוזי בירושלים, 24.5.2020 (צילום: יונתן זינדל)

Benjamin Netanyahu's 'Corruption Revolution' in Israel

Corruption in Israel is no longer about cutting corners but has more to do with laws that are specifically enacted to openly show bias and favouritism towards those who support Benjamin Netanyhau's government

Eitay Mack

25.11.2022

Israel's Worst Kept Secret of Armed Drones and the Shadow of Military Censorship

Israel recently revoked its controversial decades-long policy of censorship with regard to the use of armed drones by its defence forces and their exports executed in collaboration with private military equipment manufacturers

Eitay Mack

19.06.2020

For Israeli press, surveillance is only a problem when targeting Jewish citizens

Journalists were quick to condemn monitoring of COVID-19 patients in Israel but remain silent when that same technology is sold to repressive regimes

Eitay Mack

העין השביעית

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The Israeli insurance package failed in Guinea

Foreign Ministry cables reveal how dirty diplomacy with dictatorial regimes can turn into a farce

Lesotho Plan

"We have a conscience problem regarding that tyrant"

Netanyahu's government stands out in its courtship of the world's far-right leaders, but the State of Israel has a troubling history of ties to corrupt dictators and repressive regimes

The other cost of war

The long-standing alliance with Germany, one of Israel's two most important allies, is in jeopardy amid the never-ending war in Gaza

Israel's Cold War in Angola

Secret documents shed light on the arms trade between the State of Israel and the African country

Good Morning China

The insane arrest of Prof. Shalhoub-Kevorkian is the continuation of the irresponsible conduct of the Attorney General and the State Prosecutor, in the service of the Ben-Gvir police

"No soldier, including commanders, received a briefing"

What has changed since IDF soldiers killed 14 Indian UN soldiers during the occupation of Gaza in 1967, and until the killing of the seven aid workers of " World Central Kitchen" in the current war

Togo remained loyal to Israel even during the war in Gaza

Government documents that have now been made public reveal the roots of Israel's alliance with African tyranny

A War Without the Fig Leaf of the High Court of Justice

Time will tell if the conduct of the current war in Gaza without a cover from its top court will pay off for Israel

Do 'Targets' of the Israel Security Agency Face Close Supervision or Enjoy Immunity

The title that the Israeli media attaches to suspects of far-right terrorism – "a target of the Shin Bet" – sometimes means exactly the opposite of what we think

Benjamin Netanyahu's 'Corruption Revolution' in Israel

Corruption in Israel is no longer about cutting corners but has more to do with laws that are specifically enacted to openly show bias and favouritism towards those who support Benjamin Netanyhau's government

Israel's Worst Kept Secret of Armed Drones and the Shadow of Military Censorship

Israel recently revoked its controversial decades-long policy of censorship with regard to the use of armed drones by its defence forces and their exports executed in collaboration with private military equipment manufacturers

For Israeli press, surveillance is only a problem when targeting Jewish citizens

Journalists were quick to condemn monitoring of COVID-19 patients in Israel but remain silent when that same technology is sold to repressive regimes