Israel is ‘mowing the lawn’ again, but with malice aforethought

Israeli politics can sometimes be full of surprises, but not this time. Gwynne Dyer revisits his predictions from four months ago.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still risks being convicted of corruption offences in his ongoing criminal trial, so ensuring that his government gains the right to override any court decision against him is his top priority, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

July 6, 2023

LONDON, U.K.—The two-day Israeli military incursion into the Palestinian city of Jenin in the northern West Bank (12 Palestinians killed, one Israeli dead) seems at first glance like just another example of ‘mowing the lawn.' That’s what the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF...

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