Jeff Halper’s July 2026 Update – What You Need to Know about Israel Today

Speaking from Jerusalem, Jeff provides insight into what is happening within Israel.  Some people say that Israel is on the brink of collapse, but this is a dangerous illusion. Although there are internal problems which have made Israel vulnerable, without a plan and with no political programme in place, collapse would be disastrous for Palestinians.

Jeff reminds us of the importance of anti-colonial Jews who are working with their Palestinian partners in finding liberation. Do not expect Israel with its settler colonial agenda to voluntarily change its system from the inside.

We must understand that Israel is not ephemeral; Jews will not simply disappear.  Not all Israeli Jews have a second passport, so much of the population won’t be leaving.

Jeff refers to the three factors identified by Ghassan Kanafani that resulted in the defeat of Palestinian resistance during the Arab Revolt in 1936 – 1939 and how these factors still apply today. Israel established relationships that serve the hegemons; created Palestinian collaborators and encouraged complicity from corrupt and autocratic Arab leaders.

The Israeli parliament is super right wing, and since October 7th, the younger generation has become even more right wing, militant and religious than their parents and grandparents.

Netanyahu cannot provide a vision for the future and because people are fed up with him, it is likely that he will be gone following the October elections. However, the next government will still be on the right with the next prime minister predicted to be the rising star Gadi Eisenkot, a vicious military criminal.

Watch the update here

— ICAHD (icahd.org)
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