Israel’s ‘Absolute Security’ Doctrine: A Recipe for Regional Insecurity | Palestine This Week with Mouin Rabbani

In this episode of Palestine This Week, we examine Israel’s expanding control over Gaza through the shifting “Yellow Line” and the emergence of a clandestine “voluntary migration” programme, before turning to the occupied West Bank, where the JNF is cutting funding to settler farm outposts as Israel’s wider strategy moves from “conflict management” towards annexation.

We also discuss fresh allegations against ICC prosecutor Karim Khan, Israel’s application of the Gaza model in Lebanon and Barack Obama’s claim that Benjamin Netanyahu pushed him towards war with Iran before making the same case to Donald Trump. The episode ends by looking at the growing regional divide between Saudi Arabia and the UAE over Israel, Iran and the future of Gulf security.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction & Overview
01:20 Israel expands Gaza’s “Yellow Line” and undermines Trump’s ceasefire plan
08:54 Israel’s clandestine ethnic cleansing programme under the guise of “voluntary migration”
18:54 JNF cuts funding to West Bank settler farm outposts
27:22 Israel’s West Bank policy shifts from “conflict management” to annexation
33:14 Allegations against ICC prosecutor Karim Khan as pressure builds over the Netanyahu case
41:21 Israel applies the Gaza model in Lebanon
45:41 Obama says Netanyahu pushed him towards war with Iran before making the same case to Trump
51:20 Saudi Arabia and the UAE split over Israel, Iran and regional security