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##  [ Delete The Palestinians’ National Identity: Netanyahu's Means Of Achieving Greater Israel ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32375:delete-the-palestinians-national-identity-netanyahus-means-of-achieving-greater-israel&catid=332)

PERSPECTIVE - Prime Minister Netanyahu does not seek a negotiated peace with the Palestinians; instead, he perpetuates constant hostilities as a means to incrementally seize ever more territory in the West Bank and Gaza—territory he knows…

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## [Iran Wants to Erase Israel](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32370:iran-wants-to-erase-israel&catid=332)

WAR - One thing is certain: the problem–enigma of the mullahs has confounded every American president since 1979. Donald Trump, the ‘beautiful hurricane’, saw in it an opportunity to act, especially after missing the Nobel Prize he so open…

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Written by Alon Ben-Meir on February 05 2026.

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