{"id":7226,"date":"2021-05-25T13:24:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T11:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=7226"},"modified":"2021-05-25T13:24:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T11:24:41","slug":"israel-gaza-attack-hever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/politics\/israel-gaza-attack-hever\/","title":{"rendered":"Why did Israel attack Gaza? | Interview with Dr. Shir Hever"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\">\n<p><strong>Why did Israel attack Gaza? | Interview with Dr. Shir Hever<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span>In this video, we speak with returning guest Dr. Shir Hever. Dr. Hever is an independent economic researcher, journalist and author. Dr. Hever explains how Israeli domestic politics has played a role in the recent attacks on Gaza and how the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah is a valuable asset to the Israeli government.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO: Why did Israel attack Gaza? | Interview with Dr. Shir Hever<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why did Israel attack Gaza? | Interview with Dr. Shir Hever\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HwIqjxJ7pkk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To watch more of our videos on this topic or with other experts such as Edward Snowden, Noam Chomsky, Abby Martin, Yanis Varoufakis, Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, Jill Stein, Daniel Ellsberg, etc, please visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/acTVismMunich?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Donate today to support independent &amp; non-profit media!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0or on the picture below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4434 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-300x100.jpg 300w\" width=\"700\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>ABOUT DR. SHIR HEVER<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Dr. Shir Hever<\/strong> is an independent economic researcher and journalist. He writes articles and research for various venues and gives lectures in political and academic venues. Hever also reports for the Real News Network.<\/p>\n<p>He is the author of <em>The Privatisation of Israeli Security<\/em> (Pluto, 2017) and <em>The Political Economy of Israel\u2019s Occupation<\/em> (Pluto, 2010).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Citation of Featured Image:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Soure: Own Work<\/li>\n<li>Author: <a title=\"User:Osps7\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Osps7\">Osps7<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Israeli_Air_Force_bombed_the_press_offices_in_Gaza_2021_(cropped).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Israeli_Air_Force_bombed_the_press_offices_in_Gaza_2021_(cropped).jpg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>This file is licensed under the\u00a0<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:en:Creative Commons\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/en:Creative_Commons\">Creative Commons<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.en\" rel=\"nofollow\">Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International<\/a>\u00a0license.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Dr. Hever explains how Israeli domestic politics has played a role in the recent attacks on Gaza and how the significance of Sheikh Jarrah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,14],"tags":[],"channel":[],"class_list":["post-7226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest","category-politics"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true}}},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why did Israel attack Gaza? 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