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Erel Segal

Erel Segal is a right-wing Israeli writer and commentator who contributes to various Israeli traditional and online media outlets, including a weekly column at MIDA, a conservative Israeli website. Segal hosts the long-running evening news program "Erev Hadash" on public TV and also has his own daily radio program.

Peshmerga fighters inspect the remains of a car, bearing an image of the trademark jihadist flag, which belonged to Islamic State (IS) militants after it was targeted by an American air strike in the village of Baqufa, north of Mosul, on August 18,2014. Kurdish peshmerga fighters backed by federal forces and US warplanes pressed a counter-offensive Monday against jihadists after retaking Iraq's largest dam, as the United States and Britain stepped up their military involvement. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE

Europe blind to Islamic State's true threat

Erel Segal

A crowd gathers during a rally in support of Hamas, in Gaza City August 7, 2014. Mediators worked against the clock on Thursday to extend a Gaza truce between Israel and the Palestinians as the three-day ceasefire went into its final 24 hours. Israel has said it is ready to agree to an extension as Egyptian mediators pursued talks with Israelis and Palestinians on an enduring end to a war that devastated the Hamas-ruled enclave, while Palestinians want an Israeli-Egyptian blockade of Gaza to be lifted and p

Hamas' claims of victory ring hollow

Erel Segal

Arab-Israelis and Israeli left wing activists wave Palestinian flags as they protest against the Israeli offensive on Gaza, in the northern city of Haifa July 19, 2014. Israeli forces on Saturday pressed ahead with a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinian militants kept firing rockets deep into Israel's heartland, pushing the death toll past 300 in almost two weeks of conflict. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTR3ZCZH

The fine line between freedom of speech and treason in Israel

Erel Segal

Palestinian and foreign activists remove debris from a structure in an old village known as Ein Hajla, in the Jordan Valley near the West Bank city of Jericho January 31, 2014. Some 100 activists took part in a campaign to try to resettle the village and to protest Israel's occupation of the West Bank including the Jordan Valley. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX182J1

Mosul events warning on Palestinians' eastern border

Erel Segal

PM Netanyahu meets with Christian spiritual leader Father Gabriel Nadaf

Christian Arabs wrestle with Israeli identity

Erel Segal

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki (R) takes his oath of office in front of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a swearing-in ceremony of the unity government, in the West Bank city of Ramallah June 2, 2014. Abbas swore in a unity government on Monday after overcoming a last-minute dispute with the Hamas Islamist group.
REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3RTFI

Obama administration gets it wrong on Hamas

Erel Segal

TEL-AVIV, ISRAEL: The crowd of Jews assembled in the streets of Tel Aviv 20 May 1948 a few hours before the British Mandate in Palestine ended, celebrate the proclamation of a new Jewish state of Israel. Israel was founded on 14 May 1948 by the Jewish National Council and was recognized by the United States and the Soviet Union 15 and 17 May. (Photo credit should read AFP/Getty Images)

Israel is a Jewish state; get over it

Erel Segal