Netanyahu Denounces Israeli Murderers While Intensifying Gaza Bombing

IDF Plans to Intensify Military Operations in Gaza

by TRNN

Political economist Shir Hever says an invasion of Gaza on the scale of Operation Pillar of Cloud is likely, but that international pressure and threats to Israeli trade will prevent the state from taking the most extreme forms of military action.

 

Shir Hever is an economic researcher in the Alternative Information Center, a Palestinian-Israeli organization active in Jerusalem and Beit-Sahour. Hever researches the economic aspect of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory, some of his research topics include the international aid to the Palestinians and to Israel, the effects of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories on the Israeli economy, and the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns against Israel. His work also includes giving lectures and presentations on the economy of the occupation. He is a graduate student at the Freie Universitat in Berlin, and researches the privatization of security in Israel. His first book: Political Economy of Israel's Occupation: Repression Beyond Exploitation, was published by Pluto Press.