First do no harm, J Street
With nothing left to offer except hollow pep talks about the peace process, the liberal lobby is fighting BDS – together with the pro-Netanyahu, pro-occupation American Zionist right. Next stop: the...
View ArticleWhy there is no room for diplomacy in Gaza
With or without a ceasefire, the brutality of the last week will be revisited upon the Palestinians of Gaza – a fact that, unsurprisingly, leaves no room for diplomacy. It should come as no surprise...
View ArticleWhy Israel won’t sign any ceasefire that’s fair
A fair ceasefire would bring major relief for Gaza, which would mean Hamas wins the war. The ceasefire that the world is now pushing for – one that, as UN chief Ban Ki-Moon put it, not only ends the...
View ArticleObama calls on Netanyahu to accept unconditional humanitarian ceasefire; 15...
In a phone call held Sunday night, U.S. President Barack Obama told Prime Minister Netanyahu that there is a “strategic imperative” to reach an immediate humanitarian ceasefire based on the one agreed...
View ArticleGaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
The bickering between countries over who has the right to negotiate over the Palestinians is nothing new. We’ve been here before. By Aziz Abu Sarah and Dr. Marc Gopin There are two main camps involved...
View ArticleWhy did Israel reject Kerry’s ceasefire proposal?
Is Israel willing to prolong the fighting and to intensify the killing and bereavement on both sides just so that its ally in Cairo gets the credit, rather than the Hamas-allied Turkey and Qatar? By...
View ArticleIsraeli air strikes kill 120 Palestinians in single day; Hamas refuses truce...
Over 120 Palestinians were killed by Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday. as both Israel and Hamas evaluated a proposed humanitarian ceasefire. A top PLO official said that Palestinian factions in Gaza had...
View ArticleFrom Iran to the tunnels: Do we really have to live this way?
Those who spot an existential threat at every turn, turn their backs on diplomacy and mock peace efforts are now astonished to find that the enemy has sought out their own weapons of attack. The...
View Article‘Captive soldier would have been better off if we shot him’
New testimonies emerge from soldiers who believe that the capture of a soldier is too strategically risky to be allowed, at any price. The real risk that the botched rescue operation was trying to...
View ArticleIn ceasefire talks, Netanyahu is letting Hamas win Gaza war
The great mystery is: Why? In the Cairo ceasefire talks, Netanyahu is snatching diplomatic defeat from the jaws of military victory. I have no explanation for why he’s doing this and I have yet to hear...
View ArticleNo one left for Bibi to blame – except, of course, Abbas
Israel is in a crisis – the heaviest Palestinian street violence in a decade, the threat of a full-blown third intifada – and here’s how Netanyahu is managing it: by seizing on the last available...
View ArticleWho says Palestinians don’t have a vote in Israeli elections?
By warning that a Palestinian UN resolution might strengthen Netanyahu, Kerry is actually suggesting that Palestinians can influence Israeli elections — just not in the direction Washington was hoping...
View ArticleSecurity Council’s election message to Israelis: Keep ignoring the occupation
Israel and Washington together blocked a UN Security Council resolution calling for the implementation of a negotiated two-state solution within a year. Abbas’s diplomatic efforts have hit a brick...
View ArticleThe ‘anti-Zionist’ camp goes mainstream in Israeli elections
Both Netanyahu and Livni are leveraging their international influence for electoral gain: Netanyahu in Congress and Livni at the United Nations. And, will the real Zionist camp please stand up? Israeli...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in Jerusalem?: A roundup
Dozens of Palestinians and several Border Police officers wounded in third day of clashes over restrictions to Jerusalem’s holiest site. Palestinian women face off with Border Police officers in...
View ArticleAbbas’ peace project has hit a dead end
He chose the path of moderation. He agreed to a small Palestinian state alongside Israel. He won the support of America and Europe. He proved his obligation to maintaining security for Israelis. And he...
View ArticleCan we call it one state and be done with it?
The debate over whether we are living in a single state is irrelevant – the answer is a resounding yes. The real problem is that freedom and equality are only extended to some of its subjects. Israel...
View ArticleHow Americans really feel about equality for Palestinians and Israelis
The Obama administration is only willing to discuss a one-state solution in terms of apartheid and violence. But asked whether Jews and Palestinians should be equal, the vast majority of Americans...
View ArticleU.S. abstention is a message to Europe: End Israel’s impunity
The U.S. essentially admitted that its unyielding defense of Israel in the diplomatic arena was a disastrous strategy. With Obama bowing out, Europe will need to act on this lesson. The UN Security...
View ArticleAfter the UN, the EU must lead the way on Israeli settlements
Resolution 2334 should be seen as a belated step towards mobilizing the international consensus. But to give it any real effect, states will need to build on the resolution with a view to making it...
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