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A Mock UNGA Resolution

Posted in Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine, United Nations, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

For my International Law class (for those who don’t know, I’m working on my Master’s Degree at University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy), I was asked to write a UN resolution and a strategy for getting it adopted. I thought folks here might be interested in seeing what i came up with, as sort of a [...]

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J Street Looking Less And Less Like A Potential Game-Changer

Posted in J Street, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 27, 2012 | 5 Comments »

This article originally appeared on LobeLog.  Four years ago, there was some hope in Washington that J Street, the self-proclaimed “pro-Israel, pro-peace” Jewish lobbying group, could someday provide a counterweight to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). No one expected J Street to seriously challenge AIPAC after just four years. But the organization’s track record [...]

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Pro-Peace Jewish Lobby Stresses Return to Stalled Talks

Posted in J Street, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

My report for Inter Press Service on the J Street conference is up and running. This one reports on some highlights of the conference. I hope to write more about it in the next few days, giving more of an analysis of the conference.

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Well, They Let Me In…

Posted in J Street, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Just to let my readers know, I’m covering the J Street conference, starting tonight (indeed, I’m writing this from the opening plenary). I’ll be writing it up for Inter Press Service, and hopefully blogging some things afterward as well. I’ll also be live tweeting, so you can follow me on Twitter @MitchellPlit or on Facebook. [...]

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Separate But Federal

Posted in One-State Solution, West Bank, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

My latest piece is up at Souciant. I’ve been spending a good deal of space in the past year on the idea that the two-state solution as previously conceived is dead. Today, I try to start a conversation about where we go from here, for those of us who believe, as I do, that the single state will [...]

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