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Netanyahu’s New Friends

Posted in Bibi Netanyahu, Fatah, Hamas, Palestine, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

In my latest piece for Souciant, I look at Benjamin Netanyahu’s ineffectual “threat” to cut off the negotiations to nowhere with the Palestinian Authority if they reunify with Hamas. Bibi clearly wants a situation where the US will back an Israeli refusal to continue negotiations, and Hamas joining a unity government gives him that. But [...]

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Avishai: ABRAHAM’S CHILDREN Toward a right of return for Palestinians

Posted in Refugees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Harpers’ Magazine only put this in their print edition. I offer here a pdf file of Bernard Avishai’s piece exploring the question of the Palestinian Right of Return. I’m not sure about his proposed solution, but the very fact that the subject is being taken seriously in a mainstream US publication and by the pen of a noted [...]

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Ready, Aim, Failure: Bibi Blows It Again

Posted in Bibi Netanyahu, Egypt, Gaza, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

In my latest piece for Babylon Times, hosted by Souciant, I examine the responses to the terrorist attack near Eilat and the subsequent Israeli incursions into Gaza and Egypt. The title says a lot: Ready Aim Failure: Bibi blows it, again.

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We Are All Prisoners Here

Posted in Gilad Shalit, Palestinian Prisoners, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on June 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

In my latest for Babylon Times, hosted by Souciant, I look at two subjects that each demand their own justice: Gilad Shalit and the many Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

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We Interfere, Palestinians Pay the Price: A Neverending Story

Posted in Palestine, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on June 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Once again, outside interference in Palestinian affairs caused severe harm to Palestinians, and also set back the very ambitions those outsiders wished to advance. For at least the past year, Professor Nathan Brown has been putting forth a nuanced view of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad with the goal of trying to break the Western [...]

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