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Acknowledge the Nakba

Posted in human rights, Israel, Nakba, Palestine, Refugees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

This week’s piece at Souciant deals with the anniversary of Israel’s independence and the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe). It takes off from the shameful op-ed the Israeli ambassador to the US, Michael Oren, placed two days ago in the Wall Street Journal, wherein he whines about the world not loving Israel while it holds millions of [...]

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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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The Perils of Unity: Israel’s New Government

Posted in Bibi Netanyahu, Israel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

In this week’s article for Souciant, I analyze the new unity government in Israel–why it happened, what it means and how it affects various aspects of Israel’s current situation. Particularly, I look at some potential implications for the Palestinians, a point which seems largely overlooked in analysis of this week’s events.

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Where is the Palestinian Mandela?

Posted in Palestine, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

In this week’s column at Souciant, I take on that tired refrain about the “lack of a Palestinian Mandela” and use it to explore the real problem of poor Palestinian leadership. This was in evidence just recently in a spat between Salam Fayyad and Mahmoud Abbas. That weak leadership has been supported in many ways [...]

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Delegitimizing Israeli Democracy

Posted in Democracy, human rights, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

In this week’s entry at Souciant, I examine the implications of Israel’s heavy-handed, stupid and clumsy response to the intention of hundreds of activists to fly into Israel in order to join a Palestinian protest. The ironic thing is that Netanyahu trots out the standard “Israel is the region’s only democracy” argument to defend actions [...]

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