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• ‘Tantura’ Documentary Maintains Israel’s Defense of its Ethnic Cleansing

  
  February 22, 2022 15:18

  Source: Inside Arabia

  https://insidearabia.com/tantura-documentary-maintains-israels-defense-of-its-ethnic-cleansing/

   

  By Ramona Wadi

  Published February 14, 2022

   

  Israeli narratives of Tantura’s ethnic cleansing do not hold Israel accountable for its ongoing Nakba. Despite the information hitting Israeli society, the accounts themselves invalidate the Palestinian experience by defending the Zionist colonial project – this is also true of the latest documentary on the subject titled “Tantura”.

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• Opinion | If Speaking Against Injustice Is Antisemitic, I'm an Antisemite

  
  February 15, 2022 15:22

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/if-speaking-out-against-injustice-is-antisemitic-i-m-an-antisemite-1.10600450

   

  By Akiva Eldar

  Published February 9, 2022

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• Opinion: Another group recognized Israel’s Palestinian apartheid. How will the world react?

  
  February 15, 2022 15:05

  Source: Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/13/israel-palestinians-amnesty-international-apartheid-wil-the-wolrd-act/

   

  By Mariam Barghouti
  Published February 13, 2022

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• Blinken Calls Abbas to Talk U.S.-Palestinian Relations, Also Speaks With Israel's Lapid

  
  February 10, 2022 13:15

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/.premium-blinken-holds-rare-phone-call-with-abbas-about-u-s-palestinian-relations-1.10581012

   

  By Ben Samuels and Jonathan Lis

  Published February 1, 2022

   

  The rare phone call to the Palestinian president comes after recent increased direct contacts between Israeli and Palestinian leaders

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• 'Holy Land Confederation': Oslo Accords Architect Presents New Peace Plan

  
  February 10, 2022 11:36

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-holy-land-confederation-oslo-accords-architect-presents-new-peace-plan-1.10601495?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=15ea3dbd92

   

  By Allison Kaplan Sommer

  Published February 9, 2022

   

  Veteran Israeli peace negotiator Yossi Beilin and Palestinian attorney Hiba Husseini suggest the creation of a confederation, with people swaps involving settlers and refugees, as a way to revive the two state solution

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• Opinion | We've Obsessed Over Our Past With No Clear Future in Sight

  
  February 10, 2022 14:45

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-we-ve-obsessed-over-our-past-with-no-clear-future-in-sight-1.10593703

   

  By Carolina Landsmann

  Published February 6, 2022

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• The Evangelical Pope | Love … A River Flowing Through Life

  
  February 14, 2022 12:15

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, November 1, 2020

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• Over 250 US Rabbis Demand End of Jewish Settler Violence in Palestine

  
  February 15, 2022 14:35

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/over-250-us-rabbis-demand-end-of-jewish-settler-violence-in-palestine/

   

  By Palestine Chronicle Staff

  Published February 10, 2022

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• The new Palestinian year: A mixture of myths and hope

  
  February 22, 2022 15:35

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220219-the-new-palestinian-year-a-mixture-of-myths-and-hope/

   

  By Dr Mohammad Makram Balawi

  Published February 19, 2022

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• Ukraine crisis highlights West’s hypocrisy over Israeli land theft

  
  February 24, 2022 17:25

  Source: The Electronic Intifada

  https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/ukraine-crisis-highlights-wests-hypocrisy-over-israeli-land-theft

   

  By Ali Abunimah

  Published February 22, 2022

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