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The ‘Two State Solution’: Illusion, Delusion and Distraction
Source: Palestine Chronicle
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-two-state-solution-illusion-delusion-and-distraction/
By Jeremy Salt
Published August 2, 2025
The time is long past for Israel to be asked. It has to be told what to do or face consequences that the ‘international community’ will not just threaten but is prepared to see through.
Read MoreThe humanitarian crisis facing 42,000 forcibly displaced Palestinians in the West Bank
Source: Mondoweiss
Published July 28, 2025
Six months since Israel’s expanded military assault on the refugee camps of Jenin and Tulkarem in the northern West Bank, over 42,000 Palestinian refugees remain forcibly displaced and have no stable access to food, water, or shelter.
Read MoreOpinion | It's Not Just War. It's Genocide – and It's Being Done in Our Name
Source: Haaretz
By Gideon Levy
Published July 30, 2025
Two leading Israeli rights groups have named what others still deny: the campaign in Gaza is not just brutal or disproportionate – it is the deliberate destruction of a people. The evidence is overwhelming, the intent undeniable, and the silence complicit
Read MoreAnalysis | With an Empty Seat for Israel, Open Questions Remain in the Global Push for the Gaza War's Day After
Source: Haaretz
By Jack Khoury
Published August 3, 2025
In a document set to become a diplomatic benchmark, the conference co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia last week was the first to present sustainable operating principles, precise demands of both sides and offer mechanisms to ensure both Israel and the Palestinians meet their obligations – but left critical questions unanswered
Read MoreWhile there is still a state to recognise
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians
Brian Brivati writes in the Britain Palestine Project Substack on 6 August 2025:
Israeli annexation plans, settlements, and humanitarian impacts.
Read MoreFrom Toe Hold to Freehold: Zionist Occupation Strategies
Source: Groundviews
https://groundviews.org/2025/07/31/from-toe-hold-to-freehold-zionist-occupation-strategies/
Published July 31, 2025
Read MoreIsrael’s Genocide in Gaza? Let’s Talk about Something Else
Source: Palestine Chronicle
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israels-genocide-in-gaza-lets-talk-about-something-else/
By Jeremy Salt
Published August 15, 2025
The flurry of recognition of Palestinian statehood is performative politics. Unwilling to do anything to stop the genocide, the actors divert the attention of the audience by talking about something else.
Read MoreOpinion | All Talk, No Action: Why Doesn't the West Intervene in Gaza?
Source: Haaretz
By Yagil Levy
Published August 13, 2025
Despite unprecedented civilian suffering and clear precedents for intervention, Western governments condemn Gaza's devastation but avoid any meaningful intervention
Read MoreIsrael’s starvation denial is an Orwellian farce
Source: Al-Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/8/9/israels-starvation-denial-is-an-orwellian-farce
By Daoud Kuttab
Published August 9, 2025
The Israeli ‘hasbara’ cannot disprove the obvious, but it can obfuscate and exhaust.
Read MoreOur complicity in Gaza has set the stage for a second genocide - in the West Bank
Source: Substack
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/our-complicity-in-gaza-has-set-the
By Jonathan Cook
Published August 15, 2025
As the dusting off of Israel's E1 Plan emphasises, the intended fate of Palestinians in the West Bank is ultimately no different from the fate of Palestinians in Gaza – unless we act
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