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Does Israel-Palestine need any ‘state’ solution?
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians
https://jfjfp.com/does-israel-palestine-need-any-state-solution/
Diana B. Greenwald writes in +972 on 28 July, 2021
Read MoreThe Gospel According to Q
Source: Project Syndicate
By NINA L. KHRUSHCHEVA
Published July 29, 2021
According to Lord Acton, religious leaders should be held to a higher moral standard than ordinary people. Future historians should bear that advice in mind when assessing America’s religious right and its current leaders.
Read MoreOpinion | Israel’s Standing in America Is Now Far Weaker Than It Seems
Source: Haaretz
By Eric H. Yoffie
Published August 2, 2021
Over half a century of occupation is finally catching up with Israel, and its support base in the U.S. is slipping – not least among young American Jews. Delusions like Micah Goodman's 'manage the conflict' won't help
Read MoreWhy Is This Happening? Understanding life inside Palestine with Rashid Khalidi
Source: NBC News Digital
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcast/understanding-life-inside-palestine-rashid-khalidi-n1274524
By Chris Hayes
Published july 20, 2021
Read More‘A wandering people-race’ — Shlomo Sand’s new book on Judéophobia
Source: Mondoweiss
https://mondoweiss.net/2021/08/a-wandering-people-race-shlomo-sands-new-book-on-judeophobia/
By YAKOV RABKIN
Published August 4, 2021
UNE RACE IMAGINAIRE (AN IMAGINARY RACE)
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Courte Histoire de la Judéophobie (A Short History of Judéophobia)
by Shlomo Sand
176 pp. Paris, Seuil. 2020.Palestinian dispossession is nothing new, but the world wasn’t always watching
Source: Open Democracy
By Himmat Zoubi
Published August 5, 2021
Recent protests by Palestinians in Israel highlight an ongoing reality of dispossession and discrimination for the country’s Arab citizens
Read MoreIsrael-Palestine question: Biden’s role
Source: The Pioneer
https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/sunday-edition/israel-palestine-question--biden---s-role.html
By Manan Dwivedi
Published August 8, 2021
The US has always been an ally of Israel, wherein, the idiom and the impact of the traditional friendship between Washington and Jerusalem gets an ample reflection in the au courant US foreign policy. President Trump unilaterally recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. President Biden can redefine the relations with Israel. Still, nothing out of the box emerged in Biden- speak for Israel
Read MoreMaking peace between Israelis and Palestinians – is now the time for a different approach?
Source: The Conversation
By David Mednicoff, Raslan Ibrahim
Published August 6, 2021
The violence in May 2021 between Israelis and Palestinians was the latest deadly eruption of a decadeslong conflict that has proved immune to attempts at forging a comprehensive peace. We asked two Middle East experts to assess what can be done now to promote peace. Scholars Raslan Ibrahim, assistant professor of political science and international relations at the State University of New York at Geneseo, and David Mednicoff, chair of the Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, both imagine there’s a way forward, though their scenarios are very different.
Read MoreDoubts & Loves: Israel/Palestine, Perspectives, & Peace
Source: Patheos
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/carlgregg/2021/08/doubts-loves-israel-palestine-perspectives-peace/
By Carl Gregg
Published August 11, 2021
Read MoreBeyond Business as Usual in Israel-Palestine
Source: The International Crisis Group
Published August 10, 2021
The latest escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict brought important shifts in the status quo, underscoring the necessity of a political settlement. A peace based on equal respect for both peoples’ rights will take time, however. Steps to lower the temperature are urgent in the interim.
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