Joshua Schreier and Mira Sucharov
By Joshua Schreier and Mira Sucharov
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Opinion The Israeli Right Wing Is Delighted by Trump’s Win — and Why That’s So Dangerous
The Israeli government has expressed elation in reaction to Donald Trump’s electoral victory. Likud MK Yehuda Glick invited Trump to visit the territories to “see with his own eyes that settlements are the way to peace.” Ayelet Shaked, Israel’s justice minister, expressed hope that the president-elect would fulfill his promise to move the U.S. embassy…
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Opinion If Israel Lets in Palestinian Refugees, Will It Lose Its Jewish Character?
We watched with admiration as Hagai El-Ad of B’Tselem and Lara Friedman of Americans for Peace Now appeared recently before the U.N. Security Council to urge action against the Israeli occupation. The session was framed as a discussion of settlements in the context of “peace” and a “two-state solution.” But behind the occupation lurks an…
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