Calls to depopulate Gaza are a dangerous pipe dream
Population transfer is as morally and strategically indefensible as many of the Israeli right’s other fantasies.
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Culture A ‘heartbroken’ Palestinian author confronts his prominent father’s murder, a history of international betrayal and devastation in Gaza
Raja Shehadeh and his father, Aziz, emerged as leading Palestinian lawyers in their generations. A new book explores their different approaches to challenging the Israeli government — and the personal cost of their shared vision.
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Fast Forward Israeli police raid Al-Aqsa mosque to quell rioting by Palestinians
(JTA) — Israeli police raided Al-Aqsa mosque during riots on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, a rare incursion that headed off for now tensions stoked by the confluence of Passover and Ramadan. After police quelled the riots, some 60,000 Palestinians prayed at the site holy to both Jews and Muslims. Palestinian first responders said over…
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Israel News Netanyahu Will Decide If Tlaib And Omar Will Be Allowed To Enter Israel
Democratic U.S. Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are planning a visit to Israel and the West Bank in the coming weeks, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have to decide whether they would be let in to the country, over the support they have voiced for the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. The…
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Letters Letter to the Editor: Liberals Should Support a One State Solution
I’m a longtime supporter of a two-state solution for Israel/Palestine. Paradoxically, however, I’ve become convinced over the last few years that the best way to get there is to push for a one state solution. As any parent knows, there are times when giving a child what he/she wants is the best way to convince…
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Community A Trump Embassy Move Would Be Nothing To Celebrate
During his campaign, Trump promised that he would honor a longstanding American commitment and finally move the American embassy in Israel from it’s current home in Tel Aviv to West Jerusalem, where the seat of the Israeli government is located. For more than a decade, no foreign embassy has been located there, and the world…
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Opinion Kerry’s Bond With Top Aide and a Legendary Dad
Two intriguing backgrounders from the Hebrew press about Secretary of State John Kerry and his Israeli-Palestinian peace mission. One, by Yediot Ahronot veteran Washington correspondent Orly Azoulai in the Friday supplement (print, Hebrew only) contrasts Kerry’s intense commitment to the peace effort with President Obama’s utter skepticism. Obama lets Kerry have his way, she writes,…
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Opinion Bibi: Peace Essential, But Won’t End Israel-Bashing
Haaretz reporter Barak Ravid writes that Secretary of State Kerry is arriving in Israel today amid “no signs” that he’s “nearing a breakthrough” toward peace talks. The funny thing is, it’s in the middle of an article that reports clear signs of a breakthrough. Specifically, he reports on a “senior Likud minister” telling him Netanyahu…
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