This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]
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Understanding Israel’s Latest Attack on Gaza — And Who Benefits
( Foreign Policy in Focus) – “Both sides need to de-escalate.” “No one benefits from this. ” You’ll hear a lot of statements like that […]
As the Palestinian minority takes to the streets, Israel is having its own Black Lives Matter moment
( The Conversation) – The images and reports coming from Israel, Jerusalem and Gaza in recent days are shocking. They are also surprising to those […]
Gaza and Israel’s Kidnapper’s Dilemma: Keeping a Million Children Brutalized in its dark Basement
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A war is when two antagonists fight one another all-out, until in fairly short order one wins and the other […]
Letter from a Father in Gaza: Our Six-Year-Old can’t block out the Sounds of Israel’s Bombardment
By Yasser Abu Jamei, MD | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – I am writing this letter looking at my terrified 6-year-old son, who […]
Israeli settlers’ aggressive takeover of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem is part of a decades-long struggle
Written byأيمن حسونة Translated byYasmeen Omera ( GlobalVoices.org) – “If I don’t steal your house, someone else will.” This is how an Israeli settler called […]
Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque has often been a site of conflict
By Ken Chitwood | – The violence that spread from Jerusalem to cities across Israel and the Palestinian territories, leaving at least 60 dead so […]
Shooting Fish in a Barrel: Israel bombs Palestinian Refugees from Israel in Gaza, 50% of them Children
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Steve Hendrix, Shira Rubin and Michael E. Miller at WaPo report that Israeli air strikes on the densely populated urban […]
How Trump’s “Abraham Accords” Inflamed Tensions by Marginalizing Palestinians and how Biden must hold Israel Accountable
Oakland, CA (Special to Informed Comment) – Formal military units and street gangs are fighting it out separately throughout Israel, Palestine and the territories. Both […]
Protests by Palestinian citizens in Israel signal growing sense of a common struggle
By Maha Nassar | – The world’s attention has turned again to deadly scenes of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip and the launching of […]
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