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A view of the Neve Shalom-Wahat al-Salam village, August 17, 2013. (Photo by Math Knight/CC)

Living alongside one other isn’t necessarily coexistence

A mixed Jewish-Arab couple is discouraged from applying to live in what many look to as a model for coexistence in Israel-Palestine. By Orna Akad (translated by Ofer Neiman) No, this is not a new book which I have just published, nor is it a new play. This is my life with Fouad, which has given…

By +972 Magazine April 9, 2015

Palestinian and Jewish men speak at protest against settler violence in Jaffa. December 5, 2008 (Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)

One or two states, Israelis and Palestinians are bound together

Whether the conflict here is resolved through one, two, three or ten states, Israel will still never be homogenous. Ethnic homogeneity is a nasty and dangerous sham. As the referendum over the future of Scotland approaches, poll numbers for the “YES” (pro-independence) have suddenly spiked. Many Brits are now panicking that Scots may really decide they are not…

By Dahlia Scheindlin September 9, 2014

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One state: Stop the hysteria and start thinking

By Lisa Goldman and Dahlia Scheindlin (This article has been updated. See the addendum below.) In a recent New York Times op-ed, a prominent American academic posits that the time for implementing a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict is now past. Ian Lustick, a professor of comparative politics at University of Pennsylvania, argues that…

By Dahlia Scheindlin October 2, 2013

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Republic of Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades (Photo: European People's Party - EPP/flickr)

President of Cyprus in Israel: New partnership, old conflicts

Cyprus and Israel have grown closer in recent months over the massive natural gas discovery that transcends their respective maritime exclusive economic zones. But when it comes to the military occupations in which the two countries have long been embroiled, political friendship has its limits. Recently-elected president of the Republic of Cyprus (RoC) Nicos Anastasiades,…

By Dahlia Scheindlin May 8, 2013

Banks in Cyprus send confusing message of crisis as the country assumes the rotating EU Presidency (photo: Leonid Mamchenkov/flickrcc)

Cyprus assumes EU Presidency amid bank crisis

Nicosia – The small eastern Meditteranean nation of Cyprus has taken over the six-month presidency of the Council of Europe just days after two of its three largest banks asked for assistance. The lanes have all been freshly painted, the flowers have been freshly planted, and the flags have been freshly flown. Yes, the Cypriot…

By Roee Ruttenberg July 1, 2012

Italian Communist party likens Merkel to Hitler, Rome, Italy, June 24, 2012 (photo: Roee Ruttenberg)

Italian Communists liken Merkel to Hitler

Rome, Italy — Ahead of last week’s visit to the Italian capital by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italy’s Communist party put up posters likening Merkel to Adolf Hilter. Posters have appeared in a few spots in Rome portraying the German Chancellor Angela Merkel wearing an SS-style uniform, with a Euro-currency emblem on the arm patch…

By Roee Ruttenberg June 26, 2012

Recep_tayyip_erdogan 2008 (Photo: Randam/Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons)

Turkey’s response to UN flotilla report: not just about Israel

Turkey’s response to the UN’s Palmer Report investigating the 2010 flotilla debacle was like a roar in the jungle of Middle East and global politics that had been building for at least two years now. Turkey had leveraged the report even prior to its publication as the deadline for an ultimatum to Israel: apologize or…

By Dahlia Scheindlin September 3, 2011