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Israeli tanks on the Israel-Gaza border. (photo: Activestills.org)

Israel needs a new strategy in Gaza

Ariel Sharon’s strategy in Gaza of “Divide and Rule” failed, and we are yet to see a successful military solution for the Strip. Is there anyone in the Israeli leadership with the courage and power to lead a political solution? By Lev Grinberg The Israeli government has drawn the IDF and the entire country into…

By +972 Magazine August 30, 2014

Palestinian Authoirty President Mahmoud Abbas (OlivierPacteau/CC BY 2.0)

Why is Mahmoud Abbas negotiating on behalf of Gaza?

When they emerge from the rubble, as they always do, who among Gaza’s Palestinians will look to Abu Mazen as their legitimate leader? The Fatah chief is reportedly in Cairo today to meet with Egyptian strongman Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, whose “ceasefire proposal” to end the bloodshed in Gaza was promptly rejected as “a joke” by the…

By Samer Badawi July 16, 2014

Farouk mosque of an-Nuseirat Refugee Camp lies in ruins after being struck by Israeli bombs, Gaza Srip, July 14, 2014. The mosque was hit two days before.

Why there is no room for diplomacy in Gaza

With or without a ceasefire, the brutality of the last week will be revisited upon the Palestinians of Gaza – a fact that, unsurprisingly, leaves no room for diplomacy. It should come as no surprise that Hamas Tuesday de facto rejected what by all accounts was an Israeli diktat – disguised as an Egyptian ceasefire proposal –…

By Samer Badawi July 15, 2014

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Egyptian women demonstrating in Cairo, July 1 (credit: Mosa'ab Elshamy)

The Egyptian people rise up and overthrow Morsi – or was it the army..?

Just one year after Mohammed Morsi was sworn into office, Egypt’s army responds to popular protests by deposing the democratically elected president. How did we get here and can the army be trusted to return the country to a path of democracy? On June 29, 2012, Tahrir Square erupted in cheers as Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s…

By Lisa Goldman July 4, 2013