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Even without a UN veto, Gaza remains hostage to American power
The downplaying of the Security Council’s ceasefire resolution shows why the world can no longer look to Washington as the arbiter of a rules-based order.
By
Samer Badawi
April 2, 2024
After years of diplomatic inertia, what can the ICJ offer Palestinians?
The UN’s vote to request a ruling on the occupation is an indictment of the failure to hold Israel accountable — and carries risks and opportunities alike.
By
Hugh Lovatt
January 1, 2023
Forget Friedman. The State Dept doesn’t know how much of the West Bank is occupied either
While disavowing the American ambassador’s erroneous assertion that only 2% of the West Bank is occupied by Israel, the State Department spokesperson isn’t able to answer how much of the territory is actually occupied. (Hint: All of it.) U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman caused a small stir Thursday by erroneously stating that Israel only…
By
Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
September 29, 2017
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The man who invented the PA calls for it to be dismantled
Yossi Beilin, one of the architects of the Oslo Accords, calls on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to put an end to the ‘fig leaf’ that is the Palestinian Authority. This is as big as an op-ed gets: Yossi Beilin, the Israeli architect of the Oslo process, has published a letter to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,…
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Noam Sheizaf
April 4, 2012
Ending the occupation: No way around direct pressure on Israel
In previous posts, I have argued that (a) Israel’s security needs cannot be fully met, and that (b) the occupation is the Israeli rational choice – better than both the two-state and the one-state alternatives. For change to happen, there is no alternative to confronting the Israeli public. Last week marked a decade since the Arab…
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Noam Sheizaf
April 2, 2012
US Mideast policy: Well on its way to total irrelevance
By following Jerusalem’s lead regarding the Palestinian UN bid, the United State is diminishing its own position in the region, and actually proving that the Palestinians have nothing to hope for in negotiations with Israel A few months ago, there was still speculation in Jerusalem that the White House is behind the new wave of…
By
Noam Sheizaf
August 10, 2011
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