Posts About Palestine

The Speech Netanyahu Won't Give

No Israeli leader can afford to turn down today's opportunity for peace. Here's what he would say if he agreed.


A Sincere New Beginning. Now What?

Obama spoke of our worlds as they are, not as Fox television, Israeli zealots, or neo-conservative simpletons try to paint us. But his Washington is still obsessed with "Islam" at the expense of sensible policies.


Obama's Israel Stance Still Unclear

Obama will have to decide soon whether confronting Israel is worth the risk of being a one-term president.


Opportunity in Iranian Nuclear Crisis

The solution is to move on both fronts, as both Obama and Netanyahu want to do.


U..S-Israel Tension Is Exaggerated

Many Israelis wish that the Obama administration would help to save Israel from its own destiny of occupation and dangerous demographic trends.


No Military Solution for Iran or Palestine

Before dealing directly with Iran, I believe that the U.S. must put more attention to reaching a comprehensive solution for Iraq.


Israel Can't Veto U.S.-Iran Talks

American politicians' support for Israel against America’s national interest is borderline treason.


Obama's Open-Minded Middle East Solution

Strains will appear in the U.S.-Israel relationship, but not a complete breakdown.


Israel's 57-State Opportunity

A two-state solution would mean broader recognition for Israel, says Jordan's King Abdullah in an exclusive interview.


Draw the Line on Israel's Settlements

The government of Israel has the power to freeze settlements completely. Whether it does so is strictly a question of political will, not legal authority.


A Massive Moral Black Hole

Israelis and their state risk being taken over by a growing mob of electorally legitimized political skinheads and moral thugs who use the fear of ordinary Israelis to create an edifice of state racism that will only perpetuate the fears and vulnerabilities of the Israeli and Jewish people, rather then resolve them.


Arabs No Threat to Israel

Israel's real threat isn't its Arabs, but its own racist insistence on maintaining the "Jewishness" of the state by any means.


Equal Rights For All Israel's Citizens

Israel's Palestinian citizens didn't come to Israel - Israel came to them.


Disowning Israel's Arab Minority

Will the Jewish state choose to disenfranchise its Arab minority - already a fifth of its population?


"Waltz with Bashir": Israel's Heavy Burden

In "Waltz with Bashir", an Israeli filmmaker's unflinching willingness to look the brutality of war directly in the eye.


Palestinian Land, Freedom, and Justice

The Palestinian and Arab dream is not so far removed from Martin Luther King's.


Don't Continue Israel's Status Quo

Mr. President, please don't make the mistake of protecting the Israelis from their own arrogance.


Israel's Leadership Out Of Touch On Gaza

Is it really possible that Israel's leaders don't understand "why they are doing this to us?"


Gaza's True 'Disproportion'

Israel's critics decry the disproportionality of the war's casualties - but they forget the asymmetries that point in the other direction.


Hamas Will Weaken, But No One Will Win

Expect a stalemate from this conflict, just like all the ones that came before it.


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