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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attend the Washington Peace Conference, September 2, 2010. (photo: Moshe Milner/GPO)

Palestinians aren’t counting on Trump or Clinton for their liberation

Americans will still have a long way to go before they can decide what their country represents. Once they do, Palestinians can begin to care again about what happens in Washington. As a Palestinian contributor to +972, I have been struggling these past weeks with how to write about the US presidential election. Part of…

By Samer Badawi October 31, 2016

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Did Bibi’s patron newspaper just endorse Trump?

Pro-Netanyahu paper ‘Israel Hayom’ makes clear that Trump is the only candidate who isn’t afraid to go to war against ‘Islamic terror.’ If you happened to glance at Israel Hayom‘s front page on Monday, you may have noticed what look to be a brazen political endorsement. The top headline reads as follows: “Giuliani says: ‘Trump…

By Edo Konrad March 15, 2016