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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and US president Donald Trump attend a joint press conference in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on May 23, 2017. (Flash90)

Explained: What Trump’s Jerusalem declaration will and won’t do

Jerusalem expert, activist, and attorney Daniel Seidemann talks to +972 about the short- and long-term ramifications of Trump’s declaration on Jerusalem, from prospects of violence to the void left behind as Washington disqualifies itself as broker in the Israel-Palestine political process. Daniel Seidemann is a leading expert on the politics of Jerusalem, an attorney, and…

By Joshua Leifer December 7, 2017

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of an Israeli flag (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

This is a war of choice. Netanyahu’s choice

Netanyahu is no hero, and the tragedy is our own. Prime Minister Netanyahu fired Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon on Tuesday, after the latter criticized Netanyahu for holding fire, and even called him “a lefty,” which is probably the worst thing you can say to someone in the current political atmosphere. Sacking Danon is not…

By Noam Sheizaf July 16, 2014