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Israeli soldiers blindfold and arrest a young Palestinian man in Hebron. (photo: Activestills.org)

How the very concept of human rights has failed Palestinians

Certain rights should be inalienable — yet Israel refuses to grant them to Palestinians and the world continues to treat the country as a rights-based democracy. What does this absurdity say about human rights as a political tool, and about the powers, entities and institutions that speak in their name? Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice…

By Noam Sheizaf October 20, 2014

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One- or two-state solution? The answer is both (or neither)

The two-state solution is not a progressive cause and neither is a single-state solution — they are just possible means to an end. The only possible goal for progressive politics in Israel/Palestine can be full human, civil and political rights for everyone living on this land. Every now and then a comment on this blog…

By Noam Sheizaf September 2, 2014