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Violence is the strongest imperative to keep fighting for peace
With no peace process on the horizon, the terrorist attack in Tel Aviv this week is a reminder that we don’t have the luxury of giving up on a future in which Palestinians and Israelis alike can feel secure in their own homes, streets and cafes. Almost six years ago, Hillary Clinton was getting ready…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
June 9, 2016
Kerry-Abbas meeting canceled; effort to extend talks faces hurdles
The American-led peace process appears to be on the verge of collapse. The American-led peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians may not be extended after all. Following Israel’s refusal to, or delay in releasing the remaining 26 Palestinian prisoners due to be freed during the negotiation period, PA President Mahmoud Abbas announced in a speech…
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Noam Sheizaf
April 1, 2014
A colonial addiction: The twisted logic of the Netanyahu government
Charlton Heston has been on my mind recently. That famous call during the NRA conference in 2000 after Columbine, “From my cold dead hands,” has been swirling around my head lately. Why? Because it reminds me of Benjamin Netanyahu. But in my head Bibi isn’t holding a rifle. He’s holding a hammer. A builder’s hammer.…
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Ami Kaufman
August 1, 2013
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The one-state plan according to Israel’s top settlement council
Though it is the establishment opinion that two states will happen, those opposing it are literally executing a plan to kill it. By Joel Braunold With President Obama visiting Israel, many groups are trying to get his attention so they can let the president know what they think he should do. Included within the pleas…
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March 22, 2013
To be a peace broker, U.S. must reasses its position on settlements
The appointment of Senator John Kerry as the next U.S. Secretary of State could represent a new opportunity for Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. But for efforts to be successful, the U.S. will have to reconsider its message that settlement construction is a matter of negotiation. By Lorenzo Kamel The day after the UN voted to recognize Palestine as…
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December 29, 2012
Netanyahu’s promise to dismantle settlements is a big step backward
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced yesterday his intention to legalize dozens of tiny settlement outposts in the West Bank, which were built over the last decade, without formal authorization by the Israeli government, reports Haaretz. At the same time, he declared his intention to dismantle “immediately” all the outposts built on private Palestinian land. According…
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Roi Maor
March 1, 2011
Israel redefines the definition of Chutzpah
After failing to take an incentive package from the United States in exchange for a freeze on settlement activity, Israel is asking for the incentive package anyway. Israel was reportedly offered 20 advanced war planes from the United States in exchange for a settlement freeze which would lead the way to renewed peace talks. However,…
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Joseph Dana
December 15, 2010
Peace talks officially dead: time to move on to Plan B
Now that negotiations have officially failed, it’s time for the U.S. to join three South American countries and endorse Palestinian unilateralism. True, a viable Palestinian state will not be ready by August 2011, but that’s besides the point. This declaration is only a means to an end As expected, the negotiations between Israel and the…
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Ami Kaufman
December 7, 2010
U.S.-Israel relations: Netanyahu’s self-made problem
Netanyahu’s habit of being economical with the truth was never more evident than in the building-freeze “deal”. Binyamin Netanyahu has a, shall we say, complex relationship with reality. For starters, he is given to bouts of often embarrassing fantasy, trying to attach himself to famous events. In the past, speaking to supporters of the assassinated…
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Yossi Gurvitz
November 27, 2010
Nov 14: What is Bibi’s position on another settlement “freeze”?
Some dailies believe Netanyahu supports the American deal on another settlement “freeze”, while others are skeptical; a witch hunt to silence settlement boycotters, that would make McCarthy proud; and creative suggestions in East Jerusalem The Headlines: The American Deal and its Prospects > The US has proposed a deal to Netanyahu, that requires Israel to…
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Roi Maor
November 14, 2010
Nov 7: Whistle-stops and crooked cops
This is one of the rare days when all four of the Israeli dailies lead with completely different headlines. Haaretz leads with Netanyahu’s trip to the United States; the PM is “set to discuss a package of benefits in exchange for extending the temporary settlement freeze.” Senior administration officials slovenly remind his highness that the…
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Dimi Reider
November 7, 2010
Oct 28: A Vote for Segregated Communities
The Headlines: Jim Crow > The Knesset’s constitution committee voted today to proceed with a final vote on a bill, which would allow small localities to establish “acceptance committees” to screen people who wish to live in that locality. Despite the law’s insistence that discrimination would not be allowed, the vague and broad criteria it…
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Roi Maor
October 28, 2010
26 October: one more settlement freeze?
The Headlines: Freeze the Settlements, or Freeze the Peace Process? > According to reports, Netanyahu is planning [Heb] a comprehensive settlement freeze for three months, to be followed by nine months of restrained construction. This will take place while negotiations with the Palestinians move forward, and might require adding opposition party Kadima to the…
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Roi Maor
October 26, 2010
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