Palestine

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• 3/24/19
  

  America, Palestine, and UNRWA: A History of Self-interest

  by Laura Robson

  Donald Trump recently announced he would withdraw from the American commitment to provide some $300 million to UNRWA. Here is the history of the organization and American involvement. 

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• SOURCE: Daniel Pipes Blog
  12-27-2018
  

  Tectonic Shifts in Attitudes toward Israel

  by Daniel Pipes

  As Arabs and Muslims warm to Israel, the Left grows colder. These shifts imply one great imperative for the Jewish state.

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• SOURCE: Daniel Pipes (blog)
  12-2-18
  

  Pushing for an Israeli Victory Is the Only Way to End the Conflict with the Palestinians

  by Daniel Pipes

  More and more people in Israel are recognizing that compromises and concessions have only led to more violence.

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• 10-31-18
  

  The Fascinating Backstory to Jordan’s Decision to Stop Israelis from Farming Its Land

  by Fredrik Meiton

  It starts with a power plant built in the 1920s by a Jewish entrepreneur.

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• SOURCE: Daniel Pipes Blog
  9-5-18 (accessed)
  

  Why Israelis Shy from Victory

  by Daniel Pipes

  Wars end, historical experience shows, not by enriching the enemy but by depriving it of resources, reducing its military capabilities, demoralizing its supporters, and spurring popular revolt. Israelis, however, think their war will end when Palestinians enjoy prosperity. They're wrong.

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• SOURCE: Socialist Worker
  8-4-18
  

  Ilan Pappe on Israel, Palestine and antisemitism

  "Fear works if you cave in.”

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  7-20-18
  

  Juan Cole says Israel is now openly embracing apartheid and racial supremacy

  by Juan Cole

  “The Israeli parliament or Knesset has passed a law openly declaring Palestinians to be second-class citizens.”

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• SOURCE: NYT
  5-16-18
  

  The history of Gaza in 2 minutes

  Find out why this small strip of land has been through so many conflicts and political upheavals since the end of World War II.

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• SOURCE: Daniel Pipes Blog
  5-15-18
  

  Enjoy the Jerusalem Embassy – But Don't Get Giddy

  by Daniel Pipes

  There's reason to see the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital not as an end in itself but as one act of a three-part drama that ends badly for the Jewish state.

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  5-14-18
  

  The Half-Millennium When Rome excluded Jews from Jerusalem and how Iran and Muslims Saved Them

  by Juan Cole

  The move of the Trump administration of the US embassy to Jerusalem is intended, according to the president, to signal a recognition of the reality that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  5-14-18
  

  How the Idea of Return Has Shaped the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict for 70 Years

  Both Jewish nationalism and Palestinian nationalism came to be defined by the idea of return.

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• SOURCE: IMEMC News
  5-8-18
  

  Historian Ilan Pappe: ‘We Need Sustained International Pressure on Israel’

  Palestinians are better off without the U.S., he argues.

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• SOURCE: Mosaic
  4-3-18 (accessed)
  

  The May 1948 Vote that Made the State of Israel

  by Martin Kramer

  A long-accepted wisdom has it that just days before the state’s birth, its founders settled two burning issues in a pair of closely decided votes. The wisdom is half-wrong.

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• SOURCE: Daniel Pipes Blog
  2-2-18
  

  "Arabs and Muslims Will Never Accept Israel as the Jewish State"

  by Daniel Pipes

  That's what some are saying.  It's not true. 

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• SOURCE: Financial Times
  11-1-17
  

  Simon Schama shares a very personal account of the Balfour Declaration

  by Simon Schama

  “[A]s many Zionists have known and argued, the fulfilment of a national home will turn not just on power but on ethics, in which case the humanity of the other people of the land needs to be respected, too."

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• SOURCE: NYT
  11-2-17
  

  Balfour Declaration of Support for Jewish Homeland Still Divisive at 100

  The anniversary of the British document is greeted with tributes and demonstrations.

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• SOURCE: Middle East Eye
  10-7-17
  

  Basheer Nafi: There is no official evidence that Britain supported the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine through the Balfour Declaration

  An exchange of 1919 letters between UK foreign secretary Lord Balfour and Lord Curzon reveal British reservations over the idea of Jewish state, he says.

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• SOURCE: The Cornell Daily Sun
  10-4-17
  

  Cornell historian has no regrets after controversial chant

  Russell Rickford led the chant “Free Palestine” just before the crowd took a knee at a protest.

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• SOURCE: Mosaic
  10-2-17
  

  The 80th Anniversary of the Two-State Solution

  In 1937, an official British report first proposed the partition of Mandate Palestine. The story behind it helps to explain why the Arab-Jewish conflict remains unresolved.

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• SOURCE: Ozy
  7-25-17
  

  Meet the Guardian of Palestine's Past

  Ahmad Mrowat is gradually piecing together Palestine’s history — one photograph and document at a time.