Palestine

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  September 16, 2019
  

  The Oslo Accords’ Last Remnants Are Under Fire. Don’t Let Them Die.

  by Michael J. Koplow

  Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to apply sovereignty to Israel’s settlements throughout the West Bank after President Trump unveils his Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative. But Mr. Netanyahu’s fortunes and Mr. Trump’s plan may not matter with the longstanding rules of the Oslo Accords.

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• SOURCE: The Third Narrative
  8/22/19
  

  What Anti-Zionist Leftists Get Wrong

  by Bernard Bohbot

  Fully opposing the legitimacy of Zionism allows for the dubious proposition that Jews were wrong to seek a safe haven from persecution. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/17/19
  

  Rashida Tlaib’s critics have Palestinian history all wrong

  by Maha Nassar

  The decades-long process that led to the creation of Israel involved plenty of Palestinian suffering.

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• 5/19/19
  

  History Does Not Bode Well for President Trump’s Peace Plan

  by Yoav J. Tenembaum

  History has taught us that every attempt by the United States to settle the Arab Israeli conflict by advancing its own peace plan has failed.    

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  5/14/19
  

  Rashida Tlaib Has Her History Wrong

  by Benny Morris

  The representative’s account of the Arab-Israeli conflict relies on origin myths about the birth of Israel.

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• 5/5/19
  

  Denying Omar Barghouti Admittance to the U.S. Is a Free Speech Issue

  by Zachary Lockman

  A response to A.J. Caschetta from the chair of the North America wing of the Middle East Studies Association’s Committee on Academic Freedom.

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• 5/5/19
  

  Why the Middle East Studies Association Should Not Defend Omar Barghouti

  by A.J. Caschetta

  MESA portrays Barghouti as a dissident who has been unfairly treated but Barghouti is much more than an outspoken activist whose opinions conflict with U.S. policy.

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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.