The American Conservative October 19th, 2011 Pathbreaking scholars Norman Finkelstein and John Mearsheimer speak out about the precarious future of the Jewish state. Shortly before Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrived inNew Yorkto seek United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state, TAC’s Scott McConnell sat down with Norman Finkelstein and John Mearsheimer to [...]
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Thomas Friedman plots a return to US glory
Those in the US must recuperate their ability to “do big, hard things together”, insists NYT columnist in new book. Belen Fernandez Belen Fernandez is an editor at PULSE Media. Her book The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work will be released by Verso on November 7, 2011. Al Jazeera Last Modified: 15 Oct [...]
Freedom for Palestine’s sons comes at a price
The 1,027 prisoners due to be freed in an Israeli swap deal face an uncertain future By Catrina Stewart in Jerusalem Independent Saturday, 15 October 2011 Qasem al-Razem is in a mood for celebration. The chairs are already laid out for the many guests who will come through his door in the [...]
Phyllis Bennis: The Prisoner Swap
Phyllis Bennis is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. Her books include Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer, Understanding the U.S.-Iran Crisis: A Primer, Ending the Iraq War: A Primer, and most recently Ending the Us War in Afghanistan: A Primer. If you want to receive her talking points and articles on a [...]
Ali Abunimah : Why the UN must abolish the ‘Quartet’
Ali Abunimah is author of One Country, A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse and is a contributor to The Goldstone Report: The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict. He is a co-founder of the online publication The Electronic Intifada and a policy adviser with Al-Shabaka. It was formed to [...]
Former Israeli minister Tzipi Livni to visit UK after change in arrest law
Critics claim change in law governing arrest warrants for war crimes is motivated by political pressure from Israel Ben Quinn The Guardian, Tuesday 4 October 2011 The former Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, will meet the foreign secretary, William Hague, inBritainon Thursday in the first test of a new law governing arrest warrants [...]
Why Fewer Young American Jews Share Their Parents’ View of Israel
By Dana Goldstein Dana Goldstein is a fellow at the New America Foundation and the Nation Institute. Time Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011 “I’m trembling,” my mother says when I tell her I’m working on an article about how younger and older American Jews are reacting differently to the Palestinians’ bid for statehood [...]
Allister Sparks : Middle East — Whole new ball game as Palestinians dump the US
Sparks is a veteran journalist and political analyst. Business Day (South Africa) Published: 2011/09/28 07:14:09 AM SIX weeks ago I suggested that the Palestinian move to seek United Nations (UN) membership could lead to aMiddle Eastgame change. Some readers scoffed at the idea, as tends to happen whenever one writes about theMiddle East. But [...]
Robert Fisk: A President who is helpless in the face of Middle East reality
Obama’s UN speech insists Israelis and Palestinians are equal parties to conflict The Independent Friday, 23 September 2011 Today should be Mahmoud Abbas’s finest hour. Even The New York Times has discovered that “a grey man of grey suits and sensible shoes, may be slowly emerging from his shadow”. But this is [...]
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