The Palestinian Authority’s security forces don’t protect Palestinians
Alaa Tartir from Al-Shabaka has a new policy brief on how the Palestinian Authority’s security forces are subcontractors for Israel’s occupation of the West Bank:…
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The High Command – Settlers’ influence on IDF conduct in the West Bank
In an extensive collection of testimonies from former Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers, Breaking the Silence reveals 6 ways that illegal Israeli settlers in the…
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UPDATED: Israel’s “Formalization Law”
The law has already been challenged in court by Israeli human rights groups. Countries including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Jordan and Turkey have all condemned the law, as has the United Nations. American Jewish groups, including centrist groups like the Anti-Defamation League and American Jewish Committee, have also expressed their objections to this law.
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The White House Warning That Wasn’t
Given the frequently bombastic rhetoric that has come from the new President of the United States in his first two weeks in office, it is…
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Understanding the UN Settlements Resolution
On Friday, the United Nation Security Council passed Resolution 2334, which calls on Israel to cease building settlements in territories it occupied in 1967. The…
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Nominee For US Ambassador to Israel Should Set Off Alarm Bells
If Friedman’s nomination is an indication of Trump administration policy on Israel-Palestine, the United States is going to deepen the conflict in which Israelis and Palestinians are embroiled. This risks seriously damaging US interests in the region, further violating Palestinians’ basic human rights, and compromising Israeli security.
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Fatah Congress Clarifies Divisions in Palestinian Leadership
Last week in Ramallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gave a three-hour speech at the seventh congress of his Fatah party. The last time these members…
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How Peace Can Survive Trump and Bibi
In the wake of the United States’ elections, the waning weeks of 2016 are being defined by despair for progressives. That despair is at its…
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Feinstein-Netanyahu Letters on Susiya
Senator Dianne Feinstein today released a series of letter exchanges between herself and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concerning the Palestinian village of Susiya, which lives…
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Policy Brief: Israel’s “Formalization” Law
On Sunday the Israeli cabinet unanimously passed a bill that would legalize settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank that were built on privately owned…