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Israel Prize winners to sign petition for Palestinian state
JP: Seventeen Israel Prize winners are calling for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state along 1967 lines, according to a copy of a petition obtained by AFP on Wednesday. According to the report, the group plans on signing the … Continue reading
Young Israelis: A Turn to the Right
New York Review of Books: “For the last two or three years, we’ve been seeing a very consistent trend of younger Israelis becoming increasingly right-wing,†Dahlia Scheindlin, a public opinion analyst who also contributes to +972, told me. Last year, … Continue reading
Israel, Tunisia spar over Jewish immigration
Israel does not represent world Jewry and not all Jews have an overriding allegiance to Israel – AFP: Israeli and Tunisian diplomats were locked in a war of words on Tuesday over Jewish immigration after Israel said it was upping … Continue reading
Palestinian Statehood, the UN, and Israel as a “Jewish State”
Following Brazil’s recent declaration, Argentina has now recognized a Palestinian state in the pre-67 borders. Like the Brazilian announcement, however, this may not have an immediate effect on the ground but it is significant nonetheless. As of now, the following … Continue reading
Brazil Recognizes Palestine
For Brazil, an emerging power, to recognize a Palestinian state in the pre-1967 borders may not have an immediate effect on the ground, but it is without a doubt significant nonetheless – al-Jazeera: Israel has expressed disappointment at Brazil’s decision … Continue reading
Hundreds in Oakland protest Gaza blockade
[This is just a stepping stone… watch and see how activists from around the world begin to mobilize against Israeli interests. The massacre of the Freedom Flotilla was the last straw and I believe that people are just fed up … Continue reading
There’s at least one journalist left in DC willing to do her job…
and that’s Helen Thomas. See her grill the White House spokesperson here.