Richard Silverstein

Israel’s Plan to Dispossess the Negev Bedouin

Israel’s Plan to Dispossess the Negev Bedouin

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Not content with dispossessing 1 million Israeli Palestinians, Israel is repeating the original sin against the Negev Bedouin.

 Mondoweiss

“We Don’t Negotiate With Palestinians”: Olmert’s Truth

“We Don’t Negotiate With Palestinians”: Olmert’s Truth

PHILIP WEISS, CGNEWS: Ehud Olmert, former Prime Minister of Israel, revealed a lot in his recent CNN interview.

 Juan Cole

Censorship Undone: CBS Stands Up to Israeli Pressure

Censorship Undone: CBS Stands Up to Israeli Pressure

JUAN COLE: A report on the plight of Palestinian Christians proved to be too much for the Israeli authorities.

 Common Ground News Service

Palestine/Israel: A Tragedy ‘In The Purest Sense’

Palestine/Israel: A Tragedy ‘In The Purest Sense’

MICHAEL FELSEN, CGNEWS: The writing of Anton Chekhov provides a picture of how Palestinians and Israelis will end their conflict

 Tabsir

War & Conflict:The Bell That Never Stops Tolling

War & Conflict:The Bell That Never Stops Tolling

DANIEL M. VARISCO: What is it about us a species that we seem to be in a state of perpetual conflict?

 mai abdul rahman

U.S Turns Funding Off, Punishes Palestine’s Christians

U.S Turns Funding Off, Punishes Palestine’s Christians

MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: They too now have a glimpse of the wrath of Congress and their funders for daring to speak against the occupation

 Common Ground News Service

Three Steps to a ‘New Israel’: It Can Be Done

Three Steps to a ‘New Israel’: It Can Be Done

BEN LYNFIELD, CGNEWS: Gershom Gorenberg, an Israeli historian, spells out how Israel can re-invent itself as a liberal democracy

 Mondoweiss

The ‘Alien Spiritual Claims’ Heaped on Jews

The ‘Alien Spiritual Claims’ Heaped on Jews

PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: I will not allow meaning to be defined by fantasies about someone else’s olive trees thousands of miles away

 James M. Dorsey

Hooligans Are ‘Terrorists’, Player’s A ‘Traitor’

Hooligans Are ‘Terrorists’, Player’s A ‘Traitor’

JAMES M. DORSEY: The drama off the pitch surpasses anything on it at the moment in Israeli soccer.

 Common Ground News Service

New Approach to Holy Land Tours ‘Opens Minds’

New Approach to Holy Land Tours ‘Opens Minds’

AZIZ ABU SARAH, TALIA SALEM, CGNEWS: A new, self-funding tourism initiative promotes active interfaith dialogue.

 Common Ground News Service

Can ‘Reel Freedom’ Translate Into Real Freedom?

Can ‘Reel Freedom’ Translate Into Real Freedom?

KHALED DIAB, CGNEWS: East Jerusalem is undergoing a cultural renaissance but what will be the ultimate end?

 Richard Silverstein

Israel-Palestine and the Intellectual Square Circle

Israel-Palestine and the Intellectual Square Circle

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Nusseibeh is doing a remarkable and daring thing: he’s telling his audience that Israelis are scared, and that they must be partners.

 Mondoweiss

The Overwhelming Spiritual Weight of ‘Nakba’

The Overwhelming Spiritual Weight of ‘Nakba’

PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: Whenever I’m confronted by its direct consequences I find the reality of Nakba deeply shocking.

 Richard Silverstein

U.S. Billionaires, Israel Media: Please, No More…

U.S. Billionaires, Israel Media: Please, No More…

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Adelson, Klarman… Israel needs these far-right pro-Israel billionaires in its media like it needs a hole in the head.

 Common Ground News Service

Detangling the Holocaust from Politics

Detangling the Holocaust from Politics

MORIEL ROTHMAN, CGNEWS: I found my recent visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial deeply troubling.

 Mondoweiss

Time-Bomb: Where’s the Bedouin Intifada?

Time-Bomb: Where’s the Bedouin Intifada?

MONDOWEISS: The plan to expel tens of thousands of Bedouin from the Negev Desert is advanced. So why haven’t they risen up?

 Juan Cole

Israel in Race With Time: ‘Give Peace a Chance?’

Israel in Race With Time: ‘Give Peace a Chance?’

JUAN COLE: The maths speaks for itself – a country of 7.5 million people is surrounded by 400 others with whom it seems to be at constant odds.

 James M. Dorsey

Israeli Football’s Bad Boys Look for Finance

Israeli Football’s Bad Boys Look for Finance

JAMES M. DORSEY: Mired in controversy, as ever, Israel football team Beitar Jerusalem are looking for a way out of their dire financial situation.

 Mondoweiss

Israel Continues Plans to Cut West Bank in Two With New National Park Land Grab

Israel Continues Plans to Cut West Bank in Two With New National Park Land Grab

MONDOWEISS, ALLISON DEGER: 35% of East Jerusalem is now set aside as a nature reserve. These areas were at one time under Palestinian control.

 mai abdul rahman

Palestine: Embrace Neutrality to Unlock Independence

Palestine: Embrace Neutrality to Unlock Independence

MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: Neutrality would allow Palestinians to focus all their energies and resources on social development and nation building…