‘Palestinians: Don’t Repeat Israel’s Fatal Failures’

MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: It’s clear that Israel’s character and actions have been shaped by its past. There’s a warning to Palestinians.

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Selling Discredited Myths: Historian or Apologist?

JEROME SLATER, MONDOWEISS: Simon Schama is a popular and highly respected historian. But Israel appears to be his blind-spot.

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‘Establishment Jewish Influence’ on the Wane in U.S – Beinart

PHILIP WEISS: 2014 is set to be a pivotal year for ‘the lobby’ in the United States, according to a leading commentator

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Children’s Puppet Show: A Threat to Israeli Public Security

M. LYNX-QUALEY: Children’s puppets represent a new target for the Israeli authorities.

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Palestine Reclaimed: A Return to The Hill-Top of Iqrit

JONATHAN COOK: A dozen young men have returned to the village from which their grandparents were expelled in 1948 and set up camp

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Guilt, Responsibility and a Special Relationship: Why Palestine’s Vital

SAM BAHOUR, MONDOWEISS: There are three essential reasons why the fate of Palestine is a matter for global concern.

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‘Who’s The Victim Now?’: The Shame of My Holocaust Stories

NOA MA’AYAN, CGNEWS: There we were, three women sitting removed from their natural environment chatting about their lives in a beautiful setting

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Forget Netanyahu, Let’s Speak to Obama Instead

JEROME SLATER, MONDOWEISS: American Jews concerned about settlement expansion are wasting their breath on Netanyahu.

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Winners, Losers in Israeli Election ‘Much Clearer’

JONATHAN COOK: The straightforward narrative adopted by the international media following the results in the Israeli election masks the complex reality

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The, ah, ‘Peace Process’ Is On A Road To Nowhere

RAMZY BAROUD: There are whispers about whispers and rumours of various parties prepared to do business but don’t expect much to change in the near future

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The Textbook Narrative That Demonises ‘The Other’

MICHAEL FELSEN, CGNEWS: A major study of Palestinian and Israeli textbooks provides some startling findings.

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‘Why Bother?’: Election ‘Turns Off’ Palestinian-Israelis

JONATHAN COOK: The overwhelming reaction of most Palestinian-Israelis to the upcoming Israeli election can be summed up in one word – apathy.

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Elias Khoury’s ‘Beautiful Letter’ to Bab Al Shams

M. LYNX-QUALEY: The novelist Elias Khoury has written a letter to Palestinians who began building a village on land seized by Israel. A haunting, elegiac letter

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The Other Peace Process: The One That’s Alive

KADI ZAHALKA, RABBI DR RON KRONISH: The so-called political peace process has been going nowhere for a long time. There is an alternative

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Ex-Shin Bet Directors ‘Stick It’ To Netanyahu in Movie

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: When in office they’re ramrod straight security hawks but once they leave they suddenly become ‘seers’. But the criticism is unusual in its vehemence