Category Archives: One state/Two states

When will the discourse of the ‘two state solution’ finally change?

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Joseph Glatzer

The only hope for Palestinians is a one state solution. Accomodating the settler-colonial ideology of Zionism with concessions only brings misery

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Video: Olmert booed in NYC for saying Israel should re-engage in the ‘peace process’

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

Over the weekend former Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert spoke at a conference organized by the Jerusalem Post in New York City. As the the video above shows the crowd did not support his argument that a Palestinian state is in Israeli self-interest.

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Palestine and the Left

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Jacobin Magazine

Read the introduction to Jacobin magazine’s special section on Palestine and the Left.

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Benjamin Netanyahu vs. The Two-State Solution

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

Excerpts from the Institute for Middle East Understanding fact sheet “Does Netanyahu Really Support the Two-State Solution?”

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Former Israeli Amb to Obama on his visit: ‘You cannot come to an area that exhibits signs of apartheid and ignore them’

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Nima Shirazi

Alon Liel, a former Israeli Foreign Ministry Director-General and ex-Ambassador to South Africa, said on February 20, “In the situation that exists today, until a Palestinian state is created, we are actually one state. This joint state — in the hope that the status quo is temporary — is an apartheid state.”

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The Fog of Occupation: An interview with Dror Moreh, director of ‘The Gatekeepers’

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Estee Chandler
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What did you leave on the cutting-room floor from your interviews of six former Israeli spies? Were you trying to save the Jewish state? And how do you rate Netanyahu? Estee Chandler grills the Israeli director of the Oscar-nominated documentary

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More than 700 rabbis, cantors and rabbinical students protest E1 construction

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Allison Deger

Despite an announcement on Friday from the Prime Minister’s office that Benjamin Netanyahu delayed construction in the E1 corridor between Jerusalem and the West Bank, more than 700 American rabbis, cantor and rabbinical students continue to decry the controversial settlement plan.

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Jews for Palestinian right of return

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

A statement from Jewish activists, writers, artists and academics calling for “all supporters of social justice to stand up for Palestinian Right of Return and a democratic state throughout historic Palestine — “From the River to the Sea” — with equal rights for all.”

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Roots of Resistance: The intifada brought Palestine home

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Omar Dajani

Omar Dajani writes about being a college student in the U.S. during the first intifada, “the transformations it effected were no less personal than political. For many of us who had never visited the Holy Land, the intifada brought Palestine home. It was our introduction, our initiation, our gateway to an addiction that I suspect few of us have managed to kick.” This post is part of the series “Roots of Resistance: 25 year retrospective on the first intifada.”

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Consensus: Right wing govt minister says Israel is not a state of all its citizens; liberal Zionist icon calls for cantons to avoid bi-nationalism

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Nima Shirazi

Two recent statements — one from a right wing government minister and the other a liberal Zionist icon — reveal the staggering degree of racism in Israeli political discourse.

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Endless ‘debate over two-state solution’ is cover for the real story, annexation of West Bank

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Philip Weiss
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Joseph Dana recently wrote in the National: “the debate about the two-state solution has become an important diversion from discussing the true nature of Israeli colonialism.” This trend has been shared from right wingers to liberal Zionists: Keep talking about the need for the two state solution, so that no one talks about the policies that have made it impossible.

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Roots of Resistance: The source of Palestinian power is the moral force of our cause

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Ahmed Moor

Ahmed Moor shares memories of growing up in Gaza during the first intifada and what that struggle means for the Palestinians today. This post is part of the series “Roots of Resistance: 25 year retrospective on the first intifada.”

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Roots of Resistance: The first intifada and the non-emergence of a Palestinian state

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Joel Beinin

The mainstream Israeli left had a chance to create a two-state solution during the first intifada. Instead they launched the vast settlement expansion of the 90s. This post is part of the series “Roots of Resistance: 25 year retrospective on the first intifada.”

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Israel razes Al-Araqib for the 45th time

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Araqib village razed for the 45th time The Israeli authorities razed the Araqib village in the Negev desert for the 45th time running claiming that the houses were built without permit. link to www.palestine-info.co.uk Land Theft & Destruction / Ethnic … Continue reading →

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Palestinians in Israel have used the contradiction between Zionism and democracy to reconstruct their national project

Posted on December 12, 2012 by MK Haneen Zoabi

MK Haneen Zoabi’s foreword to Ben White’s ‘Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy’

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Rise of Hamas and failed peace process lead Israeli leaders and media to warn of ‘third Intifada’

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Today in Palestine

 Israel grows jittery of new Palestinian uprising JERUSALEM (AP) — The rising confidence and bellicosity of Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, combined with rapidly deteriorating relations with Israel’s would-be peace partner in the West Bank, are raising jitters in … Continue reading →

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UN: 120 houses destroyed, 3000 displaced during latest Israeli attack on Gaza

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Today in Palestine

500 Israeli soldiers ransack homes in Burqa Around 500 Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Burqa, north-west of Nablus, in the middle of the night, ransacking homes and causing damages amounting to thousands of euros. Soldiers arrived in over 30 … Continue reading →

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Israel’s annexation moment has arrived

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Allison Deger

Discourse from within the Israeli government to formalize Greater Israel may indicate that Israel is finally planning to formally annex the West Bank.

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Makdisi: E1 sets the stage for one state

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

Saree Makdisi joins the two state post mortem. In tomorrow’s International Herald Tribune, Makdisi says Netanyahu’s decision to build in the E1 area not only kills the two-state solution, but also seals the fate of an exclusively Jewish state.

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Khalidi, Karon and Bronner (!) deliver a post mortem for the two-state solution

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

Host Marwan Bishara and guests Rashid Khalidi, Tony Karon and Ethan Bronner serve up yet another post mortem on the two-state solution on the Al Jazeera English show Empire. Peter Beinart is the lone hold out.

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Former Israeli diplomat: Netanyahu doesn’t want a two-state solution (and it’s about time Washington figured this out)

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

Interesting exchange on Twitter between Tony Karon and Alon Pinkus.

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The struggle to define the one state in Israel/Palestine

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

News over the weekend that Israel is now stamping passports with “Judea and Samaria only” highlights the fact that there is already one state on the ground. The question is what kind of state will it be?

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Israel demonstrates sovereignty over occupied territories by stamping passports of West Bank visitors ‘Judea and Samaria only’

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Settlements / Land Theft & Destruction / Ethnic Cleansing / Restriction of Movement / Apartheid & Occupation  Effective annexation: Israel now stamping passports of West Bank visitors “Judea and Samaria only”, Ali Abunimah The latest change is further proof that … Continue reading →

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Two Israeli policemen face charges after striking kidney patient with rifles at roadblock

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Today in Palestine

 Two Israeli Policemen Face Charges Of Abusing A Kidney Patient Israeli paper, Yedioth Aharonoth, reported that two Israeli Policemen are facing charges after they abused and humiliated a Palestinian kidney patient, including hitting him with their rifles, at a military … Continue reading →

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Israel responds to UN vote by approving 3,000 new settlement units and plans to build in strategic West Bank corridor

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

The Netanyahu government hasn’t wasted any time issuing its response to yesterday’s vote at the UN. Today, Israel announced 3,000 new illegal housing units in the occupied territories. Plans include building in the “E1 corridor” to connect the Ma’ale Adumim settlement with Jerusalem. This would effectively sever hopes of a contiguous Palestinian state.

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