Category Archives: One state/Two states

Another mainstream voice, Robert Wright, informs Americans that two-state solution is on ‘deathbed’

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Americans must be detached about death of two state solution, and not succumb to fears or cozy illusions — Robert Wright at Atlantic

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Israeli forces attempt to arrest 2-1/2-year-old Palestinian

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Israelis crack down on Kufr Qaddoum, part of Jerusalem municipality on eastern side of separation wall

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‘Struggle is now for equal rights for everyone in Greater Israel’ –Gideon Levy

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Two Israelis recognize the moral crisis for their country, Gideon Levy calls for equal rights for all in historic Palestine

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‘The Crisis of Zionism’ and the contradictions of Israel as a liberal democratic fantasy

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Austin Branion
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A review of Peter Beinart’s new book, ‘The Crisis of Zionism’. While Beinart styles himself “a partisan of liberal democracy” and skillfully argues against the continued colonization of the West Bank, proponents of universal human rights will inevitably be disappointed by his fundamental analytical failings.

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Video: Israeli military violently evicts Palestinians, internationals from Hebron house

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Two days ago the Israeli military raided a house in Hebron’s old city, evicting Palestinian and international activists who hoped to prevent it from being taken over by settlers.

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‘German GQ’ gets a political story American media have ignored: Palestinian youth

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Allison Deger

Joseph Dana profiles for German GQ magazine Palestinian activists Dina Alzeer and Fadi Quran, who are at the center of the new youth movement flourishing on the ground.

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Land Day vs. the ‘Jewish State’: an interview with Haneen Zoabi

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Elsa Rassbach

Palestinians mark ‘Land Day’ on March 30th to commemorate the first widespread struggle of Palestinian citizens of Israeli against land confiscation and the Israeli policy of Judaization. Elsa Rassbach interviews Haneen Zoabi to discuss the enduring legacy of Land Day and issues currently facing Palestinian citizens of Israel.

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Bradley Burston dips his toes in one-state water

Posted on March 29, 2012 by David Samel

In his latest Haaretz column, Bradley Burston dares to go where he has never gone before, taking the first tentative steps toward consideration of the one-state solution.

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Settlers take over house in Hebron, PA detains owner

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Several dozen settlers move into property located near Cave of Patriarchs; say they have legal ownership. Palestinian owner detained by PA police.

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Another two-stater goes one-state

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Philip Weiss

The two-state solution is a ‘mirage of the past,’ an Israeli columnist tells Peter Beinart

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There are two liberation movements

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Cecilie Surasky

Jewish Voice for Peace does not use the word Zionist in its messaging. Young people don’t know the word. For older Jews, it contains confused and some positive meanings

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, Nakba, Occupation, One state/Two states, US Politics | 23 Comments

US ‘understands’ Israel’s decision to cut ties with UN Human Rights Council

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Shapiro: Israel’s decision to cut HRC ties ‘understandable’ US ambassador to Israel says Human Rights Council obsessively focuses on Israel instead of other critical issues in Syria, Iran. link to www.ynetnews.com  Israel reprimands Austria, Belgium over vote on UN human … Continue reading →

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Half of Gaza’s ambulances and fire trucks are at a standstill due to fuel crisis

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Today in Palestine

The Committee for Ambulance and Emergency in Gaza announced Wednesday that 50% of ambulances and fire trucks stopped working as the fuel crisis in the Gaza Strip have worsened.

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UN report on Israel is the ‘most cutting recognition and condemnation of a legal system of segregation since apartheid South Africa’

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

Using unprecedented strong language, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) criticized Israeli policies in terms of “apartheid”, as part of their published observations following a regular review.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Occupation, One state/Two states, Reports/Video | 7 Comments

Einstein’s crime

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Jawad Ali

The great physicist proposed a one-state solution in correspondence with a Palestinian editor in 1930. Einstein’s Israeli curators dismiss him as naive

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Israeli settlers attack a shepherd and a child in separate attacks in the West Bank

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Settlers destroy 220 olive trees in Nablus village land

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Israel to Europe: Palestinians can’t have a state because they can’t support themselves

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Israel comes up with another talking point to justify its apartheid one-state solution

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, One state/Two states | 33 Comments

Are solar panels an existential threat to Israel too?

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Israel is planning to demolish ‘illegal’ solar panels that are the only source of electricity for Palestinians in West Bank villages.

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Reflections After the Harvard One State Conference

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Jeff Warner

After attending Harvard’s one-state conference, Jeff Warner muses the failure of the two-state solution and the possibility for a one-state solution.

Posted in Activism, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, One state/Two states, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 47 Comments

Taking Israel at its word, Florida legislature passes one-state resolution

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Florida legislature opposes two-state solution — liberal Zionists in crisis

Posted in Israel Lobby, One state/Two states, US Politics | 21 Comments

Iran furor masks the real story, Israel’s self-destruction — Tirman at Huffpo

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Philip Weiss

One-state conference at Harvard sure got lots of folks upset!

Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, One state/Two states, US Politics | 23 Comments

MSM jailbreak: Chris Hayes devotes 2 hours to conflict with panel of 2 Zionists and 2 Palestinians

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Philip Weiss

MSNBC show gives Palestinians equal footing with American Zionists

Posted in Iran, Media, One state/Two states, US Policy in the Middle East | 79 Comments

The radicalization of Yossi Gurvitz

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Phil Weiss and Scott Roth

Blogger Yossi Gurvitz says messianic Jewish supremacists have taken over Israel and all the Jewish demons are out of the basement with M-16s

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, US Politics | 48 Comments

What it takes to throw away garbage in Occupied Palestine

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Today in Palestine

The people who live in Qalandiyah and Kfar Akeb, who are residents of Jerusalem but on the other side of the security fence, sometimes have to walk many kilometers to throw out their household garbage on the other side of the Qalandiyah checkpoint.

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‘Forward’ joins ‘New Yorker’ in embracing MJ Rosenberg

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Liberal Zionists are trying to drive a wedge inside the Establishment: against settlements, against attacking Iran

Posted in American Jewish Community, Iran, Israel Lobby, Neocons, Occupation, One state/Two states, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 25 Comments