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Category Archives: One state/Two states
Ahmed Moor in WaPo: Harvard One State conference ‘informed by the uncontroversial view that all people are created equal’
Ahmed Moor writing in the Washington Post: The degree to which the country is a single, indivisible unit is sometimes underscored by the most mundane experiences. A Palestinian friend recently told me about being pulled over for speeding in the … Continue reading
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Scott Brown tries to score points on Elizabeth Warren by calling on Harvard to cancel One State conference this weekend
Republican US Senator Scott Brown is calling on Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government to cancel a conference on a “one-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Finkelstein’s prescription for a two-state solution is not realistic
Norman Finkelstein expresses certainty that the two-state solution remains achievable, but his argument contains several serious flaws.
Why I’m presenting at Harvard’s one-state conference
With the two state solution dying, why shouldn’t we be talking about alternatives?
Gorenberg on why one state is a non-starter: Jews would have to pay higher taxes or receive fewer services
Jeffrey Goldberg makes his case against the one state solution, and it comes down to rich Jews leaving the country because they would have to pay higher taxes.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, One state/Two states
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Open letter to Harvard President: Charges that one-state conference is anti-semitic are ‘defamatory’ and serve ‘to prevent rational discussion of ideas’
A friend sends the following letter along. It has been released as pressure is mounting on the university to withdraw all financial support from the conference and prevent it from using a university venue. 27 February 2012 Dear President Faust … Continue reading
Harvard’s ‘one-state’ conference spurs ‘National Review Online’ to suggest expelling Palestinians from Jewish state
Alan Dershowitz says that those who want to discuss a one-state future for Israel/Palestine are denying the existence of the Jewish people
Hana al-Shalabi, ten days on hunger strike, also being held without charge
and other news from today in Palestine: Take action today for Hana al-Shalabi – administrative detainee and hunger striker! Hana al-Shalabi, an imprisoned Palestinian held under administrative detention without charge or trial, has been engaged in an open-ended hunger strike … Continue reading
Look over there! All eyes on Iran as Israel quietly devours Area C
Amid all the talk of an existential threat from Iran, Israel is quietly acting to take over more territory in the West Bank
Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists
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Why Israel freed Khader Adnan
Adnan’s case, as numerous commentators rightly note, has drawn attention to Israel’s practice of administrative detention. But by promising to release Adnan, the Israeli government headed off what could have been an embarrassing political and legal debacle.
Why young Palestinians chant the word ‘thawra’
I ask a Palestinian student if he has ever been to the sea, which he can see from his home. His answer reflects the widespread desperation among Palestinians and the call for revolutionary change.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states
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The end of the ‘two-state solution’ is the beginning of a more just future
Ever aware that the struggle for liberation must be led by Palestinians, our collective task at the moment, in my view, is to bring about the collapse of the present situation in Palestine in order to exploit its fundamental unsustainabilty.
Israeli apartheid is never fit to print in the ‘Times’, only in ‘Haaretz’
When has the Times ever filed a serious report on Israeli apartheid policies, and will it ever? Meanwhile, Haaretz today runs an editorial page broadside against the colony/settlement Ariel’s University expansion plans.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, One state/Two states, US Politics
Tagged Ariel, Ehan Bronner, Haaretz, media bias, new york times, Viable Palestinian State, West Bank
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Norman Finkelstein slams the BDS movement calling it ‘a cult’
Norman Finkelstein on the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. Recorded at Imperial College London on February 9, 2012.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Occupation, One state/Two states, Reports/Video
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News roundup on the 59th day of Khader Adnan’s hunger strike
As Khader Adnan entered his 59th day on hunger strike, his wife Randa appealed for the international community to end his isolation and save his life.
‘Love is a force far more powerful than the state’: Taiseer Khatib tells his family’s story in Salon
Excerpt’s from Taiseer Khatib’s Salon article “Unhappy Valentine’s Day in Israel.”
UN official condemns Israel’s ‘strategy of Judaization’ throughout Israel/Palestine
UN’s Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, charges Israel with dispossessing Palestinians in east Jerusalem and the West Bank as well as its Palestinian minority.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, One state/Two states
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One-State conference at Harvard – March 3 & 4, 2012
Students at Harvard University have organized a conference on the meaning of the one state solution that will be held March 3 and 4, 2012.
Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, One state/Two states
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Hasbara PennBDS wrap-up: Pro-Israel students are ignorant
After the PennBDS conference, the a Philadelphia based Jewish weekly paper describes pro-Israel students as “ignorant,” citing Hasbara as “ill-equipped” to challenge BDS calls for justice and human rights.
Beinart to cast Obama as caped hero of two-state-solution in forthcoming book
From the Amazon listing for Peter Beinart’s forthcoming book on Israel’s crisis, and American Jewry’s role in it. I guess this is a second-term book, a book envisioning a breakout role for Barack Obama in his second term, pushing Israelis … Continue reading
Is Israel a failed state? asks ‘American Conservative’
Palestinians have never reconciled themselves to the idea of a Jewish state
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, Nakba, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists
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2012: The year of the Bibi
Noam Sheizaf has a smart piece up at Foreign Policy forecasting the results of the upcoming Knesset elections. It looks like Netanyahu is here to stay.
One State, Two States: Who is the subject of Palestinian liberation?
The questions — regarding vision, strategy, and analysis — produce sharp cleavages on the Left. Indeed, generally ones much deeper than they need to be. And they remain stubbornly unsettled.
Max Ajl, “One State, Two States: Who is the subject of Palestinian liberation?”
Max Ajl, “One State, Two States: Who Is the Subject of Palestinian Liberation?” In Finkelstein’s explicit demands to water down the struggle lies a tacit recognition that his battalions of disaffected liberals, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, are not the ones … Continue reading
Children in Nabi Saleh play their favorite game called ‘Mustafa Tamimi’ during weekly protests
this is the game #NabiSaleh kids were playing yesterday..the one called #MustafaTamimi facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… it’s their fave from what i hear — Linah Alsaafin (@LinahAlsaafin) January 21, 2012 Attacks on Protests Against Land Theft / Land, Property Theft & Destruction / … Continue reading