Tag Archives: Palestinian refugees

Letter to Obama: Don’t visit Nativity Church in Bethlehem, witness Separation Wall & refugee camps instead

Munther Isaac, director of the “Christ at the Checkpoint Conference” and faculty member at the Bethlehem Bible College has written an open letter to President Obama on his upcoming visit to Bethlehem.

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Peter Beinart’s cognitive dissonance on ‘threats to Israel’s demographics’

Michael Lerner and Peter Beinart seek to preserve Israel’s Jewish majority from the right of return

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Israel spins the Naksa killings

The Israeli government is in spin mode over yesterday’s events in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, where hundreds of protesters calling for the right of return marched and were met with Israeli gunfire. If the repression inflicted on unarmed protesters three … Continue reading

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Sedek review: The concrete steps needed to implement a vision

The first English-language issue of Sedek, a journal produced by the Israeli organization Zochrot, is one of the most exciting things I’ve read recently. The collection of essays is the result of the sincere engagement of Palestinians and Israelis with … Continue reading

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Sedek review: Stuck on the right of return

Last June, when I wrote an article for Mondoweiss proposing a framework for a one-state solution, I didn’t anticipate that it would draw me into a series of further posts on the political and legal aspects of the Palestinian right of return.  In retrospect, … Continue reading

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