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Tag Archives: right of return
Israel lobby’s favorite senator tries to erase Palestinian refugee status for millions
Senator Mark Kirk (above) of Illinois is leading an effort that would redefine who a Palestinian refugee is. Critics say the move is one step in a larger strategy to take refugee rights for Palestinians off the negotiating table.
Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Nakba, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
Tagged Danny Ayalon, featured, Mark Kirk, right of return, UNRWA
64 Comments
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
Beinart’s Blindspot: Israel has always been a non-democratic apartheid state
Beinart’s new book to be brave, important, and blinkered all at once. The biggest problem is Beinart’s false, idealized image of pre-1967 Israel as a “flawed, but genuine democracy.” This doesn’t work because even within the green line Israel has always been a non-democratic apartheid state.
Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, One state/Two states
Tagged A Land of Two Peoples Martin Buber on Jews and Arabs, Gideon Levy, Haaretz, Israel is a Non-Democratic Apartheid State, Israeli Apartheid, Israeli Palestinian Equality Movement, Judah Magnes, Martin Buber, Palestinian Civil Rights Movement, Peter Beinart, right of return, The Crime of Apartheid, The Crisis of Zionism, The Middle East's Only Pretend Democracy
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Serious questions on Palestine UN bid raised in legal opinion
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has called the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) bid for United Nations recognition of a state of Palestine next month a diplomatic “tsunami.” The United States has threatened to cut off aid to the PA if they … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged Guy Goodwin Gill, Palestinian Authority, PLO, right of return, United Nations
47 Comments
U.S. media buys Israel’s Naksa spin that protesters were orchestrated
Variations on the line the Israeli government fed to Israeli media yesterday about the killings of demonstrators in the Golan Heights Sunday have made their way to the U.S. media, despite there being little evidence produced to support their claims. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged CNN, Golan Heights., Naksa, new york times, refugees, right of return, Syria, Washington Post
9 Comments
Abunimah: The Native American analogy doesn’t work
Earlier today Weiss did a post mentioning Native Americans and the argument that American historical sins immunize the Israelis from the Palestinian right of return. Citing the ethnic cleansing of Native Americans as a way to justify not recognizing … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged ethnic cleansing, Native Americans, Palestinians, right of return
184 Comments
Right of return: 10s of 1000s of Russian Israelis are working in Moscow, and immigration to Israel is ‘dead,’ says State Department cable
John Mearsheimer likes to point out that the reports that Palestinians will soon outnumber Jews in the lands between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean do not take into account the huge number of Israelis who have already left town– … Continue reading
Carol Chomsky memorial fund will serve ‘purposely wrecked society’ of Gaza and Nakba refugees in Lebanon
As many of you know, Carol Chomsky, a linguist and social activist, died nearly two years ago. She had been married for nearly 60 years to Noam Chomsky, whom she met when she was 3 and he was 5 and … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged Carol Chomsky, Gaza siege, Lebanon refugees, Marriage, Nakba, Noam Chomsky, Palestinian solidarity, right of return
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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
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged Israel, Palestinian refugees, right of return, Zochrot
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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
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged Israel, Palestinian refugees, right of return, Zochrot
16 Comments
Groundwork laid for media narrative of failed peace talks: It’s the Palestinians’ fault
With direct “peace talks” between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government headed nowhere fast after the Netanyahu government let the so-called “settlement freeze” lapse, the groundwork for the media narrative on who to blame if the “peace talks” officially … Continue reading
‘Jewish state’ demand is Israeli code for refugees, Jerusalem
Chris Keeler, at Notes from a Medinah, writes about the Israeli demand that Palestinian negotiators offer to recognize Israel as a Jewish state: There is a distinct and important difference between recognizing Israel as a home for the Jewish people … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged Hussein Ibish, Jerusalem, Jewish state, Mahmoud Abbas, Netanyahu, refugees, right of return
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Farewelling two-state-solution, ‘FP’ authors suggest permanent residency status in Israel for refugees
Yet another sign that the two-state solution idea is over; Mickey Bergman and Amjad Atallah at Foreign Policy propose two multi-ethnic states side by side, but with overlapping citizenships. Israel preserves its Jewish character, but Palestinian refugees gain residency rights … Continue reading
Notes on international law and the right of return
My thanks to Ahmed Moor for his continuing efforts to advance the search for political solutions in Israel-Palestine, and I offer my apologies for my extended absence from the discussion. I hope to respond to his latest proposals in the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged 1948, 1967, international law, refugees, right of return
52 Comments
