This plan goes beyond all previous U.S. commitments to Israel and of course it too will not work, writes As’ad AbuKhalil.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Trump ‘Solves’ the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Category: Palestine
Buttigieg Backer Top Funder of Group Behind Iowa’s Disastrous Voting App
A dark money operation funded by billionaires is behind the app that delayed Iowa’s voting results, Max Blumenthal reports.
Trump Gives Away the Store and Israel Will Now Officially Become an Apartheid State
Ignoring past Israeli prime ministers who warned that annexation of the West Bank would introduce legal apartheid to Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu said the first phase of annexations would go to the Cabinet on Sunday, reports Joe Lauria.
The Holocaust, BBC & Anti-Semitism Smears
Israel has proven particularly adept at inverting and weaponizing a form of identity politics, writes Jonathan Cook.
ICC Should Not Delay Investigating Israeli War Crimes
Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has established an unnecessary condition that slows down the process, writes Marjorie Cohn.
THE ANGRY ARAB: US Middle East Policy in a Future Democratic Administration
A Democrat in the White House could easily engage the U.S. in more regional conflicts and wars, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
‘Trump Was Handed a Corpse, and He Buried It’
Donald Trump’s Palestine policy has been just a culmination of previous presidents’ conflicted attitude towards the Palestinian question, argues Khaled Elgindy.
‘We Thought the House Was Empty’
With the annexation of 5 million Palestinians in the occupied territory, Vijay Prashad says Israel is content with being an apartheid state.
Trump’s New Policy on Israeli Settlements Is Illegal & Self-Serving
This pandering at the expense of the Palestinians is designed to burnish the president’s bona fides with his Christian Zionist base, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Israel & the Problem of Localized Ethics
Meir Shamgar has been eulogized as an ethical hero. But Lawrence Davidson says he threatened civilized legal standards both at home and in the international arena.