“Veto Settlements. Vote Justice.”
On Friday, 14 of 15 members of the UN Security Council voted in favor of adopting a draft resolution which would verify the illegality of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).
Egyptians Cash in Obama’s IOU
As Ryan Linstrom wrote in “Dear Egypt, Calm Down Love Israel,” the instability in Cairo means bad things for the Israel/Palestine peace process.
Book Review: A Peace to End All Peace
David Fromkin’s title (A Peace to End All Peace) is a tongue and cheek—yet depressingly accurate—reference to World War One and its Wilsonian tagline “a war to end all wars.”
Two-State Solution Isn’t Everything
Life after occupation might be more occupation…
Guess what? The Middle East peace is pretty complicated! As Kristin Hissong wrote in 2 Steps Forward, 3 Steps Back, it’s laughable to think that a Palestinian State is inevitable (whether through negotiations or not).
Q & A: Law in the Occupied Territories
I was brushing up on some of my information about law, democracy, and impunity in Israel, and I came across a short “Q & A” I wrote in the summer of 2009.
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