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Text: The Palestinian Unity Agreement
I’ve pasted below the full text of what is, according to the Palestinian National Initiative (Mustafa Barghouti’s organization), the new Palestinian unity agreement. My thanks go to independent...
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Netanyahu’s New Friends
In my latest piece for Souciant, I look at Benjamin Netanyahu’s ineffectual “threat” to cut off the negotiations to nowhere with the Palestinian Authority if they reunify with Hamas. Bibi clearly wants...
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How Israel Lost
In this week’s column at Souciant, I do a rundown of the winners and losers in the so-called “Operation Pillar of Defense.” I examine a number of different actors, not just Israel and Hamas, as well as...
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Why Founding Charters Don’t Matter
Let me be clear up front. Hamas is a fundamentalist and repressive group. Their ideology is dangerous and whatever one thinks of their armed resistance, the targeting of civilians is illegal, immoral...
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Was the Palestinian Reconciliation Deal a Mistake?
At +972 Magazine my friend and colleague, Larry Derfner, a former columnist for the Jerusalem Post, says he believes that by deciding to go forward with a third unity agreement with Hamas at this time,...
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Hamas’ Options: Bad and Worse
An edited version of this piece originally appeared at LobeLog. The fighting in Gaza will continue for some time, as a ceasefire agreement brokered by Egypt fell apart. Despite the bellicose The...
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No, Hamas Did Not Take Responsibility For Three Israeli Youths’ Kidnapping...
In another piece I’ll be publishing later today, I take some time to discuss how the Israeli daily Ha’aretz has been marginalized in Salech al-Aruri Israel and no longer represents a “vibrant debate”...
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A Proposed UNSC Ceasefire Plan For Gaza
The attempt to resolve the ongoing, albeit highly uneven, exchange of fire between Israel and Gaza has now reached the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The draft proposal, initially pushed by...
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FILM: From Hamas Royalty to Israel’s Spy
My review for Inter Press Service of The Green Prince, based on the book, Son of Hamas. Filed under: Hamas, Israel, Palestine Tagged: Christian ZIonism, Gaza, Gonen Ben Yitzhak, Islamophobia, Mosab...
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Gaza Peace Talks: Hamas’ Dilemma
Egypt’s crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood continues on the diplomatic front with the opening of two sets of talks this week in Cairo. One set will have Egypt brokering discussions with Fatah and...
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Why Founding Charters Don’t Matter
Let me be clear up front. Hamas is a fundamentalist and repressive group. Their ideology is dangerous and whatever one thinks of their armed resistance, the targeting of civilians is illegal, immoral...
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Nine Thoughts On The Latest Gaza Flare-Up
Now that the latest flare-up of fighting between Israel and Gaza has subsided, at least for the moment, here are nine thoughts on the clash, the outcomes, and the implications. Although the timing is...
View ArticleWhy Founding Charters Don’t Matter
Let me be clear up front. Hamas is a fundamentalist and repressive group. Their ideology is dangerous and whatever one thinks of their armed resistance, the targeting of civilians is illegal, immoral...
View ArticleAfter latest round of violence, Biden faces a new Israel-Palestine conflict
The ceasefire in Gaza and Israel is holding, albeit tenuously, right now. Meanwhile, it is hardly a time of peace, as Israel has already stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound twice, has clamped down on...
View ArticleHamas attack the result of Washington’s hostility to Palestinian rights
To the extent that Hamas targeted the military, that is very much legal, and an exercise of the right to resist that is granted to people under a belligerent military occupation. The tactic of...
View ArticleHow US Democrats are fuelling a brutal Israeli revenge on Gaza
It’s not just Joe Biden. Most of the Democratic Party is cheering on Israel’s campaign of revenge in Gaza, despite the fact that Israel has explicitly stated its intent to bomb indiscriminately and...
View ArticleInterview on Background Briefing with Ian Masters
I sat down for a talk on Tuesday with Ian Masters about the growing horror in Gaza and Israel and about some of the ways it has played out in the US.
View ArticleInterview: Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael
I was pleased to have a chance to get into a lengthy discussion with J.G. Michael of Parallax Views about the events ion Israel and Gaza, as well as the bigger picture and context.
View ArticleA reformed PLO that includes Hamas is the only hope
Qatar and Saudi Arabia are among several Arab states that are working on the ludicrous Biden administration plan for a Palestinian state as a means to end the Gaza slaughter. But those two countries...
View ArticleCutting Through: Hamas Accepting Ceasefire Proposal Creates a Major Dilemma...
Netanyahu and his whole “War Cabinet” are united in their desire to decimate Rafah, but Hamas just made it more difficult for Israel to start that operation. Read more at the Cutting Through newsletter.
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