Palestinian resistance and the trap of Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
The Palestinian resistance faces a dilemma with Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’: reject it and risk annihilation, or engage and risk normalizing permanent occupation.
Read MoreHow Israel is eroding life for Palestinians in the West Bank
Israeli violence in the West Bank isn’t as dramatic as in Gaza, but it is methodical, durable, and sometimes harder to understand. Here’s how Israel is using settler terror,...
Read MoreThe hollowing out of Palestine’s most important university
Birzeit University is no longer what it once was. The transformation has been gradual and, therefore, easily rationalized, but the result has been the hollowing out of a university...
Read MoreHow Israel’s move in Somaliland fits in its broader strategy for regional dominance
Israel’s strategic posture favors a constant state of war over political deals that might constrain future aggression. Its recognition of Somaliland is part of this strategy, and an attempt...
Read MoreIsrael seeks redemption in the Gaza ruins
Throughout the Gaza war, Israel has debated what to call it. The military says “October 7 War,” while Netanyahu wants “War of Redemption.” What’s clear is that Israel believes...
Read MoreRemember to forget October 7
Two years on, the memory of October 7 returns as both catastrophe and possibility, reminding us that both resistance and surrender are choices haunted by loss. But two years...
Read MoreIsrael moves to embrace its isolation
Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent comments that Israel must start making its own weapons and become a self-sufficient “super Sparta” signals that the small colony might be willing to embrace its...
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