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israel & palestine - old roads, new maps

Intimate enemies, embittered neighbours, violent antagonists. But does it have to be this way? Tony Klug invites some thoughtful responses to his proposal for an International Protectorate as the way to a durable settlement between Israelis and Palestinians.

A rethinking that enlarges understanding of the events of 1948 can help find solutions sixty years on
During the attack on Gaza, Israeli mental health professionals could be trapped between Israeli identification with government policy, and Palestinian citizens of Israel, then considered ‘the enemy’
Time to offer recognition of a Jewish state, but with conditions
A case against the dismantling of Israel's West Bank communities has surprising consequences  
A durable peace needs to solve the Palestinian refugee problem. It can be done. Here's how 
How Lebanon's "resistance" movement is preparing for the next and decisive war with Israel
Barack Obama could yet unlock the toughest conflict, if he embraces a clear and decisive strategy
The issue of Israel’s West Bank colonies must not be subsumed by the larger Israel-Palestinian conflict
The Iran factor creates a new dynamic towards Arab-Israel normalisation - if Israel's premier allows
Israel must renew existing peace-process commitments if it is to avoid international isolation
Israel's prime minister is more concerned to appease his right-wing than engage with Palestinians
Scene one. The day that Yvette Myakayaka-Manzini, vice president of the ANC women's department, took her account of the struggle against apartheid to Gaza. Scene two on an Israeli beach...
The US president's meeting with Israel’s prime minister offers Israel a future it must grasp
The road to Israeli-Palestinian peace lies through the constitutional definition of Israel itself
Israel's prime minister must be pressed to fulfil past commitments on peace with the Palestinians
Misreading resistance in the Middle East, the European Left risks consigning itself to irrelevancy
We need to understand that Hamas are the ‘moderates', in a self-defeating western drama
The emerging landscape of combat allows the military to make international law its tool 
A withered left, fissured right, stagnant polity, frozen peace: ingredients of a bleak election
Israel’s political dynamics are clearer than its close electoral arithmetic might suggest
A major effort is needed to end a sixty-year tragedy. It can draw inspiration from history
The beginning of an end to the Israeli-Palestinian agony must come from within
How aid agencies' principles can be compromised by a blind eye to uncomfortable realities
A combination of old failures and new players is reshaping a region 
The Gaza horror faces Ankara's active regional diplomacy with a severe test
Israel's conduct in Palestinian territory reflects a wider and dangerous trend in state behaviour
The impact of Israel’s assault on Gaza on the civilian population reveals its character
The Palestinian movement will emerge an unavoidable reality from Israel's assault
Gaza's tragedy must be a turning-point towards lasting peace. Here is how
A series of contrasts - in ends, means, maps, media and morality - clarifies Israel’s war
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