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.
Wednesday 25th January

Palestine and the two-state phantom

Ghassan Khatib, 25 January 2012
A combination of political changes and shifts in attitude are making the possibility of a two-state solution in Israel-Palestine increasingly remote, says Ghassan Khatib.
Monday 21st November

Advocating the two state solution: the best bet?

Brigitte Herremans, 21 November 2011
We need to convince our governments and the EU to invest in a political strategy that reverses the destructive dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They need to understand that respect for international law is not a detail, but lies at the very heart of the conflict.
Tuesday 15th November

The Palestinian crossroads

Ghassan Khatib, 15 November 2011
The Palestinians' current political impasse offers them only difficult choices, says Ghassan Khatib.
Friday 14th October

Talking with Khalil: the subtle violence of constant occupation

Mariano Aguirre, 14 October 2011
On a journey to the West Bank, the author encounters one small instance of the broader machinery that Israel uses to sustain its occupation of Palestine. The days of battle are over. Now the Palestinians suffer the indignity of daily humiliations, and the slow and quiet effort to snuff out any dream of statehood
Wednesday 21st September

Israel: the cost of arrogance

Khaled Hroub, 21 September 2011
A triple diplomatic challenge to Israel from Turkey, Palestine and Egypt both reflects the region's political transformation and reveals the key flaw in Israel's attitude to its neighbours, says Khaled Hroub.

Will the Israelis listen to the clock ticking?

Dana Rubin, 21 September 2011
In this eventful month of September, the Israeli (Arab) spring has to decide: where does it stand, first and foremost, in regard to Palestine, but also in regard to Turkey and Egypt.

Middle East hawks should welcome the UN Palestine vote

James Ron, 21 September 2011
At their very best, Israeli-Palestinian partition plans envision the same kind of complex ethnic patchwork rejected by western diplomats in Bosnia.
Wednesday 6th July

Palestinian statehood: a turning-point

Victor Kattan, 6 July 2011
The Palestinian ambition of becoming a full member-state of the United Nations is approaching a crucial moment. A combination of numbers and strategy will bring its fulfilment closer, says Victor Kattan.
Monday 23rd May

A war of rhetoric: the Israel-Palestine vortex

Keith Kahn-Harris, 23 May 2011
A fevered dispute in the media contest over Israel-Palestine is an object lesson in the deformities of internet-fuelled public debate on this issue, says Keith Kahn-Harris.
Wednesday 30th March

Land, citizenship and exclusion in Israel

Ben White, 30 March 2011
A new law that "formalizes the establishment of admission committees to review potential residents of Negev and Galilee communities that have fewer than 400 families" seems set to entrench Arab exclusion and challenges the meaning of citizenship and the basis of democracy
Wednesday 9th March

Israel and the Arab awakening

Thomas O'Dwyer, 9 March 2011
Israel’s political class is struggling to make sense of a crumbling Arab order and the loss of the certainties it embodied, reports Thomas O’Dwyer.
Thursday 24th February

Israel and human rights: voice and silence

Lisa Magarrell and Iain Levine, 24 February 2011
A series of legislative measures in Israel will further constrain Israel’s beleaguered human-rights groups. A proposed commission to monitor their work highlights the real motive behind these efforts, say Lisa Magarrell & Iain Levine.
Monday 18th October

The middle east: the question of freedom

Foulath Hadid and Mishana Hosseinioun, 18 October 2010
The much-recycled image of a region inhospitable to peace, human dignity and freedom has damaging effects in practice, say Foulath Hadid & Mishana Hosseinioun. 
Tuesday 7th September

Fractured justice: the UN Secretary-General's Gaza flotilla enquiry

Bob Rigg, 7 September 2010
The UN Secretary General has promised to investigate the Gaza flotilla incident in a manner which is "prompt, impartial, credible and transparent" and "conforming to international standards". But it looks as if politics is triumphing over justice
Thursday 26th August

Israel’s security: beyond the zero-sum

Paul Rogers, 26 August 2010
The prospects for progress in the direct Israeli-Palestinian talks in Washington are meagre. But breakthrough is essential if Israel is to be saved from itself.
Sunday 22nd August

In search of an Israeli left

Keith Kahn-Harris and Joel Schalit, 22 August 2010
The disconnection between the international left and its counterparts in Israel has become near total, to the detriment of the causes that both espouse. But a situation with complex roots can be remedied by looking more closely at the work of people on the ground, say Keith Kahn-Harris & Joel Schalit.
Friday 2nd July

Struggling with Gaza power

Sameh Habeeb, 2 July 2010
As darkness descends on more and more parts of Gaza, and temperatures soar, another kind of darkness is creating havoc with people’s equilibrium
Tuesday 29th June

Israel: the writing on the wall

Gilbert Achcar, 29 June 2010
Successive Israeli cabinets have worked to enforce on the ground in Jerusalem and the Occupied Territories a situation that they could present as irreversible. Have they now reached the point where the biblical book of Daniel’s prophecy is once again relevant?
Friday 25th June

The Palestinian vuvuzela

Khaled Hroub, 25 June 2010
Palestinians’ vicarious yet passionate identification with the national teams in South Africa’s football world cup reflects both local concerns and global longings, finds Khaled Hroub in Ramallah.
Thursday 10th June

Israeli post-democracy: origins and prospects

Keith Kahn-Harris and Joel Schalit, 10 June 2010
Many voices warn that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is corroding the country’s democracy. Now, a worrying onslaught by Israel’s right-wing government on domestic dissenters raises further concerns. But the two issues are distinct as well as linked, say Keith Kahn-Harris & Joel Schalit: for the challenges to Israel’s democracy also have deep internal roots that must be identified if they are to be overcome.
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