The Oslo Accords’ significance lay in the cover of global legitimacy they provided Israel while it continued to build settlements and make a two-state solution more and more unlikely.
Kaddish for Oslo
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Palestinian Territories
“Anti-Price Tag Patrol” Yet More Fuel for Israeli Right’s Fire
The Israeli right believe that anti-price tag patrols delegitimize Israel and enable the deaths of settlers at the hands of Palestinians.
Obama and Netanyahu Left in the Dust, Overtaken by the Arab Spring and Bid for Palestinian Statehood
The United States’ unconditional support for Israel sadly leaves it at the bottom of the arc of the emerging new Middle East.
Blocking Palestinian Statehood
When President Barack Obama addressed the UN General Assembly in September 2010, he sounded hopeful that by the following year there would be “an agreement that will lead to a new member of the United Nations — an independent, sovereign state of Palestine, living in peace with Israel.” Sure enough, in September 2011, the Palestinians asked the UN Security Council to recognize a state of Palestine — but Obama ordered the U.S. delegate to veto the request. What gives?
Palestinian Christians Given Short Shrift by U.S. Christian Zionists
Christian Zionists unfailingly endorse Israel’s wars, despite the damage to the sizable Christian communities in Israel’s opponents.
Abbas and His Missing People at the Edge of Chaos
Requesting full recognition as a Palestinian state is a strategy that immediately redresses some of the imbalance present in prior diplomacy.
How Exactly Does Palestinian Statehood Sabotage the Peace Process?
When it comes to deference to Israel, Capitol Hill just can’t seem to help itself.
Rick Perry Rallies Against Palestinian Statehood With Israeli and American Jewish Leaders
Rick Perry co-hosted a press conference for Republicans, members of U.S. pro-Israel groups and Likud politicians to oppose Palestinian statehood.
House Reps Reach Across the Aisle to Block Palestinian Statehood
Influential Republican Ros-Lehtinen is sponsoring a bill that would make U.S. funding of UN agencies conditional on how the body votes on Palestinian statehood.
Israeli Settlers: Never Shy About Taking the Law Into Their Own Hands
Israeli Knesset Member Ben-Ari fears Israeli settlers will be overwhelmed by Palestinian demonstrators and that the Israeli Defense Force won’t protect them.