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Beyond allegiances: Striving for a united Israel-Palestine

By striving for a solution which would allow for mutual access to holy sites, family, friends and water for all residents of this land, we can shed our allegiances to this-many-states or that-many-states and place our allegiance with self-determination for all peoples. By A. Daniel Roth Twenty, 10 or even five years ago I would have…

By +972 Magazine August 5, 2013

The separation wall in Walajah (Photo: Haggai Matar)

Poll: 23% of Jewish Israelis support apartheid, 13% support status quo

Survey finds that majority of Jewish Israelis think the country should unilaterally determine its borders along the route of the West Bank separation barrier. One-third support either annexing the West Bank without giving Palestinians civil rights, or perpetuating the status quo — both of which are apartheid. According to a poll* released Sunday, a majority…

By Mairav Zonszein April 14, 2013

Binationalism only way for Palestinian minority to be “Good Citizens”

Although Palestinian citizens of Israel constitute twenty percent of the population, they cannot partake in the Jewish ethos of the state and are considered an obstacle to the common good. How can Palestinian citizens both maintain their independent identity and achieve equality? The writer offers a binational model as the most just solution. By Fady…

By +972 Magazine January 2, 2012

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Can one be a liberal and a Zionist without being a liberal Zionist?

An alternative understanding of Zionism sees no contradiction between liberalism and Zionism, and makes possible various political arrangements, which do not place the national aspirations of Jews ahead of those of Palestinians. By Jerry Haber Can one be a liberal (or: progressive) and a Zionist? The debate has been going on for some time now,…

By +972 Magazine November 30, 2011