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Angela Merkel faces down Donald Trump at the G7 Summit, June 9, 2018. (Jesco Denzel/German gov't)
The legitimacy of land grabs in the Trump era: From the Golan to Crimea
Trump’s administration needs to come to terms with the unacceptability of states snatching territory from other states through armed force and keeping it — no matter what rationale the historical context might provide. By Paul R. Pillar The main takeaway from the recent G-7 summit obviously is the striking damage to U.S.-allied relations from Donald…
By +972 Magazine June 12, 2018
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a joint press conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry following their meeting in Jerusalem, December 5, 2013. (Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO)
The world is letting Israel get away with it again
The assault on Gaza has hurt this country’s image, and it doesn’t care. There’s no doubt that this past month of heavily televised overkill in Gaza – well, heavily televised everywhere but here – has hurt Israel’s standing in the world. The IDF has killed too many civilians, wiped out too many families, bombed too…
By Larry Derfner August 11, 2014
Catherine Ashton and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (European Union / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Why the EU needs to rein in Israel’s settlement policy
An Israeli academic makes the case for Europe to contain Israel’s settlement policy with greater determination and more concrete measures. By Nurit Peled-Elhanan Times are very tough for both Israeli and Palestinian families. The death toll in Gaza currently stands at more than 1,000, the majority of whom are civilians. The death toll in Israel stands…
By +972 Magazine July 26, 2014
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  2. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
  3. ‘The Gaza Holocaust won't be forgotten’: An Israeli musician screams into the void
  4. Palestinian MKs in Israel have long faced election bans. This time is different
  5. ‘I’d rather die than go back’: A Palestinian teen’s 10-month nightmare in Israeli jail
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  2. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
  3. Why ‘NAZA’ terrifies Israel's liberal elite
  4. ‘Survival of the nation’: Israel’s obsession with dead soldiers’ sperm
  5. A restored history of Jewish anti-Zionism — and the loss it cannot repair