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Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, U.S. president Bill Clinton, and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat at the signing of the Oslo Accords at the White House on September 13, 1993. (Vince Musi/The White House)
What went wrong? Learning from the mistakes of Oslo
Can Israeli, Palestinian and American negotiators learn from their mistakes in order to bring about a peaceful resolution to the conflict? New negotiations offer hope like a quarter-drop of water splashed onto scorched and desiccated earth. How quickly such a drop can be absorbed as if it never was, and ground into the dust by…
By Dahlia Scheindlin July 31, 2013
Israeli civilians run to take cover during a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on November 15, 2012 in the south city of kiryat malachi, Israel. (photo by: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)
Tragedy, farce and denial in Kiryat Malachi
The three Israelis killed on Thursday were innocent – but the State of Israel is not.   Where is the house that got hit with the rocket, I asked the guy behind the counter of a snack bar in Kiryat Malachi on Thursday. Go to the third traffic circle and make a left, he said.…
By Larry Derfner November 16, 2012
Israel Palestine flags (wikimedia)
Two-state think tank appoints one-state CEO (UPDATED)
Promising to promote ‘new thinking,’ Dan Goldenblatt, the founder of a one-state Israeli group, was made the new co-CEO of IPCRI. Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information, a think tank formed in 1988 by veteran peace activist Gershon Baskin, has recently appointed Att. Dan Goldenblatt as the new Israeli co-CEO of the organization, alongside…
By Noam Sheizaf February 8, 2012
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Rick’s Weekly Wrap: The Schalit Psychosis
Welcome to the Weekend Holyland Wrap, where unlike the rest of the country (where it’s all Schalit, all the time – and everything else be damned) we actually care about other stuff as well. Please take your anti-nausea pills, as some seriously repugnant individuals are soon to be back in circulation. The Schalit festival is…
By +972 Magazine October 17, 2011
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