international isolation

BDS graffiti on Israeli separation wall, Bethlehem, West Bank, June 17, 2014. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
BDS-mania takes over Israel — for a week
Boycott is all anybody can seem to talk about this week in Israel. But neither side should rush to declare victory quite yet: Israel still refuses to see that the occupation is the problem, and boycotters have yet to make any real gains. If you got your news exclusively from the Israeli media over the…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man June 5, 2015
Israeli Border police officers corral Palestinians as they wait to cross from Qalandiya checkpoint outside Ramallah, West Bank, into Jerusalem, July 26, 2013. (Photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)
Israelis know status quo is untenable, but there’s no alternative vision
With three-quarters of Israelis saying they worry about international isolation and only 10 percent supporting the status quo, logic would hold that they might seek change. But don’t expect it to happen anytime soon. The success of the Zionist project — from the pre-state era to Startup Nation — is often attributed to some combination…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man December 24, 2014
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: Kobi Gideon / GPO)
A letter to Israel from a sympathetic Palestinian
As Israel faces international isolation and an uncertain future, one Palestinian offers some empathy: ‘I know how you feel.’ By Amer Zahr Israel, I know how you feel. It’s been a tough year. And it’s only just started. Your world seems like it’s crumbling around you. Everything you knew is no longer true. The comfortable…
By +972 Magazine February 17, 2014
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