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Poster image of Hamas leader Khaled Mashal during a rally marking the 21st anniversary of the Islamist movement's founding, Gaza City, Gaza, December 14, 2008. (Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash90)

Hamas’ new charter reveals a willingness to change

Despite what the usual media critics may say, Hamas' new charter is evidence of a movement in flux, and one that — when the need arises — allows itself to be guided by pragmatism.

By Menachem Klein April 10, 2017

File photo of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe)

The war of succession brewing in Palestine

The head of the Palestinian security services is counting on Israeli support. Mohammed Dahlan is trying to rally backers in Egypt. From prison, Marwan Barghouti is writing plans for a nonviolent struggle to will the Palestinian public worldwide. The struggle over Abbas’ succession signals a generational change among the Palestinian leadership.

By Menachem Klein June 4, 2016

The market place in Jaffa, circa 1900. The photo has been taken from the Clock Tower Square, with Mahmoudiya Mosque in the background. (Library of Congress)

Wiping Palestinian history off the map in Jaffa

A tourist map of Jaffa presents a reimagined, Zionist version of the city: Jaffa 2.0 is a boutique neighborhood of Tel Aviv, with a smattering of ‘local’ (read: native) color. But the map itself simply represents a much broader process of destruction and reconstruction. If you go into Jaffa’s tourist information centers (run by the…

By Natasha Soffer-Roth June 4, 2016

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Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, toward the end of the Ottoman Empire's control over Palestine.

Before Zionism: The shared life of Jews and Palestinians

Before the advent of Zionism and Arab nationalism, Jews and Palestinians lived in peace in the holy land. Menachem Klein’s new book maps out an oft-forgotten history of Israel/Palestine, and offers some guidance on how we may go back to that time. By Noam Rotem Menachem Klein’s book, Lives in Common: Arabs and Jews in…

By +972 Magazine April 4, 2016

European Union flags outside the European Commission building in Brussels. (Shutterstock.com)

How EU money enables the occupation, allows Israel to avoid its consequences

Has the seemingly permanent nature of Israeli control over the Palestinians rendered the legal term ‘occupation’ invalid? Last week I attended a one-day symposium in the Netherlands on the EU’s role in Israel/Palestine, hosted by ‘A Different Jewish Voice,’ a local pro-peace group. You can read my notes from the event here. Below are comments…

By Noam Sheizaf February 23, 2014