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An Israeli settler youth living in a confiscated Palestinian home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah covers his face with the Israeli flag, September 2, 2011. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

Trump is the president settlers could only dream of

Although U.S. policy toward Israeli settlements has fluctuated over time, successive American officials have consistently taken a dim view of the settlement movement. Trump and his advisors may change all that very soon. By Derek Davison Although President-elect Donald Trump and his foreign policy team are only beginning to develop their agenda for his coming administration,…

By +972 Magazine November 13, 2016

Haaretz credit box, November 5th 1995

Rabin’s murder and the paper that was never published

A page has emerged from Haaretz’s daily op-ed pages, printed before the murder but never distributed; strangely enough, the coverage of GOP-Likud relations in a piece in the page remains as relevant as ever. Yesterday was the 17th anniversary of the murder of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Rabin’s right-wing assassin, a law student from Bar-Ilan…

By Noam Sheizaf November 5, 2012

Palestinians waiting to cross Qalandiya (activestills)

When will Palestinians become human?

By Amer Zahr We Palestinians have been struggling for a long time. I am not speaking of the struggle to be recognized as an independent state, or the struggle to be recognized in the United Nations, or even the struggle to be recognized in international courts. I am speaking, rather, of the struggle to be recognized as…

By +972 Magazine August 30, 2012

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Romney visit: Hitting the ‘Palestinian punching bag’ again

Over the years, Israeli politicians have used various disparaging remarks to describe Palestinians. During this U.S. election, it looks like American politicians have adopted the same tactic, as recently shown during Mitt Romney’s visit to Israel. By Amer Zahr Look, as a Palestinian, I’m used to hearing racist epithets thrown my way. I’ve heard Abba…

By +972 Magazine August 2, 2012

Sheldon, Newt and Bibi: Egomaniacs for a strong Israel

For Sheldon Adelson, Newt Gingrich and Binyamin Netanyahu, the political is the personal, and vice versa. I make it a point not to judge people’s personalities on the basis of their politics; I’ve known, and known of, too many humble right-wingers and superior-acting left-wingers for that. But not infrequently, the personal and the political line up: the good guy (of either gender) has…

By Larry Derfner January 29, 2012

Would another Obama term be better for Israel/Palestine than Romney?

The answer: Not necessarily. In a side note to my post on Newt Gingrich yesterday, I wrote that as far as the Israeli-Palestinian issue is concerned, I don’t see a big difference between a second Obama term and a Romney presidency. This remark got more attention than my comments on Gingrich, which were at the…

By Noam Sheizaf January 23, 2012

Newt Gingrich: The most dangerous man in DC

There won’t be a real difference between another Obama term and a possible Romney presidency. But Gingrich – with his ties to the Israeli right, destructive track record from the 1990s and very personal connection to Netanyahu – could turn out to be a real nightmare Watching the American primaries makes for a mix of…

By Noam Sheizaf January 22, 2012

On the ‘invented’ Palestinians—and other absurd comments

Republican candidates in the 2012 primary race have topped each other in inflammatory remarks regarding Palestinians. Ever so often I am bombarded by so many words that almost none come at all and I pass up the opportunity to tackle a certain subject. This was the case recently with a spate of utterly ridiculous—almost comical—statements…

By Omar H. Rahman December 11, 2011

Republican presidential candidate wants to destroy UN if it recognizes Palestine

In an op-ed published by the pro-Netanyahu tabloid Yisrael Hayom, Republican Newt Gingrich calls upon the United States to stop supporting the United Nations if it votes for Palestinian independence. “We don’t need to fund a corrupt institution to beat up on our allies,” says Gingrich. Washington should make immediately clear that it has no…

By Noam Sheizaf August 11, 2011