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The permit regime is Oslo’s enduring legacy. It must be abolished
The separation logic enshrined by the Oslo Accords birthed a cruel system of Israeli control, whose security justifications collapsed into openly racist ones.
By
Yael Berda
September 21, 2023
‘I told Arafat: Israel will promise you an inch and not give you a millimeter’
Reflecting on the Oslo Accords 30 years later, veteran politician Hanan Ashrawi recounts her arguments with PLO leaders during the negotiations, and explains why Israel's political crisis is opening cracks in the occupation.
By
Meron Rapoport
September 13, 2023
The contradictory afterlives of Oslo
A path to peace. A blasphemous betrayal. A cover for the occupation. How did the Oslo Accords morph into such infinitely pliable meanings?
By
Dahlia Scheindlin
September 12, 2023
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The Oslo trap: How the PLO signed its own death warrant
From asymmetrical concessions to renouncing armed struggle, the fate of the Palestinians was sealed before Arafat and Rabin even shook hands.
By
Raef Zreik
September 11, 2023
The US policy world can’t imagine Palestinians as equals
The refusal of American policy figures to consider alternatives to the two-state solution betrays the fact that they will always prioritize Israeli domination.
By
Tariq Kenney-Shawa
May 11, 2023
Welcome to Simcha Rothman’s vengeful coup
Embodying the rage that drives the Israeli right’s judicial assault, the chair of the Knesset’s Law and Justice Committee is poised to bring his once-fringe ideas to fruition. And, he tells +972, he is just getting started.
By
Nate Orbach
March 9, 2023
Why Israel’s goal of pacifying the Palestinians is failing
Israel relies on a counterinsurgency strategy of economic gestures and local policing to stabilize its rule. But growing resistance shows why it can't prevail.
By
Nur Arafeh
February 16, 2023
The radicalizing rebellion of Israel’s Haredi youth
Once staunch anti-Zionists, Haredi parties have become ensconced in the Israeli right. Now, a generation of disenfranchised Haredi youth is defying its elders and seeking meaning in the most extreme forms of supremacism.
By
Pnina Pfeuffer
October 31, 2022
Why Israel’s plan of subcontracting the occupation is failing
Rare confrontations in Nablus last week show how the Palestinian Authority, backed by a discordant Israeli policy, has lost legitimacy among its people.
By
Omar H. Rahman
September 27, 2022
‘We built the Palestinian Authority with blood. We won’t give up on it’
As armed confrontations escalate in Jenin, Governor Akram Rajoub addresses criticisms of the PA's failures as a government under Israeli occupation.
By
Yuval Abraham
September 26, 2022
Abbas is signaling a successor. But will Palestinians accept him?
The nepotistic rise of Hussein al-Sheikh, the PA's key liaison with Israel, is emblematic of much that is wrong with the Palestinian leadership.
By
Omar H. Rahman
June 21, 2022
Good riddance to Rabin Square
The closure of Rabin Square presents an opportunity for the Zionist left to let go of its former leader’s legacy and embrace a politics of decolonization.
By
Ben Reiff
November 3, 2021
The colonial idea that built the Palestinian Authority
Israel tried for years to create a body that would control Palestinians on its behalf. It was the liberation movement's leaders that helped it succeed.
By
Tariq Dana
July 25, 2021
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