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Palestinians mourn during the funeral march for Palestinian baby Ali Saad Dawabshe, Duma, West Bank, July 31, 2015. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Translating a Palestinian family’s grief for Netanyahu

The least I could do was go to the hospital to support the Dawabshe family after their 18-month-old baby was burned alive by Israeli settlers. But before I knew it I became Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Arabic translator. On that terrible Friday morning I found myself finishing up a lecture in Tel Aviv and driving toward…

By Samah Salaime August 6, 2015

Seven Nights 2: Privileged white male

Part two. Following the attack, our night owl returns to Jerusalem in drag for a rally, and walks into an emotional pitfall. For other nights click here. Someone else was murdered on Thursday, the night of the Jerusalem Pride stabbing. In the northern West Bank village of Duma, a group of hooded men, most likely…

By Yuval Ben-Ami August 6, 2015

Knesset speaker goes One State?

Haaretz reported yesterday that Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin appears to have gone One State. Rivlin, a veteran and decidedly right-wing member of the Likud, told the Greek Ambassador: “I would rather see Palestinians as citizens of this State than partition the land.” This is quite a crack in the Israeli consensus on the two-state solution…

By Dimi Reider April 30, 2010

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