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Khalil Shikaki (Photo: Brandeis University)
Palestinian pollster: UN declaration may be last chance for Abbas
“It’s very clear that the public wants a real state, not just a state in name. The public is willing to pay the price.” Palestinian pollster Khalil Shikaki explains why a unilateral declaration of statehood  may be the last chance Palestinians give to their current leadership, and the dilemmas Palestinians face come September. As September…
By Dahlia Scheindlin July 28, 2011
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What do Israelis think of 1967 borders with swaps?
The raging controversy over President Barack Obama’s speech last week, in which he explicitly called for a Palestinian state to be created based on the 1967 borders, with land swaps, caught me personally by surprise. The notion of  a Palestinian state has always essentially been conceptualized around the 1967 occupied territories, and the peace negotiations…
By Dahlia Scheindlin May 22, 2011
A panel on Palestinians – with no Palestinians
Both discussion of and activism in the Palestinian struggle amongst Jews raises the question of the role Jews should play in this struggle. Next week, the Harry Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, which is part of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is holding a panel entitled: “Palestinians in East Jerusalem: What do they…
By Mairav Zonszein April 29, 2011
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