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Some 10,000 demonstrators march on the White House in Washington, D.C., to protest Israel's offensive in Gaza, August 2, 2014. (Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: 10,000 march on White House to protest Gaza offensive

Thousands converge on Washington, D.C. to protest Israel’s offensive on Gaza. Text and photos by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org Some 10,000 activists converged on the White House in Washington, D.C. this weekend to protest Israel’s offensive on Gaza. Politico reported that the event may have been “the largest pro-Palestinian march to take place in the United…

By Activestills August 3, 2014

US criticism of Egyptian military crackdown insufficient

We are all familiar with the frequent criticisms lodged at Washington for helping to fund (via billions of dollars in aid) the Israeli military’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. But where are the cries against the billions of dollars given to Egypt’s military, a military now engaged in one of the most shocking crackdowns on…

By Roee Ruttenberg December 20, 2011

President Obama (photo: Wikimedia Commons)

America must rethink Mideast policy in light of Palestinian UN bid

An assertive Palestinian diplomatic strategy exposes the obsolete nature of America’s foreign policy with relation to the Middle East. Eyal Clyne argues that the US is increasingly isolated and faces worse if it fails to provide more support to the future Palestinian state. By Eyal Clyne The anticipated American veto of the vote to admit…

By +972 Magazine November 6, 2011

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Palestinians join UNESCO – symbolic step to statehood?

The emotional victory may not be a game-changer, but to consider it merely symbolic is missing deep potential consequences of full acceptance into a UN club. This post has been updated, 31 October, 8:40pm The Palestinian Authority won a major victory on Monday by being accepted to UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural…

By Dahlia Scheindlin October 31, 2011

Recep_tayyip_erdogan 2008 (Photo: Randam/Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons)

Turkey’s response to UN flotilla report: not just about Israel

Turkey’s response to the UN’s Palmer Report investigating the 2010 flotilla debacle was like a roar in the jungle of Middle East and global politics that had been building for at least two years now. Turkey had leveraged the report even prior to its publication as the deadline for an ultimatum to Israel: apologize or…

By Dahlia Scheindlin September 3, 2011

ElBaradei during the session 'Stopping the Spread of Nuclear Weapons' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 25, 2007 (Photo: World Economic Forum/flickr)

What could ElBaradei mean for Israel?

By Dahlia Scheindlin and Roi Maor By some accounts, Mohammed ElBaradei is not terribly charismatic. But after living abroad for over 30 years , he returned to Egypt with fanfare last Thursday, to announce his candidacy as successor to Hosni Mubarak, who has been in power roughly just as long. Roee Ruttenberg here on +972…

By Dahlia Scheindlin February 1, 2011