Israel

2009

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  Confessions of an AIPAC Veteran

  Helena Cobban : Judaism & Jews

  Tom Dine, for thirteen years head of AIPAC, now works for a two-state solution and on improving US-Syrian relations.

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  American Jews Rethink Israel

  Adam Horowitz & Philip Weiss : Judaism & Jews

  The Jewish push for peace is surging through the grassroots, but leaders and policy-makers are still turning a deaf ear.

• Israel vs. Human Rights

  Adam Horowitz & Philip Weiss : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

  Israel's latest strategy for responding to allegations of human rights abuses: kill the messenger.

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  A World Apart?

  Bernard Avishai : History

  A shrewd history of why US presidents have failed to make Israel accept a plan for regional peace.

• Bibi's Media Manipulations

  Neve Gordon : Barack Obama Administration

  Pushed by Obama to dismantle illegal settlements, Netanyahu manipulates the media to show Israel will end up in a civil war if the White House stands firm.

• US Must Stop Mixed Signals on Iran

  Roane Carey : Iran

  Anything short of a categorical, even vociferous US refusal to countenance an Israeli attack on Iran might have horrific consequences.

• Morality Play

  Liel Leibovitz

  In the wake of the Gaza incursion, the self-deceptions of the Israeli military have been exposed.

• US Envoy Writes of Israeli Threats

  Barbara Crossette : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

  In a forthcoming memoir, John Gunther Dean writes about not only pressure from pro-Israeli officials in Washington but attempts on his life for reaching out to the Palestinians.

• After Gaza: Jerusalem?

  Helena Cobban : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

  Reclaiming Palestinian territory in East Jerusalem looks to be new frontier for Israeli expansionism.

• The Nation's Eric Alterman on Israel

  Talking Points Memo

  The Nation's Eric Alterman discusses the challenges of countering the influence of conservative Israeli politics.

• A Waltz With the Dogs of Memory

  Hussein Ibish : Film

  Vicious hounds of repressed memory haunt Waltz with Bashir, a deeply flawed depiction of the harsh truths of a war no one can forget.

• Waltzing Alone

  Liel Leibovitz : Film

  Israel, unrepentant and without introspection, doesn't deserve a film as brilliant as Waltz with Bashir.

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  Betrayal

  Eyal Press : Non-Fiction

  Novelist and peace advocate David Grossman examines the high cost of concealing what is unpleasant.

• Few Peacemakers in Israel's Knesset

  Neve Gordon

  Israeli voters have elected a majority of lawmakers who are against the two-state solution. Now it's up to the world--and the Obama administration--to respond.

• Steadfast Before Goliath

  Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

  A leading Palestinian politician defends his people and their nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation.

• Grieving Over Gaza

  Anat Biletzki : Peace Activism

  Some of us, as Israelis, are grieving over what we have become. Blaming the other side with a roster of rehearsed clichés cannot mitigate the grief.

• Israel: Boycott, Divest, Sanction

  Naomi Klein : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

  To end the bloody occupation, Israel must be the target of the same kind of global movement that finally ended apartheid in South Africa.