Israel

The Treachery of the Nazi-Zionist Alliance

“All excuses that it saved lives must be strictly excluded from serious consideration…it saved wealth, not lives… or, more properly, a piece of the property of the German Jewish bourgeoisie”

In the end, collaboration with the Nazis by a small group of Zionists broke the global boycott against Germany, weakened anti-fascist resistance worldwide, and contributed to the genocide of Europe’s Jews.

Indeed, the Zionists-Nazi Alliance became part of the ideological foundation of Israel’s apartheid and genocidal policies today.

Even by 1943 when the Holocaust was well underway, Zionists continued to block Jews who tried to settle outside of Palestine.

ANTI-REFUGEEISM ANTI- AID

“Zionists were resistant to anything liable to jeopardize their fundraising revenues …. If the Jews of America contributed to the colony in the Dominican Republic, they might give less to the Jewish National Fund or the Keren Hayesod [United Israel Appeal].”

Source: The Treachery of the Nazi-Zionist Alliance

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As Netanyahu abandons hostages, Hamas may seek to extend war

Anti-government protesters gather outside the Likud's headquarters in Tel Aviv, calling for elections and for a hostage deal, June 22, 2024. (Oren Ziv)

Spokesperson Daniel Hagari admitted after the recent operation in Nuseirat that “we will not be able to return all the hostages through rescue operations.” Yet rather than agreeing to a deal that would release the remaining hostages, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to insist on the continuation of the war until the “elimination of Hamas” — which Hagari, again, admitted just last week is an impossible goal.

Source: As Netanyahu abandons hostages, Hamas may seek to extend war

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Israel Is Bombing “Safe Zones” for Refugees in Gaza

On Friday, Israel bombed areas in Gaza that it had designated as “safe zones” for refugees. It was the beginning of a weekend of wanton killings of Palestinian civilians — enabled by the US’s continued supply of weapons to Israel.

Source: Israel Is Bombing “Safe Zones” for Refugees in Gaza

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Remember the Palestinian Doctors Killed by Israel – CounterPunch.org

Israelis have attacked 464 health care facilities, killed 727 health care workers, injured 933 health care workers, and damaged or destroyed 113 ambulances. “Health care,” the WHO’s Palestine office argues, “is not a target.” And yet, during the past seven months, health care workers have faced relentless attacks by the Israeli military.

Source: Remember the Palestinian Doctors Killed by Israel – CounterPunch.org

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‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 262: Netanyahu says he refuses to end the war on Gaza – Mondoweiss

A Palestinian man looks out onto the wreakage following an Israeli bombardment on the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on June 22, 2024. (Photo: Hadi Daoud/APA Images)

Netanyahu says that the war will not end as Gallant starts talks with U.S. officials

Source: ‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 262: Netanyahu says he refuses to end the war on Gaza – Mondoweiss

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The Israel Lobby vs a Pro-Palestine Socialist in Brooklyn

In a Brooklyn state house race, pro-Palestine socialist Eon Huntley is challenging incumbent Stefani Zinerman. Zinerman is receiving funding from a pro-Israel PAC as well as rich donors like the Walmart heir — money that she is calling “reparations.”

Source: The Israel Lobby vs a Pro-Palestine Socialist in Brooklyn

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The sun sets on the American empire: the Gaza debacle – Pearls and Irritations

USA, Israel and Palestine flags on wall Image:iStock/ Ruma Aktar

The mayhem of the last eight months suggests that the United States remains ascendant in the Middle East, and its global hegemonic presence undiminished. Reality points in a different direction. In this series, Joseph Camilleri explains how, despite its global military reach and expanding alliances in Europe and Asia, America today stands adrift and diminished. Gaza, Ukraine and the China obsession tell the story.

Source: The sun sets on the American empire: the Gaza debacle – Pearls and Irritations

Israel

Tony Greenstein’s: The wrong sort of survivors

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According to the Guardian, Independent and NYT, Holocaust Survivors Who Condemn Israel’s Genocide Are The ‘Wrong Sort of Holocaust Survivor’

Israel

Silencing US Jewish Critics of Zionism

 

Media reports say that American Jews are experiencing “the great rupture,” widening “rifts,” and stand at a “moral, political crossroads.”

For over a century, some American Jews have modeled the idea that unqualified support for Israel and Zionism was “not in our name.” They prioritized justice as a Jewish value and were motivated not by self-hatred or anti-Semitism but by abiding commitments to human rights and to Jewish safety and community.

Source: Silencing US Jewish Critics of Zionism

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Tuesday’s Jamaal Bowman Primary Hits Close to Home for Me – CounterPunch.org

To stop this trend, AIPAC – backed by millions from Republican donors – quickly became the top outside spender in Democratic primaries, dropping $26 million in 2022. This year, AIPAC plans to spend a cool $100 million, and the group’s top target is Bowman, whose primary is Tuesday, June 25.

“[I]n barely a month, an AIPAC-affiliated super PAC has spent $14.5 million — up to $17,000 an hour — on the race, filling television screens, stuffing mailboxes and clogging phone lines with caustic attacks,” the New York Times reported. “With days to go, the expenditures have already eclipsed what any interest group has ever spent on a single House race.”

Source: Tuesday’s Jamaal Bowman Primary Hits Close to Home for Me – CounterPunch.org

UK

Victory for the Disposables: The Sentencing of the Hindujas – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Thankfully, at last when it comes to conditions in Switzerland, the Hindujas are not the only ones being placed under prosecutorial scrutiny. Last year, four domestic workers from the Philippines took legal action against one of Geneva’s diplomatic missions to the United Nations, claiming non-payment over a number of years. It was a brutal reminder that migrant domestic workers remain a seemingly endless quarry of the disposable and exploitable.

Victory for the Disposables: The Sentencing of the Hindujas – » The Australian Independent Media Network

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Hostage Families demand Deal, Netanyahu Resignation, in Largest Demonstrations since Oct. 7

Saturday evening witnessed the biggest Israeli demonstrations against the government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the outbreak of war on October 7, 2023, according to the Israeli press as summarized by Al Jazeera. Some 150,000 are said to have rallied in Tel Aviv alone. They demanded that the prime minister resign.

Source: Hostage Families demand Deal, Netanyahu Resignation, in Largest Demonstrations since Oct. 7

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Netanyahu says war will continue even if ceasefire deal agreed with Hamas | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera

Israeli prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu, whose parliamentary arithmetic may lead to him siding against the peace proposals

People attend a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and a call for the release of hostages in Gaza

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Netanyahu says war will continue even if ceasefire deal agreed with Hamas

The Israeli prime minister reiterated he would not agree to any deal that calls for an end to the eight-month war.

Israeli prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu, whose parliamentary arithmetic may lead to him siding against the peace proposals

He reiterated, however, that he would not agree to any deal that stipulated an end to Israel’s war on Gaza, despite previous claims by the United States that an Israeli proposal would be a pathway to ending the offensive.

Source: Netanyahu says war will continue even if ceasefire deal agreed with Hamas | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera

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At least eight killed in Israeli air strike on UNRWA aid centre in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera

Palestinians carry a wounded outside the UNRWA headquarters following an Israeli attack in Gaza City,

Just do it ” Israel deals with the propaganda later

At least eight people have been killed in an Israeli air attack near an aid centre that was the main headquarters of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip.

The air strike on Sunday hit the main gate of the organisation’s compound in Gaza City in the north of the enclave, injuring multiple Palestinians. The facility is used to distribute the little humanitarian aid that gets into Gaza.

Source: At least eight killed in Israeli air strike on UNRWA aid centre in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera

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Does Israel really want to Open a Two-Front War by attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon?

This threat comes despite the fact Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza is far from over. Israel has still not achieved the two primary objectives Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put forth at the start of the conflict:

  • the destruction of Hamas as a military and governing entity in Gaza
  • the freeing of the remaining Israeli hostages held by Hamas (about 80 believed to still be alive, along with the remains of about 40 believed to be dead).

Source: Does Israel really want to Open a Two-Front War by attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon?

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Netanyahu Again Claims The U.S. Is Withholding Arms Shipments, Days After Washington Denies It | HuffPost Latest News
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet that there had been a “dramatic drop” in U.S. weapons deliveries for Israel’s war effort in Gaza.

Source: Netanyahu Again Claims The U.S. Is Withholding Arms Shipments, Days After Washington Denies It | HuffPost Latest News

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Pain gets worse for Gaza’s older people | The Electronic Intifada

Now 87, Samira has lost a great deal of weight during the current genocidal war on Gaza.

She has been repeatedly displaced and forced to live in a tent.

The situation is particularly gruesome for a woman of her age, who has diabetes.

One symptom of diabetes is a need to urinate frequently. Samira does not have a bathroom near her tent.

Using a crutch, she treks to a bathroom a considerable distance away, accompanied by her children. The sound of Israel’s violence is unavoidable on these treks.

Samira rented an apartment before the war began. Israel has now destroyed that apartment.

Pain is a constant presence in her life.

If Samira eats she feels pain. If she is hungry she feels pain.

Samira used to visit the doctor for regular checkups. As Gaza’s healthcare system has been directly attacked and placed under the worst imaginable strain, Samira has not been able to have proper medical assistance.

And so her pain gets worse and worse.

Source: Pain gets worse for Gaza’s older people | The Electronic Intifada

Israel

What kind of people threaten prosecutors? – Pearls and Irritations

Computer Hacker

Without naming names, a joint statement by 93 countries in a show of support for the International Criminal Court is an unmistakable rebuke of the lawlessness of US and Israel.

Most criminals don’t dare threaten prosecutors. Only mafia dons do.

It’s the same with nations, most of which wouldn’t think of threatening the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), its legal staff and their families.

Only the most powerful and those with its full backing would intimidate the ICC with impunity. Though experts prefer to call it “international relations”, sadly the hierarchical order of nations resembles gangsterism.

 

Source: What kind of people threaten prosecutors? – Pearls and Irritations

Israel

How Israel Became a Nuclear Power

Israel’s nuclear program is its worst-kept secret. It was made possible through the support of Western nations like France and has thrived due to a cynical attitude toward nonproliferation that has made the world more dangerous.

Source: How Israel Became a Nuclear Power

Australian Media

Mainstream media warps reality to blame Labor for ‘cost-of-living crisis’

AUSTRALIA’S MAINSTREAM MEDIA, conservative political parties, right-wing think tanks and sundry corporate commentators would have citizens believe they are in a severe cost-of-living crisis.

Source: Mainstream media warps reality to blame Labor for ‘cost-of-living crisis’

Peter Dutton

‘Climate denialist’: Paul Keating goes nuclear on Peter Dutton

Keating unleashes on ‘climate denialist’ Dutton

Source: ‘Climate denialist’: Paul Keating goes nuclear on Peter Dutton

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Hind Rajab Killing: Analysis Finds Israeli Tank Fired 335 Bullets Into Car at Close Range | Common Dreams

Hind Rajab Killing: Analysis Finds Israeli Tank Fired 335 Bullets Into Car at Close Range

“It’s not plausible that the shooter could not have seen that the car was occupied by civilians, including children,” an investigation of the five-year-old Palestinian girl’s death found.

Source: Hind Rajab Killing: Analysis Finds Israeli Tank Fired 335 Bullets Into Car at Close Range | Common Dreams

Israel

‘They’ve Done It Again’: Israeli Strikes Kill Dozens in Tents Near Rafah – ScheerPost

 

Biden “must stop sending weapons to Israel,” Nina Turner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy, declared in response to the Friday attack. “This is egregious.”

Source: ‘They’ve Done It Again’: Israeli Strikes Kill Dozens in Tents Near Rafah – ScheerPost

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Gaza’s Hospitals Are Empty, and Patients Die in Silence – ScheerPost

Bomb, Drone, Tank, Detsroy, kill at will,  Shut the Hospitals and bring Starvation = Genocide

Source: Gaza’s Hospitals Are Empty, and Patients Die in Silence – ScheerPost

Israel

UN: Israel Flattened Civilian Housing Complexes with 2000-lb. Bombs in absence of Specific Military Target

More of doing nothing but posturing

So if the Israeli government has committed war crimes, it has to investigate them and punish those responsible. Otherwise, the High Commissioner warns ominously, “Member States must support accountability measures at the international level, including through the International Criminal Court.”

Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant had better enjoy Israel in the summer, because their future ability to travel will be circumscribed when they are convicted of war crimes by the ICC.

Source: UN: Israel Flattened Civilian Housing Complexes with 2000-lb. Bombs in absence of Specific Military Target

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Mondoweiss – News & Opinion About Palestine, Israel & the U.S.

Israeli army straps injured Palestinian man to the front of a military vehicle and uses him as a human shield, Jenin, June 22, 2024. (Photo: Social Media)

West Bank

During a military raid on Jenin, Israeli soldiers strapped an injured Palestinian civilian to the front of a military jeep and paraded him through the street as a human shield. He was eventually handed over to Palestinian medical teams.

Source: Mondoweiss – News & Opinion About Palestine, Israel & the U.S.

Israel

Quibbling About Killing: Netanyahu’s Spat with Washington – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Israel is the devil’s child who wants it all

Source: Quibbling About Killing: Netanyahu’s Spat with Washington – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Israel

‘I’m permanently pissed off’- just one feature of a Gaza malaise – Pearls and Irritations

A hand holds up a white sign reading no war, with the Israeli flag as the backdrop, signalling a plea for peace within a national context.

In a search for efforts to change politicians’ attitudes towards Israeli policies, to cease the ‘Hamas, Hamas’ explanation, to foster humanity towards Palestinians, electric shock treatment may not be suitable, but could be worth a try.

If cruel and genocidal actions were classified as evidence of a political mood disorder requiring urgent treatment, electrical convulsions could surely be applied to Prime Minister Netanyahu and the right wing zealots in his Cabinet.

Closer to home, to discourage Opposition leaders from collusion with Israel’s determination to eliminate Palestinians, giving them a therapeutic jolt from a usually reliable source could be timely and justified.

At least, this imaginative electric intervention could reassure citizens experiencing the Gaza malaise that something was being done. In addition, my friend might not be permanently pissed off.

Source: ‘I’m permanently pissed off’- just one feature of a Gaza malaise – Pearls and Irritations

Israel

Jewish critics of Zionism have Clashed with American Jewish Leaders for Decades

 

Source: Jewish critics of Zionism have Clashed with American Jewish Leaders for Decades

Israel

Bowman Calls for Primary Voters to Reject AIPAC Money at Rally With Sanders, AOC | Common Dreams

Bowman Calls for Primary Voters to Reject AIPAC Money at Rally With Sanders, AOC

Flanked by progressive heavyweights, Rep. Jamaal Bowman called for “the many” to defeat “the money” of AIPAC, which has set funding records in its effort to help defeat the pro-Palestine Congressman.

Source: Bowman Calls for Primary Voters to Reject AIPAC Money at Rally With Sanders, AOC | Common Dreams

Peter Dutton

Peter Dutton colludes with greedy billionaire coal and gas miner Gina Rinehart for the fake “Nuclear policy” scamKangaroo Court of Australia

Peter Dutton - Gina Rinehart

Source: Peter Dutton colludes with greedy billionaire coal and gas miner Gina Rinehart for the fake “Nuclear policy” scamKangaroo Court of Australia

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Adam Shatz · Israel’s Descent

Eight months after 7 October, Palestine remains in the grip, and at the mercy, of a furious, vengeful Jewish state, ever…
— Read on www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n12/adam-shatz/israel-s-descent

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New film gives a harrowing glimpse of Gaza’s endless night | The Electronic Intifada

A Palestinian girl stares into the camera

Source: New film gives a harrowing glimpse of Gaza’s endless night | The Electronic Intifada

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‘They’ve Done It Again’: Israeli Strikes Kill Dozens in Tents Near Rafah | Common Dreams

A woman folds a tent in Gaza

Source: ‘They’ve Done It Again’: Israeli Strikes Kill Dozens in Tents Near Rafah | Common Dreams

Israel

Gazan Doctor Dies After Six Days in Israeli Shin Bet Custody Following Arrest – ScheerPost

“Neither he nor Rantisi’s family received any information about his fate. …Rantisi was detained at an army checkpoint while attempting to cross from north to south Gaza, following the Israeli military’s orders for the civilian population to evacuate at the beginning of the war. …Rantisi was detained by the military and never heard from since, and that the fact that his whereabouts are unknown made them worried that he died in custody and his body is being held in Israel.”

According to a report from Haaretz, Shin Bet Israeli intelligence officers arrested a doctor in Gaza on Nov. 11, 2023 and interrogated him for suspicion of holding Israeli hostages. Six days following the arrest of 53-year-old Dr. Iyad Rantisi, he was reported dead at the Shin Bet interrogation facility in Shakima Prison. 

Source: Gazan Doctor Dies After Six Days in Israeli Shin Bet Custody Following Arrest – ScheerPost

Israel

Biden Team Ignores Israel’s History of Deceit and Deception – CounterPunch.org

Democracy wedged between Israel and the Zionist Lobby in America

Netanyahu has spoken privately about his ability to manipulate Democratic administrations because he has the power of the Jewish lobby behind him, and Democratic presidents are fearful of antagonizing the Jewish vote and Jewish fund raising on behalf of  Democrats.  He has insulted American presidents, vice presidents, and secretaries of state over the years, and has never missed an opportunity to demonstrate that he has the upper hand in negotiations with the United States.  Netanyahu has always played hard ball with the United States.  Now, it’s time for the United States to do the same.

Source: Biden Team Ignores Israel’s History of Deceit and Deception – CounterPunch.org

Israel

At U.N. Forum, Israel Opposes Rebuilding Gaza’s Internet Access

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Coupled with killing journalists, the terrorists have destroyed the Gazan Internet access to hide their crimes

Israel destroyed much of Gaza’s internet infrastructure. A Saudi proposal to rebuild it was watered down after Israeli and U.S. protests.

Source: At U.N. Forum, Israel Opposes Rebuilding Gaza’s Internet Access

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Not your Father’s Israel: Extremist Israeli PM Netanyahu is Playing Biden and Blinken for Fools

Bibi’s goal is to expand Israel’s territory with permanent annexations of the West Bank and Gaza in violation of international law, and in the teeth of overwhelming world opinion. He doesn’t deserve a platform in a joint session of Congress to promote this aggressive expansionism. With a Republican majority in the House, the invitation won’t be rescinded. Ideally, both Schumer and Jeffries would revisit their foolish invitation, and withdraw their support. They can do it gracefully by pointing out how quickly the situation in Gaza has deteriorated under Bibi’s leadership and campaign of genocide. They signed on. They should sign off!

Source: Not your Father’s Israel: Extremist Israeli PM Netanyahu is Playing Biden and Blinken for Fools

Israel

When US Officials Show You Who They Are, Believe Them – ScheerPost

“Neither he nor Rantisi’s family received any information about his fate. …Rantisi was detained at an army checkpoint while attempting to cross from north to south Gaza, following the Israeli military’s orders for the civilian population to evacuate at the beginning of the war. …Rantisi was detained by the military and never heard from since, and that the fact that his whereabouts are unknown made them worried that he died in custody and his body is being held in Israel.”

Source: When US Officials Show You Who They Are, Believe Them – ScheerPost

Israel

Understanding Israel’s threats of war with Hezbollah – Mondoweiss
Israeli soldiers set up checkpoints near the southern Lebanese border, October 8, 2023. (Photo: © Imago via ZUMA Press/APA Images)

Start a war and get more weapons,

The southern Lebanese border has reached its highest point of tension since October 7. Both Hezbollah and Israel have escalated threats of all-out war, and now it seems that it might be an actual possibility.

Source: Understanding Israel’s threats of war with Hezbollah – Mondoweiss

Informed Comment

Chris Hedges: The Impending Collapse of US Empire

The public perception of the American empire, at least to those within the United States who have never seen the empire dominate and exploit the “wretched of the earth,” is radically different from reality.

These manufactured illusions, ones Joseph Conrad wrote so presciently about, posit that the empire is a force for good. The empire, we are told, fosters democracy and liberty. It spreads the benefits of “Western civilization.”

These are deceptions repeated ad nauseam by a compliant media and mouthed by politicians, academics and the powerful. But they are lies, as all of us who have spent years reporting overseas understand.

Source: Chris Hedges: The Impending Collapse of US Empire

Israel

Make-Believe Politics

We live in a world of make-believe politics, a world where strings pulled in the interests of the super-rich are ever more visible.

And yet we are expected to pretend we cannot see those strings. More astonishing still, many people really do seem blind to the puppet show.

We are supposed to believe Israel is acting solely in “self-defence,” even when most of the people being killed are unarmed civilians; and that it is “eliminating” Hamas, even though Hamas doesn’t appear to have been weakened, and even though Israel’s starvation policies will take their toll on the young, elderly and vulnerable long before they kill a single Hamas fighter.

Source: Make-Believe Politics

Informed Comment

The National Anti-Corruption Commission has fallen at the first hurdle – » The Australian Independent Media Network

That so many remnants of that era still exist in the ranks of conservatives must surely remind our citizens of how badly they governed. This is a sobering thought when the current Leader sees nothing wrong with their ideology.

Source: The National Anti-Corruption Commission has fallen at the first hurdle – » The Australian Independent Media Network

ALP Government,

Albanese is captured by fossil fuels, just like Morrison before him – The Shot

The Albanese Government is crook. Real crook. Losing its base crook. 

Not as crook as the Coalition, mind you, but Morrison’s was the most corrupt government in Australia’s 124-year history — so that’s not really the sturdiest of yardsticks. 

Source: Albanese is captured by fossil fuels, just like Morrison before him – The Shot

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Palestinians want liberation, not recognition – Pearls and Irritations

Free Palestine graffiti on a wall in Hebron

This commentary is part of a Century International series exploring a shared future for Palestine and Israel that guarantees the fundamental rights of both communities. The Gaza war has exposed the bankruptcy of the existing policy frameworks. Our “Shared Future” series intends to spur conversation and promote new, better options for security, rights, and governance—for Palestinians and Israelis.

Source: Palestinians want liberation, not recognition – Pearls and Irritations

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