Palestine

This year is supposed to mark 15 years since Israel imposed its devastating blockade on Gaza. It’s been 15 years of systematic collective punishment, with … The Gaza blockade didn’t begin in 2007Read more

The laudable decision of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality to hang maps in classrooms showing the Green Line – the internationally recognized border between Israel and … Who’s afraid of the Green Line?Read more

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Tell us about yourself. I’m 38, a historian of the modern Middle East, and I’m doing a postdoc at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. I … Why Israel once built fine new neighborhoods in GazaRead more

Let me make it clear from the start: In this article there will be no reference to the coalition quarrels and the question of who … The right of return for the Palestinian villages of Ikrit and BiramRead more

“They walked us single file against a bullet-riddled brick wall. It seemed like about 40 soldiers facing us. Their rifles were pointed. They looked like … American survivor of Sabra-Shatila massacreRead more

“History as well as life itself is complicated — neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency,” wrote Jared … A Review of Shay Hazkani’s ‘Dear Palestine’Read more

Have our special days just become painful memories that we relive every year? Such days within the past few weeks were some that will not … Deir Yassin must never be forgottenRead more