Advertisements Apartheid, genocide, and settler-colonialism create a clear dichotomy of oppressor and oppressed. But dehumanization happens on all sides and all of it fuels the very systems that create it. Read more at Cutting Through Continue Reading
Advertisements When Haaretz published a story about warnings Netanyahu got before October 7, it stirred controversy. But what was much more important was that the warnings were a way for Hamas to try to push Netanyahu to conclude agreements that had already been reached for a slight easing of theContinue Reading
Advertisements Demands that Hamas disarm follow decades of international calls for a “demilitarized Palestinian state.” These demands insist that Palestinians surrender their right to self-defense, a right no people should relinquish. Read more at Mondoweiss Continue Reading
Advertisements The world’s refusal to even consider allowing Palestinians to decide their own future is not a product of the October 7 attacks. The democracy exception for Palestine has been a constant feature of Mideast “diplomacy.” Read more at The Battleground Continue Reading
Advertisements It’s important to look at the NYT piece on Israel’s brutal treatment of prisoners and an Israeli report on October 7 with equal measures of scrutiny. That doesn’t mean they are of equal quality. Read more at Cutting Through Continue Reading
