Israel/ Palestine

“A song telling the story of Palestine has gone viral on social media. TikToker Eman Askar – @emmasworld.101 – rhymes off of historical facts with her lyrics.” TRT World: TikToker sings for Palestine

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As Boteach comes for Dua Lipa, has Tactic of Smearing People as anti-Semites for Backing Palestinian Human Rights jumped the Shark?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Orthodox Rabbi Shmuely Boteach has come after the brilliant, Grammy-award-winning Kosovar-British pop star Dua Lipa with an ad in the New York Times accusing her of anti-Semitism for supporting Palestinian rights. She vigorously denied the charge and denounced the ad. She should also sue for libel. Boteach is a huge […]

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Why Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah is a microcosm of the Israeli Oppression of Palestinians

Middle East Monitor

By Jamal Kanj | | ( Middle East Monitor) – Palestinian diaspora narratives are broad. Sheikh Jarrah is the story of Palestinian families, in one East Jerusalem neighbourhood, under the Israeli occupation. In contrast, my diaspora journey traces a family of sheep herders and farmers in the Galilee pushed to a Northern Lebanese refugee camp […]

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Israel and the Palestinians celebrate a ceasefire — but will anything change?

The Conversation

By Anthony Billingsley | – Israel and Hamasagreed to a ceasefire. That is good news for everyone involved. The dying can hopefully end and further destruction be avoided — at least for now. Both sides can also claim victory. Hamas can claim to have defended the interests of Palestinians in Jerusalem in contrast to its […]

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Israeli invasion of al-Aqsa Mosque Compound Shows Conflict remains Hot despite Ceasefire, Angers Muslims Worldwide

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Only half a day after a ceasefire went into effect between the Palestinians in Gaza and the government of Binyamin Netanyahu in Israel, the peace was disturbed in Jerusalem at the flashpoint al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Rabi’ Sawaid reports for Arab 48 that confrontations broke out Friday afternoon between worshipers at […]

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Israeli Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinian East Jerusalem is a Spark in a Tinderbox: What I Saw There

Mohammed Samaana

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment) – The latest escalation in violence in the Middle East was sparked by the Israeli government plan to ethnically cleanse dozens of Palestinian families from the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem. Most of these families had been previously forced from their homes in 1948 when Israel was created […]

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What Is Joe Biden’s Israel Policy, Exactly?

Phyllis Bennis

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – So just what is the Biden administration’s policy towards Israel? Why did Biden take so long to respond to the violence as it spiraled out of control in Jerusalem and Gaza? Why do Biden’s repeated “Israel has the right of self-defense” litanies so closely match the positions of his […]

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Israel’s Pyrrhic Victory: It Razed some buildings, but Reinforced Palestinian National Identity

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel and Hamas agreed on an unconditional ceasefire to begin at 2 am on Friday morning, which both sides put into effect, according to the Washington Post. Palestinians throughout the Occupied territories celebrated what they saw as a victory, according to Al Jazeera. One man in Gaza told the network […]

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The Issue isn’t Self-Defense, it is Occupation and Statelessness: Juan Cole interviewed by Steve Clemons, “The Bottom Line”

Juan Cole

“While unquestioning support for Israel is still the name of the game in Washington, DC, a growing number of Democrats are demanding political rights for Palestinians. University of Michigan Professor Juan Cole is the founder of Informed Comment, a blog on US foreign policy in the Middle East. He tells host Steve Clemons that people […]