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GAZA CITY — "They told us ‘go west or we will shoot you’," says Ashraf Sadallah. "Initially, we refused, so they began shooting very close all around our boat." At 6am on Jun. 16, Sadallah and his brother Abdel Hadi Sadallah, in their early twenties, went roughly 400 meters out to sea off the coast … Continue reading “Finding Fish, But Israelis Too”

The American media in its 24/7 half-life tends to turn the surprises of history, large and small, into flood-tide events. They sweep over us, offering a kind of news satiation that leads quickly enough to forgetfulness — as the media moves on. And then the subjects of the news are left to struggle, once again … Continue reading “Palestinian Violence Overstated, Jewish Violence Understated”

JERUSALEM — A paralyzing equation has long bedeviled would-be Middle East peacemakers: either, go directly to negotiating the kernel issues of the Israel-Palestine conflict — borders, security, refugees, Jerusalem — and leave, in the context of a full peace, the thorny question of Israeli settlements in the West Bank to fall naturally into place. Or, … Continue reading “The Writing Is On the Settlement Walls”

The rights of Palestinian children are routinely violated by Israel’s security forces, according to a new report that says beatings and torture are common. In addition, hundreds of Palestinian minors are prosecuted by Israel each year without a proper trial and are denied family visits.   The findings by Defense for Children International (DCI) come … Continue reading “Israeli Army Beats and Tortures Children”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has laid out his terms for peace in the Middle East. In a highly anticipated speech at Israel’s Bar-Ilan University last Sunday, Netanyahu said – for the first time – that he was willing to consider a "demilitarized" Palestinian state, existing side by side with Israel. In Washington, U.S. President … Continue reading “Parsing Netanyahu’s Palestinian State”