In a pioneering court case, Israeli human rights activists are asking the Supreme Court to grant an order to demolish homes being built on Palestinian land in the West Bank.
Gershom Gorenberg
Gershom Gorenberg is a senior correspondent for the Prospect. His most recent book is War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis From the Middle East. Follow him on Twitter @GershomG.
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Tough Like Tzipi
As Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni prepares her run for prime minister while Hillary Clinton ends her run for president, the question becomes: How tough must a female candidate be?
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Losing Lebanon
Violence has shaken Lebanon as Hezbollah, backed by Iran, resists efforts by the nation’s pro-western government to weaken its power.
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The Mideast Editing Wars
The hawkish pro-Israel group CAMERA’s campaign to warp Wikipedia articles was ineffectual. But it’s a warning not to trust the online encyclopedia — and to be wary of partisan “accuracy” advocates in the Israeli-Palestinian Narrative War.
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J Street on the Map
Today’s announcement of a new Washington-based pro-Israel lobby is long overdue. Finally, there is a lobby working for what Israel and the U.S. really need: Middle East peace.
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Hamas: A Silent Partner for Peace?
Faced with internal political pressures and the hard fact of Israel’s strength, Hamas has moderated its political positions significantly. The moment may be ripe for pushing Hamas further toward the center.
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ROAD TO SEGREGATION.
The Israeli Supreme Court has given its stamp of approval, at least temporarily, to an army policy of keeping a key West Bank highway off-limits to Palestinian drivers, as New York Times correspondent Ethan Bronnerreports today. The irony: The Israeli government originally told the Court that the road was being built to serve local Palestinians. […]
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The Strange Case of Robert Malley
The recent hounding of Barack Obama for the supposed anti-Israel stance of his informal adviser Robert Malley is an instructive point in the controversies surrounding who gets to tell the narrative of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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Burden of Proof
Increasingly, the rabbis in the Israeli state bureaucracy demand proof that people registering to marry are really Jewish. The proof they seek is unavailable to most American-born Jews.
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THE GAZAN CONUNDRUM.
The NY Times has an analysis today on Israel’s dilemma in negotiating peace with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas when Hamas, not Abbas, controls Gaza. As the last few days’ events showed, military confrontations between Israel and Hamas make it impossible for Abbas to keep negotiating. And even if he reached a deal, how much would […]
