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https://www.jewishexponent.com/2020/04/10/ian-lustick-discuses-new-book-paradigm-lost/   [Discussion of Ian Lustick's Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality, 2019 University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019] …The best thing American Jews can do, or the vast majority who consider themselves liberal Democrats, is to stop waiting for the messiah of the two-state solution.   Instead we should look at Israel as we look at our own country, and apply our liberal democratic values to Israel exactly as we want those values applied to our own lives and our own country.   The Democratic Party, which enforced Jim Crow and barriers to voting for black people, came to count African Americans as a loyal part of their base. American Jews played a crucial role in that development.   So, in the future, will Arabs, and a Jewish-Arab political alliance, be crucial to any future for Israel that American Jews are likely to find attractive. That is the message we must

https://www.972mag.com/netanyahu-coalition-annexation-gantz/ After a year of political deadlock, Netanyahu forms a new governing coalition that prioritizes annexing of the West Bank above all else — including the fight against the coronavirus.   … Much of this will depend on President Trump's political situation and how much pressure Jordan and potentially Egypt exert on him — as well as pressure from Israel's security establishment, which fears that annexation could lead to the collapse of its security coordination with the Palestinian Authority, and possibly Israel's peace agreement with Jordan. Barring opposition from the White House, however, the way the coalition agreement was written means Netanyahu will find it very difficult to explain to his supporters any course of action that does not end with annexation of the West Bank. In a sense, this section almost forces him to annex…   Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

https://www.972mag.com/gaza-israel-normalization-media/ A controversy involving a Gaza journalist highlights the Palestinian debate around normalization — but mainstream outlets are failing to take it seriously…. As a journalist, I strongly condemn Khoudary for endangering someone's life, as it violates basic journalistic ethical standards. Yet many journalists and readers went too far by attacking Khoudary for her opinions on "normalization."   While I make no excuses for Khoudary's actions, it is worth unpacking the complexity of the battle over normalization within Palestinian society, while pointing out the glaring disservice of mainstream media outlets when they try to explain those complexities to their readers.   The New York Times article failed to provide its readers with any thoughtful insights into the concept of "normalization," let alone an explanation as to why so many Palestinians staunchly refuse to hold any kind of dialogue w

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/world/middleeast/rami-aman-palestinian-activist-arrested.html?action=click&module=moreIn&pgtype=Article&region=Footer&action=click&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=Article&region=Footer&contentCollection=Middle%20East   A video chat, intended to build bridges between Israeli and Palestinian strangers, led some in Gaza to label the conversation itself an act of treason.   For five years, a small but feisty group of Palestinian peace activists in the blockaded Gaza Strip has been organizing small-scale video chats with Israelis under a bridge-building initiative it calls "Skype With Your Enemy." On Monday, the group, the Gaza Youth Committee, drew one of its biggest crowds yet — more than 200 participants — this time on Zoom…But other Palestinians in Gaza, who took umbrage at the idea of befriending Israelis, were also listening in. And the resulting public uproa

https://www.972mag.com/gaza-coronavirus-israeli-solida/   As COVID-19 arrives in Gaza, Israelis launch a campaign raising funds and calling on their government to take responsibility for the crisis in the Strip.   Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

https://popularresistance.org/covid-19-chronicles/   [video interviews including with Palestinian Doctor Dr. Samah Jab "Palestinians survived bombings, curfews, the siege. They will survive the coronavirus" and Israeli historian Ilan Pappé "Many Israeli covid19 patients will owe their l ives to Palestinian doctors" also new application of Israeli surveillance to Israeli Jews.]   Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

  https://therealnews.com/stories/paradigm-lost-death-of-two-state-solution-israel-palestine   In his new book, "Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality," Ian Lustick describes the end of not only the two-state solution, but also the idea of partition. [Interview with Lustig]   Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

  https://www.spreaker.com/user/therealnews/coronavirus-is-the-shock-dictatorship-is?utm_medium=widget&utm_source=user%3A10317997&utm_term=episode_title   Nowhere has the coronavirus pandemic been used more cynically to shut down political debate and the right to protest than in Israel. The Israeli government's state of emergency goes even further than Naomi Klein's darkest predictions. Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member