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6-3-2021 Cracks in the Israeli Consensus - David Shulman New York Review of Books

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2021/07/01/gaza-cracks-israeli-consensus/   The latest round of violence in Gaza has led to the reemergence of the Palestinian national movement—as well as more skepticism among Israelis about repeatedly making war on Hamas. … Hamas is hardly an ideal negotiating partner, though it may well be the only one left after two decades during which Israel purposely emasculated the Palestinian Authority…. As things stand now, Israel may well fall apart because of its irrational obsession with colonizing occupied Palestinian territory…   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

5-28-2021 An Opportunity That Can’t Be Passed: On Blinken’s Historic Meeting With Palestinian Activists - Miko Peled Mint Press

https://www.mintpressnews.com/anthony-blinken-historic-meeting-palestinian-activists/277448/ For the first time, an American Secretary of State has given time and attention to the Palestinian voice. It was not a photo-op, it was a serious meeting with various Palestinian voices who are actively resisting on the ground....   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

5-11-2021 The Jewish Case for Palestinian Refugee Return -Peter Beinert Jewish Currents

https:// jewishcurrents.org/teshuvah-a-jewish-case-for-palestinian-refugee-return/?mc_cid=3350a78058&mc_eid=630e9d0111   …By facing [the Nakba] squarely and beginning a process of repair, both Jews and Palestinians, in different ways, can start to come home. Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member