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8-10-2021 Liberal Zionism is dying. Will foregoing the Jewish state save it? - Shaul Magid +972

https://www.972mag.com/haifa-republic-book-review-liberal-zionism/   In " Haifa Republic: A Democratic Future for Israel , NYU philosopher Omri Boehm calls for re-envisioning Zionism as a binational project in order to shed Jewish historical trauma and salvage democratic values...   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

8-1-2021 Israel Wants to Become a Petroleum Superpower, and the Climate Crisis Can Wait - Zafrir Rinat Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-wants-to-become-a-petroleum-superpower-and-the-climate-crisis-can-wait-1.10068600 A visit to state-owned EAPC facilities in Ashkelon, one of the world's 20 largest oil storage facilities, make the recent cabinet resolution promising a low-carbon future for the Israeli economy seem like science fiction… Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

7-302021 Mohammed [Tamimi] Was Looking for His Little Brother When Israeli Soldiers Shot Him Dead at Close Range - Gideon Lev & Alex Levac Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/twilight-zone/.premium.MAGAZINE-mohammed-was-fetching-his-brother-when-idf-troops-shot-him-at-close-range-1.10055430   … Mohammed Munir Tamimi was the fifth person killed in recent years in the village of Nabi Saleh , not far from Ramallah in the West Bank, almost all of whose residents are from the Tamimi clan…Nabi Saleh called off its regular Friday anti-occupation demonstrations in 2016, after six years, when the IDF started to use snipers and live ammunition against the unarmed inhabitants. But more people have been killed there since the demonstrations ended than during the period when they were taking place…   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

8-17-2021 Haifa Republic: A Democratic Future for Israel – Omri Boehm New York Review of Books

https://www.nyrb.com/products/haifa-republic-a-democratic-future-for-israel?variant=13996267896884   …The philosopher Omri Boehm argues for…a single binational state in which Palestinians and Jews both possess human rights and equal citizenship.   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

8-2-2021 Israeli Supreme Court tells Sheikh Jarrah residents to ‘reach agreement’ with settlers trying to displace them - Yumna Patel Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2021/08/israeli-supreme-court-tells-sheikh-jarrah-residents-to-reach-agreement-with-settlers-trying-to-displace-them/ …As protected residents, the Palestinian families would be forced to pay yearly rent to the Israeli settler organization Nahalat Shimon, which claims ownership over Sheikh Jarrah and is seeking to replace its Palestinian residents with Israeli settlers…   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

8-2-2021 Sheikh Jarrah Eviction Case: Court Offers Palestinians 'Protected Residents' Status – Nir Hasson Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-sheikh-jarrah-eviction-case-court-offers-palestinians-protected-residents-status-1.10071018 Session ends in stalemate after sides clash over question of ownership of the land. According to the compromise, the Palestinian residents will not be evicted in the coming years Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

7-30-2021 Israel’s attack on Gaza diminished its support among Democratic voters - Michael Arria Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2021/07/israels-attack-on-gaza-diminished-its-support-among-democratic-voters/ Almost 70% of Democratic voters now say that their congressional reps support Israel more than they do.   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member