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https://972mag.com/kerrys-parameters-force-israelis-to-take-a-hard-look-in-the-mirror/124070/ John Kerry's speech this week clearly and rationally explained why the status quo will not enable Israel to maintain its Jewish and democratic character.    Are Israelis paying attention? Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

https://972mag.com/five-takeaways-what-the-un-security-council-resolution-means/123897/   The key here is timing…The [Israeli] government is advancing a law to retroactively legalize the theft of Palestinian land. Senior ministers are declaring the end to the two-state era. Annexation of certain Israeli settlements is being seriously discussed . This was the Obama administration's — and the international community's — way of saying that it still cares. .. In response to the threat of European (and American) pressure over settlements and Israeli policy in the West Bank, Israeli leaders have in recent years suggested that Israel does not need Europe —  that it can build alternative partnerships and alliances with non-Western countries like Russia, China, India, and certain African states…One perceivable consequence of the Security Council resolution is that it might embolden the International Criminal Court prosecutor to decide to open a formal investigat...

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/23/world/middleeast/israel-settlements-un-vote.html?action=click&contentCollection=Middle%20East&module=RelatedCoverage&region=Marginalia&pgtype=article   Defying extraordinary pressure from President-elect Donald J. Trump and furious lobbying by Israel , the Obama administration on Friday allowed the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution that condemned Israeli settlement construction….While the resolution is not expected to have any practical impact on the ground, it is regarded as a major rebuff to Israel, one that could increase its isolation over the paralyzed peace process with Israel's Palestinian neighbors, who have sought to establish their own state on territory held by Israel…Minutes after the Security Council vote was announced, Mr. Trump made his anger known in a Twitter posting , saying: "As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th." Posted by Judith Ferster, AI...

https://972mag.com/author/haokets/ The severed ties between Arab-Jewish culture and the wider history and culture of Judaism and the Arab world are being repaired by a groundbreaking new university degree in Israel. Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

https://972mag.com/author/haokets/ The severed ties between Arab-Jewish culture and the wider history and culture of Judaism and the Arab world are being repaired by a groundbreaking new university degree in Israel. Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/22/world/middleeast/donald-trump-united-nations-israel-settlements.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news   …Mr. Trump called on the president to use the United States' veto in the United Nations Security Council to block the Arab-sponsored resolution, which condemned the "construction and expansion" of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. The Obama administration, which vetoed a similar resolution in 2011, had withheld judgment over the latest measure.   With the United States' position publicly in doubt, the resolution was pulled by its sponsor, Egypt, on Thursday morning, hours before the Council was scheduled to vote, and it was unclear when or even if it would be brought back up. But Mr. Trump's forceful insertion into the matter reflected an unusual public split between in...

https://972mag.com/photos-jews-arabs-march-on-settler-highway-to-protest-the-occupation/123751/ [Around 400] Palestinians and Israelis participate in a joint demonstration to protest the occupation, marching along a settler highway to an Israeli checkpoint... Israeli and Palestinian activists from Combatants for Peace gave speeches at the end of the march, as did Joint List MK Ahmed Tibi. He told the marchers: "You are the response to hatred, colonialism, repression, exclusion and aggression," and said they were a message of "peace and hope and a different future for our sons and daughters.." Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member