Arab-Israeli conflict

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• 2/22/2023
  

  How Israel Lost its Way

  by Alon Ben-Meir

  After Israel has raised several generations as warriors and occupiers, has the nation lost sight of the toll on its own youth and the consequences for peace? 

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• SOURCE: Bloomberg CityLab
  3/14/2022
  

  An Urbanist and Siege Survivor Says Ukraine's Cities are its Best Hope

  by Shlomo Angel

  "When a war becomes an urban war — when invaders move from open countryside to crowded streets — the advantages of size, air cover, or more sophisticated weaponry do not hold."

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• 2/20/2022
  

  Martin Indyk Writes the Palestinians Out of the History of Kissinger's Middle East Diplomacy

  by James R. Stocker

  Martin Indyk’s new work offers a vivid portrait of the former Secretary of State’s Arab-Israeli diplomacy, but he completely misses one of the most important parts of this policy – the Palestinians.

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• SOURCE: Forward
  1/22/2022
  

  Israeli Documentary Works to Break Silence over 1948 Israeli-Arab Violence

  Director Alon Schwartz examines the events in the town of Tantura, where an Israeli militia is alleged to have killed 200 Arab residents. Oral history interviews with surviving members of the militia are key, but controversial, pieces of evidence.

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• SOURCE: Haaretz
  12/12/2021
  

  Haaretz Editorial: Israel Must Acknowledge War Crimes in 1948 Fight for Independence

  "It is time to acknowledge the truth, and first to publish the report by the first attorney general, Yaakov-Shimshon Shapira, on the massacres of the dark autumn of 1948... and to hold a penetrating public discussion of their implications today."

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• 5/23/2021
  

  For Israel and the Palestinians, Reconciliation Must Precede a Peace Process

  by Alon Ben-Meir

  If the recent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas holds, many may be tempted to push for renewing a negotiated peace process. This is skipping the vital and difficult work of reconciliation that is necessary to a just peace.

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  5/20/2021
  

  In Israel, the Violent Legacy of 1948

  by Benny Morris

  "The chaos in the towns of Lydda, Ramle, Haifa, Umm al-Fahm and Acre is a dim echo of the civil war between Palestine’s Jewish and Arab communities that engulfed the country during the first months of the 1948 war."

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• SOURCE: MSNBC
  5/17/2021
  

  Middle East Historian: Biden Administration is 'Complicit in Shielding Israel' from International Pressure

  Historian Rashid Khalidi discusses the conflict with Andrea Mitchell and argues that the Biden administration's support is protecting Israel from pressure from other nations to stop air strikes in Gaza or negotiate with Hamas.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  12/12/2020
  

  An Epic Israeli TV Drama Exposes War Wounds Old and New

  A new Israeli television series represents one of the nation's few high-profile examinations of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and examines the toll of trauma on veterans.