Ron Pundak / Palestine-Israel Journal (2012)
Pundak, an architect of the Oslo Accords, outlines the people-to-people peace-building efforts currently taking
place between Israelis and Palestinians, as well as the challenges they face. Read More >
Charles D. Freilich | Cornell University Press (2012)
Book
Review (The Middle East Journal) |
CampusBooks
Fortress Israel: The Inside Story of the Military Elite Who Run the Country - and Why They Can't Make Peace
Patrick Tyler | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2012)
Book
Review (The Washington Post) |
CampusBooks
Zogby Research Services / The Arab American Institute (October 2012)
Extensive survey of public opinion with over 4,200 participants among: Israeli Jews and Arabs; Palestinians in the
West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem; Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan; and the American Jewish community.
Shows that the two-state solution remains the only viable option that is acceptable to both Israelis and
Palestinians. Read More >
Ofer Petersburg / Yedioth Ahronoth (August 2012)
Telling account of the hundreds of secular families who have moved to the West Bank in exchange for tax breaks and
low housing prices. Includes an interview with one such family. Read More >
Eyal Weizman | Verso (2012)
Book Review (London Review of
Books) |
CampusBooks
Reece Jones | Zed Books (2012)
Book Review (e-International Relations)
| CampusBooks
Last month saw an assault in Congress on Palestinian refugees--an effort to use legislation to re-define the Palestinian refugee issue out of existence. This week the other shoe dropped, when a bipartisan group of members of Congress introduced a new bill embracing the cause of "Jewish refugees from Arab countries" in a way that Congress has never replicated on the Palestinian side (for more info, see this list of all bills/resolutions dealing with Palestinian and/or Jewish refugees since 1989).
On August 2nd, 2012, Yedioth Ahronoth (Hebrew print edition) published a powerful article looking at the financial bonus that settlements enjoy compared to areas inside the Green Line. The article comes on the heels of Peace Now's publication of an analysis of the budget and a plan to save billions by reducing some benefits to settlements.
The translation is by Israel News Today (INT).