by Jeff Halper Struggling as I have for the past decades to grasp the dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and find ways to get out of this interminable and absolutely superfluous conflict, I have been two-thirds successful. After many years of activism and analysis, I think I have put my finger on the first third of the equation: What is the problem? My answer, which has withstood the test of time and today is so evident that it elicits the res ...

Bill stipulates a two-thirds Knesset majority or a referendum on any potential land-for-peace deal concluded with Arabs. AlJazeera.net; November 22, 2010 Israel's parliament, backed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, has approved a law that requires a two-thirds Knesset majority or a referendum on any potential land-for-peace deal concluded with Arab neighbours.     The law, which was passed by a vote of 65 to 33 on Monday, calls for ...

Middle East Monitor, November 11, 2010 The Director of Operation for the UN Relief and Works Agency [UNRWA] in the Gaza Strip, John Ging, has confirmed that "no tangible change" has occurred to the lives of Gaza's people since Israel announced it would ease its economic blockade of the Strip last June.     Israel's announcement that it would lift some of the restrictions imposed on Gaza to allow the entry of more food and consumer goods ...