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Grim Prospects for Palestinian Reality of Self-Rule, Reputable American Scholars Assert

By: John Mason / Arab America Contributing Writer Three prominent American scholars express their pessimism about an equitable solution to the situation of occupied Palestinians. First, Noam Chomsky suggests that neither of the two-state/one-state solutions is viable and suggests a third alternative, one of ‘Greater Israel,’ which explicitly leaves out Palestinian population concentrations. Peter Beinart … Continued

UN human rights chief calls for end to Israel’s occupation of Palestine

Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein addresses a session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images By: Peter Beaumont Source: The Guardian The UN’s top human rights official has marked the 50th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories by calling for its quick end, insisting that such an outcome would benefit … Continued

An historically Jewish country club wants to revoke Barack Obama’s complimentary membership because of the U.N. abstention

By Brendan Gauthier Salon.com The Obama administration’s recent less-than-entirely-submissive relationship with Israel may have cost the outgoing president a free locker at a swanky Maryland country club. The U.S. delegation’s abstention in a U.N. vote to halt Israeli settlements in the West Bank last month effectively ruined Obama’s chance of taking advantage of what was originally intended to be a “back-door thing … Continued

Zogby: Kerry’s speech broke an American political taboo

  By James Zogby Arab American Institute United States secretary of state John Kerry’s valedictory speech on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict unleashed a firestorm of criticism from the very same folks who had just finished hyperventilating over the US abstention on a United Nations Security Council resolution a few days earlier. The speech was divided into … Continued

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