Between Dome of the Rock and a Hard Place
When the US describes Israel’s policy of evicting Palestinians and demolishing their homes as “unhelpful” to the peace process [sic], they are using shockingly euphemistic language to characterize what is, in effect, ethnic cleansing. What does that process look like? How do settlers go about stealing Palestinian land under Israeli law? Part of the answer [...]
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As I wrote the post yesterday on the significance of the Daily Show’s interview with Baltzer and Barghouti, a part of me suspected that I would come to see my reaction partially as hype or misplaced optimism. After further thought, however, I find that the opposite is true: I think the show is even more [...]
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In the annals of American media coverage of Israel/Palestine, yesterday’s Daily Show with Jon Stewart was a watershed. On national TV, Jon Stewart interviewed Anna Baltzer and Mustafa Barghouti, advocates for equal Palestinian rights. They got on TV, they argued for equal Palestinian rights, they advocated for security and democracy for both peoples, they responded [...]
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