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Nov 29, 2023, 6:54 PM

I used to think the two-state solution was important

A Palestinian flag flutters on a hilltop in the town of Beita, near Nablus city in the occupied West Bank, on July 2, 2021, amid ongoing rallies in the Palestinian village protesting the newly-established settler outpost of Eviatar (background) on a nearby hill. - Israeli settlers were leaving the wildcat outpost in adherence to an agreement struck with nationalist premier Naftali Bennett's new government, an AFP reporter said. The hilltop area where they have established a settlement lies near Nablus in the northern West Bank, Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967. Under the terms of the deal, those temporary homes will remain, and the Israeli army will establish a presence in the area. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)

I used to care a lot about the two-state solution. I would puzzle over maps of the West Bank and wonder how to draw the contours of the future borders, ruminate over what the arrangement would be in Jerusalem...

Aug 30, 2023, 2:28 PM

Ben Gvir may be a racist, but he’s just stating Israeli policy

Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel's far-right Minister of National Security, (Photo by Atef SAFADI / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ATEF SAFADI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Last week, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir landed in hot water for claiming “my right … to get around on the roads in Judea and Samaria, is more important than the right to movement for Arabs.” Clearly, this is...

Aug 24, 2023, 8:24 PM

Normalization with Saudi achieves nothing

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - JULY 15: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY â MANDATORY CREDIT - "ROYAL COURT OF SAUDI ARABIA / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) US President Joe Biden (L) meets Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) at Alsalam Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 15, 2022. (Photo by Royal Court of Saudi Arabia/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

If I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel…They see but one thing: we have come and we have stolen their country. Why would they accept that?” – Ben Gurion Ironically Ben Gurion aptly summarized modern...

Aug 17, 2023, 6:08 AM

How the pro-democracy movement is killing democracy

The weekly protests in Tel Aviv (Photo by Yair Palti/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Pushing for military disobedience gives soldiers precedent for future boycotts of, say, a land deal with the Palestinians

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Adam Bernstein is a graduate of PPE and Modern Middle Eastern Studies at Oxford. He is currently working as a freelance political analyst.

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