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Israel’s Descent

Adam Shatz London Review of Books
Exterminationist violence is almost always preceded by other forms of persecution, which aim to render the victims as miserable as possible, including plunder, denial of the franchise, ghettoization, ethnic cleansing and racist dehumanization.

How Israel’s Illiberal Democracy Became a Model for the Right

Suzanne Schneider Dissent Magazine
Israel maintains a system of unequal citizenship system for Jewish and Palestinian Israelis. This version of democracy has long prevailed in Israel, and the Jewish state’s supporters now offer it as a blueprint for the right around the world.

Israel, Russia, and International Law

Lawrence S. Wittner Foreign Policy in Focus
National impunity is not inevitable, at least if people and governments of the world are willing to take the necessary actions.

The Anti-War Left Makes Inroads in Israel

Interview by Federico Fuentes Links
Standing Together’s national field organizer Uri Weltmann discusses the growing peace movement inside Israel, confronting far-right extremists seeking to disrupt humanitarian aid going to the Gaza Strip, and the left’s recent electoral breakthroughs

Integrated Vision

Tom Stevenson London Review of Books
The military protection of Saudi Arabia has been the centrepiece of US power in the region. The US has also committed itself to the protection/support of Israel. America has managed this balancing act without trouble, but it has posed problems.

How To Kill Children Under Siege Legally

Alex Lo South China Morning Post
Some of the most respected publications in Britain and America have resorted to obscure legal grammar such as the use of commas to justify killing children ‘legally’ in Palestine.
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