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		<title>Theodore Bikel: Legitimizing an obstacle to peace</title>
		<link>http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-09-08/theodore-bikel-legitimizing-an-obstacle-to-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=21355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have often spoken out in opposition to cultural boycotts ... but in the political arena, artists make a statement by their presence or their absence.]]></description>
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		<title>Avi Shlaim: This time in Washington, honest brokerage is not going to be enough</title>
		<link>http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-09-07/this-time-in-washington-honest-brokerage-is-not-going-to-be-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=21341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[Netanyahu's] rhetoric has changed, but his policy can still be summed up in one ominous word: politicide  – to deny the Palestinian people any independent political existence in Palestine. This world view identifies him not as a genuine partner to President Abbas on the road to peace but as the proponent of permanent conflict.]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Times: Israel’s choice is land or peace</title>
		<link>http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-09-05/israel%e2%80%99s-choice-is-land-or-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=21294</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It should be perfectly obvious that talks aimed at the creation of a Palestinian state cannot possibly prosper while Israel continues its strategic colonisation of the land on which that state would be built. The US and its international partners must insist on a cessation of settlement-building.]]></description>
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		<title>Ahmad Tibi: Pressing Netanyahu is the key to success in Mideast peace talks</title>
		<link>http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-09-03/pressing-netanyahu-is-the-key-to-success-in-mideast-peace-talks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=21203</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The only way out of the impasse is for Jews to recognize Palestinians as their equals and negotiate with them on that basis. A fair two-state solution requires the abrogation of all laws, both in Israel and the occupied territories, that raise Jews above Palestinians. This is a point the US, notwithstanding the recent dangerous demagoguery of some of its politicians in seeking to elevate Christian and Jewish religious rights over those held by Muslim Americans, should still understand.]]></description>
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		<title>Antoine Raffoul: Lifta&#8217;s legacy under threat</title>
		<link>http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-09-03/liftas-legacy-under-threat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=21240</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lifta must be preserved and rebuilt by/for its original owners to raise awareness about the history of 1948. Lifta, in its new image, should pave the way for establishing a determined campaign for truth and reconciliation between two historic peoples. Lifta, in our view, represents the traceable genealogy which gives insight into the origins of the conflict. Peeling the layers of conflict would lead to an acknowledgment of the tragedy and an understanding of its implication on people's identity.]]></description>
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		<title>Nicolas Pelham: Hamas Back Out of Its Box</title>
		<link>http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-09-02/hamas-back-out-of-its-box/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=21194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[A] strategy predicated on the belief that a few more humanitarian truckloads will make the problem of Gaza go away is as deeply flawed as the notion that Ramallah’s surfeit of new high-street cafés will be a sufficient sedative for the aspirants to a Palestinian state. Gaza is a political, not a humanitarian, problem.]]></description>
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		<title>Esther Zandberg: Architects out of Ariel</title>
		<link>http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-09-02/architects-out-of-ariel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=21164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The time has come for those planning the red-roofed facts on the ground to refuse to design any more buildings in the settlements.]]></description>
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		<title>Gideon Levy: A response to Pfc. [Aluf] Benn</title>
		<link>http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-09-02/a-response-to-pfc-benn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-09-02/a-response-to-pfc-benn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=21136</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The occupation did not turn us into lawless criminals, you write with a pure heart. Really? You handcuffed thousands of people for no reason, without trial, in humiliating conditions, causing them pain that made them scream, according to your testimony. Is this not a loss of humanity?
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<strong>MORE by Gideon Levy</strong>
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<strong><a href="http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-08-29/puppet-theater/
">Puppet theater</a><br />
</strong><strong><a href="http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-08-15/gideon-levy-arabs-get-out/">"Arabs, get out"</a><br />
</strong><strong><a href="http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-08-08/gideon-levy-missing-the-forest/">Missing the forest</a></strong>]]></description>
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		<title>Jonathan Cook: Bedouin land fight</title>
		<link>http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-09-01/bedouin-land-fight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-09-01/bedouin-land-fight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=21049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<strong> Israeli historian Tom Segev: "Who does this country belong to?”</strong>
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Should Mr al-Uqbi win his case, tens of thousands of Bedouin ... could be entitled to repossess their agricultural lands... Theoretically, it might also open the door to claims by millions of Palestinian refugees scattered across the Middle East.
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<strong>MORE by Jonathan Cook</strong>
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<strong><a href="http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-08-24/israelis-risk-jail-to-smuggle-palestinians/" target="_self">Israelis risk jail to smuggle Palestinians</a></strong>
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<strong><a href="http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-08-17/israel-should-not-keep-its-history-behind-lock-and-key/" target="_self">Israel should not keep its history behind lock and key</a></strong>
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<strong><a href="http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-08-17/racist-universities/" target="_self">Racist Universities?</a></strong>
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<strong><a href="http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-08-11/jonathan-cook-us-arms-bonanza-in-middle-east/" target="_self">The US arms ‘bonanza’ in Middle East</a></strong>
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<strong><a href="http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-08-06/negev-village-torn-down-for-second-time/" target="_self">Negev village torn down for second time</a></strong>
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<strong><a href="http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-27/jonathan-cook-do-drone-attacks-make-life-and-death-worth-less/" target="_self">Do drone attacks make life and death worth less?</a></strong>
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<strong><a href="http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-13/jonathan-cook-remote-controlled-killing/" target="_self">Remote-Controlled Killing</a></strong>]]></description>
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		<title>Diana Buttu: direct talks bound to fail</title>
		<link>http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-09-01/diana-buttu-direct-talks-bound-to-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-09-01/diana-buttu-direct-talks-bound-to-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=21101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[I]t is not at all surprising that Mahmoud Abbas, speaking on behalf of Mahmoud Abbas, comes forward and declares that the PLO has accepted such talks when they haven't. And declares that the Palestinian people are welcoming such talks when they are not. And has the audacity to speak on behalf of Palestine and the Palestinians when he is neither elected nor legitimate any longer.]]></description>
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