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israel & palestine - old roads, new mapsIntimate enemies, embittered neighbours, violent antagonists. But does it have to be this way? Tony Klug invites some thoughtful responses to his proposal for an International Protectorate as the way to a durable settlement between Israelis and Palestinians.
The “one-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian impasse is winning support. Time to rethink?
Israel has reached a landmark anniversary. But the ideological project underpinning its existence has brought it to a strategic impasse
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza demands urgent action on both the aid and political fronts
Kosovo’s unfinished business has lessons for the Palestinians’ national struggle too
A Palestinian show of strength on the Gaza-Egypt border could result in a new Israeli invasion
The breach of the Gaza-Egypt barrier is altering the region's political calculations
After eight locust years, a middle east solution is possible. But it needs Europe
Everyone predicts failure. This is how it could
yet be avoided
The middle-east
conference is a lesson in postmodern politics
How open dialogue is vulnerable to closed minds
Only a clear, results-driven approach will salvage the middle-east conference
Jerusalem is the test of the next Israel-Palestine peace effort
The route to peace lies, as it always has, through politics
Hamas has won a military victory in Gaza at the cost of exposing its political weakness
Hamas’s victory in Gaza has drawn new political lines of division across the region. What now?
Palestinians' modern experience is defined by exile, remembrance and longing. How can the past give meaning to the present?
It has taken forty years for Israelis to realise the truth of occupation
The lesson of the post-1967 era is that Israel can't have peace and occupation
Israel's crushing violation of Palestinians' rights also calls into question the very meaning of "state security"
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