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Ha’aretz reports that the last Hamas leaders have left Damascus: “A senior member of the Hamas movement politburo, Imad el-Alami, previously based in Syria, returned to the Gaza Strip on Sunday. “Hamas sources said he was the last remaining member of the movement’s Damascus-based politburo to leave Syria. “Hamas decided to leave Syria in [...] Much like me, Yoav Peled and Horit Herman Peled don’t see much future for the two-state solution in the Arab-Israeli conflict. They argue, however, that a single state already exists: “Instead of pursuing the mirage of a two-state solution, would-be peace makers should recognize the fact that Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories in [...] Carlo Strenger believes a two-state solution is no longer a viable option in the Arab-Israeli conflict: “Nousseibeh suggested (in a recent book that) the Palestinians relinquish their struggle for statehood. He even asked them to accept that, for a long time, they would not have full political rights, and that they should settle for [...] Matthew Yglesias argues that population statistics will not compel Israel to adopt any particular policy toward the Palestinians. Here’s what he foresees: “The Israeli government will disavow any claim to sovereignty over the Gaza Strip. They’ll count on public opinion in Egypt to ensure some level of integration across the Gaza-Egypt land border, and [...] Right now, the biggest moving issue in the Arab-Israeli conflict is the push by the Palestinian Authority to be recognized as a state by the United Nations. President Obama, of course, has refused to use this as leverage on the settlement issue, and promised to use all the U.S.’s diplomatic clout to try and [...] Matthew Yglesias correctly notes that non-violent resistance requires an audience, so I’ll call attention to Israel’s conviction of Abdallah Abu Rahme: “One of the leading figures behind a recent wave of non-violent protests against occupation has been sentenced by an Israeli military court to one year in prison. “The court also ordered Abdallah [...] I wouldn’t call it a revolution, but events in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah are starting to put the Israeli left back in the public consciousness. The story goes back to last summer: “A mixed group of Israeli and international human rights activists have been gathering weekly since August in this residential [...] |
Blake Hounshell (aka praktike), our co-founder and main man, is managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine. He's now reporting on the Egyptian Revolution from Cairo. 
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