Nation Topics - West Bank | The Nation

It doesn't actually matter if the Coop boycotts Israel or not. Just having the debate is a symbolic victory for the pro-boycott camp. 

American decline in perspective, part two.

The brash webzine +972 is challenging a political and media culture that has moved steadily to the right.

Why do patriotic members of an elite combat unit refuse to serve in the occupied territories?

On a recent visit to Gaza, officials from both factions told me they are ready to accept the results of new elections, win or lose.

Israel’s expansion project in the West Bank and Jerusalem is ensuring that the “nation” that the UN might grant membership will be each day a little smaller, a little less viable, a little less there.

The Palestinian liberation struggle was “the rock that was thrown in the still water.”

Israel must forge a new Palestinian and regional strategy in response to the Arab Awakening.

As a Jew who has been an ardent supporter of Israel since its independence, it pains me to record what I saw on a recent trip to the West Bank. But if the occupation continues as such, Israel’s legitimacy and future are at stake.

Sabotage and threats have damaged and delayed this year’s mission, but so far the activists are winning the media war.