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WorldFebruary 20, 2023
Israel Is Destroying the Fantasies of Liberal Zionism
Israeli apartheid is more obvious than ever, and liberal supporters of Zionism are being confronted with a reality that they have tried for so long to deny.
Saree Makdisi
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Financial CrisisAugust 12, 2021
Behind the Crisis in Lebanon, a Vast Bank-Run Ponzi Scheme
From gas lines to medicine shortages, Lebanon is suffering the fallout of years of political and financial corruption.
Saree Makdisi
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May 17, 2021
The Nakba Is Now
With the explosion of Israeli violence this last week, Palestinians are experiencing a level of terror that is both new and painfully reminiscent of the terror of 1948.
Saree Makdisi for The Nation
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Foreign PolicyJanuary 30, 2020
What’s New About Trump’s Mideast ‘Peace’ Plan? Only the Blunt Crudity of Its Racism.
From the administration’s perspective, Palestinian suffering doesn’t count because Palestinians themselves don’t count.
Saree Makdisi
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December 19, 2019
The Push to Quash Criticism of Israel Is a Push to Quash Free Speech
It is not anti-Semitism to criticize a state for enshrining inequality.
Saree Makdisi
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Regions and CountriesFebruary 2, 2008
The Strangulation of Gaza
The breach in the wall at Rafah dramatized the fact that an imprisoned population is at the point of starvation.
Saree Makdisi
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Regions and CountriesMay 31, 2007
For a Secular Democratic State
Zionism has run its course, and in doing so has killed any possibility of a two-state solution.
Saree Makdisi
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Regions and CountriesAugust 20, 2006
Lessons Learned
As a tentative ceasefire takes hold between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, the world–and the United States in particular–should ponder lessons learned and the price we will pay for our role in the conflict.
Saree Makdisi