Salvaging the Two-State Solution “If the choice is one state, Israel can either be Jewish or democratic, it cannot be both and won’t ever live in peace.” – John Kerry In 1947 the United Nations passed Resolution 181, authorizing the division of Palestine into two states: thirty-five percent for the Arabs and fifty-five percent for the Israelis. The remaining portion, Jerusalem, was to be...
How a Man of War Became a Man of Peace Peres the “man of peace.” Peres the “beloved.” Peres the “optimistic.” How sad we ought to be that Israel’s last founding father is dead…right? Wrong—well, sort of. I am struggling to summon any sympathy. And that is not for a lack of effort. I don’t rejoice in these sorts of things—that would be eerie and morbid. Not my style. But...
SHARIFA KHAN
<Contributor>
The opinion piece that ran in the November 26, 2012 issue of the Obiter Dicta titled “Hamas is the chief obstacle to peace” was filled with inaccurate statements and was severely oversimplified to support the idea that peace between Israel and the Palestinians remains elusive primarily due to Hamas.
CAMERON SMITH
<Contributor>
Having read with interest the piece on the most recent reincarnation of the Arab-Israeli conflict in Gaza within the last edition of Obiter Dicta, I wanted to refute the claims made that Israel is a state where basic liberty is protected, religious freedom is fundamental, and the rule of law is paramount.
THOMAS MASTORAS
<Co-Editor-in-Chief>
Hamas terrorists are entirely to blame for the current round of violence and suffering in Israel and Gaza.
RORY MCGOVERN
<Contributor>
Propagandizing war through social media is a total and utter disgrace. Why would anyone show the world their ugliness by putting their sadism on display?
GEOFF GOODSON <Contributor> As I write this article I am in a shierut (shuttle), from the Ben Gurion airport in Tele Viv to Hebrew University’s Beit Maiserdorf faculty club, which will be our home for the next month. The sparse palm trees and occasional bright flowers contrast against the ubiquitous side-reel running by my window. Everywhere, box-like buildings seem to be made from the...