Surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence prompts concern, calls for peace from New England
By Jeremy C. Fox and Christine Mui Globe Correspondent,Updated May 12, 2021, 2 hours ago
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More than 150 people held a rally Wednesday at Park Street Station.Matthew J Lee/Globe staff
At dueling rallies in Boston, and in homes across the region, many called Wednesday for a peaceful end to deadly violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli military and Palestinian militants have been engaged in airstrikes and rocket fire amid escalating tensions.
Hundreds have been injured and scores killed since the violence erupted last weekend between the Israeli army and Islamic militants, including Hamas. At issue is the decades-long dispute over land that both sides claim in East Jerusalem. Most of the recent violence started in the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.
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After decades of on and off negotiations and failed peace initiatives and as Israel continues to block the emergence of a sovereign and viable Palestinian state, it is time for a shift in U.S. policy toward Palestinian-Israeli peacemaking.
Yet how can this U.S. administration help change the political calculations of Palestinians and Israelis, alter the negative trajectory of realities on the ground, and rebuild prospects for a durable peace?
In a recent paper entitled “
Breaking the Israel-Palestine Status Quo,” Marwan Muasher, Zaha Hassan, and Daniel Levy, called for a new U.S. approach to the conflict that prioritizes the rights and human security of Palestinians and Israelis. The paper outlines some of the principal policy options that could be derived from a rights-based approach in addressing the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Discrimination against Palestinians constitutes apartheid Human Rights Watch report concludes that, from an international law perspective, Israel has indeed crossed the line
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Palestinians wave the Palestinian flag as they protest at Damascus Gate of the Old City, in Jerusalem, 26 April 2021. Protests became nightly since the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in anger over police blocking off access and gathering on areas around Damascus Gate of the Old City. EPA/ATEF SAFADI
In 1961, Hendrik Verwoerd declared that ‘Israel, like South Africa, is an apartheid state’. As an architect of apartheid, and South African Prime Minister at the time, he spoke from a position of some authority.
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