– by Yoav Peck – 12/1/2023 Here is a reflection from Yoav Peck, a Jerusalem organizational psychologist and co-director of community relations at the Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families Forum, about the incoming government and the dire political landscape. Annie Edson Taylor was an American schoolteacher who, on her 63rd birthday in 1901, survived a trip over Niagara […]
– by Yahav Zohar – 13/11/2022 Last Tuesday Israelis went to the polls for the fifth time in three and a half years, finally yielding what may be a stable government coalition. It is no surprise that this government will again be headed by Netanyahu, but what has been a surprise to many is the rise […]
– by Alexander Jones and Mohammad Barakat – Chances are you have heard recently that Israeli Prime-Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has plans to annex the Jordan Valley. The idea was given a massive boost from both the 2020 Israeli election results and the ‘Peace to Prosperity’ plan revealed by US President Donald Trump. Annexation is now […]
– by Yahav Zohar – May 2021 Israel-Palestine is in the news again, there are bombs and rockets lighting up the sky, turning homes to rubble and dramatically toppling towers. Heads turn in our direction and people want to know what’s going on. “Israel is bombing us” say Gazans. “Hamas shot rockets first” say Israelis. […]
The Jordan Valley and today’s political boundaries – by Alexander Jones and Mohammad Barakat – Chances are you have heard recently that Israeli Prime-Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has plans to annex the Jordan Valley. The idea was given a massive boost from both the 2020 Israeli election results and the ‘Peace to Prosperity’ plan revealed by […]
– by Yahav Zohar – On 10 September 2019 (a week before the 2nd 2019 Israeli elections) Israeli prime minister Netanyahu announced his plan to annex the Jordan Valley, standing in front of a map incorrectly noting the location of some Israeli settlements and omitting several Palestinian villages. The next day, there was condemnation from […]
