External Readings

External Readings
Turkish elections, Western illusions
May 9, 2023Marwan Bishara
Turkey’s elections on May 14 are attracting significant international attention, with major media outlets dubbing them “the most important elections of 2023”. …
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Attitudes among Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel Regarding Participation in Protests against the Levin Plan for Judicial Reform
Apr 3, 2023Mada al-Carmel Center
Mada al-Carmel Center’s February 2023 position paper focused on the positions of the Palestinian community in Israel, as represented by official institutions a…
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Israelis need to see through the biggest lie of all
Mar 28, 2023Marwan Bishara
At the heart of the ongoing turmoil engulfing Israel is a pathological liar and a pervasive lie. The liar has long been exposed, but the lie he and others have…
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From Iraq to Ukraine: Reflections on imperial hubris
Mar 20, 2023Marwan Bishara
Twenty years ago, as the United States prepared to wage war on Iraq, then-Democratic Senator Joe Biden voted in favour of President George Bush’s reckless adve…
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The Saudi-Iran détente and its regional implications
Mar 12, 2023Marwan Bishara
On March 10, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced an agreement to restore bilateral relations. The deal was conceived out of need and out of desire: The Saudi-Irani…
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Unreliable US leadership in the shadow of elections
Mar 3, 2023Marwan Bishara
As a new round of presidential elections gets under way in the United States, much of the world looks with exacerbation at the possibility of yet another major…
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The One State Reality: What Is Israel/Palestine?
Feb 1, 2023
The One State Reality argues that a one state reality already predominates in the territories controlled by the state of Israel. The editors show that starting…
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Apocalypse in Palestine: The rise of Israeli fanaticism
Jan 30, 2023Marwan Bishara
Say what you may about Israel’s ruling fanatics but listen carefully to what they say. Unlike their coalition partner, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, they …
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Adalah’s Analysis of the New Israeli Government’s Guiding Principles and Coalition Agreements and their Implications on Palestinians’ Rights
Jan 10, 2023Adalah
The new government of Israel has made explicit its 10intent to further entrench Jewish supremacy and Palestinian repression throughout the State of Israel and …
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Palestine: Unite or die
Jan 6, 2023Marwan Bishara
A new fanatical Israeli government is putting the old flailing Palestinian leadership to the test — and this could be its final test. How it responds will dete…
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The beauty and beasts in Jerusalem
Dec 30, 2022Marwan Bishara
Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral highlighted what She spent a lifetime reporting, that the occupation is evil, cruel and sadistic. She would have probably been less…
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Netanyahu, the godfather of modern Israeli fascism
Dec 21, 2022Marwan Bishara
Fascism has been on the minds of Israel’s friends and foes alike since “the Jewish State” held its latest elections and its former Prime Minister Benjamin Neta…
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China, the US and a new scramble for the Gulf
Dec 7, 2022Marwan Bishara
China is Saudi Arabia’s biggest trading partner, and the kingdom is China’s largest supplier of oil, so it’s normal for their leaders to meet and talk. But the…
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The new Jewish state in the Levant: A fanatics-led nuclear power
Nov 4, 2022Marwan Bishara
Israel’s colonial democracy has given birth to a potentially more extreme type of ‘Jewish state’ akin to a more sophisticated and modern version of the ‘Islami…
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Israel’s farcical elections and fictional democracy
Oct 31, 2022Marwan Bishara
Israel’s powerful military and booming economy are undeniable facts, but its much-celebrated democracy is utter fiction. Israel claims to be a Jewish and democ…
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Josep Borrell as Europe’s racist ‘gardener’
Oct 17, 2022Marwan Bishara
Listening to Europe’s seniormost diplomat Josep Borrell at the inauguration of the new European Diplomatic Academy in Bruges, Belgium, last Thursday, I could o…
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The flaws and fantasies of the new Biden doctrine
Oct 14, 2022Marwan Bishara
United States President Joe Biden’s newly released National Security Strategy is an amalgam of his predecessors’ doctrines. It claims the role of an indispensa…
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World powers are paralyzing the UN and pulverising the planet
Sep 20, 2022Marwan Bishara
The United Nations General Assembly has opened its 77th session amid urgent global challenges, including environmental disasters, economic instability, basic f…
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Israel’s war on love
Sep 5, 2022Marwan Bishara
Sarcasm aside, this war on love is no joke. Thousands of people are living in limbo because of Israel’s bans on foreigners in love with Palestinians, many of w…
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A perpetual war for an impossible peace
Aug 31, 2022Marwan Bishara
The scenes of violence and chaos at the heart of Iraq’s capital Baghdad earlier this week were terribly disturbing but hardly surprising. Tensions have been bu…

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