Understand War

In the village of Farata the farmers discovered 143 trees cut down. Photo: Zakariya Saddeh

An enormous gap separates Israelis and Palestinians in the understanding of the term ‘war’. For most Israelis, war is a violent clash between two peoples. But not the Palestinians.For them, says Amos Gwirtz, dispossession and land-grab are the belligerent acts of an occupying force against a defenseless civilian population. Continue reading

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Land Dispute and Land Rights in the Holy Land

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Readers of the Bible are no doubt aware of the Divine promise made to the ancestors of the Jewish people, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, that their descendants would inherit the land of Israel. Continue reading

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