Israel, Palestinians, Six-Day War “…taking on the identity of being the world’s wanderers is more of a punishment than a badge of honor” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 September 2017 …as we converge on marking 50 years since the 1967 war reshaped the relationship...
Palestinians “Instead of becoming a sovereign state, the Palestinian Authority has become a proto-police state…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 June 2017 As time went on, it became clear that the authority’s budget and its priorities...
Israel, Palestinians “…the history of the Palestinian national movement is one long series of military defeats and ideological concessions” Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 June 2017 …for Israel, the most pervasive myth is that there is no Palestinian partner for...
Israel, Palestinians, Politics in America “…for the Israeli government, continuing its occupation is far less costly than the concessions required to end it” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 June 2017 On this 50th anniversary of the war, it is clear that over the half-century...
Israel, Palestinians, Politics in America “For the most part, the Palestinians themselves have done much to support the status quo” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 June 2017 For American politicians, electoral and campaign finance incentives still dictate a baseline of unconditional...
Israel, Palestinians, Politics in Israel “…when pushed to explain why the much-promised two-state solution is perennially stuck, always the answer is to blame Arab obstructionism” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 May 2017 Whenever the claim that Israel stole Palestinian lands is heard, Israel inevitably answers, “We...
Israel, Palestinians “…a Palestinian child, if asked to sketch the map, would produce one that’s amazingly similar to what a Jewish Israeli child would come up with” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 May 2017 It’s a reasonable assumption that a Palestinian child, if asked to sketch the map,...
Israel, Palestinians, Zionism “The Zionist movement succeeded in creating a homeland for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel over sixty years ago” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 May 2017 The Zionist movement succeeded in creating a homeland for the Jewish people in the...
Palestinians “Emotional reactions have had – and are likely to continue to have – little affect on terror” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 October 2016 As long as Palestinian Arabs refuse to take any responsibility for their condition and...
Israel, Palestinians “…our society is defined by the revulsion and deep sense of soul searching that has followed each incident. Theirs, simply, is not” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 March 2016 When Baruch Goldstein murdered 29 Palestinians in cold blood in 1994, Israeli society was...