Israel’s cynical new strategy: Reframe Palestine debate as a religious battle, when it is really about civil rights

From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Nadia Hijab and Alaa Tartir was published by Salon o7 December 2015.


With the focus on Syria, in part due to ISIS and in part to the massive refugee crisis, the threats to world peace because of the Israeli occupation of Palestine have been put on the back burner. Indeed, the U.S. administration has seemingly washed its hands of its efforts to broker peace, despite U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Palestine-Israel last month to discuss confidence-building measures, once again. 

 

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