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Palestine
Road Toward Reconciliation? A New Start for a Divided…
After a decade-long rift, the two political parties of Palestine, Hamas and Fatah (also known as the Palestinian…
Israel and Trump: Pushing Boundaries
For the past 50 years, Israel and Palestine have been less than friendly neighbours. Conflicts stem from border…
The Jerusalem Question
President Trump has declared his intention to move the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The…
Does the UN do Anything? A Review of 2016
The newly-elected United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres kicked off the new year with a stirring speech,…
The Amona Settlement: Creating a Divide in Israeli…
While Santa Claus will be making his annual tour around the world, December 25th for residents of Amona in the West…
Update on Palestinian Teachers’ Strike
Here is another pleasant surprise and update on one of the articles I recently wrote about an over-one month long…
Labour Focus: The West Bank
In 2013, the primary and secondary Palestinian Teacher's Union went on strike after demands for a salary increase…
BDS Motion Passes at SSMU General Assembly with…
Following the failure of two previous motions put forth by Solidary for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) last year,…
Dreamy Trudeau: Hypocrisy In the Israel-Palestine…
Recently, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was featured in a video in which he explained that he was proud to be a…
A Future for Israeli Democracy
On December 31, Israel’s education ministry confirmed that it had banned Dorit Rabinyan’s novel Borderlife from…
A Tale of Two Religions: Worship on a Contested Site
The recent resolution voted on by UNESCO regarding two Israeli monuments caused quite a bit of controversy in the…
The Myth of Free Speech in North America
For ages, we in the democracies of the West have prided ourselves on our right to express our opinion on a variety…