'Reluctantly, I've come to the conclusion — and this is from the policies and also from the ways in which senior administration officials talk about it even in private — they don't see Palestinian lives as of equal value,' says Thanassis Cambanis on Intercepted:
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There can be no credible plan for peace without democratic Palestinian representation. In a new Q&A Century International contributor Moien Odeh argues for Palestinian elections, asap. tcf.org/content/commen…

In a new Q&A, Century International contributor Moien Odeh argues that the international community must find a way to organize Palestinian elections as soon as possible—even under the staggering complications that war and occupation pose. tcf.org/content/commen…

Palestinians have no elected political representation—all their representatives, whether in the PLO or Hamas, have overstayed their mandate by more than a decade. It’s time for elections, says Century International contributor Moien Odeh tcf.org/content/commen…

A legitimate political process is crucial for ending the conflict between Israel and Palestine. But that’s not possible without Palestinian elections, says Century International contributor Moien Odeh tcf.org/content/commen…

If progressive politics is going to stand for something in Israel and Palestine, it must back policies that center anti-racism, decolonization, legal equality, democracy, and the equitable distribution of wealth. - Muhannad Ayyash for Century International tcf.org/content/commen…

Policymakers, especially in the US, need to pivot to a more realistic understanding of the one-state reality in Israel and Palestine—and stop treating Israelis and Palestinians as exceptionally unable to coexist. - Muhannad Ayyash for Century International tcf.org/content/commen…

Shared sovereignty, return to ancestral lands, equality before the law, and democracy: all are possible for Palestinians and Israelis, writes Muhannad Ayyash for Century International. But policymakers need to abandon the “partition” mindset. tcf.org/content/commen…

The two-state solution doesn’t have a future, writes Muhannad Ayyash for Century International. Instead, US policymakers should focus on bringing equal rights, justice, and freedom for Palestinians living in the de facto one-state reality.tcf.org/content/commen…

Palestinians and Israelis already live together. What’s missing is equality and justice, writes Muhannad Ayyash for Century International. The solution is a new model of shared sovereignty. tcf.org/content/commen…

U.S. officials and experts have urged Israel to fight a more limited, deliberate war—the kind Washington could more comfortably support. That hope, writes Century International fellow Sam Heller | سام هيلر, is a fantasy. tcf.org/content/commen…

Gazans have begun starving to death, and famine is “imminent” for hundreds of thousands of people. It is time for Biden to bring this brutal war to an end. - Century International fellow Sam Heller | سام هيلر tcf.org/content/commen…

It is clear that Israel is fully committed to a scorched-earth counterinsurgency in Gaza. Century International fellow Sam Heller | سام هيلر argues that, rather than softening the edges of Israel’s brutal war, the US should stop it altogether. tcf.org/content/commen…

.Century International colleague Aron Lund for Al Jazeera English on Iran's limited good options for an effective, reciprocal answer to Israel's bombing of its consular facility in Damascus: aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/8/…

The Biden admin needs to wake up to the true nature of Israel’s brutal war in Gaza: it's just like other historical scorched-earth counterinsurgencies—e.g. Russia in Chechnya, Sri Lanka’s extermination of the Tamil Tigers. - Century International fellow Sam Heller | سام هيلر tcf.org/content/commen…

My latest for The Century Foundation/Century International, on the nature of Israel's military campaign in Gaza and U.S. policy elites' seeming inability to see the war for what it is: tcf.org/content/commen…

Century International fellow Sam Heller | سام هيلر argues that it's too late for the United States to try to moderate Israeli tactics in Gaza. It needs to stop this war—and then rethink its whole relationship with Israel. tcf.org/content/commen…

As Iraqi PM Sudani travels to Washington to meet Biden, Iran looms large on the agenda for both leaders. Century International fellow Sajad Jiyad سجاد discusses the key questions ahead of the April 15 White House visit, Sudani’s first tcf.org/content/commen…

Can Iraq and the US reach an agreement on the withdrawal of American troops when PM Sudani and Biden meet in Washington? Century International fellow Sajad Jiyad سجاد says this is the most important topic on the agenda in the April 15 meeting tcf.org/content/commen…

What will Iraqi prime minister Sudani be discussing with Biden in his April 15 state visit to Washington (Sudani’s first)? Read analysis from Century International fellow Sajad Jiyad سجاد tcf.org/content/commen…