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The U.S. Silence on Israeli Nuclear Weapons

"A realistic U.S. government assessment of Israel’s nuclear weapons will have to overcome not only Israeli intervention, but also State Department and White House resistance, in part because of the embarrassment of such an admission after years of denial, but also because such an admission could lead to complications under U.S. law. "

From Our Archives: Grant F. Smith Discusses
"U.S. Foreign Aid and the Israeli Nuclear Weapons Program"

Dig Deeper: Divert! Numec, Zalman Shapiro and the Diversion of US Weapons Grade Uranium Into the Israeli Nuclear Weapons Program by Grant F. Smith

The Italy-Libya Treaty at 15: A Precedent for Colonized Nations

"In 2008, Italy signed a treaty with Libya whereby it agreed to pay reparations to that country for its decades of ruthless colonial misdeeds during the first half of the 20th century," Mustafa Fetouri writes. "The treaty—the first of its kind between a colonial power and a former colony—offers a model for other countries to follow."

Prison Hunger Strikes in Palestine: A Strategic Perspective

Prison Hunger Strikes in Palestine provides a unique window into the “culture” of hunger striking, as the two authors describe it, among Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

The authors explain the differences and motivations behind individual and mass hunger strikes by Palestinians in Israeli prisons, outlining their successes and failures. The demands of individual hunger strikes include ending administrative detention, while the demands of mass hunger strikes center on family visits, access to education, ending solitary confinement for prisoners, having access to family calls, medical treatment and better living conditions inside the prisons.