New Issue: The PA's Fall and Israel's Impunity

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The Resistance vs. the Palestinian Authority: Will Abbas Lead Palestinians to Civil War?

"This is the perfect opportunity for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to exit the stage. But he will not," writes Ramzy Baroud. "The PA is now seen by most Palestinians as the obstacle to full unity. While Israel was ramping up its deadly operations in Jenin and Nablus, the PA police was arresting Palestinian activists, angering resistance groups in the West Bank and Gaza."

Israel: Impunity Comes Home to Roost

"This crisis is, in significant part, of the West’s own making," argues Mouin Rabbani. "For decades, and increasingly in recent years, it has ensured total impunity for Israeli leaders. It is only natural that these leaders conduct themselves like spoiled toddlers, grabbing and smashing anything and everything within reach, and directing tantrums at their enablers in Washington and Brussels at the slightest hint of reservation about their course of action."

A Letter to IDF Soldiers

"This September 2023, on the 41st anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre, we mark another atrocity in a Palestinian refugee camp, this one in Jenin, in the Occupied Territories," notes Ellen Siegel. "I am writing a letter to those Israeli soldiers on active duty who were in Jenin: Think about the future: will your children continue on this path of hatred and violence? Will you grow old in an apartheid state?"

Weaponizing Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn

"Asa Winstanley’s Weaponizing Anti-Semitism chronicles the way cynical foot soldiers created the narrative of an anti-Semitism 'crisis' within the Labour Party and then proceeded to methodically target that party’s high-profile activists on their way to taking down a popular, well-respected party leader," writes Ida Audeh. "Weaponizing Anti-Semitism is painful to read, as it outlines the casual savaging of people’s reputations and lives by those working to make the party safe for Israel."