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One State – the only democratic future for Palestine-Israel
Ghada Karmi, Pluto Press, £14.99
WHEN Ban Ki-Moon recently returned from Israel to report that a “one-state reality” is effectively destroying any prospect of a two-state solution he was not throwing his weight behind the arguments made in this short, occasionally rambling, but easy-to-read book.
As the former United Nations secretary-general added his pleas to the long line of doomed appeals for Israel to respect its obligations to create two states under 1993’s Oslo Accords, Ghada Karmi argues that this so-called “peace process” has long been irrelevant.
It’s hard to disagree with her.
As antisemitism grows, the labour movement must recommit to defence of minorities while navigating the complexities of Gaza and global politics, argues NICK WRIGHT
Bezalel Smotrich’s measures to extend Israeli property law into the West Bank are a continuation of a decades-long project to dispossess Palestinians and preclude statehood, argues HUGH LANNING
For those who lived in Yanoun, its disappearance is not just a local tragedy, but a stark symbol of escalating violence, displacement and impunity across the occupied West Bank, says JANE HARRIES
With foreign media banned from Gaza, Palestinians themselves have reversed most of zionism’s century-long propaganda gains in just two years — this is why Israel has killed 270 journalists since October 2023, explains RAMZY BAROUD


