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Israel and the Palestine Territories

These links lead to excellent sites with information about the conflict in Israel-Palestine:

The Crimes of War Project "is a collaboration of journalists, lawyers and scholars dedicated to raising public awareness of the laws of war and their application to situations of conflict. Our goal is to promote understanding of international humanitarian law among journalists, policymakers, and the general public, in the belief that a wider knowledge of the legal framework governing armed conflict will lead to greater pressure to prevent breaches of the law, and to punish those who commit them."

Haaretz is one of Israel's leading newspapers and regarded as one of the fair and balanced in the country.

The Electronic Intifada is a not-for-profit, independent publication committed to comprehensive public education on the question of Palestine, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the economic, political, legal, and human dimensions of Israel's 37-year occupation of Palestinian territories. EI provides a needed supplement to mainstream commercial media representations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Tikkun is a California-based community with Jewish and progressive roots.  Its commentaries on the Israeli-Palestinian crisis are among the more responsible and much more humane and intelligent than those emanating from successive U.S. administrations and Congress.

Forward is a Jewish weekly published in New York that offers an independent voice on Middle East and other issues.

Richard Ben Cramer is an author and journalist noted for his impartial articles on Israel and Palestine.  His latest book "How Israel Lost: The Four Questions" offers an interesting perspective of the conflict.

The Asia Times is an excellent on-line site for some of the most authoritative and informed commentaries and opinion related to the countries that comprise the continent and the Middle East.  Use the search function for articles on Israel.

See articles by Ehsan Ahrari:  PART I: The enemy beyond and PART 2:  The US-Israel tab-team act

Israel bides its time on Iran by Harinder Mishra

Z Magazine has archives of articles on countries and regions, including the Middle East, around the world on its web site.  These articles are written by recognized authorities and form an excellent resource for research.

The Institute for Middle East Peace and Development was founded by Stephen P. Cohen in 1979 "to serve as facilitator and private intermediary in peace-making and peace-building."

A List of U.N. Resolutions Against Israel

Recommended Reading:

Righteous Victims by Benny Morris is a balanced history of Zionist efforts to settle Jews in the Palestine Territories through the history of Israel to the 1990s.

The Truth About Camp David: The Untold Story About the Collapse of the Middle East Peace Process David by Clayton E. Swisher - Nation Books

Prophets Outcast:  A Century of Dissident Jewish Writing About Zionism and Israel edited and introduced by Adam Shatz - Nation Books

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