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Michael Young: Israel is losing the battle of narratives (The Daily Star)

Some will argue that the United Kingdom's expulsion this week of an Israeli diplomat, by most accounts a Mossad agent, was a transitory spat between allies, following Israel's use of forged British passports in the recent assassination of a Hamas operative in Dubai. >

Adrian Hamilton: Israel's interests are not the same as ours on Palestine (The Independent)

One benefit of President Obama cancelling his trip to Indonesia for the Health Reform vote, said a Senator in Washington this week, was that it enabled him to see Benjamin Netanyahu on his visit to the US capital. Well, if that was the bonus, it didn't seem to achieve much. Agreement to disagree is the polite phrase for a meeting that ended in a frozen silence. >

Seth Freedman: The real price of Israel's settlements (The Guardian)

The cost of building Israeli settlements in the occupied territories stands at more than $17bn, according to a report released this week. The painstaking study into the economics of construction in the West Bank encompasses every building and road in the settlements, which cover a combined space of 12m square metres, and in doing so quantifies the enormity of the 43-year-old project of colonisation. >

Ben Saul: Time to stop handling Israel with kid gloves (ABC.com)

Britain's expulsion of an Israeli diplomat is a lesson for Australia to stop handling Israel with kid gloves. >

Noura Erakat: Its Either Me or the Settlements: A Marriage on the Rocks? (Huffington Post)

Recurring Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu met with President Obama in Washington this week and, without flinching, attributed the stalled peace process to the U.S. Administration's concern with illegal settlements and not to Israel's violation of the peace process's terms, which unequivocally mandate the cessation of settlement expansion. >

Ben White: Marginalisation in Israel's Knesset (New Stateman)

Arab members of Israel's Knesset (MKs) are accustomed to political marginalisation, as well receiving abuse and threats to their positions. Recently, however, there has been a further deterioration, as two elected representatives of the non-Jewish minority, Mohammed Barakeh and Said Naffaa, face criminal proceedings. >

Robert Wright: Against 'Pro-Israel' (New York Times)

Are you anti-Israel? If you fear that, deep down, you might be, I have important news. The recent tension between Israel and the United States led various commentators to identify hallmarks of anti-Israelism, and these may be of diagnostic value. >

Tony Karon: Israel Won't Change Unless the Status Quo Has a Downside (TomDispatch.com)

Uncomfortable at the spectacle of the Obama administration in an open confrontation with the Israeli government, Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman -- who represents the interests of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party on Capitol Hill as faithfully as he does those of the health insurance industry -- called for a halt. >

Ali Abunimah: Mideast peace effort is a charade (CNN.Com)

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Monday speech to America's leading pro-Israel lobby took on added significance in light of the spat between the U.S. and Israel over the expansion of Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem. >

The views expressed in these articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of The Jerusalem Fund. >

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