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INSIGHTFUL ANALYSIS OF ONE OF TODAY'S MOST PRESSING WORLD ISSUES --
2017 marks a year of significant milestones in the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. One hundred years ago, the British government issued the
Balfour Declaration, calling for the establishment of a Jewish National
Home in Palestine. Seventy years ago, the UN recommended the partition
of Palestine into two states--a Jewish State and an Arab State. The
decision paved the way for the establishment of the State of Israel a
year later on 78 percent of historic Palestine, amid widespread ethnic
cleansing of indigenous Palestinian inhabitants. And 50 years ago,
Israel militarily occupied the Palestinian West Bank, including East
Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip--an occupation which endures to this
day.In light of these milestones, Josh Ruebner draws on personal
anecdotes and reflections, historical documents, and legal analyses to
answer one of the most pressing issues in international affairs today:
is Israel a democracy or does its separate and unequal treatment of the
Palestinian people render it an apartheid state?With President Donald
Trump's willingness to explore a one-state resolution to the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the question gains immediacy, as Ruebner
argues that any settlement of the conflict must be based on freedom,
dignity, and equality.
