Current Events First-Hand and Investigative Oslo Failed, Part 4: The two-state solution not yet tried June 10, 2025 Sherry Oz No Comments The Oslo Accords have been an astounding failure. The two-state-solution, whereby a Palestinian state will supposedly live in peace alongside the Jewish State of Israel, is no longer believed feasible…
2023-24 War against Hamas and Hezbollah Current Events A little game I played after Kamala Harris said something about the two-state-solution August 1, 2024 Sherry Oz No Comments In contrast with many videoclips shared in the virtual space showing presidential candidate VP Kamala Harris in the worst possible light, she does come across as presidential in the under…
2023-24 War against Hamas and Hezbollah Current Events Still calling for “Make love not war” after Oct 7th May 15, 2024 Sherry Oz No Comments I find it instructive to see what people posted on their social media before Oct 7th and just after Oct 7th. I decided to look at Facebook posts for speakers…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Surprising: Comparing Israel and Palestinian Authority Goodwill Gestures July 23, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments There is a lot of talk these past few weeks about Gantz’s goodwill gestures toward the Palestinian Authority. But these are not really all that new, we find, when using…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking If Cyprus was Like Israel March 9, 2020 Sherry Oz No Comments Upon gaining independence in 1960, almost 20% of the population of Cyprus were ethnic Turks; the constitution stated that the vice-president would be a Turk and that 30% of the…
Current Events From Academia Why The World Is Stuck On The Two-State-Solution August 8, 2018 Sherry Oz No Comments Asher Susser is a very impressive man. Now professor emeritus of Middle East history at Tel Aviv University, I took an online course from him called The Emergence of the…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Why I Hate That Bibi Proposed To Swap Wadi Ara With Gush Etzion July 28, 2017 Sherry Oz No Comments Supposedly big news coming out of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office in the form of a “leaked” phone call with USA President Trump. Bibi is now supporting an idea floated…
By Other Authors Links There can be no peace in Jordan until the world appreciates the country’s true ethnography May 26, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments There is so much misunderstanding regarding Israel and its neighbouring states, most importantly, Jordan. What is the relationship between Jordan and the so-called Palestinians? Anthropologist Geoffrey Clarfield and Political Science…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs Stav Shaffir: Asking for a Revolution April 20, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments At the JStreet Gala on 18 April 2016, MK Stav Shaffir asked for something revolutionary to happen in Israel. She declared: In the exact same way we have revolutionized Israel’s…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Hey You! Palestinian Arab! Want to Build a Country? October 21, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Rather than buy into the myth of what Jew-haters think you the Palestinian Arab should strive for, you might want to look around and see what you already have and…