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With Jerusalem off the table as a shared territory, a two-state solution to the Middle East has become impossible. Mohamad Torokman/Reuters

What will Trump’s declaration on Jerusalem mean to Palestinians?

When President Donald Trump on Dec. 6  recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, he not only effectively endorsed Israel’s de facto annexation of East Jerusalem, which Palestinians have also long claimed as their own – he also radically altered the direction of American foreign policy in the Middle East.
Their lives are characterised by checkpoints, daily interrogations, night raids and incessant fears of detention [Jaclynn Ashly/Al Jazeera]

Do Black Lives Matter in Israel?

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, January 6, 2018 - The Andrew Holness led JLP administration, not unlike former Jamaica Labour Party administrations since Edward Seaga, continue to have a better than cordial relationship with the state of Israel, despite the fact that the Israelis have been hostile to Black people in general, and have displayed outright racist tendencies to black Jews, Palestinians, Africans  and all people of colour who have chosen to settle in Israel.
A member of the press was injured in the attack. | Photo: ISM Italy

Israeli Forces Tear-Gassed Journalists in Occupied Palestine

Leaders of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) came under tear gas attack from Israeli occupation soldiers during a demonstration for press freedom outside of the Qalandia checkpoint. The group assembled outside the checkpoint in a symbolic attempt to enter the occupied and illegally-annexed city of East Jerusalem.
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