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One state, two states

A review of Balfour and Weizmann: The Zionist, the Zealot and the Emergence of Israel by Geoffrey Lewis. How to fall into Carl Schmitt's trap: A review of Carl Schmitt and the Jews: The "Jewish Question," the Holocaust, and German Legal Theory by Raphael Gross. A review of Inside A Safe Haven: Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel by Ronald and Allis Radosh. A review of Rich Cohen's Israel is Real (and more and more and more). A review of Attack on the Liberty: The Untold Story of Israel's Deadly 1967 Assault on a US Spy Ship by James Scott (and more). Deep inside Israel's military forces, how does living with war affect their view the world? Being an Orthodox dove in Israel is a complicated business. An excerpt from One State, Two States: Resolving the Israel/Palestine Conflict by Benny Morris. Gershom Gorenberg reviews Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory by Ahmad Sa’di and Lila Abu-Lughod. Abstract prayers for peace: Slavoj Zizek on the Palestinian Question (and part 2). Hey Obama, don't waste your time giving a speech in Israel. The self-hate hustle: Why the argument between conservative and progressive Jews over Israel sounds a like the African-American "house negro" debate. A review of Transforming America’s Israel Lobby by Dan Fleshler (and more).