Elizabeth Tsurkov
By Elizabeth Tsurkov
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Opinion Is this the end of the Palestinian cause?
The Israeli-Emirati deal establishing formal diplomatic relations is merely the latest blow dealt to the Palestinian people. The Palestinians are facing an unprecedented confluence of deleterious international, regional and domestic developments that make their dream of an independent Palestinian state increasingly remote. The normalization announcement was met with dismay by Palestinians, who rejected the Emirati…
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Opinion Russia has killed more Syrian civilians than ISIS. Why are they getting away with it?
When Aaref Watad, a Syrian photographer, arrived at the scene of a recent Russian air force attack in western Aleppo, he found a car completely pierced by shrapnel and nine corpses. Four of them were children. The bodies belonged to a family that had been fleeing Aleppo for the Turkish border along with thousands of…
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Opinion Your Partisanship Is Blinding You To The Truth About Iran
Two weeks after the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s foreign operations and the Qods Force, Iran’s political subversion unit, tensions are winding down. Despite doomsday predictions, Iran chose not to escalate violence further. The limited Iranian response came in the form of a barrage of missiles fired at U.S. bases in Iraq,…
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Opinion Calm down: Killing Qassem Soleimani made us safer
On Thursday night, in an act of escalation against Iran, U.S. drones struck a convoy of high-ranking Iranian and Iraqi commanders, killing Qassem Soleimani, the head of the foreign operations’ branch of Iran’s powerful and ideologically committed armed force. The strike represented an unprecedented act of aggression on the part of the U.S., at the…
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Opinion ‘Oh My God, Why Are They Doing This?’ Northeastern Syrians Await Their Fate
A massive humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Syria. Over 130,000 civilians have been displaced in a once relatively stable region. Dozens of civilians have been killed or injured. Horrific videos showing field executions by Turkish-backed armed factions have begun to circulate on social media. The fate of the area, home to over three million people,…
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Opinion Netanyahu’s Loss Is Israeli Democracy’s Gain
For Israelis, myself included, imagining the end of Netanyahu’s era as prime minister has long seemed like a useless theoretical exercise. That all changed after this week’s election. The end is nigh. “King Bibi” as his supporters like to call him, may be able to hold onto his position as prime minister for a few…
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Opinion Think Social Media Should Be Government Regulated? Check Your Privilege
We’re used to hearing people moan about how much time they waste on social media. But recently, there’s been a shift in the focus of the discussions about social media use, from focusing on harm to our productivity to focusing on the damage wrought by social media companies themselves. The massive and systematic violations of…
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Opinion How Did Israeli Elections Get So Racist?
A disturbing new trend has emerged in the political ads of the Israeli elections. Campaign ads seem to be competing over which candidate has killed the most Palestinians. These ads are horrifying. But they also tell us a lot about what — and who — is at stake in the current elections. The election campaign…
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