Peace, Power Politics & Israel-Palestine
Taking a look at the party politics, the new rising political figures and movements within Israel, it is clear that this has been a major impediment to the formation of a true ‘peace process’ with the Palestinians, let alone to the possible formation of a Palestinian state. This episode examines the key figures, parties and processes that took place during the course of the Kerry-led “peace talks” in 2013 and 2014, leading directly to the most recent mass slaughter of Palestinians beginning in July 2014. Throughout the whole process, Palestinians have been subjected to the power politics of the occupying power (and its imperial patrons), all the while having to react and maintain a limited legitimacy for themselves, all the while receiving all the blame (and punishment) for everything that went wrong.
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