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Donald Trump's: "Deal of the Century" could, in the worst case, end up being a trigger for the original potential for conflict between Palestinians and Israelis.
Lars Thor Smith -

- We documented that we had everything in place for a Palestinian state

Palestine Annex: Salam Fayyad, former Prime Minister of Palestine, Ramallah 2014
Truls Lie -

A future Palestinian state can only be sustainable if it has a good relationship with Israel

Palestine Annex: Espen Barth Eide, former Foreign Minister, Jerusalem (2013)
Truls Lie -

Unrestrained apartheid

Palestine Annex: Israel was quick to portray the Palestinians as carriers of the virus and as a health threat. Today, the Gaza crisis is territorial, demographic, political – and biological.
Nadia Othman -

MODERN TIMES: Quarterly magazine next!

: It was time to settle the status quo, now in our sixth year for today's MODERN TIMES. Not only is the world changing with a pandemic (see otherwise in the newspaper), but the public has also changed drastically in the last decade.
Truls Lie -

20 years after the Oslo Accords: Being an Israeli ambassador to Norway

: 20 years after the Oslo agreements, we meet Israel's ambassador, Raphael Schutz, for a conversation about the criticism Israel is exposed to in Norway. What do the wall, the country's militarism and its enmity mean? And will the hatred between Jews and Palestinians ever be able to find a future solution?
Truls Lie -

A Count in Humanitarian Preparedness

: Folke Bernadotte is best known as the leader of the legendary white buses. But he was also a forerunner of what are today cornerstones of Scandinavian diplomacy and foreign policy.
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"We should better"

: Twenty years have passed since the conclusion of the Oslo agreement, which was to mean the start of peace between Israel and Palestine. "It fills me with sadness to look back on the optimism that existed 20 years ago, when the agreement was entered into," says Secretary General of Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan Egeland.
Carima Tirillsdottir Heinesen -

"I no longer want to look at myself as a Jew"

: Historian Shlomo Sand explains why he no longer wants to be a Jew. His background is Jewish, and he sees Israel as one of the most racist societies in the Western world.
shlomosand@gmail.com -

The environmental situation chokes everything that gives life

: Countdown: It's going to be unbearable in Gaza within five years.
Ahmad al-Kabariti -

The heavy yoke of double oppression

: For Gaza women, nationality and gender act together in a double persecution. Partner violence is increasing in a society characterized by frustration, war and conflict.
Ahmad al-Kabariti -

Israeli prisons are in conflict with international law

: In protest against imprisonment without law and sentence, inhumane conditions and physical and mental abuse, Palestinian political prisoners go on hunger strike.
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Full 100-page MODERN TIMES including the appendix Orientering and Modern Times Review comes out quarterly in early March, June, September and December) with international book reviews (non-fiction) and comments / essays. According to the physical newspaper (and PDF), the articles are published regularly online (see the newsletters).

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