Reflections on the May 22nd simulation with Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan. 

Reflections on the May 22nd simulation with Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan.  Full recording below. Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan are Parents who lost their daughters to the conflict. They expressed a desire for peace but had different reactions to the simulation presented to them. https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/PnF0iQeGPZIpI_33SZOqf-WrdYGqIgXbvP6oTOtEsFeq1u2XY4M8AwxpJo11Y5XU.ubFzpvh6rNvRiwNb

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Israel is Not a Democracy

Israel has several institutions like other democracies: Elections, a parliament, a government, and a Supreme Court. But they do not function as independent or equal branches of governments and lack transparency.  First, Israel does not have a constitution and is unable to draft one given its desire to give Jews priority. A “Jewish State” contradicts…

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Reflections on the April 10th simulation with international lawyer Mona Ali Khalil.

Below is the recording of the simulation. Mona Ali Khalil believes in the right of self-determination of the Palestinian people and Israeli people. She welcomes the IPC constitution’s vision of two peoples with equal rights working together in a confederation which can guide the Israeli State and the Palestinian State towards peace, justice, dignity and…

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Reflections on the March 20th simulation with professor Shibley Telhami.

Full recording below. Professor Shibley Telhami supports two states. He believes that the creation of a common government for the people of Israel and Palestine as was proposed in the simulation is unrealistic. He argued that the IPC constitution mistakenly assumes symmetry between the Israeli government and the Palestinian authority. He also believes that Online…

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Reflections on the March 6th simulation with professor Alon Ben Meir

Full recording below. Alon Ben-Meir just published his paper “The Case for an Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation, Why Now and How?”. He argues that the Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian sides will have to collaborate fully and permanently to create a Confederation. He does not advocate for the creation of a common government for the people of Israel…

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Reflections on the February 20th simulation with Sammy Smooha.

Full recording below. Professor Smooha personally supports the concepts of an Israeli Palestinian Confederation in the format presented but insisted that it can only come about after the creation of Two States. The IPC parliament passed the following:  An Israeli Palestinian Confederation constitution, granting veto power to the Israeli and Palestinian governments over issues relating…

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