Current Analysis Where Is Israel in the Refugee Crisis? Last week, SodaStream [http://www.merip.org/mero/mero041814] CEO Daniel Birnbaum and Mayor Talal Al-Krenawi of the Negev Bedouin city Rahat issued a joint statement [http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/SodaStream-offers-to-take-in-Syrian-refugees-417830] offering the absorption of 1,000 refugees from S Michael Fin, Callie Maidhof • 4 min read
Current Analysis Seltzer Colonialism Early each morning, dozens of workers from Jaba’ walk up a narrow set of stairs with trash strewn on either side to reach a bus stop on Highway 60, which bisects the West Bank on its way from Nazareth to Beersheva. As they climb the stairs, the workers pass a tunnel that once allowed villagers conve Michael Fin, Callie Maidhof • 8 min read
MER Article Settlement Secularism Scan the headlines for news about Israeli settlers, and you are likely to be overwhelmed by stories of a radical and violent religious nationalism: extremists marching on the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, guarded by Israeli soldiers, to pray atop the Temple Mount; West Bank colonists torching olive t Callie Maidhof • 13 min read
