Israel/Palestine occupation links

Finance Minister Lapid, back in January, sounded sane, warning of the danger of a European boycott, and saying a Palestinian state would be economically beneficial to Israel. http://www.timesofisrael.com/lapid-israel-faces-economic-crisis-if-peace-talks-fail/

On the dehumanizing effects of the occupation, and the daily humiliation of Palestinians. A look at the racism of Hebron settlers. And, I'd missed that the three teens were kidnapped in the West Bank. So why waging war on Gaza, again? http://www.vox.com/2014/6/17/5816022/three-kidnapped-teens-explain-israel-palestine-conflict

The falling levels of empathy across the border. Again, a focus on the Israelis. http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/08/04/337657171/is-there-any-empathy-left-in-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict

On Palestinian nationality, going back to rebellions against the Ottomans in 1824. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/31/yes-we-palestinians-are-human-beings.html

Not that it really matters how old nationality is. http://www.vox.com/cards/israel-palestine-misconceptions/the-conflict-is-too-complex-to-possibly-understand

Palestinians have tried non-violence; it failed. http://www.vox.com/cards/israel-palestine-misconceptions/there-is-no-palestinian-gandhi