http://www.thedailybeast.com/openzion.rss.xml A new conversation about Israel, Palestine, and the Jewish future. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/22/two-states-israel-s-official-position-or-not.html Does the Israeli government officially support a two-state solution or not? Sigal Samuel on the Israeli politicians who say no, and on J Street's call for clarity. Wed, 22 May 2013 21:00:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/22/two-states-israel-s-official-position-or-not.html Sigal Samuel Alexandra Boulat / VII J Street, John Kerry, Palestine, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/22/an-anti-peace-effort-ngo-monitor-won-t-attack.html Ali Gharib on a right-wing Israeli group's selective targeting of U.S. subsidies for activities in Israel and Palestine. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/22/an-anti-peace-effort-ngo-monitor-won-t-attack.html Ali Gharib US pastor John Hagee speaks during a visit with Evangelical Christians to Ariel Israeli settlement in the occupied Palestinian territory on April 3, 2008. (Jack Guez / AFP / Getty Images) Palestine, Israel, Department of the Treasury http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/22/the-next-arab-idol.html Mohammed Assaf, the undeniable breakout star of Arab Idol 2013, is the face of Palestine that Netanyahu and friends refuse to admit exists. Wed, 22 May 2013 14:45:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/22/the-next-arab-idol.html Maysoon Zayid Gaza Strip, Palestine, West Bank http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/22/does-the-israeli-government-support-two-states.html Orly Halpern rounds up the news from Israel. Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/22/does-the-israeli-government-support-two-states.html Orly Halpern http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/21/yoffie-s-red-lines-and-selective-bds.html Mira Sucharov asks how Rabbi Eric Yoffie's parameters for deciding who gets to speak in synagogues would apply to the sticky question of selective BDS. Tue, 21 May 2013 21:15:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/21/yoffie-s-red-lines-and-selective-bds.html Mira Sucharov David Karp / AP Photo In this Sept. 11, 2012 photo, anti-Islamic blogger Pamela Geller, speaks at a conference she organized entitled; Stop Islamization of America, in New York. An advertising campaign initiated by Gellers group, The American Freedom Defense Initiative, will have its ads that equate foes of Israel with savages appearing in 10 New York City subway stations after a federal judge ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to put them up. (AP Photo/David Karp) Palestine, Israel http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/21/yair-lapid-reflects-the-ill-defined-israeli-center.html Emily Hauser takes apart the claims Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid made about a two-state peace in his recent interview with the New York Times. Tue, 21 May 2013 19:30:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/21/yair-lapid-reflects-the-ill-defined-israeli-center.html Emily L. Hauser Palestine, Israel http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/21/women-of-the-wall-s-opposition-lifts-from-the-settler-playbook.html Women of the Wall's opposition is borrowing from the lexicon of terror employed by radical Israeli settlers against Palestinians—and that borrowing is no coincidence, writes Sigal Samuel. Tue, 21 May 2013 17:15:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/21/women-of-the-wall-s-opposition-lifts-from-the-settler-playbook.html Sigal Samuel Palestine, Women, Western Wall, Israel http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/21/was-it-irresponsible-of-israel-to-apologize-to-turkey.html Brent Sasley explains why Israel's apology to Turkey over the deaths on the Mavi Marmara in 2010 is an example of the Jewish state acting responsibly, whatever rightists may think. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/21/was-it-irresponsible-of-israel-to-apologize-to-turkey.html Brent E. Sasley Ariel Schalit / AP Photo In this May 31, 2010 file photo the Mavi Marmara ship, the lead boat of a flotilla headed to the Gaza Strip which was stormed by Israeli naval commandos in a predawn confrontation, sails into the port of Ashdod, Israel. Turkey, Israel http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/21/at-u-s-behest-europe-delays-labeling-settlement-products.html Ali Gharib on American pressuring Europe to lay off Israel for its settlement project. Tue, 21 May 2013 14:30:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/21/at-u-s-behest-europe-delays-labeling-settlement-products.html Ali Gharib Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) in 2010 in Jerusalem. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO via Getty Images) John Kerry, European Union, Palestine, Israel http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/21/closer-to-settlers-than-reality.html Orly Halpern rounds up the news from Israel. Tue, 21 May 2013 13:15:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/21/closer-to-settlers-than-reality.html Orly Halpern http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/20/why-don-t-young-diaspora-jews-like-naftali-bennett.html Elisheva Goldberg on why young, Diaspora Jews interrupted a speech by a right-wing Israeli politician. Mon, 20 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/20/why-don-t-young-diaspora-jews-like-naftali-bennett.html Elisheva Goldberg Gali Tibbon / AFP/ Getty Images Israel http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/20/throw-away-that-rusty-key.html Lyn Julius recounts the modern Jewish exodus from Arab lands, Jews' ancient connections to modern Israel's lands, and tells Palestinians to get over the past. Mon, 20 May 2013 19:00:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/20/throw-away-that-rusty-key.html Lyn Julius A picture dated February 10, 2009 shows the entrance of an abandoned Jewish synagogue with a removed Star of David from the wall in Fallujah, west of Baghdad. (Saddam Hussein / AFP / Getty Images) Palestine, Iraq, Israel http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/20/the-arab-peace-initiative-makes-its-way-to-the-knesset.html OneVoice partnered with Members of Knesset from various factions to establish the first-ever caucus for the two-state solution, taking place today in Israel. By Tal Harris. Mon, 20 May 2013 15:40:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/20/the-arab-peace-initiative-makes-its-way-to-the-knesset.html Tal Harris Hadas Grinvald arab league, Palestine, Knesset, Israel http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/20/lapid-s-budget-let-the-outsiders-children-go-hungry.html Gershom Gorenberg on the plan to force Israel's cultural outsiders work by making them poorer. Mon, 20 May 2013 13:45:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/20/lapid-s-budget-let-the-outsiders-children-go-hungry.html Gershom Gorenberg An Ultra Orthodox Jewish child stands during an anti-election rally on January 20, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Lior Mizrahi / Getty Images) Israel http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/20/self-immolation-in-nablus.html Orly Halpern rounds up the news from Israel. Mon, 20 May 2013 13:15:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/20/self-immolation-in-nablus.html Orly Halpern