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The +972 PodcastAuthor: 972 Magazine
Dive past the headlines in Israel-Palestine to explore the issues and stories other outlets tend to ignore with 972 Magazine writers and local activists, politicians, and experts. 972 Magazine is owned and operated by a group of Israeli and Palestinian journalists, providing fresh, in-depth reporting and analysis directly from the ground in Israel-Palestine. The magazine is committed to human rights, democracy, and freedom of information, and actively opposes the Israeli occupation. Language: en-us Genres: News, News Commentary, Politics Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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What happened to the Green Line?
Friday, 16 September, 2022
Last month, a controversy erupted in Israel when the Tel Aviv municipality, in time for the new school year, distributed maps to classrooms that showed the Green Line. Although the 1949 armistice lines that formed Israel's unofficial borders at the cessation of the 1948 war are internationally recognized, in Israel the Green Line is a contentious point, seen as incorrectly demarcating between "Israel proper" and the settlements in the occupied West Bank. Indeed, in sending the maps to schools, the Tel Aviv municipality flouted Education Ministry guidelines.The episode was a timely reminder of what +972 editor Amjad Iraqi and Meron Rapoport, an editor at Local Call, argued in a pair of essays they wrote for The Nation in August: that the Green Line, both as a result of Palestinian grassroots resistance and Israeli efforts to undermine the idea that the West Bank is a separate entity, is gradually becoming irrelevant. You can read Iraqi and Rapoport's pieces at +972 Magazine here and here, or at The Nation here and here.Visit +972 Magazine and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.Become a member of +972 Magazine: 972mag.com/membersSupport the show: 972mag.com/donateSign up for our weekly newsletter, The Landline: 972mag.com/newsletterSupport the show
