Natural Resources and Palestinian Sovereignty: Israel’s Further Isolation

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair

Two more United Nations committee resolutions.  Both concerning the conduct of Israel past and current.  While disease, hunger and death continue to stalk the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank remains under the thick thumb of occupation, deliberations in foreign fora continue to take place about how to address this hideous state of affairs.  While these international matters can often seem like insipid gestures marked by ineffectual chatter, they are increasingly...