SPRING 2017 A FISH STORY 3 Letters page 80 EDITORIAL 5 Still Immoral, Still Stupid: Let’s End 50 Years of Israel’s Occupation of the West Bank—One Person/One Vote rabbi michael lerner THE OCCUPATION AT 50 12 What the Collapse of the Two-State Solution Means for Palestinian and Israeli Nationalism | jonathan kuttab 16 50 Years Later—How the Occupation Evolved and the Answer to its Growth | sami awad 19 The United States and Israel: An Alliance or a Protection Racket? stephen zunes 23 Atzma’ut 69, Occupation 50: Does That Add Up? | arthur waskow 29 Is “Land for Peace” Legitimate? Reflections on the Six-Day War, 50 Years Later | shaul magid 33 It’s Time to Put Our Privileged Jewish Bodies on the Line ilana sumka 34 The Occupation at 50: A Palestinian Perspective | nizar farsakh 36 Which Side Are You On, My People? 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