Israel Palestine Conflict

LOOK: Portraits Of Hunger Strikers

AP | DUSAN VRANIC | Posted 05.13.2012

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KUFR RAI, West Bank -- For the thousands of Palestinian families who have a relative in Israeli detention, a photograph is the only real contact with ...

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The Politics of Palestine

James Zogby | Posted 04.07.2012

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James Zogby

It may still be possible to imagine a just political resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But, in the real world, politics is not the work of our imagination.

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Jaweed Kaleem

Major Churches Consider Divesting From Select Businesses In Israel

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 02.19.2012

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A major body within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted Friday to recommend that the church vote to stop investing in three companies "until they h...

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Shalit Swap: Only Temporary Relief for Israel/Palestine

Yavuz Baydar | Posted 12.20.2011

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Yavuz Baydar

When the euphoria in Israel and Gaza is over, the agenda will come back to its real content: can negotiations start (seriously, this time) between Israel and the Palestinian Authority for a peace deal?

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Highlighting the Palestinian Human Narrative

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 12.20.2011

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Daoud Kuttab

Israeli was very successful in painting a human portrait of Gilad Shalit. Now after the prisoner release, many Palestinian stories are being heard for the first time.

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British Prosecutor Blocks Warrant Against Visiting Israeli Politician

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 12.06.2011

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LONDON — Britain's chief prosecutor on Thursday blocked an attempt to serve visiting Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni with an arrest warran...

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AIPAC's Democrats Demand Cutting Palestinian Aid

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 12.03.2011

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MJ Rosenberg

Yes, the Palestinians are turning to the United Nations to achieve statehood, but Netanyahu has ignored repeated demands by the Obama administration to take action to facilitate negotiations.

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'The Center Cannot Hold': The Flourishing of Queer Anti-Occupation Activism

Jasbir K. Puar | Posted 12.02.2011

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Jasbir K. Puar

What is particularly remarkable about the spread of the Israel-Palestine debate in LGBTQ communities globally is that so few understand what is queer about the Middle East conflict in general and the Israeli occupation of Palestine in particular.

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There Are No Silver Bullets to Peace

The Morningside Post | Posted 11.29.2011

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The Morningside Post

So long as the Israelis and Palestinians of this city remain guilty of indifference and fail to seek understanding beyond their walls, Hebron's future, like its past, will remain mired in constant struggle.

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Obama Heaps Pressure On Palestinians To End Bid For Full UN Membership

AP | BEN FELLER and TAREK EL-TABLAWY | Posted 11.21.2011

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UNITED NATIONS — Furiously scrambling to head off a U.N. showdown, the United States warned world leaders Wednesday that trying to create a Pale...

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For Israeli-Palestinian Cooperation, Look to Iraq

Andrew Engel | Posted 11.19.2011

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Andrew Engel

The opportunity exists for a Turkey-Iraq style relationship in the Holy Land. Turkey provided Iraq with essential ingredients -- trade channels, key industry growth and international legitimacy -- which Israel alone has the power to provide the Palestinians.

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The Israeli Palestinian Dispute Casts Ominous Shadow Over U.S. Domestic Politics

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 11.18.2011

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Clarence B. Jones

These Autumn winds, like those from the Arab Spring, could bring about irreversible and historic changes in the outdated and unsuccessful political paradigm which previously defined decades of the relationship between Israel and Palestine.

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Domestic Foreign Policy Storm Clouds -- The Unresolved Israel Palestine Dispute

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 11.07.2011

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Clarence B. Jones

The spark most likely to reignite and inflame the Israel Palestinian "peace negotiations" is the pending plan of the Palestinian Leadership to seek admission of Palestine, as an independent "State" to the United Nations.

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The Palestinians' Uncharted March to the UN

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 11.05.2011

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Alon Ben-Meir

The decision of the Palestinian Authority to go to the U.N. to seek recognition of a Palestinian state is likely to make matters worse, leading both sides to further entrench themselves into long-time, hardened positions.

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Palestinians To Take Independence Bid To UN

AP | Posted 10.14.2011

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RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinians will ask the U.N. Security Council to support their bid for statehood, a senior official said Sunday – ...

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Elliott Abrams' Complaint

Henry Siegman | Posted 09.18.2011

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Henry Siegman

In a June 23 column, Elliott Abrams takes to task the signatories of a letter urging President Obama to present to Israel and Palestine clear parameters to frame negotiations for a two-state peace agreement.

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Strategy for Palestine Still Missing Implementation Plan

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 08.15.2011

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Daoud Kuttab

The Palestinian strategy towards statehood is making significant progress among certain international political circles, but it is still lacking the necessary coordination and cohesion to bear the desired results.

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Is It Anti-Semitism?

Rabbi David Wolpe | Posted 08.09.2011

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Rabbi David Wolpe

I thought we were done. Jew hatred was the attention grabbing remnant of an earlier world. We had moved on -- Judaism was now about who we are, not about what others think. Foolish youth.

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On the Heels of Destruction

Mira Sucharov | Posted 06.19.2011

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Mira Sucharov

We shouldn't be stacking the deck for our kids by presenting an uncritical link between the Holocaust and contemporary Israeli approaches to peace and conflict.

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"The Most Empowered People on Earth"

Caroline O'Donovan | Posted 06.16.2011

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Caroline O'Donovan

The first session of the TedXRamallah conference was a scintillating blend of poetic metaphor, social entrepreneurship and, sadly, mourning. Raja Sheh...

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A Letter to Progressive U.S. Jews: These Are Your People

Bradley Burston | Posted 06.14.2011

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Bradley Burston

There is much more that our people, progressive American Jews, can and should do to demonstrate humanist concern on this side of the border.

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The U.S in the Middle East: Quo Vadis?

Haggai Carmon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Haggai Carmon

From the Arab countries' perspective, the U.S can no longer be relied upon as a long term ally. Their sobering up is not misplaced,

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Hamas: We Will Respect A Referendum On Peace Deal

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 05.25.2011

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas would respect any peace deal reached between Israel and Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, provid...

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"Palestine Papers" Offer Hope, Not Despair

Noah Efron | Posted 05.25.2011

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Noah Efron

The final positions were not that far apart, the movement was constant and in the right direction, and the sides spoke to each other not as irascible enemies as partners in negotiation. Pundits-be-damned, peace was possible.

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Hamas and Israel Trade Hanukkah Gifts

Ira Chernus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ira Chernus

As Israeli Jews light the rest of their Hanukkah candles, they should keep in mind that the plan they may receive from Washington is very much the same plan Hamas just offered to them as a Hanukkah gift.

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