Palestinian Territories

For A Just And Lasting Peace In God's Land

Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Israel, Christianity, Middle East, Judaism, Interfaith, Palestinian Territories, Religion News

It is important for everyone to be exact and careful when speaking about Palestine and Israel, but it is wrong to construe every criticism leveled at the government of Israel as an attack on Jews or Judaism.

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Israel And Palestine: Looking For Peace On The Horizon

Mike Ghouse | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Palestine Israel, World Muslim Congress, Interfaith, Israel Palestine Dialogue, Middle East Peace, Judaism, Palestinian Territories, Israel, Conflict Resolution, Peace, Religion News

Who am I to worry about Israelis and Palestinians? What inspires me to be involved in the Israel Palestine conflict? This is the story of my struggle to see a cohesive world.

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Radical Changes Needed in Israel Approach

Amnesty International | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Obama Middle East, Middle East Peace, Middle East Peace Process, Occupied Palestinian Territories, World News

Now is the time for President Obama to become more actively involved, working to drastically revise the Quartet's approach and show that he can make a real difference to the lives of Palestinians and Israelis.

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Lie to Me

Lilac Sigan | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Statehood, Israel, Palestinian Territories, West Bank, Syria, World News

It's comfortable for Abbas to keep selling this lie, and for a good reason: everyone seems to be buying it. But the truth is that when Abbas was offered this deal he supposedly wants, he refused. Why? Because he doesn't just want "a Palestinian state." He wants much much more.

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Palestinians Are NOT An Invented People

Dr. David Liepert | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestinians, Religion News

One of the craziest things that ever came out of the mouth of Golda Meir was her comment, "There were no such things as Palestinians." And now Newt Gingrich has gone and said much the same thing.

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Food for Thought

Bill_Corcoran | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza, Food Security, Global Hunger, World News

We need to remember that in many communities around the world, putting food on the dinner table is a major challenge.

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Engaging Palestinian Literature: A Jewish Journey Into Empathy

Joe Winkler | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Israel, Religious Books, Religious Tolerance, Judaism, Mourid Barghouti, Palestinian Narrative, I Saw Ramallah, Jewish-Muslim Dialogue, Palestinian Literature, Understanding the Other, Literature, Religion News

I harbor no delusions of literature solving political problems. The truth is much more complicated. But literature illuminates complexity.

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I Woke Up This Morning with My Mind Set on Freedom

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Freedom Riders, Palestinian Freedom Riders, Palestine Freedom Riders, Israel-Palestine, Palestinian Territories, World News

Just as our Freedom Riders were primarily directed to awaken the conscience and sense of decency in the majority of white America, our Palestinian brothers and sisters are seeking to awaken the conscience of the world and a majority of Israelis.

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Palestine Can Now Protect Its Heritage Sites

hyperallergic.com | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, World Heritage Sites, Unesco, UNESCO World Heritage Site, United States, Israel, Palestinian Monuments, Arts News

On Monday, Palestinians were finally admitted to the cultural body of the United Nations, UNESCO, as a full member. The move, which ignited the ire of...

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Israel And Gaza Militants Exchange Newest Round Of Fire

AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Gaza, Israel Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Rockets, Islamic Jihad, Palestinians, Hamas, Gaza Missiles, Israel, Israel Gaza, World News

JERUSALEM — Israeli aircraft struck at Palestinian militants in Gaza on Saturday who responded with a volley of rockets which rained on southern...

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Days Of Reflection On Israel

Jeremy Ben-Ami | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Religion, Yom Kippur, Israel, Religion and Politics, Judaism, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Yom Kippur Reflection, Yom Kippur Israel Palestine Conflict, Yom Kippur Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Jewish High Holidays, Religion News

For many of us, these are days for deep reflection and soul-searching on the past year. How, we ask, as individuals and as a community can we better ourselves and the world?

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Open Letter To Mahmoud Abbas For Yom Kippur

Carlo Strenger | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Yom Kippur Reflection, Mahmoud Abbas, Yom Kippur, Palestine Un Recognition, Middle East Peace, Jewish State, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Israel, Two-State Solution, Yom Kippur Israel Palestine Reflection, Judaism, Yom Kippur Two State Solution, World News

Mr. Abbas: I know that this proposal is very difficult for you to accept. I write to you on the eve of Yom Kippur, because my heart is weary and full of sorrow; because I see the two-state solution slipping away.

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Netanyahu's Lie: "I Already Gave at the Office"

James Zogby | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Settlements, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Un, World News

Netanyahu didn't "give at the office" and he didn't give at the door. He's been playing us for fools for decades now and we're letting him get away with it.

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The Israel/Palestine Zero Sum Game

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Middle East Quartet, Mahmoud Abbas, World News, Benjamin Netanyahu, Holy Land, Israeli-Palestinian Authority, United Nations, UN General Assembly, Israel, Hamas, Palestinian Territories, World News

So long as the official mascots of Palestinian Statehood are four murderers, so long as Palestinian officials speak of a Judenrein Palestine, no one but the Arabs themselves can bring peace to the Holy Land.

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Global Voices of Nonviolence

Lynne Hybels | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jews, Christians, Nonviolence, Peace Talks, Palestinian Territories, Religion and Non-Violence, Muslims, Lynn Hybels, Little-Town-of-Bethlehem, Religion News

We've recently seen the tragedy of brutal violence in parts of the Middle East, but also the impact of "people power" grounded in nonviolent resistance.

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For Israeli-Palestinian Cooperation, Look to Iraq

Andrew Engel | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Israel Palestine Conflict, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Cooperation, Israel Palestine Cooperation, Palestinian Territories, World News

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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What One Palestinian Learned From Gandhi

Sami Awad | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Holy Land Trust, Global Voices of Nonviolence, EthnoGraphic Media, Little Town of Bethlehem, Catholic University, Faith, Palestinian Gandhi, Nonviolence, Religious Tolerance, Palestinian Nonviolence, Palestinian Territories, Nonviolent Action, Palestinians, Israel, Religion News

This is the greatest lesson I have learned as a Palestinian: to be the change that I want to see take place, not only in Palestine and Israel but in the world.

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The Palestine UN Vote: Is There a Duty to Admit?

Balakrishnan Rajagopal | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Palestine, UN Vote, Palestine United Nations, Palestine Un, Palestine Statehood, Palestine Un Recognition, Palestinian Territories, World News

If the U.S. vetos the admission of Palestine, whose right to self-determination has been affirmed in hundreds of U.N. resolutions, including many in which the U.S. also voted in favor, it would breach international law.

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Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad: "We Can No Longer be Dismissed as Unworthy"

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Salam Fayyad, West Bank, Gaza, Ramallah, Palestinian State, United Nations, Israel, World News

They've been talking about it. They've been negotiating about it. Some have used violence to achieve it. Now, say Palestinians, they'll finally become a state. Metro met Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad for an exclusive interview.

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'Don't Demolish My Future': An Iconic Cry from the Heart

Chris Gunness | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Israel, Middle East, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Khan Al-Ahmar, Palestinian Territories, Khan Al-Ahmar School, World News

"Don't Demolish My Future" is the name of an online campaign launched by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, to save the school in a small Bedouin community near Jerusalem from demolition by the Israeli authorities.

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The Jewel in the Crown of the Arab Spring

Sami Moubayed | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Palestinian State, Israel, Mahmud Abbas, Arab Spring, Palestinian Statehood, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine Un Statehood, Palestinian Territories, World News

Popular and armed resistance didn't work for the Palestinians, forcing them to take the matter to the U.N. in a new kind of intifada -- a diplomatic one -- that will achieve for them what 60 years of armed resistance failed to bring about.

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The Palestinians' Uncharted March to the UN

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 11.05.2011

Read More: Israel Palestine Conflict, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine UN Regognition, Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Palestine Un, Israel Palestine, World News

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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Practicing Yoga on the Mountain of God

Kazim Ali | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Yoga in Ramallah, Ramallah-Israel, Islam, Palestinian Yoga, Religious Tolerance, Life in Ramallah, Palestinian Territories, Israel, Farashe Yoga, Islam and Yoga, Muslim Yoga, Religion News

Perhaps no temple need be restored, perhaps one does not need a rock to launch up into heaven. Rather than the "mountain," maybe the metaphor for God we need right now is the ocean.

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From East Jerusalem to Ramallah

Kazim Ali | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, West Bank, Israeli Settlements, Gaza Blockade, Ramallah, Gaza, Palestinian Territories, Israel, Middle East Peace, East Jerusalem, World News

There can never be a functioning and vibrant Palestinian polity until there is freedom of movement for the Palestinian people. The wall must come down, the blockade of Gaza must end.

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Palestinian Nonviolence: Muslims, Not Christians, Are The Leaders

Sami Awad | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Nonviolence, Israeli Occupation, Palestinian Nonviolence, Interfaith Engagement, Palestinian Resistance, Palestinian Activism, Christian Palestinians, World News

Even though we never look at it through a religious lens, the reality on the ground is that when it comes to nonviolence in Palestine, it is Muslims who are engaging in this tremendous work.

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