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What "It Takes A Village to Raise a Child" Really Means

Donna Stefano | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Raising Children, Palestine, Jerusalem, Global Motherhood, Ramallah, West Bank, Impact News
Donna Stefano

My job is fulfilling, which makes the daily commute for me across checkpoints well worth it. But it also means that a seamless approach to child care has been a necessity. Enter my global village.

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KFC Opens In Palestinian Territories

LATimes.com | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Kfc, Ramallah, Kaf Palestinian Territories, Kfc Ramallah, Food News

People lined up on a chilly Saturday outside the new KFC outlet in Ramallah, the first of the U.S. fast-food chains to open in the Palestinian territo...

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Six Questions for Dr. Hanan Ashrawi

Jonathan Guyer | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Settlements, Quartet, Israel-Palestine, Palestinian, Fatah, Plo, Palestine, Hamas, Bds, Jerusalem, Hanan Ashrawi, Gaza, Palestinian Unity, Cairo, Ramallah, Israel, One-State, Reconciliation, World News
Jonathan Guyer

I sat down with Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, member of the The Palestine Liberation Organization's Executive Committee and discussed the PLO's strategies for 2012.

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Will Jerusalem Cause a Third Intifada?

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Intifada, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ramallah, Jerusalem, Palestinian, Middle East, Abbas, Foreign Policy, World News
Daoud Kuttab

This may be a journalistic hunch, but I have a feeling that we are about to witness an explosion in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, this time again over Jerusalem.

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Ex Cathedra in Ramallah

Dr. Charles G. Cogan | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Ramallah, Leon Panetta, World News
Dr. Charles G. Cogan

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is not without throwing some strong language around. "Get to the damn table," he intoned before the centrist Sa...

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Pardon My French: Our Heroine Gets a Warm Palestinian Welcome

Katie Beck | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Palestine, West Bank, Ramallah, Palestinains, Katie Beck, Travel, Travel Blogs, Pardon My French, Travel News
Katie Beck

People often talk about how friendly and hospitable Americans are, but I think Palestinians, at least the ones I've met, are miles ahead in this category.

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Pardon My French: Our Heroine Gets Comfortable In The West Bank

Katie Beck | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Palestine, Relationships, Ramallah, Long Distance Relationships, Katie Beck, Travel, Travel Writing, Pardon My French, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Katie Beck

I am in the West Bank, a place fraught with political tension and controversy, oceans away from my friends and family and I feel more at home than I have in a long time.

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Mr. Abbas Should Awe the UN, Not Just Shock It

Sarwar Kashmeri | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Ehud Olmert, United Nations, Ramallah, Abbas, Olmert, Palestine, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Un, Olmert Peace Plan, World News
Sarwar Kashmeri

All eyes are focused on the high drama that Mr. Abbas has created. He owes it to his people and to the people of Israel to not just create shock at the UN without an equal dose of awe.

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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
Elisabeth Braw

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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Ramadan In Ramallah

Kazim Ali | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Religion, World, Ramadan, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ramallah, Holy Land, Palestine Ramadan, Ramadan Fast, Fasting for Ramadan, Israel Ramadan, Islam, Religion News
Kazim Ali

Fasting is a turning away from "received" knowledge and an embracing of the knowledge of the body itself. Each passing day it becomes harder to believe that the conflict in this part of the world has anything to do with religion.

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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
Kazim Ali

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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Picasso Work Goes On Display In West Bank

AP | By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Palestine, Palestinian Art, Art Loans, West Bank, Ramallah, Modern Art, Loans, Holland, Pablo Picasso, Picasso, Israel, Arts News

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- A Palestinian art academy on Monday put on display a $7 million Pablo Picasso masterpiece, the first of its kind in the West Ba...

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Picasso To Be Shown In West Bank For The First Time

AP | By TIA GOLDENBERG | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Palestine, Buste De Femme, Cubism, Jerusalem, Ramallah, West Bank, Middle East, Museums, Pablo Picasso, Eindhoven, Painting, Picasso, Israel, Van Abbe Museum, Arts News

JERUSALEM -- A Palestinian art academy is preparing to spruce itself up for a famous guest: a $7 million Pablo Picasso masterpiece that would be the f...

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Palestinians Protesting for an End to the Split

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manara Square, Ramallah, Intifada, Gaza, March 15 Movement, Palestinians, World News
Daoud Kuttab

March 15 marked the launch of yet another Arab youth movement. The aim of this youth-led movement appears simple: end the split between Gaza and the West Bank and between the PLO and Hamas.

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A Precarious Peace

Dan Rather | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, West Bank, Israel Palestine, Middle East Peace, Middle East, Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Israel, Jericho, Ramallah, Hebron, World News
Dan Rather

2011-02-14-danrather.jpgWith all of the unrest sweeping the Middle East, one place long-associated with bullets and bloodshed has so far been remarkably calm: the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

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Eyewitnesses Counter Israeli Army's Description of a Palestinian Death

Democracy Now! | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, West Bank, Bil'In, Israeli Military, Ramallah, Jaffa, Jawaher Abu Rahma, Skype, Ashraf Abu Rahma, Democracy Now, World News
Democracy Now!

Israeli and Palestinian eyewitnesses say that Jawaher Abu Rahma, a Palestinian woman, died after inhaling tear gas fired by the Israeli military at a demonstration. We interviewed two people in attendance.

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The Loyalty Oath Is a Good Deal

David Suissa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ramallah, Palestinians, Israel, Jewish and Democratic, Loyalty Oath, Middle East, Yossi Klein Halevi, Yisrael Beitenu, World News
David Suissa

Jews who lived for centuries as good citizens of Arab countries would have loved nothing more than to pledge loyalty to a "Muslim and democratic state" in return for the same freedoms, rights and protections that Arabs enjoy today in Israel.

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Notes From an Israeli Newsroom: The Day My Leftism Changed

Ami Kaufman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinians, Israel, Ramallah, Lynching, World News
Ami Kaufman

Ten years ago today my leftism changed. I remember the images shown over and over again on television. The body being thrown out the window, and then being stomped on. And of course the bloody hands.

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A New Path to the Two-State Solution

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Netanyahu, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, White House, West Bank, Jerusalem, Terrorism, Right-Wing, Fatah, Abbas, Plo, United States, Obama, Hamas, Gaza, Peace Talks, Jewish Settlements, Ramallah, Israel, Idf, Fayyad, World News
Hoyt Hilsman

It won't be all smooth sailing, but economic progress on the West Bank may undercut those who advocate violence and confrontation, as more and more Palestinians and Israelis see a sliver of hope for the future.

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Hummus and Whiplash in Ramallah

David Suissa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Irwin Cotler, Hillel Neuer, Sartawi Center for the Advancement of Peace and Democracy, Bassem Eid, East Jerusalem, Ngos, Ramallah, Ehud Barak, Israel, Palestinians, World News
David Suissa

I was eating in a refugee camp in Ramallah with Bassem Eid, the founder of Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group. I sat listening to him for hours in scorching heat and didn't want to leave.

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Dubai, Discourses and Ideas Worth Spreading

Hisham Wyne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Innovation, Palestine, Dubai, TEDx Ramallah, Ramallah, Ted, Ideas, United Arab Emirates, World News
Hisham Wyne

A key issue with established discourse is that it marginalizes details. Such is the nature of the human mind that not only does it dislike randomness but absolutely adores a narrative.

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The West Bank: A Firsthand Look

Kate Lowenstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Israeli Settlements, Jerusalem, Ramallah, West Bank, Gaza, Middle East, West Bank Settlements, Israel-Palestine, Tel Aviv, Qalandia Checkpoint, Hebron, World News
Kate Lowenstein

Four days after the Gaza flotilla incident, I boarded a flight to Tel Aviv and made my way to Ramallah to visit a friend.

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Unable to Pay World Cup TV Fees, Jordanians Use Ingenuity With Help From a Local Radio Station

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jordan, Ramallah, Al Jazeera, World Cup 2010, Soccer, Radio, Tv, Palestine, Jordan World Cup, World News
Daoud Kuttab

Some used broadcasts from Israel and some European countries to watch the game, putting the TV on mute and listening to the commentary from the local radio station.

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Felice Friedson and The Media Line Bring Balance to Issues in the Mideast

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United Nations, Jim Luce Stewardship Report, Bias, American Colony Hotel, Foreign Affairs, Media, Journalism, Media Line, Israelis, Gaza, Middle East, Arab Press, Palestinian Journalists, The Media Line News Agency, C-Span, Israel Parliament, Jerusalem, Paul Stevers, Television Broadcast, United States, Hamas, Felice Friedson, Palestinians, Fourth Estate, Tel Aviv, Michael Friedson, Public Relations, Journalistic Standards, Arab, Mideast Press Club, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Ramallah, CharityHelp International, Intifada, News, Media News
Jim Luce

When Felice Friedson brought Palestinian journalists to Israel's parliament for the first time, the powerful chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs a...

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Remembering the Israeli-Gaza War

Anuradha K. Herath | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Ramallah, World, Gaza, Middle East, Hamas, Israel, World News
Anuradha K. Herath

Spending Christmas and New Year in the Holy Land was to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. But in December of 2008, there was little to celebrate in Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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