East Jerusalem

Israel's Fictional "Undivided Jerusalem."

James Zogby | Posted 12.14.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Settlements, Jerusalem, East Jerusalem Expansion, Israel, Middle East Peace, East Jerusalem, World News
James Zogby

Israel's near hysterical reaction to a Swedish proposal to recognize East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state is framed in language that masks their real intent.

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New Construction in East Jerusalem: What It Really Means

Ir Amim | Posted 12.04.2009 | World

Read More: Us Middle East Policy, Israeli Settlements, Israeli-Palestinian-Negotiations, Jerusalem, East Jerusalem, Gilo, World News
Ir Amim

Even countries known for their support of Israel do not accept the legality of Israel's unilateral annexation of East Jerusalem. None has set its embassy in the capital.

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Re-Energizing The Two-State Solution To Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Ray Hanania | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

Read More: Two States, West Bank, Israelis, One-State Solution, President Mahmoud Abbas, Jerusalem, East Jerusalem, Palestine, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Gaza Strip, Peace, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel-Palestine, Hamas, End of Violence in Israel, Israel Palestine Compromise, Two-State Solution, World News
Ray Hanania

Yes, I'm running for President of Palestine in the next election. No, I don't expect to win. My goal is to get the real leaders to do their jobs and stop putzing around.

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Voices From Jerusalem: An Arab Citizen of Israel Discovers Jerusalem

Ir Amim | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: Hebrew University, Palestinians, East Jerusalem, Israeli Arabs, Jerusalem, Israel, Palestinian Identity, World News
Ir Amim

I am able to see the strength and the might of this city and its residents. I pray for them out of amazement and appreciation. I close my eyes and ask that the city accept me as its daughter.

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Jewish Settlers Force Way Into East Jerusalem Home, Evict Arab Family (PHOTOS)

AP | MICHAEL BARAJAS | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Settlers East Jerusalem, Israel Settlers, Israel, Settlers, Israeli Settlers, Slideshow, Jerusalem Eviction, Evict, East Jerusalem, Jewish Settlers Evict Arab East Jerusalem Family, Israeli Settlers Take Home Jerusalem, Jerusalem News, World News

JERUSALEM — (AP) Jewish settlers forced their way into a disputed house in east Jerusalem on Tuesday, using hired guards to evict an elderly Pal...

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Deteriorating Reality in the Shadow of Catastrophic Scenarios

Ir Amim | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli Settlements, Israeli-Turkish Relations, Third Intifada, Israeli-Jordanian Relations, Haram Al Sharif, East Jerusalem, Temple Mount, World News
Ir Amim

Focusing public discussion on the possibility of a coming intifada creates its own perils. It shifts the public's attention away from the inherently dangerous policies being pursued in Jerusalem.

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Voices from Jerusalem: Archeology and National Claims in Jerusalem

Ir Amim | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: The City of David, Silwan, Archeology, Palestinians, East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Archaeological Claims, Holy City, Middle East, Israel, Archaeology, World News
Ir Amim

Many in Israel today see archeology as a tool for strengthening the connection between the Jewish people and the ancient past of the land of Israel.

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Netanyahu, the Tunnels Opener

Hagit Ofran | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Elad, The City of David, Israeli Settlements, Silwan, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem, East Jerusalem, Israel, World News
Hagit Ofran

Last week, an incident that could have set the entire Middle East on fire was prevented. Netanyahu's secret plan to visit a disputed tunnel in the East Jerusalem Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan was canceled.

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Voices from Jerusalem: Back to What School?

Ir Amim | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinians, Education, Schools, East Jerusalem, World News
Ir Amim

Unless action is taken, East Jerusalem will be short 1,500 classrooms by 2011, denying some 40,000 Palestinian students access to state-funded schools.

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Israel Pushes Ahead East Jerusalem Building Plans

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, West Bank, Israeli Settlements, Israel, Israel West Bank, Obama Israel, East Jerusalem, Israel East Jerusalem, Us Israel, Gaza, Jerusalem, World News

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given the green light for hundreds of new homes in a Palestinian-claimed area of Jerus...

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Voices From Jerusalem: An Interview with Khader Dibs

Ir Amim | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Settlements, Shuafat Refugee Camp, Water Crisis, East Jerusalem, World News
Ir Amim

One afternoon in early June, I sat down with Khader Dibs, a public figure in Shuafat RC. Dibs is a middle-aged father who heads the camp's UNWRA-run sanitation services.

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Dangerous Developments in East Jerusalem

Ir Amim | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Sheikh-Jarrah, Israeli Settlers, East Jerusalem, World News
Ir Amim

Israel is becoming an arena for unchecked action by extremist groups that acquire properties by questionable means, operate private police forces with State funding, and seek confrontation with the Palestinian population.

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Two States or Apartheid?

John Dugard | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, West Bank, Civil Rights, Apartheid, Israel, South Africa, East Jerusalem, Two State Option, World News
John Dugard

Many people who were outspoken advocates of ending apartheid in South Africa have taken to the sidelines in the Israel/Palestine dispute lest they be called anti-Jewish, anti-Semitic, or self-hating Jews.

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East Jerusalem Evictions Cause Outrage From US, UN

Al Jazeera. | Posted 09.03.2009 | Home

Read More: East Jerusalem, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, East Jerusalem Evictions, Jerusalem-Israel, Israel, Home News

The United States and the UN have condemned Israel's forcible eviction of two Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem. Washington sen...

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VOICES FROM JERUSALEM: The City and the Dogs: A Psychedelic Tour through Jerusalem's More Peculiar Districts

Ir Amim | Posted 08.30.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli Settlements, Silwan, Jerusalem, Public Art, Murals, Archeology, Ir Amim, East Jerusalem, World News
Ir Amim

These murals present a reality that is imaginary, illusory, and utterly alienated from the treachery conducted beneath and atop the very grounds of the holy basin of the Old City.

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Israela Oron, Fmr. Israeli General, Says Engaging Hamas Critical To Mideast Peace

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

Read More: Jerusalem, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israela Oron, Israeli Army, Idf, Gaza War, Israel, Breaking the Silence, East Jerusalem, World News
Hanna Ingber Win

The Huffington Post recently sat down with the former deputy of Israel's National Security Council Brig. Gen (Ret.) Israela Oron to discuss prospects ...

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Deflating Netanyahu's Jerusalem Claims

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bill Clinton, Jerusalem, Jewish Settlers, International Law, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama, East Jerusalem, Jewish, World News
Daoud Kuttab

Israel's policies towards the holy city will guarantee that the desired peace process continues to elude Palestinians and Israelis.

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Hitler, Palestinian Mufti Photo Circulated By Lieberman To Justify East Jerusalem Construction

Haaretz | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

Read More: Israel Settlement, Israeli Settlements, Hitler, Foreign Affairs, Settlements, Settlers, Israel Settlements, East Jerusalem, Settlements in Palestine, Obama Settlements, Hitler Haj Amin Al-Husseini, Haj Amin Al-Husseini, East Jerusalem Expansion, Avigdor Lieberman, Mike Huckabee East Jerusalem, Adolf Hitler, Israel, Hitler Haj Amin Al-Husseini Photo, Advocacy, World News

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has ordered diplomats to use an old photograph of a former Palestinian religious leader meeting Adolf Hitler to cou...

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The Obama-Likud Staredown: Who's Going to Blink?

Amjad Atallah | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Arab Peace Initiative, Jerusalem, Israeli Settlements, Gaza, Israel, Obama, Elliot Abrams, East Jerusalem, Israeli Palestinian Negotiations, World News
Amjad Atallah

Let's hope that the US does a better job in earning Israel's respect than the Palestinians have in their negotiations thus far.

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East Jerusalem Settlements: Mike Huckabee Joins The Fray, Will Broadcast From Disputed Site

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Huckabee, Mike Huckabee and Religion, Mike Huckabee Faith and Politics, Mike Huckabee, Foreign Affairs, Mike Huckabee East Jerusalem, Mike Huckabee Israel, Israel, Advocacy, Mike Huckabee Fox News, Huckabee Fox Show, Fox News, Fox News Channel, Huckabee Fox News, Jerusalem, Benjamin Netanyahu, Huckabee Jerusalem, East Jerusalem, Huckabee Israel, World News

The dispute over a highly controversial East Jerusalem Israeli settlement project came to a head Tuesday when direct, public statements from France, R...

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Israeli Settlements: France Calls for Halt In E Jerusalem, Joining US, Russia

AFP | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Settlements in Palestine, Israel Settlement, Israeli Settlements, Obama Settlements, East Jerusalem Expansion, France, Foreign Affairs, France Israel, Settlements, Israel, Settlers, East Jerusalem, Israel Settlements, Advocacy, World News

France has summoned the Israeli ambassador in Paris to demand a halt to Jewish settlement building in east Jerusalem, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchne...

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East Jerusalem Settlements: Russia Joins US In Calling For Construction Halt

AFP | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Israel Settlement, Israeli Settlements, Russia Israel, Foreign Affairs, Settlements, Settlers, Middle East Peace, Israel Settlements, East Jerusalem, Settlements in Palestine, Obama Settlements, East Jerusalem Expansion, Middle East Peace Process, Israel, Advocacy, World News

Russia called on Israel Tuesday to put an immediate halt to a controversial building project in occupied Arab east Jerusalem, saying the plan violated...

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Israel's East Jerusalem Construction To Proceed Despite US Wishes

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, East Jerusalem, East Jerusalem Expansion, Israeli Settlements, Settlements, Israel Settlements, Settlements in Palestine, Benjamin Netanyahu, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, World News

JERUSALEM — Israel on Sunday rejected a U.S. demand to suspend a planned housing project in east Jerusalem, threatening to further complicate an...

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VOICES FROM JERUSALEM: What Is Behind Jerusalem's First Master Plan Since 1967?

Ir Amim | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Land Use, Ir Amim, Urban Planning, East Jerusalem, World News
Ir Amim

Today, 42 years since the annexation of East Jerusalem, it seems that the future of Palestinian Jerusalemites is gloomier than ever, and that their pathways of existence are narrowing.

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VOICES FROM JERUSALEM: Obama: From Your Mouth to Jerusalem's Ears

Ir Amim | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Obama Jerusalem, Ir Amim, Obama Cairo Speech, Jerusalem, East Jerusalem, West Bank, Israeli Settlements, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Ir Amim

Two states. An end to settlement construction. The fate of Jerusalem. If we look, there are some noteworthy agreements about them.

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