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Stephanie Spiro: The New School Presents a Sneak Preview of the Documentary Flying Paper

2012-05-24T10:39:10Z

After the preview of the movie, a man in the audience, visibly moved, raised his hand and said: "Growing up in Palestine, kite flying was the only thing that made me feel free."

Read more: Guinness World Record, Palestine, Gaza Strip, Documentary, Documentary Film, The New School, The New School for Public Engagement, Flying Paper, College News

WATCH: Israeli Troops Reportedly Stand By As Settlers Open Fire On Palestinians

2012-05-21T08:29:31Z

JERUSALEM -- An Israeli human rights group has released a video that suggests Israeli soldiers stood by while Jewish settlers opened fire on Palestini...

Read more: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Video Settlers Shoot Palestinians, West Bank, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Israel Video Settlers Open Fire Palestinians, Israel Settlers, Yitzhar, Idf, Israel West Bank, Israel, B'tselem, Video, World News

Bill_Corcoran: Food Security Means Water Too

2012-05-17T10:36:39Z

As G-8 leaders hold their lengthy discussions about the challenges facing the world, they can reach out to the glass in front of them for a refreshing sip of water. What a luxury! In most places in the world, a sip of water could cause diarrhea or other water-born illness.

Read more: Gaza Strip, L'Aquila Initiative, Gaza, Middle East, Clean Water, G8 Summit, Anera, Water Crisis, Palestinians, Impact G8, Impact News

Donna Stefano: Ensuring a Work-Family Balance in the Middle East

2012-05-15T09:12:07Z

As time went on, the beauty of the Arab social life became clearer and I relished leaving the office along with them, guilt free, to pick up my son.

Read more: Global Motherhood, Single Moms, International Day of Families, West Bank, Work Life Balance, Middle East, United Nations Division for Social Policy and Development, Impact News

Thousands Of Palestinians March In Annual Mourning Ritual

2012-05-15T07:27:34Z

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinians on Tuesday marked their mass displacement that followed Israel's creation with a blend of sadness and hope, s...

Read more: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Nakba, Video, West Bank, Gaza, Palestinians, Israel, Israel Nakba, Palestinians Nakba, World News

Randa Farah: Turning to the Past for Future Peace

2012-05-08T12:38:43Z

Palestinian right of return is not only just but viable, even though at this historical juncture it seems far-fetched. Only the recognition and fulfillment of this right -- all the more important as the 64th anniversary of the Nakba approaches -- will lead to justice and secure a lasting peace.

Read more: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Nakba, Israel, Middle East, Beirut, West Bank, Lebanon, Gaza Strip, Gaza, Palestinian Refugees, World News

Daoud Kuttab: Strange State of Palestinian Conflict Could Produce Unexpected Results

2012-05-03T11:24:31Z

The Palestinian conflict is going through one of its strangest stages these days. So much is going against Palestine, yet so much is going for it.

Read more: Netanyahu, Iran, Gaza, West Bank, World, Middle East, Israel, Terrorism, Abbas, Olmert, Palestine, Fayyad, Diskin, Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike, World News

Divorced Dad Moved Kids From Kansas To Gaza Strip

2012-05-02T08:09:21Z

WICHITA, Kan. -- Authorities in the U.S. have accused a divorced Palestinian man of illegally moving his three children from their home in Kansas to h...

Read more: Ahmed Abuhamda Gaza, Wichita Kansas, Gaza Strip, Father Takes Children to Gaza, Dvorce, Bethany Gonzalez, Ahmed Abuhamda, Dad Takes Children to Gaza, Crime News

Kevin Bermeister: Israel: One Vote!

2012-04-30T09:50:17Z

Israel remains the poorest developed nation in the world, with 23 percent of her residents living in poverty -- half of whom are Jews and the other half Muslims. Notwithstanding security, this is the most significant issue affecting Israel today.

Read more: Oslo Accords, Palestinian Authority, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Lebanon, Jordan, Gaza, Egypt, Middle East, Jewish, Palestinians, Muslims, Iran, Israel, Syria, World News

Shai Baitel: Fuel for Thought in Gaza

2012-04-24T18:54:20Z

If Hamas has any lesson to teach, it is that fundamentalist regimes are the greatest threat to the prosperity and stability of the Middle East. Groups that exploit the democratic process under the banner of religion are often just as morally corrupt than the regimes they are trying to replace.

Read more: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Strip, Gaza, Israel, Middle East, Ron Prosor, Hamas, World News

The Boycott Against An Israeli Theater Company

2012-04-19T08:00:06Z

When Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London invited the prominent Israeli theater company Habima to perform at their nonpartisan "Globe to Globe" festi...

Read more: Globe Theatre, Palestine, Mike Leigh, Habima, Shakespeare Globe, West Bank, Emma Thompson, Globe to Globe Festival, London Theater, Habima Israel, Shakespeares Globe, London Olympics, Globe to Globe, London Globe, Video, Olympics 2012, Israel Theater, Mark Rylance, Habima Theatre Company, Israel, Cultural Olympiad, Culture News

Palestinian Couple Gets Dream Wedding

2012-04-15T12:54:12Z

DEIR ISTIYA, West Bank -- Maha Surougi and Thaer Qasem have lived their entire lives in Syria's largest Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of D...

Read more: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, West Bank, Palestinian Couple West Bank Wedding, West Bank Wedding, Good News News

Israeli Settlement Backer Donates $1 Million To Defeat Obama

2012-04-12T09:21:26Z

WASHINGTON -- Even in the era of unbridled campaign contributions, Irving Moskowitz's $1 million donation in February to American Crossroads, the Karl...

Read more: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Birthers, Israeli Settlements, Karl Rove, Obama Birthers, West Bank, Super PACs, Elections 2012, Irving Moskowitz, Israel Settlements, Barack Obama, Video, 2012 Election, West Bank Settlements, Barack Obama 2012, Israel, American Crossroads, Obama Israel, Politics News

Hani Almadhoun: Medieval Times Are Alive and Well in Gaza

2012-04-11T10:20:16Z

No power, no fuel, and little water: darkness is everywhere, the public is deeply distrustful, and the only people making a living are those who walk around town flaunting big guns often accompanied by a huge entourage.

Read more: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Seige, Human Rights, Gaza, Humanitarian Aid, World News

George Bisharat: A One-State Solution for Israel and Palestine

2012-04-10T17:29:45Z

Would not a truly democratic state joining Jews and Palestinians become the "light unto nations" that Israel was always meant to be?

Read more: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Israeli Settlements, West Bank, Israel, West Bank Settlements, One-State Solution, Palestinian Statehood, Two-State Solution, World News

Dr. Charles G. Cogan: Ariel (Sharon), We Hardly Knew Ye

2012-04-08T20:47:36Z

All Israeli withdrawals are unilateral; otherwise the Arabs would never agree with them. Thus it was with the unilateral withdrawal from Southern Leba...

Read more: Palestine, Arabs, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Dov Weissglass, Israel, Ariel Sharon, World News

Daoud Kuttab: Bringing Together the Palestinian Divide

2012-04-05T09:00:50Z

The end of Hana Shalabi's 44-day hunger strike has produced mixed results, and has pointed out another under-reported issue -- the separation and difficulty of movement between Gaza and West Bank.

Read more: Netanyahu, Security, Hunger Strike, Wall, Gaza, West Bank, Peace, Rice, Obama, Two-State Solution, World, Bush, Free Passage, Shalabi, World News

Einat Wilf: A Dangerous Proposal

2012-04-02T11:12:29Z

To be a member of the Israeli left who believes that all Jews should have a voice in shaping Israel's future is to repeatedly witness good intentions ...

Read more: Middle East, West Bank, Settlements, Israel Palestine, Peter Beinart, West Bank Settlements, The Crisis of Zionism, World News

Ziad J. Asali, M.D.: The West Must Support Universal Values in the Arab World

2012-03-30T15:26:27Z

Over the past 14 months, Iran has steadily lost influence throughout the Middle East. Recognizing this is crucial for understanding how Palestine, Syria and other key strategic battlegrounds now play into Iranian calculations, and how new opportunities have emerged for both Arabs and the West.

Read more: Palestine, Arab World, Gaza Strip, Gaza, Arab Uprising, Middle East, Iran, Israel, Arab Spring, World News

Palestinians Protests Across Israel

2012-03-30T09:03:15Z

JERUSALEM — Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian protester in Gaza on Friday as thousands in the Palestinian territories, Israel and neighbori...

Read more: Israel Land, West Bank, Gaza, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Palestinians, Israel News, Israel Protest, Israel Borders, Israel, Land Day, Israel Palestinian Protests, World News

Hani Almadhoun: Cats In Gaza And Cats In Islam

2012-03-29T17:09:38Z

As the government put a value on cats, and as more people realized the key role played by those cuddly creatures, Gazans started to breed cats, and started to treat cats with more respect.

Read more: Religion, Islam, Cats, Animal Welfare, Gaza Strip, Pets, Gaza, Humor, Animals, Video, Religion News

Paul Larudee: Does the Global March to Jerusalem Delegitimize Israel? Not at All.

2012-03-27T11:40:34Z

If the world's people refuse to stand still for such crimes, and instead organize themselves into a peaceful, nonviolent protest march to make their will known, is the movement the cause of Israel's poor image, or are both the result of Israel's actions?

Read more: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Gaza, Israel-Palestine, Global March to Jerusalem, Israel, World News

Baby Dies From Power Shortage

2012-03-25T11:42:52Z

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A Gaza man said Sunday his 5-month-old baby died two days ago after the generator powering his respirator ran out of fue...

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Bradley Burston: To the Leftist Who Has No Problem With Rocket Fire on Israel

2012-03-22T19:23:54Z

In fact, there has been much about the current fighting that has departed from the typical pattern. One thing that has not changed, however, is the way much of the hard left relates to the moral issues posed by Palestinian rocket attacks on Israelis.

Read more: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza, Terrorism, Gaza Rockets, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, World News

Abraham H. Foxman: Peter Beinart Is Right, but for the Wrong Reasons

2012-03-20T17:02:36Z

The implications of this conundrum -- desire for a Jewish state and a demographic challenge to that concept -- are evident and unpalatable: either the Palestinian residents would be denied equal rights or there would be a process of finding a way to get Palestinians to leave the state.

Read more: Palestinian Authority, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Peter Beinart, One-State Solution, West Bank, Gaza, Harvard, Israel, Beinart, Jewish State, World News