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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

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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Peace In Arabic

David Suissa | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jews, Arabs, Khaled Abu Toameh, Ramallah, Islamic Radicalism, Palestinians, Stand With Us, Israel, Barack Obama, Israeli Arabs, World News

His words didn't smell like propaganda or activism. He spoke for moderate Palestinians like himself, and he spoke from his heart, not from talking points.

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Mel Blount Owes Government $631,000, According To Feds

AP | Posted 11.20.2009 | Sports

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mel Blount IRS, Mel Blount, Mel Blount Taxes, Pittsburgh Steelers, Sports News

PITTSBURGH — Federal attorneys want a judge to declare that Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famer Mel Blount owes more than $631,000 in back taxes, ...

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Obama's Mideast Failure: It's The Lobby, Stupid

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mitchell, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Obama, Aipac, Politics News

The reason the United States continues to fail on the Israeli-Palestinian track is because of the power of the pro-Israel lobby -- not just AIPAC, but its friends and followers -- in Washington.

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Palestine 1001 Nights

Jamal Dajani | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

Read More: Oslo Accords, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East, Road Map, Gilo, Jamal Dajani, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mofaz, Israel, Israeli Settlement, Barack Obama, World News

If Hamas is no longer Hamas, and the Palestinian Authority is no longer an authority, what options do the Palestinians have?

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Sarah Palin on Obama, Israel, and the Jewish Settlements

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, u.s. Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, Israel, Sarah Palin, World News

Sarah Palin seems to think that Israel should expand as much as it wants, with no regard whatsoever for the Palestinian people.

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Mets' Citi Field to Host Pro-Settlements Hebron Fund

Rebecca Vilkomerson | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, New York Mets, Hebron Fund, Israeli Settlements, The Hebron Fund, Citi Field, Settlements, Israel, New York News

The US government should examine the appropriateness of US non-profits receiving tax breaks for providing funds to Israeli settlements that undermine US foreign policy and hopes for peace in the Middle East.

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Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Along Gaza Border

Posted 11.13.2009 | World

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

JERUSALEM (Associated Press) -- Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man along the Gaza Strip border early Friday, both sides said, but the circumstanc...

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To Do Nothing Is an Insane Policy

David Halperin | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Thomas Friedman, George MItchell, World News

It's hard to see how abandoning the Mideast conflict -- potentially sparking exactly the kind of violence we hope to avoid -- could be in our interests. And yet, that's what Thomas Friedman proposes we do.

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Mahmoud Abbas Resists U.S. Pressure To Resume Peace Talks

Reuters | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Settlements in Palestine, Israel Palestine Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israel-Palestine Conflict, Abbas, Israel, Israel Palestine, Mah, World News

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinian president on Wednesday resisted U.S. pressure for a resumption of peace talks with Israel, repeating h...

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Mothers and Soldiers: Healing the Bonds Destroyed by War

Christian Avard | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books

Susan Galleymore is the author of Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak About War & Terror. She made international headlines as she traveled to Iraq to visit her son stationed in the Sunni Triangle.

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Delusional Self-Defense, Delusional Congressional Vote

Noura Erakat | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, House of Representatives, Gaza, War, Violence, Obama, Israel, Self-Defense, World News

Rather than condemn Israel's act of aggression, Congress added its name to a pungent piece of manipulative delusion: that Israel's onslaught of Gaza constituted an act of self-defense.

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Palestinian Negotiator: 'Defining Moment' Is Here

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

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

JERUSALEM — The chief Palestinian negotiator on Monday warned Israel that if it does not take peacemaking seriously, it will find itself dealing...

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Maj. Nidal Hasan and the "Desperation Explanation"

Heather Robinson | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Terrorism, Free Speech, Major Nidal Hasan, Israel, U.S. Army, Political Correctness, Politics News

Mainstream media has helped to cloud perceptions of the true causes of suicide terrorism. They've reinforced the perception that suicide bombing and other forms of terrorism are in some sense arguably justifiable.

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The Virus Behind Fort Hood Shootings

Wael Nawara | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Fanatic Virus, Religious Extremism, U. S. Armed Forces, War on Terror, Psychology, Identity Crisis, Fort Hood Shootings, Compassion Fatigue, Rage, Politics News

After 9/11 and the launching of "The War on Terror," which reportedly he opposed, Mjr. Hasan may have begun to develop an identity crisis.

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The End of the Oslo Phased

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bill Clinton, Mahmood Abbas, Salam Fayyad, Gaza, Ramallah, Abbas, Fatah, Plo, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Hamas, Palestinians, World News

In the midst of discussions regarding possible scenarios following Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' decision not to run for president, few have paid attention to the larger picture.

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Another Divisive Wall

Queen Rania of Jordan | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Peace in the Middle East, Berlin Wall Anniversary, Berlin Wall, Gaza, World News

For me, and for so many other people around the world, the anniversary is bittersweet. As the people of Germany celebrate a wall coming down, the people of Palestine are overwrought by a wall going up.

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Boycott Israel? Norwegian University Must Decide

David Harris | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Norway, Academic Boycott, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bds, Israel Boycott, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Ntnu, Trondheim, World News

Later this month, Norway's second largest university will consider a proposed boycott of Israel for developing "Zionist ideology and renouncing Palestinian history and identity."

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Tom Friedman: "It Is Time For A Radically New Approach" Toward Israeli-Palestinian Peace

nytimes.com | THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Authority, Thomas Friedman, West Bank, Hillary Clinton, Hamas, Israeli Government, Israel, Barack Obama, Politics News

The Israeli-Palestinian peace process has become a bad play. It is obvious that all the parties are just acting out the same old scenes, with the same...

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A Response to Bradley Burston's Critique

Henry Siegman | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinians, Israel, Bradley Burston, World News

For now, blaming Palestinians for their misery is nothing more than a pretext for the continuation of a colonialist enterprise that every other democracy in the world has relegated to a shameful past.

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We Need 'A Street', Not J Street

David Suissa | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jewish Community, Pro-Peace, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Aipac, J Street, Gaza, Israel, Politics News

Can you imagine how transformational it would be if a high profile, "pro-Arab, pro-peace" organization pressured Palestinian leaders to dismantle the teaching of Jew-hatred in Palestinian society -- a hatred that has made a mockery of all moves toward peace?

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Abbas's Decison Signals Need for Implementation Not Negotiations for Two State Solution

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.07.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, President Abbas, Palestine, Israel, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Palestinians, World News

The Israelis, the Americans, the international community and any proponent of a negotiated settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict couldn't dream of finding a better Palestinian leader.

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Introducing Dialogues Against Militarism

Stephen Funk | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

Read More: Against, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Militarism, Dialogues, Peace, Ivaw, World News

Dialogues Against Militarism hopes to connect antiwar activists and war resisters from the US with those in Israel/Palestine to work more collectively against the militarism of our societies.

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Abbas Not To Seek Re-Election, Say Palestinian Officials

Al Jazeera English | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Palestine, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas Fatah, Palestinians, Fatah, Hamas, World News

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has said he will not seek re-election when elections are held in January, Palestinian officials said. "Th...

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No Safe Haven for Suspected War Criminals

Daniel Machover | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, War Crimes, Un Goldstone Report, Goldstone Gaza, Goldstone Report, Foreign Affairs, Richard Goldstone, World News

Personal attacks on Justice Richard Goldstone and his colleagues are a distraction from a proper analysis of their report's contents and from the clear need to build upon and act on its recommendations.

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