Israeli Palestinian Conflict

Palestinian Airlines Resumes Service After 7 Years

AP | KARIN LAUB and IBRAHIM BARZAK | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Airlines, Palestine, Palestinian Air, Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian-Air, Airlines, Travel News

MARKA AIRBASE, Jordan -- Palestinian Airlines is back in the skies after being grounded for seven years by the deepening enmities of the Israeli-Pales...

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People Power for Peace

Saliba Sarsar | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Salam Fayyad, Israel, Middle East Peace, Middle East, World News

Martin Luther King Jr. explained, "leaders only change because they either see the light or feel the heat." If Israeli and Palestinian leaders will not "see the light" and lead, the international community must work together to make them "feel the heat."

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The Media's Limitations and Manipulations

Ziad El-Hady | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, International Politics, Media Manipulation, Corporations, Media, News Corporation, Media Bias, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Media News

All social, political and economic policies and debates are communicated through our media. Therefore, the breadth of our democratic experience is largely defined by the structure of the media and its content.

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Citizen Journalists Focus On Israeli Occupation

Reuters | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Citizen Journalism Israeli Occupation, Reuters, Citizen Journalism, Citizen Journalism Palestine, Citizen Journalism Israel, Media News

* Armed with camcorders, Palestinians challenge troops * Footage key to accounts of West Bank confrontations By Noah Bro...

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

AP | Posted 05.21.2012

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

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'Jerusalem Must Be Divided'

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Video, Jerusalem Divided, Jerusalem Partitioned, Ehud Olmert, Israel-Palestine, Israel, Jerusalem Israel, World News

JERUSALEM — Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday urged Israeli leaders to relinquish the idea of a unified Jerusalem if they truly want p...

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My Family's History with Nakba

Wasim Salfiti | Posted 05.18.2012

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

Beneath the barrage of political symbols and slogans lies a human experience of heartache and loss, to which Americans of all backgrounds might possibly relate.

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Test For 12135 Id=3

Evgeny Poltoratsky | Posted 05.19.2012

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Test for 12135 Test for 12135 Test for 12135...

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John Derbyshire Pretty Sure 'Overwhelming Majority' Of Blacks 'Prefer White Supremacy' Because Liberia!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Eat the Press, Video, White Supremacists, Media Criticism, Liberia, John Derbyshire, Politics News

John Derbyshire, who was recently kicked out of the National Review's community of deep thinkers because his overt racism had finally become somewhat ...

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U.N. Strike Shows Convergence of Labor and Middle East Politics

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jordan, Arab Spring, Unesco, Middle East, War, United Nations, Refugees, Humanitarian Aid, Amman, Un Strike, World News

In a way, this was a classic labor conflict between a public agency and workers. But UNRWA is a unique international bureaucracy, with a global budget crisis intertwined with the politics of the conflict-ridden regions it serves.

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Thousands Of Palestinians March In Annual Mourning Ritual

AP | MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH | Posted 05.15.2012

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

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Governor Removes Controversial Doctor From Anti-Cigarette Tax Ads

Aaron Sankin | Posted 05.14.2012

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Bowing to pressure from anti-smoking advocates, California Governor Jerry Brown has removed from a state health board a doctor who appeared in a contr...

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Many Patinkin Advocates Peace While Filming 'Homeland' In Israel

AP | Posted 05.14.2012

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JERUSALEM — "Homeland" star Mandy Patinkin has made a small push for peace while filming episodes of the hit TV show in Israel. Israel's Channe...

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Palestinian Prisoners Agree To End Hunger Strike

AP | DIAA HADID and IAN DEITCH | Posted 05.15.2012

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JERUSALEM — Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners agreed to halt a weekslong hunger strike on Monday in exchange for promises of better conditions, ...

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The Decade for Peace in Israel-Palestine

Peter T. Coleman, PhD | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Arab Spring, Israeli-Palestinian Crisis, Middle East Peace, World News

Having just returned from a visit to Israel where I spoke at a meeting of government scholars which included several negotiators who had been directly...

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Ingenious Political Coup Or Insidious Political Scheme

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Middle East, Israeli Politics, Shaul Mofaz, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu Mofaz, World News

By expanding the coalition, Netanyahu has provided himself with the ideal political environment to reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians and bridge the social gap domestically.

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LOOK: Portraits Of Hunger Strikers

AP | DUSAN VRANIC | Posted 05.13.2012

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KUFR RAI, West Bank -- For the thousands of Palestinian families who have a relative in Israeli detention, a photograph is the only real contact with ...

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Israeli-Palestinian Hunger Strike Deal

AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 05.13.2012

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JERUSALEM — Egyptian and Palestinian officials said Sunday they were close to reaching a deal with Israel that would end a mass hunger strike by...

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Netanyahu Creates a Big New Government to Do Nothing But Survive

James Zogby | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Knesset, Arab World, Likud, Lebanon, Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Israel, Kadima, World News

Don't hold your breath expecting big things, either bad or good, from this big new government. Expect, instead, business as usual.

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de | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Elections 2012, Natural Disasters, Business News

This is day of winning ... And it's smell like poroh!...

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Netanyahu's Political Coup -- and What About Iran and the Palestinians?

Dr. Josef Olmert | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Likud, Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Kadima, World News

Political survival, not Iran, was uppermost on PM Netanyahu's mind when he called for early elections in Israel just a few days ago, as well as when he pulled a brilliant trick out of his sleeve and co-opted the Kadima Party in his coalition.

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Why We Boycotted The Equality Forum: Gay Rights Become A Tool In Israel's Rebranding Campaign

Katherine Franke | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Equality Forum Israel, Israel Gay Rights, Gay Rights Israel, Israel Pinkwashing, 2012 LGBT Summit Israel, Israel Gay Rights Rebranding, Equality Forum 2012 LGBT Summit, Gay Voices News

We decided to boycott an event that peeled off and celebrated Israel's good gay-rights record rather than locating it within the larger problems that plague Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. The one cannot be separated from the other in our view.

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Turning to the Past for Future Peace

Randa Farah | Posted 05.08.2012

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

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.

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Why I Am Not A Liberal Zionist

Anat Biletzki | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Israel, Judaism, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel-Palestine, Israeli Left, Liberal Zionism, Religion News

If Zionism has been based on a set of values -- any values -- that "override whatever injustices statehood has brought," then it has taken us as far as one can get from the set of values that undergird liberal democracy.

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The Funniest Someecards Of The Week!

Posted 05.04.2012

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With the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death, the White House Correspondent's Dinner, and the massive Occupy protests Tuesday, this week was pretty...

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