Report: Security beefed up at Gaza-Egypt border ahead of Shalit transfer
Voice of Palestine radio quoted Egyptian sources on Saturday as saying that in an unusual move, security around the Rafah border crossing betwe...
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Palestine After Abbas
Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.26.2009 | World
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The coming months will reveal whether we are, indeed, witnessing the dawn of the post-Oslo era in Palestinian politics, and whether a new leader will be required to revive the Palestinian cause.
An American Arab Thanksgiving
Ray Hanania | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living
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Food has a special place in our hearts as Arabs, so Thanksgiving was the American holiday we most loved. Food symbolizes the essence of freedom, the ability to feed your family without fear.
Selling Out in Congress
Adam Shapiro | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
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My old friend Tom Perriello, I am afraid, has become like so many of his colleagues, a mere tool of a hard-right AIPAC agenda that has no business dictating American policy, as it did with the Goldstone resolution.
Tony Blair's Cautionary Tale For Obama
William Bradley | Posted 11.24.2009 | World
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Under Blair, Britain "modernized" as "Cool Britannia," and indicators on the economy, the environment, and crime improved. Then came Iraq, the war too far.
The Wages of Fear: Alibis and Lies
Joan Z. Shore | Posted 11.24.2009 | World
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Had it been a Christian or a Jew who slaughtered thirteen people in one mad frenzy, I doubt there would have been much psycho-analysis of the murderer and his motives. It was a ghastly criminal act, period.
Re-Energizing The Two-State Solution To Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Ray Hanania | Posted 11.20.2009 | World
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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.
Peace In Arabic
David Suissa | Posted 11.20.2009 | World
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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.
Accomplishing Palestinian Statehood Might Have to Be Unilateral
Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.20.2009 | World
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If reaching an independent Palestinian state is in the national interest of the United States, as President Obama has said, then it would be ill advised to deny that inevitability to Palestinians.
Palestine 1001 Nights
Jamal Dajani | Posted 11.20.2009 | World
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If Hamas is no longer Hamas, and the Palestinian Authority is no longer an authority, what options do the Palestinians have?
Middle East Small Talks To Focus On Getting Israel, Palestine To Discuss Weather
The Onion | The Onion | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home
LONDON—According to State Department officials, the violently clashing peoples of Israel and Palestine have agreed to resume small talks......
Palestinians Seek EU Support For Independent State
AP | MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH | Posted 11.17.2009 | World
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RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinians asked the European Union on Monday to back their plan to have the U.N. Security Council recognize an inde...
The Challenge of Arab Unemployment -- An Issue We Must Not Ignore!
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 11.16.2009 | World
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While the problem of unemployment in the Arab world seems insurmountable, there are a number of initiatives being implemented and proffered in the region to begin to put a dent in the problem.
Obama In Flux
William Bradley | Posted 11.14.2009 | World
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As he embarks on his first big trip to Asia, President Barack Obama's strategies are in flux in many areas.
Jewish Liberation From The Ghetto: Excerpt From "Emancipation"
GlobalPost | Michael Goldfarb | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books
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Michael Goldfarb GlobalPost An excerpt from Michael Goldfarb's new book, "Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews from the Ghetto Led to Revolutio...
Mahmoud Abbas: Would He Quit This Time?
Peace Process | Posted 11.13.2009 | World
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JERUSALEM -- Sometimes a quitter really does quit for good. The Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, announced last week that he wouldn't...
The Saudi-Iranian Neo Cold War
Jamal Dajani | Posted 11.13.2009 | World
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For more than a week, Saudi Arabia has been carrying out military operations on its remote southern border to punish Houthi rebels from Yemen who crossed over and attacked one of its patrols.
Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Along Gaza Border
Posted 11.13.2009 | World
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JERUSALEM (Associated Press) -- Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man along the Gaza Strip border early Friday, both sides said, but the circumstanc...
Palestinians Recommend Calling Off Upcoming Vote
Posted 11.12.2009 | World
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian election officials on Thursday recommended calling off January's presidential vote, a step that could result in emb...
Dialogues Against Militarism Gratitude
Stephen Funk | Posted 11.12.2009 | World
DAM is making connections and creating infrastructure and camaraderie with many groups so we are better able to work together across international borders against our common struggles.
Mahmoud Abbas Resists U.S. Pressure To Resume Peace Talks
Reuters | Posted 11.11.2009 | World
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinian president on Wednesday resisted U.S. pressure for a resumption of peace talks with Israel, repeating h...
Mothers and Soldiers: Healing the Bonds Destroyed by War
Christian Avard | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books
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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.
The Wall: 20 Years After Berlin
Kevin Coval | Posted 11.10.2009 | World
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"The night of Nov. 9... was the fulfillment of a dream." German Chancellor Angela Merkel today concrete stretches into sky, twenty-six feet high. ...
Delusional Self-Defense, Delusional Congressional Vote
Noura Erakat | Posted 11.11.2009 | World
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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.
Mr. Netanyahu, Tear Down This Wall
Robert Naiman | Posted 11.10.2009 | World
On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, leaders are full of self-congratulation. But they bear large responsibility for another wall constricting human freedom: the apartheid wall dividing the Palestinian West Bank.
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