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Six Easy Ways to End the Conflict in the Middle East

Omri Marcus | Posted 09.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Obama Israel, Middle East, Israel, Obama Israel Video, Peace, Barack Obama, Comedy News
Omri Marcus

Maybe it's time to think outside the box. Maybe it's about time to stop counting on our leaders, and end this fiasco in a different way

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Sweden: Editor Denies Anti-Semitism Charges, Gov't Refuses To Condemn Anti-Israel Article

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, West Bank, Soldiers Organs, Gaza, Israel Palestinian Conflict, Israel Palestine, Israel Organs, Palestinians Claim Organs, Israel News, Organ Trade Israel, Organ Trafficking Israel, Swedish Newspaper Article, Israel, Newspaper Article Sweden, Swedish Antisemitism, Anti Semitism, Sweden Antisemitism, Sweden Anti Semitic Article, World News

Jan Helin, the editor-in-chief of the Swedish newspaper which printed an article accusing Israeli soldiers of killing Palestinians and harvested their...

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Could U.S. Officials Please Treat a Nobel Peace Laureate with Respect?

Ann Wright | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Ireland, Israel, Gaza, Mairead Corrigan Macguire, Politics News
Ann Wright

I wonder if the Secretary of State might wish to have discussions with the Secretary of Director of Immigration and Citizenship about how to treat Nobel Peace Laureates, unless, because of her outspoken criticism of Israeli policies toward the Palestinians, the treatment Maguire got was exactly what the Obama administration wants her to have.

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Gaza Children Turn To Martial Arts In Reaction To Israeli Threat

Al Arabiya | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

Read More: Violence in Gaza, Gaza Strip, Gaza, Israel and Gaza, Gaza Kids, Israel and Palestine, Life in Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Gaza Children, Martial Arts, World News

Salih al-Masri, a skinny nine-year-old in a red martial arts uniform, grits his teeth as he stands barefoot on shards of broken glass and recalls his ...

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"Mabruk" Mubarak

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Palestinian Authority, Egypt, Iran, The Middle East, Gaza, President Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Cairo, Saudi Arabia, Middle East Peace Process, Hosni Mubarak, King Abdullah, Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Muslim World, World News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Mubarak shares the president's goal of moving the Middle East peace process off dead center, and is well positioned now to be Washington's go-to guy in the Arab world, once again.

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Rob Malley Calls NYT Title For His Two-State Solution Op-Ed "Unfortunate"

David Halperin | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israel Palestine Conflict, Two State Solution, Nytimes, Israel-Palestine, New York Times, Rob Malley, NYTimes.Com, Israel, Israel Palestine, World News
David Halperin

I was curious if Rob Malley and Hussein Agha's NYT op-ed title -- "The Two State Solution Won't Solve Anything" -- is what they intended, so I sent Rob Malley a few questions by email.

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Israeli Soldier Kidnapping Suspected, Central Israel On High Alert

Paul Korda | Posted 09.13.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Ben Gurion Airport, Israeli Military, Israel, Soldier Kidnapped, World News
Paul Korda

The huge security operation to search for this allegedly missing individual underscores Israel's fears about the welfare of its soldiers. The Jewish state has gone to great lengths to secure the release of its soldiers - or even their corpses

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Mahmoud Abbas: No Peace Talks Until Israel Freezes Settlement Construction

Huffington Post | Posted 09.13.2009 | World

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

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that peace talks with Israel will not resume until Israel completely freezes construction in the ...

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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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An Account of Life on the West Bank

Lamia Khatib | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israel Security Wall, West Bank, Bil'in Popular Committee, West Bank Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Relations, Israel, World News
Lamia Khatib

On August 3, my husband Mohammed Khatib, and my little brother Abdullah, were taken from their beds in our West Bank village of Bil'in at 3 a.m. by the Israeli military.

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Iran: Let's Get Back To Business!

Georges Ugeux | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Iranian Army, Tehran Stock Exchange, Lebanon, Free Trade, Market Capitalization, Hezbollah, Iran, US Foreign Policy, Hamas, Iranian-Banks, Export, Oil Derivatives, Bush Administration, Nuclear Weapons, Middle East, Jewish, Import, Foreign Direct Investments, World News
Georges Ugeux

Now is the time for the administration to send a clear signaling to Iran that, in a measured and limited way, they no longer object to business dealings in sectors that carry no military or nuclear energy risks.

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Winograd For Congress Sponsors Rare Reading of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie"

Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New York Theater Workshop, Rachel Corrie, Palestinian Territory, Demolitions, My Name Is Rachel Corrie, Jane Harman, Israel, Palestine, Aipac, Congress, Levantine Center, Marcy Winograd, Entertainment News
Linda Milazzo

Progressive Democrat Marcy Winograd is bringing Rachel's story to LA to support President Obama's call to freeze further expansion of Israeli settlements into the Palestinian territory.

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Obama's Big Mideast Push

Eric Margolis | Posted 09.07.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Iran, Robert Gates, Israel, Middle East, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News
Eric Margolis

Some of the administration's biggest guns have been sent to the Mideast in an all-out effort to get America's squabbling allies and clients to accept a comprehensive regional peace deal.

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GOP Delegation In Israel Contradicts U.S. Policy

AP | JEN THOMAS | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, West Bank, Gop, Israeli Settlements, Israel-Palestine, Israel Us, Obama Administration, Eric Cantor, Obama, Settlements, Israel, Republicans, Politics News

JERUSALEM — The Obama administration's policy on Israel is misguided, puts too much emphasis on the issue of settlements and ignores the bigger ...

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New Guard Replaces Old in Fatah

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Plo, Fateh, Fatah, Cartoon, Political Cartoons, Alquds, World News
Daoud Kuttab

As long as Fatah had leaders in various Arab countries, they were susceptible to pressures from those hosts. That has all but disappeared with the majority of its leadership now based inside Palestine.

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Obama's Cairo Address: Two Months On

William Bradley | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Jewish Community, George Mitchell. Majmoud Ahmadinejad, Dennis Ross, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mossad, Ehud Barak, Iran, Bibi Netanyahu, Likud, Bob Gates, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Cairo, Jim Jones, Nouri Al-Maliki, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, West Bank Settlements, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Avigdor Lieberman, Tehran, Israel, Iraq, Syria, World News
William Bradley

It's been two months since Obama delivered his address to the Muslim world in Cairo, promising a new era of respect and engagement. How's his opening to the Muslim world going so far?

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Does "Urging Israel" Amount to "Change We Can Believe In"?

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Terrorism, Fatah, Hamas, Obama Mideast Trip, Joe Biden, Sheikh-Jarrah, Race, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Jerusalem, Middle East, Avigdor Lieberman, Racism, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Al Jazeera, World News
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

Expressing disappointment and calling on Israel not to repeat its actions is ineffective, so when will America's policy change from a slap on the wrist to a handcuff to international law?

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50 Palestinians Evicted From Their Jerusalem Homes

AP | BEN HUBBARD | Posted 09.02.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Palestine, Jerusalem, Palestinians Evicted, Palestinians, Jerusalem Evictions, World News

JERUSALEM — Israeli police evicted two Palestinian families in east Jerusalem on Sunday, then allowed Jewish settlers to move into their homes, ...

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Hamas Again Accepts a Palestinian State on The 1967 Lines

Amjad Atallah | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Bassem Khoury, Fatah, Khaled Meshal, Israel, Palestine, Plo, Hamas, Wall Street Journal, Shtayyeh, World News
Amjad Atallah

If Hamas Chief Meshaal is truly speaking on behalf of all of Hamas, then he is endorsing Obama's efforts to quickly negotiate an end to the conflict and is offering "cooperation" in that regard.

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Extending Bridge Hours A Bittersweet Victory

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Allenby, Al Aqsa Intifada, Road Map, Palestine, Benjamin Netanyahu, King Hussein Bridge, Dennis Ross, Robert Gates, George MItchell, James Jones, World News
Daoud Kuttab

As the only crossing point allowed for the 2.5 million Palestinians of the West Bank and their visiting relatives, the bridge has become a focal point of anguish.

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Who Speaks for Palestine?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Farouq El Qadoumi, Mahmoud Abbas, Plo, Fateh, Fatah, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas, Israel, Midddle East, World News
Jamal Dajani

Fateh, the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization, will meet next week in an atmosphere mired with internal divisions, charges of corruption, and tales of espionage and betrayal fit for a John Le Carré novel.

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Hamas: PA Is Threatening to Arrest Our West Bank Leaders

International Middle East Media Center | Posted 08.30.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Middle East, Foreign Affairs, Palestinians, Hamas, Advocacy, World News

Several legislators of the Hamas movement in the West Bank stated on Thursday that they received arrest threats from the Palestinian Security Forces, ...

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Yitzhak Rabin's Killers Target Obama (VIDEO)

Max Blumenthal | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Israeli Settlements, George MItchell, Benjamin Netanyahu, Zionism, Israel, Barack Obama, Extremism, World News
Max Blumenthal

Who are the Israeli Prime Minister's real friends? The settlers who cheered Rabin's murder and now inveigh violently against Obama, or the American administration that has pledged to help his country?

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World In Photos: July 28, 2009 (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Elephant Sanctuary, Slideshow, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Rome, Zelaya Supporters, Italy, Fina World Swimming Championships, Nicaragua, South Africa Protest, South Africa, France, Michael Jackson, Slidepoll, World Photos, World in Photos, World News

Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

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Palestinian Authority Approves West Bank's First Planned City: Is Palestine Inching Toward Statehood?

Catesby Holmes | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: Rawabi West Bank, New Rawabi Development, West Bank Development, West Bank, Israel Palestine Conflict, Israel and Palestine Talks, Tony Blair, West Bank Settlements, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Development of West Bank, Palestinian Authority, Israel, Rawabi, World News
Catesby Holmes

Because it stimulates the banking sector and creates stability across a wide swath of society, middle-class homeownership is generally considered a key step in the development of a healthy emerging economy.

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