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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...

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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...

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The Saudi-Iranian Neo Cold War

Jamal Dajani | Posted 11.13.2009 | World

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Jamal Dajani

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.

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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...

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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...

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Dialogues Against Militarism Gratitude

Stephen Funk | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

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Stephen Funk

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.

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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...

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Mothers and Soldiers: Healing the Bonds Destroyed by War

Christian Avard | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books

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Christian Avard

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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The Wall: 20 Years After Berlin

Kevin Coval | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

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Kevin Coval

"The night of Nov. 9... was the fulfillment of a dream." German Chancellor Angela Merkel today concrete stretches into sky, twenty-six feet high. ...

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Delusional Self-Defense, Delusional Congressional Vote

Noura Erakat | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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Noura Erakat

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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Mr. Netanyahu, Tear Down This Wall

Robert Naiman | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

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Robert Naiman

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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Interview: Hezbollah And Hamas on Obama, Netanyahu, Terrorism ... And Oprah

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

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Sharmine Narwani

While both groups embrace Islamic values as their core ideology and driving principle, their political actions appear to be driven more by realpolitik than Quranic mandate.

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The Power Of Fear: Lessons From Ft. Hood

Kiri Westby | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

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Kiri Westby

Although I have made friends with fear, I have not conquered it. Fear arises as an instinct. But the more we work with it, the less it controls our actions.

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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

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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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We Need 'A Street', Not J Street

David Suissa | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

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David Suissa

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

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Daoud Kuttab

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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Abbas Says He Won't Seek Re-Election

New York Times | Ethan Bronner and Mark Landler | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

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The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, warned on Thursday that he would not seek re-election, the latest sign that the Obama administration's drive...

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Abbas Not To Seek Re-Election, Say Palestinian Officials

Al Jazeera English | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

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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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Hillary Clinton: US Wants Israel To Stop Building West Bank Settlements 'Forever'

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

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CAIRO — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S. stance toward Israeli settlement building to worried Arab allies on Wednesda...

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Gaza, Iranian Rockets and J Street

Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

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Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea

Even the most apolitical tourist in Israel cannot escape noticing the contrast between a visible show of opulence there and an inner bitterness and doubt about the possibility of peace.

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Why Do Israelis Dislike Barack Obama?

Bradley Burston | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

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Bradley Burston

For Israel's sake, for the Palestinians' sake, and for the good of his presidency, the administration must radically reassess its approach to the Mideast conflict.

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Palestinian Officials Criticize US Over Israeli Settlements

Washington Post | Howard Schneider | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian officials on Sunday criticized the United States for what one called "back-pedaling" on demands that Israel stop settlement c...

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Israel Arrests West Bank Settler For Terror Attacks

Haaretz | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

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Following the arrest of a West Bank settler suspected of multiple murders and bomb attacks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel ...

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Palestinians Accuse Clinton Of Hurting Peace Talks

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 11.01.2009 | Politics

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JERUSALEM — The Palestinians on Sunday accused U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton of undermining progress toward Mideast peace talks...

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Can Arab/Muslim Countries Criticize Israel Under the UN Anti-Blasphemy Resolution?

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 10.30.2009 | World

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Ali A. Rizvi

How do the Arab/Muslim countries of the OIC plan to continue their criticism of the Israeli occupation and settlement expansion without, in a way, violating their own proposed resolution?

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