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The Slandering of a Renown Jewish Jurist and War Crimes Prosecutor, Richard Goldstone

Ray Hanania | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Palestine, United Nations, Alan Dershowitz, War, Richard Goldstone, Hamas, Barack Obama, Palestinians, Israeli Missiles, War Crimes, Hamas Rockets, President Jimmy Carter, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Gaza Strip, Israeli Government, Crimes Against Humanity, World News

Renown South African Jurist Richard Goldstone has completed a comprehensive report on the war crimes committed during the Israeli war started against Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Nov. 4, 2008.

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Ahmadinejad's Genocidal Rosh Hashana Speech Dashes Obama's Hopes for Breakthrough Talks

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, World News, Ahmadinejad, Gaza, Jerusalem, Holocaust Denial, Genocide, UN General Assembly, Twitter, Israel, Palestine, Obama, Hamas, World News

The fact that Ahmadinejad launched his tirade on the eve of Rosh Hashana, surrounded by the leaders from Gaza, is an uncomfortable reminder to President Obama and other world leaders.

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A New Path of Palestinian Resistance

James Zogby | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Fatah, Israel, Middle East Peace, Middle East Peace Process, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Hamas, World News

For Palestine, resistance means much more than bombs and rockets, and, in fact, often times violence can be antithetical to true resistance.

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QODS DAY: Protesters Transform Jerusalem Day Into Iran Day

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Esfahan, Demonstrations, Shiraz, Iranian, Violence, Palestine, Iran, Quds Day, Mehdi Karroubi, Rallies, Jerusalem Day, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Qods Day, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Protests, Israel, Handala, Slideshow, World News

Today a long time tradition of the Islamic Republic of Iran was transformed into nationwide mass protests against the government.

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UN Investigation of Israel Discredits Itself and Undercuts Human Rights

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Human Rights Council, Gaza, Richard Goldstone, United Nations, Israel Supreme Court, Hamas, Occupied Territories, Israel, World News

No wonder human rights experts, including Mary Robinson, refused to participate in this mockery, declaring that it was "guided not by human rights, but by politics."

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UN Probe: Gaza War Crimes Committed By Both Israel, Armed Palestinians

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

Read More: War Crimes, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Palestine War Crimes, Gaza War, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israeli Airstrikes, Israel Gaza, Israel, Israel Gaza Operation, Israel Palestine Gaza, World News

UNITED NATIONS — A U.N. investigation concluded Tuesday that both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza committed war crimes and pos...

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Human Rights Watch and Israel: Questions to Answer

Daniel Levy | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Gaza, Operation Cast Lead, Human Rights Watch, Palestine, Hrw, World News

Marc Garlasco of Human Rights Watch collects Nazi-era Wehrmacht memorabilia and has published a 450-page book on the subject. The Likud-America blogosphere is going Glenn Beck on this story.

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This Jewish New Year, Let's Put An End to Hope

Bradley Burston | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Norman Rockwell, Civil Rights, Christ, Israel, Palestine, Iraq, Health Care, Barack Obama, Rosh Hashana, Jewish New Year, Massachusetts, New England, World News

A hundred years of fighting have proven, if nothing else, that hope for a future in which one side gets all that it wants, and the other goes without, is hope for no future at all.

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West Bank Settlements: Israel Approving 500 New Apartments

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

JERUSALEM — Israel defied U.S. pressure to halt construction in its West Bank settlements Sunday, with key leaders speaking out in support of th...

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Palestinian Nationalism Revisited

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Armed Struggle, Palestine, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Assad, Arafat, Jamal Abdel Nasser, Revolution, Palestinian Nationalism, Palestinian, World News

The 21st century has seen a major deterioration in Arab nationalism. Major pan-Arab movements have either been disgraced or have proven ineffective.

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Israel To Build New Houses In Settlements: Prime Minister Netanyahu's Aides

AP | STEVEN GUTKIN | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Settlements in Palestine, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Strip, Middle East, Israel-Palestine, Peace on the Settlements, Palestinians, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Pal, World News

JERUSALEM — Israel said Friday it will construct hundreds of new housing units in West Bank settlements before any slowdown in building, an anno...

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France: No More Settlements For Mideast Peace

AP | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Settlements in Palestine, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Strip, Middle East, Israel-Palestine, Peace on the Settlements, Palestinians, Israel, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Palestine, World News

PARIS — France's foreign minister says an agreement on freezing Jewish settlements must be reached for international Mideast peace efforts to su...

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Obama Expected To Moderate Meeting Between Netanyahu, Abbas

foxnews.com | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Obama Israel-Palestinian, Palestinian President, Israel-Palestine, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Prime Minister, World News

President Obama is expected to moderate a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in late Se...

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Hamas Leader Denies Holocaust, Objects To UN Plan To Teach Gaza Children About Holocaust

AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israel Palestine Conflict, Hammas in Gaza, Jews, Nazi Germany, Holocaust, Gaza, Israel-Palestine, Hamas, Israel, Jewish People, Israel Palestine, Hammas-in-Gaza, Holocaust in Gaza's School Curriculum, Http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/31/Hamas-Leader-Denies-holoc_n_273078.Html, Teaching the Holocaust Gaza, Gaza Holocaust Denier, World News

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A Hamas spiritual leader on Monday called teaching Palestinian children about the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews a "war c...

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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