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Accomplishing Palestinian Statehood Might Have to Be Unilateral

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israel, President Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian State, Palestinian, Israeli, World News

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.

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Young Palestinian Shot By IDF, Attends J Street Conference

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: J Street, Palestinian, World News

In 2000, the Israeli army decided to seize Yusuf Bashir's house and use it as a sentry post. The army had already destroyed other houses in the neighborhood.

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Benjamin Netanyahu On Iranian Threat: "The Issue Is Not The Security Of Israel But Of The World"

Newsweek | Posted 10.24.2009 | World

Read More: Netanyahu, Holocaust, Gaza, Palestinian, Fatah, Iran, Obama, Human Rights Abuses, Hamas, Nukes, War Crimes, West Bank, Jerusalem, Nuclear Weapons, Two State Solution, Human Rights, Barack Obama, Geneva, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas Fatah, Goldstone Report, Red Cross, Israel, Un, Gilad Shalit, War Crime, World News

NEWSWEEK's Lally Weymouth spoke to Netanyahu in Jerusalem last week. Excerpts: WEYMOUTH: What did you think of the Goldstone report? NETANYAHU: I tho...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 10.10.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Iran, Burma, Palestinian, Pakistan, Fatah, Nobel Peace Prize, Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea, World News

This Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: North Korea Back at the Table, maybe SI Analysis: North Korea says that it will return to six party talks...

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The Other Arab World

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

Read More: Irex, Community Media Network, Arabs, Women, Arab, Palestinian, Virginity, Filmmaker, Royal Film Commission, Mepi, World News

Four documentaries recently screened in Jordan give a rarely seen view of the Arab world and the lives of young Arabs searching for answers to philosophical questions of who they are and what they want.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

Read More: Benyamin Netanyahu, Uk, Guinea, Somalia, Pakistan, Iraq, China, Karzai, Iran, Irish Vote, Guido Westerwelle, Russia, Mahmourd Abbas, Honduras, Solana, Us, Germany, Zelaya, Micheletti, Palestinian, UN General Assembly, G20 Climate Change, Yemen. Lebanon, Medvedev, France, Al Shabaab, Mcchrystal, Georgia, Angela Merkel, Taliban, Afghanistan, Hizbul, Ninawa, Qum, World Affairs, Foreign Affairs Roundup, World News

This Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs

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U.S. Envoy Arrives In Israel To Kick Start Mideast Peace Talks

AP | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Netanyahu, Occupation, West Bank, Jerusalem, Palestinian, George MItchell, Abbas, Hamas, Hezbollah, Settlements, Peace Accord, Peace Talks, Mideast Peace Talks, Middle East, Settlers, U.N., Israel, Gaza Strip, World News

JERUSALEM — U.S. Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell is in Israel to try and kick start Israeli-Palestinian talks before the two sides meet at t...

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Freeze the Settlement Freeze

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: James Baker, Israeli Settlements, Clinton, Palestinian, Abbas, President Abbas, Fatah, Obama, Jewish, World News

Israelis understand that the only reality in politics is the reality on the ground. So long as Israeli soldiers control the occupied territories, the idea of a settlement freeze will not take root. I

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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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Israeli Settlements Quietly Halted: No New Housing Permits Granted

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, West Bank, Israel Settlements, Israeli Settlments, Construction on West Bank, West Bank Housing, Israel Palestine, Palestinian, Quietly Freezes Settlements, Israel Settlement, Obama Sees ‘Positive Steps’ in Mideast, World News

JERUSALEM — Israel has quietly moved to halt new housing projects in the West Bank, while outwardly rebuffing U.S. pressure to stop construction...

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Arabia Felix 101: Yemen in the Grips of Unrest

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Ali Abdallah Saleh, Al Qaeda, An-Nahar, Zaidi, Khaled Misha’al, Guantanamo, Lebanon, Iraq, U.S., Hezbollah, Salah Al Shanfara, The Losing Bet, Arabian Peninsula, Shafee Saif, United Arab Emirates, Chatham House, Yemen Times, Saudi Arabia, Al Manar, Najib Ghalab, Ramadan, Al Hayat, Carsten Niebuhr, Nasser Al Waheeshi (Abu Baseer), Palestinian, Sana’A, Yemen, Jihadi, Hamas, Qat, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, Osama Bin Laden, Al Hirak Al Jounoubi (Southern Movement), Abu Bakr Al Qurbi, Al Yaman Al Saeed, Ginny Hill, Kuwait, Arab, Asharq Al-Awsat, Arabia Felix, Afghanistan, Hassan Nasrallah, Sa’ada Province, Sunni, 21st Century, Danish, Moslem, Houthis, Orientalist, Hadramawt, Wahabi, Israel, World News

Yemen has mounted a tight security plan for the holy Moslem month of Ramadan starting this week in a bid to thwart any new terrorist attacks, the Yemen Times reported.

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Obama Called "Racist" By Israeli Rabbi

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

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A settler rabbi in Jerusalem has labelled Obama a 'racist' at a rally to protest the United States' call for a total freeze on Israeli settlement cons...

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Netanyahu's Failed Attempt to Emulate Obama

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 07.15.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Netanyahu, Likud, Greater Israel, Palestinian, Palestine, Israel, Obama, Zionism, Pre 67 Borders, World News

Netanyahu is no Obama and his speech had nothing of the depth, sincerity and empathy that the American president showed to the Arab and Muslim worlds in his Cairo speech.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Netanyahu, Palestinian, Pakistan, Fatah, Nwfp, Lebanon, Hariri, Iraq, Hamas, Hezbollah, China, Iran, Ahmadinejad, Mcchrystal, Security Council, Russia, Mitchell, Taliban, Israel, Afghanistan, Mousavi, North Korea, Rafsanjani, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs : What the Lebanese Election Results Mean Facts: Saad Hariri, the son of assassinated Prime Minister Rafiq H...

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Obama in Cairo: One View From Jerusalem

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 07.07.2009 | World

Read More: Gaza, Jerusalem, Gaza War, Middle East, Palestinian, Terrorism, Middle East Conflict, Cairo, Ilana Teitelbaum, Israel, Obama, Muslim, Obama Cairo Speech, Jerusalem-Israel, World News

An American friend emailed me to ask "What's Israel's/your take on Obama's remarks in Cairo?" I had to smile, because if there is one thing that has...

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Friday Talking Points [80] -- Parsing Obama's Cairo Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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This is an interesting and refreshing subtext in Obama's entire speech -- he says things are "facts" and not opinions. Considering the lunacy that passes for "political debate" on American television screens -- where there are always two points of view, and every "fact" is subject to spin from one side or another -- it is a breath of fresh air.

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Jack Shaheen: Obama Delivers a Message of Peace to the Muslim World

Christian Avard | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Muslim, Barack Obama, Arab World, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Obama Muslims, Middle East Politics, Obama Middle East, Palestinians, Obama Arabs, Middle East Peace, Muslim World, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Arabs, Mideast Peace Process, Middle East, Arab, American Muslims, Palestinian, Israel, Muslims, Obama Middle East Policy, Obama Muslim Smear, Obama Mideast Speech, Muslim, Israel Gaza, Anti-Muslim Bias, Obama Israel, Israeli Arabs, China, Gaza, Berlin, Obama Mideast Trip, World News

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Palestinian, Pakistan, Lebanon, Obama, Tiananmen, Hamas, Hezbollah, China, Kim Jong-Il, Mcchrystal, Mali, Cairo, Kim Jong-Un, Israel, Moldova, North Korea, Foreign Affairs, Middle East, Advocacy, World News

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs : Obama and the Muslim World Facts: US President Barack Obama completed his much-anticipated trip to the Mid...

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God, Painkillers, and Politics in Gaza

Hani Almadhoun | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Human Rights, Gaza, Humanitarian Aid, Israelis Palestinians, Palestinian, Gaza-Seige, World News

Israel's siege is achieving the exact opposite of what it hoped. The tougher life gets, the more spiritual Gazans become, thus driving the people toward religion -- an area Hamas knows a lot about managing.

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Cannes 2009 Day Nine: Parents, Palestinians and Panic

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Belgium, Palestinian, Drama, Israel, Canada, Gay, Cannes Film Festival, Comedy, Animation, Entertainment News

The critical consensus is as strong as I've ever seen at Cannes: the best film of the Festival is Une Prophete. Mind you, that doesn't mean the jury will pick it.

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Palestinians Regard Permaculture As A Necessity, Not A Choice (VIDEO)

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Youth Radio, Permaculture, Nora Barrows-Friedman, West Bank, Palestinian, Israel, Jordan River, Alice Harrison, Youthradio, Enviromentalism, Bustan Qaraaqa Farm, Water Crisis, Video, Palestinian Authority, World News

Inside the occupied West Bank, permaculture is not just a decision of conscience but a necessary means of empowerment within an ever-changing, uncertain landscape.

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Yad Vashem Fires Employee Who Compared Holocaust To Palestinians' Plight

Haaretz | Yoav Stern | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Jews, Nakba, Holocaust, Al-Nakba, Yad Vashem, Israel Palestine Conflict, Jerusalem, Israel Palestine, Middle East, Israel Yad Vashem, Palestinian, The Holocaust, Israel, Jerusalem Israel, World News

Yad Vashem has fired an instructor who compared the trauma of Jewish Holocaust survivors with the trauma experienced by the Palestinian people in Isr...

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Israeli Settlers Kill Palestinian After He Tried To Stab Residents

AP | TSAFRIR ABAYOV | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, West Bank, George MItchell, George Mitchell Israel, Palestinian, Israel, Foreign Affairs, Beit Hagai, Israeli Settlers, World News

BEIT HAGAI, West Bank — A Palestinian wielding a knife was shot and killed by Jewish settlers early Friday after he tried to attack residents of...

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Hamas, Fatah Reach 'Historic Accord' To Form Palestinian 'Confederation': AKI

Adnkronos International | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Accord, Hamas Fatah, Foreign Affairs, Palestinian, Fatah, Hamas, Hamas Fatah Historic Accord, Hamas Fatah Reconciliation, Advocacy, World News

Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and the Islamist Hamas movement have reached an historic accord for the creation of a new "confederation" with two go...

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Kamal Maji Killed In Explosion At Lebanon Refugee Camp: Officials

Al Jazeera | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Lebanon Palestinians, Kamel Madhed, West Bank, Lebanon, Palestinian, Palestinian Refugees, Fatah, Palestinians Lebanon, Refugee Camp Lebanon, Palestinian Refugee Camp Explosion, Kamel Maji, Fatah Leader Killed, World News

At least four people, including a senior official from the Palestinian Fatah movement, have been killed in an explosion at a refugee camp in southern ...

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