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Young Palestinian Shot By IDF, Attends J Street Conference

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 10.28.2009 | World


MJ Rosenberg

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.

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

Newsweek | Posted 10.24.2009 | World


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

Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 10.10.2009 | World


Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

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...

The Other Arab World

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 10.02.2009 | World


Daoud Kuttab

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.

Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 10.02.2009 | World


Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

This Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs

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

AP | Posted 09.12.2009 | World


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...

Freeze the Settlement Freeze

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 09.11.2009 | World


Daoud Kuttab

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

Palestinian Nationalism Revisited

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 10.20.2009 | World


Daoud Kuttab

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

Israeli Settlements Quietly Halted: No New Housing Permits Granted

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 09.18.2009 | World


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

Arabia Felix 101: Yemen in the Grips of Unrest

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 09.17.2009 | World


Magda Abu-Fadil

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.

Obama Called "Racist" By Israeli Rabbi

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.27.2009 | World


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...

Netanyahu's Failed Attempt to Emulate Obama

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 07.15.2009 | World


Daoud Kuttab

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.

Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 07.13.2009 | World


Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

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...

Obama in Cairo: One View From Jerusalem

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 07.07.2009 | World


Ilana Teitelbaum

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...

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

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.06.2009 | World


Chris Weigant

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.

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

Christian Avard | Posted 07.06.2009 | World


Christian Avard

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 07.06.2009 | World


Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

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...

God, Painkillers, and Politics in Gaza

Hani Almadhoun | Posted 06.26.2009 | World


Hani Almadhoun

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.

Cannes 2009 Day Nine: Parents, Palestinians and Panic

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.22.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

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.

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

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


Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

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.

Yad Vashem Fires Employee Who Compared Holocaust To Palestinians' Plight

Haaretz | Yoav Stern | Posted 05.24.2009 | World


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

Israeli Settlers Kill Palestinian After He Tried To Stab Residents

AP | TSAFRIR ABAYOV | Posted 05.18.2009 | World


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...

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

Adnkronos International | Posted 05.15.2009 | World


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

Kamal Maji Killed In Explosion At Lebanon Refugee Camp: Officials

Al Jazeera | Posted 04.23.2009 | World


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 ...

Secretary Clinton And Me

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 04.02.2009 | World


Daoud Kuttab

Sharm el Sheikh --The Gaza Reconstruction conference was a busy affair. Speakers gave talks, governments and foundations made pledges, and politicians...