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Palestinian Negotiator: 'Defining Moment' Is Here

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Palestinian Authority, Israel-Palestine, Palestinians, Israel, Israel Palestine, World News

JERUSALEM — The chief Palestinian negotiator on Monday warned Israel that if it does not take peacemaking seriously, it will find itself dealing...

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Abbas Not To Seek Re-Election, Say Palestinian Officials

Al Jazeera English | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Palestine, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas Fatah, Palestinians, Fatah, Hamas, World News

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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Will the Real Hillary Please Stand Up?

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bill Clinton, Mitchell, President Obama, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Settlements, Al Jazeera, Bush, World News
Daoud Kuttab

As first lady, Hillary Clinton was the darling of Palestinians and Arabs when late in Bill Clinton's term she uttered the hot button word "Palestine." Since then she has flip-flopped depending on the political winds.

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It Will Take More Than a Wall To Silence Us

Jamal Juma' | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Settlements, Gaza, Goldstone Report, Richard Goldstone, Israel, Israel Wall, World News
Jamal Juma'

If President Obama is to live up to his Nobel, then he should insist that trapping Palestine's emerging Gandhis and Mandelas behind walls is incompatible with a peaceful and just future.

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The Shape of Things to Come: War before Peace in the Mideast

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bush Administration, Middle East, Larry David, Reality-Based Community, President Barack Obama, Realpolitik, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Moshe Dayan, Israel, Anwar Sadat, World News
Leon T. Hadar

The current status-quo in the Middle East must be disturbed before conditions are right for the next round of Middle East diplomacy.

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Arabs and Jews Together for Peace

James Zogby | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jews, Middle East, Arab American Institute, Arab, Palestinians, Israel, Middle East Peace, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Jstreet, World News
James Zogby

Sunday, representatives of over three dozen Arab American and American Jewish organizations met in Washington to make clear their shared commitment to a comprehensive Middle East peace.

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Palestinian, Israeli Farmers Fight Over Olive Groves

GlobalPost | Sara Sorcher | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli Settlements, Isreali-Palestinian Crisis, Palestinians, Israel, Israel Palestine, World News

By Sara Sorcher AWARTA and SUSYA, West Bank -- The olive branch may be a universal symbol for peace, but in the West Bank, the olive harvest bring...

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Goldstone, Israel's Frankenstein Monster

Bradley Burston | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: War Crimes, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Gaza, Goldstone Report, Benjamin Netanyahu, UN Human Rights Council, Israel, Bradley Burston, Un, Idf, Ehud Barak, World News
Bradley Burston

I put off reading the Goldstone report the same way I put off scheduling a colonoscopy. I now realize it was for many of the same reasons. You know it's going to be tremendously uncomfortable, you don't want to know what they're going to find, and the consequences could be life-threatening.

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Amreeka

James Zogby | Posted 10.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Arab World, Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Movie Reviews, Amreeka, Middle East, Immigration, Movies, Entertainment News
James Zogby

The remarkable film, Amreeka, the first feature length work of a young Palestinian-Jordanian American, marks an introduction to the Arab immigrant experience in post 9-11 America.

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The Vichy Government of Palestine

Jamal Dajani | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Palestine, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Vichy Government, Gaza, Middle East, Goldstone Report, United Nations, Fatah, Hamas, Al Jazeera, World News
Jamal Dajani

Palestinians from all wakes of life have been stunned and disappointed by Abbas, who withdrew support for a vote in the U.N. Human Rights Council to have the Goldstone report sent to the General Assembly.

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A Fast For Human Rights In Gaza

David A. Love | Posted 10.07.2009 | Impact

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Gaza Humanitarian Crisis, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Blockade, West Bank, World, Richard Goldstone, United Nations, Palestinians, Civilian Casualties, Hamas, Israel Blockade, Civil Rights, Humanitarian Aid, World News, Palestinian Authority, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Fasting, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel, Israel Gaza Operation, Jewish, Muslims, Muslim, Impact News
David A. Love

There are many opinions on the Mideast conflict, but one thing is certain: the situation in Gaza is a humanitarian and human rights disaster, and it cannot continue.

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The Muppets Try To Make Friends In Ramallah

nytimes.com | SAMANTHA M. SHAPIRO | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

Read More: West Bank, Al-Quds Educational Television, Ramallah, Shara'a Simsim, Al Quds University, Palestinian Territories Sesame Street, Palestinian Territories, Sesame Street Kids, Sesame Street Video, Israel, Sesame Street, Simsim, World News

This season's episodes of "Shara'a Simsim," the Palestinian version of the global "Sesame Street" franchise, were filmed in a satellite campus of Al-Q...

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The Cowardice, the Vanity, the Sin of Boycotting Israel

Bradley Burston | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Yom Kippur, Israel, Leonard Cohen, Bradley Burston, Boycott, World News
Bradley Burston

There is something in Ajami's nuance that helps explain why the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel has proven a wholesale failure.

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Has Israel Become Dependent on Terrorism?

Bradley Burston | Posted 09.23.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza, Terrorism, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bradley Burston, Idf, Barack Obama, World News
Bradley Burston

Terrorism remains central to Israel's explanations of many of the most morally problematic of its policies, including the siege of Gaza and restrictions on Palestinians in the West Bank.

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Can There Be Such a Thing as an Israeli Hero?

Bradley Burston | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Heroes, Talmud, Rosh Hashanah, Bradley Burston, Astronauts, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Idf, Judaism, World News
Bradley Burston

There is a sense that the transgressions of Israelis are so grave that they have lost their right to grieve over their own very real tragedies.

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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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Supporting Fayyad's Vision

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Salam Fayyad, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Gaza, Middle East, Obama Middle East, Fatah, Hamas, World News
Alon Ben-Meir

The Palestinian Prime Minister's plan for statehood not only represents a blueprint to address inherent problems, but it is the first outline for a viable homeland based on freedom, democracy, non-violence and international law.

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Voices From Jerusalem: An Interview with Khader Dibs

Ir Amim | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Settlements, Shuafat Refugee Camp, Water Crisis, East Jerusalem, World News
Ir Amim

One afternoon in early June, I sat down with Khader Dibs, a public figure in Shuafat RC. Dibs is a middle-aged father who heads the camp's UNWRA-run sanitation services.

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Enough is Enough

James Zogby | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Steny Hoyer, Middle East, Mike Huckabee East Jerusalem, Israeli Politics, US Foreign Policy, Israel, Eric Cantor, State Department, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Politics News
James Zogby

The first obligation of any government is to defend the rights of its citizens. Israel appears to have defined its own categories of US citizenship. Arab Americans are not fully recognized.

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Settlement Freeze: Been There, Done That

Jamal Dajani | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Settlement Freeze, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Settlements, George MItchell, Israel, Middle East, World News
Jamal Dajani

Israel's ever-expanding network of settlements is viewed by many members of the international community as the most significant obstacle to the creation of a viable, sovereign Palestinian state.

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Fayyad's Brilliant Two-Year Plan for Palestinian Statehood

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

Read More: London Times, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Plo, Obama, Fatah, Salam-Fayyad, Us, Palestinian State in Two Years, Palestinian Territories, Salam Fayyad, Salam Fayyad Palestinian State Plan, World News
Daoud Kuttab

The Palestinian Prime Minister told the press that he wanted the American president arriving in Palestine on Airforce One, to an international airport, and not just a small airstrip.

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Humility, Humiliation, and Hope in Jerusalem and The West Bank

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Israel, World News
Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

In the Golden City of Jerusalem, I witnessed humility, humiliation and hope.

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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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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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