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UN: Israel Demolitions Must Cease

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Nir Barkat, Jews, Israeli Settlements, Demolition, Israel-Palestine, Settlements, East Jerusalem, Settlements in Palestine, West Bank, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Arabs, Jerusalem, Palestinian Home Demolition, World News

The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has issued a report detailing the difficulties facing Palestinians in East Jerusalem who ...

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The New Terror in the Middle East: Swine

Jamal Dajani | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Hysteria, Jews, Lebanon, Jerusalem, Terror, Algeria, Egypt, Middle East, Terrorism, Swine Flu, Muslims, Swine Hysteria, Israel, Copts, Jerusalem Gay Parade, H1n1, World News

A spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt calls swine flu "more serious than a hydrogen bomb" during a symposium on the health scare. Egypt's pa...

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Palestinian Sentenced To Death For Selling Land To Israelis

Jerusalem Post | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Foreign Affairs, Palestinians, Israel, Advocacy, World News

A Palestinian military court has sentenced a man to death by hanging for selling land to an Israeli company....

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Most Israelis, Palestinians Still Support 2-State Solution: Poll

Huffington Post Contributor | Darya Shaikh, OneVoice Movement | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, OneVoice Movement, President Obama, OneVoice Poll, West Bank, Middle East, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Diplomacy, Two-State Solution, Middle East Peace Process, Israel, Onevoice, World News

We're one third of the way through 2009, but we can already say it has been a hard year for those who want to see two states living in peace, side by ...

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Netanyahu's Deal: Bushehr for Settlements

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

Read More: Annapolis Peace Conference, Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Settlements, George MItchell, Middle East, Ehud Olmert, Bushehr, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Avigador Lieberman, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, World News

It hasn't taken Benjamin Netanyahu long to show his true colors by creating new hoops for the Palestinians to jump through in order to resume peace ne...

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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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Yasser Arafat Poisoned? Arab Doctors To Probe

AP | SHAFIKA MATTAR | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Yasser Arafat Poisoned, Yasser Arafat Death, Yasser Arafat Poison, Yasser Arafat, Plo, World News

AMMAN, Jordan — Nearly five years after Yasser Arafat died from what French doctors called a massive brain hemorrhage, Arab doctors will meet in...

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Israel Extreme Make Over: Here Is a Start

Hani Almadhoun | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza, Israel Ground Invasion, Israel-Palestine, Israel, Israel Gaza, World News

I am a Palestinian from Gaza who lived under the Israeli occupation. Take my unsolicited advice as you would take the advice of your college roommate, the one you must share a space with peace.

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Jerusalem Isn't Just for Jews

Hammad Hammad | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Islam, Israeli Settlements, Jerusalem, West Bank, Judaism, Christianity, Old City, Israel, East Jerusalem, Jews, Judiasm, World News

Treating Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem as foreigners who entered Israel is astonishing, since it was Israel that entered East Jerusalem in 1967.

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Israel Committed Human Rights Violations In Gaza: UN Investigators

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

Investigators reporting to the United Nations Human Rights Council Monday enumerated a number of human rights violations committed by Israel during it...

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Let Shalit Go

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, War Crimes, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel War Crimes, Middle East, Ehud Olmert, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Hamas, Israel, Hamas Israel, Gilad Shalit, World News

Israel has been negotiating with Hamas, almost a thousand days have passed, more than a thousand lives have been lost. Let the prisoners and Shalit go home.

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An Honest Conversation about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

David H. Young | Posted 04.11.2009 | World

Read More: Intifada, Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Hamas, Israel, World News

Virtually nothing about this conflict was changed with Israel's military operation in Gaza. Nothing on the surface, nothing lurking in the shadows, n...

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Pope Commits To Holy Land Trip In May

The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Bethlehem, Catholic Church Controversy, Catholic Church, Jerusalem, Holocaust Denial, Palestinian Territories, Middle East Peace, Holy Sites, Papal Visit to Israel, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Visits Holy Land, Nazareth, Bishop Richard Williamson, World News

Pope Benedict XVI has confirmed that he will travel to holy sites in Israel and the Palestinian Territories from May 11 to May 15, marking only the se...

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An Arrest Warrant for al-Bashir, Could Bush Be Next?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, The Hague, Omar Al-Bashir, Gaza, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Media, Abu Ghraib, Darfur, Iraq War, Sudan, Middle East, Genocide, Icc, Iraq, Israel, Torture, International Criminal Court, World News

The court's decision grimly spelled out the suffering of the people of Darfur, a history full of murder, torture, rape, pillage and deliberate attacks on civilians. Could the ICC's decision set a precedent?

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Gaza Aid Must Be Dependent On Soldier's Release: Congressional Proposal

Haaretz | By Natasha Mozgovaya | Posted 04.05.2009 | World

Read More: Noam Badin, Robert Wood, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Israeli Offensive in Gaza, United States Congress, Us Aid to Palestine, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Arab Conflict, Palestine, Israel, Rep. Shelley Berkley, Gilad Shalit, World News

A new initiative from members of the United States Congress calls for the transfer of the $900 million pledged by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton f...

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Hertz's One State Solution: Netanyahu's Rent-a-Car Ally

Michael Shtender-Auerbach | Posted 04.04.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, One-State Solution, Gaza, West Bank, Corporate Responsibility, Israel-Palestine, Commerce Department, Palestinians, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business, Corporate-Social-Responsibility, Corporate America, Rental Cars, Two-State Solution, Israel, Hertz, World News

With Hertz operating in every major Middle Eastern country, one would think Hertz would recognize how utterly offensive its map is and immediately repeal its use.

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Israel's New Settlement Plans Decried By Saudi Arabia

Arabnews.com | By P.K. Abdul Ghafour | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli Settlements, Jerusalem, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Palestinian Territories, Human Rights Israel, King Abdullah, Israel-Palestine Conflict, Israel, Al-Bustan, World News

Saudi Arabia yesterday condemned the Israeli plan to evict 1,500 Palestinians from the Al-Bustan neighborhood of Jerusalem and urged the international...

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Clinton Starts Mideast Tour, Finding Support For Two-State Solution At Record Low

Times Online | James Hider in Jerusalem | Posted 04.01.2009 | Home

Read More: Mideast Tour, First Tour of Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Two-State Solution, First Tour of Mideast, Home News

Hillary Clinton starts her first tour of the Middle East as Secretary of State today with a mandate to reinvigorate collapsed peace talks. She will f...

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The Return of Benjamin Netanyahu

Mustafa Barghouthi | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Kadima Party, Gaza, Middle East, Tzipi Livni, Ehud Barak, Yisrael Beiteinu, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Elections 2009, Israel Likud Party, Israeli Elections, United States, World News

Throughout his campaign, the cornerstone of Netanyahu's policy toward the 'Palestinian Question' suggests an intention to deepen the conflict rather than solve it.

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Palestinian Factions Agree To Work Toward Unity Government

The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Reconciliation Talks, Middle East, Fatah, Palestine, Israel Gaza War, Hamas, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Palestinian Authority, World News

After almost two years of bloodshed, various Palestinian factions have agreed to come together and work toward a unified government, reports Al Jazeer...

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Fatah, Hamas Meet In Cairo Amid Hopes For Agreement On National Unity Government

Los Angeles Times | By Noha El-Hennawy | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Omar Sulieman, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Peace Talks, Mahmoud Zahar, Cairo, Palestinian Territories, Fatah, Palestine, Azzam Ahmed, Hamas, National Unity Government, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Middle East, World News

Reconciliation talks between Hamas, Fatah and smaller Palestinian factions began Thursday in Cairo amid hopes for an agreement on a national unity gov...

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No Pasta For Palestinians

Jamal Dajani | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Dubai Tennis, Pasta, Gaza, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Hamas, Tennis, Palestinian Authority, Barck Obama, John Kerry, Us Aid to Palestine, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Shahar Peer, World News

The war has ended, but life in Gaza has not returned to normal. Thousands of people remain homeless, and many still remain hungry. Their stories have all but disappeared from US media coverage.

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Israeli Parliament Sworn In, President Calls For Peace

The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 03.27.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Israel Palestine Conflict, Israeli President, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gaza War, President Barack Obama, Tzipi Livni, Gaza Strip, Kadima Party, Likud Party, President Shimon Peres, Israel, Israel Economy, Israel Iran, World News

The 18th Knesset was sworn in today in Israel as Benjamin Netanyahu continues to try to form a coalition government. Israeli President Shimon Peres o...

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Netanyahu Has Got It! Good.

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

Read More: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Kadima Party, Gaza, Middle East, Tzipi Livni, Ehud Barak, Yisrael Beiteinu, Hamas, Israeli Elections 2009, Israel Likud Party, Israeli Elections, World News

It's time to let Bibi be Bibi. Let him try to govern from the right and see how well that works.

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Netanyahu: Better for America, Better For Israel

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 03.14.2009 | World

It will be easier for President Obama to deal with Netanyahu than with the almost equally hawkish Tzipi Livni because Livni seems dedicated to ending the conflict.

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