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Peace In Arabic

David Suissa | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jews, Arabs, Khaled Abu Toameh, Ramallah, Islamic Radicalism, Palestinians, Stand With Us, Israel, Barack Obama, Israeli Arabs, World News

His words didn't smell like propaganda or activism. He spoke for moderate Palestinians like himself, and he spoke from his heart, not from talking points.

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Voices From Jerusalem: An Arab Citizen of Israel Discovers Jerusalem

Ir Amim | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Hebrew University, Palestinians, East Jerusalem, Israeli Arabs, Jerusalem, Israel, Palestinian Identity, World News

I am able to see the strength and the might of this city and its residents. I pray for them out of amazement and appreciation. I close my eyes and ask that the city accept me as its daughter.

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Palestinians Seek EU Support For Independent State

AP | MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israel-Palestine, United Nations Security Council, European Union, Palestinians, Israel, Eu, World News

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinians asked the European Union on Monday to back their plan to have the U.N. Security Council recognize an inde...

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Palestinians To Appeal To UN For State, As Peace Talks Stall

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

JERUSALEM — A Palestinian drive to ask the U.N. Security Council to endorse a state unilaterally, put forward by a top negotiator Sunday, appear...

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Celebrating Berlin While Enabling Israel's Apartheid Wall

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: History, Apartheid, West Bank, Israel Wall, Middle East, Berlin, Angela Merkel, Israel, Berlin Wall, Injustice, Palestinians, Barack Obama, I, World News

The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall highlights both the inherent thirst for freedom and proclivity to hypocrisy ingrained in the human condition.

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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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The End of the Oslo Phased

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bill Clinton, Mahmood Abbas, Salam Fayyad, Gaza, Ramallah, Abbas, Fatah, Plo, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Hamas, Palestinians, World News

In the midst of discussions regarding possible scenarios following Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' decision not to run for president, few have paid attention to the larger picture.

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A Response to Bradley Burston's Critique

Henry Siegman | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinians, Israel, Bradley Burston, World News

For now, blaming Palestinians for their misery is nothing more than a pretext for the continuation of a colonialist enterprise that every other democracy in the world has relegated to a shameful past.

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Abbas's Decison Signals Need for Implementation Not Negotiations for Two State Solution

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.07.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, President Abbas, Palestine, Israel, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Palestinians, World News

The Israelis, the Americans, the international community and any proponent of a negotiated settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict couldn't dream of finding a better Palestinian leader.

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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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Hillary Clinton: US Wants Israel To Stop Building West Bank Settlements 'Forever'

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Gaza, Abbas, Palestine, Settlements, Two State Talks, Settlers, Peace, Palestinians, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Jerusalem, Arabs, Clinton, Mideast Peace, Two State Solution, Gaza Strip, Egypt, Israel, Hosni Mubarak, Mubarak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hillary Clinton, World News

CAIRO — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S. stance toward Israeli settlement building to worried Arab allies on Wednesda...

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Will Elections Help or Hurt Palestinian Reconciliation

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Salam Fayyad, Fateh, Ramallah, Obama, Hamas, Israel, Palestinians, World News

It remains to be seen whether the elections will take place on time or, if they do, whether they will be held in Gaza as well as the West Bank.

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Palestinian Officials Criticize US Over Israeli Settlements

Washington Post | Howard Schneider | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

JERUSALEM -- Palestinian officials on Sunday criticized the United States for what one called "back-pedaling" on demands that Israel stop settlement c...

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Israel Arrests West Bank Settler For Terror Attacks

Haaretz | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Palestinians, Israel, Israeli Settles, West Bank, Israel Arrests Settler, World News

Following the arrest of a West Bank settler suspected of multiple murders and bomb attacks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel ...

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The Regional Economics of Peace

Edgar M. Bronfman | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Edgar Bronfman, Economic Reform, Palestinians, Hamas, Resolution, Israel Gaza, Middle East Peace, World News

Palestinians are going to require a regional approach. The Arab world needs to play a much larger role than it has, primarily as an import market and as a positive influence on the overall regional business environment.

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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

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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Israeli Police Raid Temple Mount

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Jews, Dome of the Rock, Al Aqsa, Jerusalem, Israeli Police, Muslims, Palestinians, Israel, Temple Mount, World News

JERUSALEM — Israeli police firing stun grenades faced off Sunday against masked Palestinian protesters hurling stones and plastic chairs outside...

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J Street Conference To Open Amid Controversy

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

J Street, an advocacy and lobbying firm created 18 months ago, is holding its first annual conference beginning Sunday, with participation from about ...

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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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Dangerous Currents in Palestine

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Abbas, Netanyahu, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Intifada, Barak Obama, Palestinians, Egpyt, World News

The social and economic life in Jerusalem and the West Bank appears to be on a positive upwards trend. Salam Fayyad's government has been successful (...

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Netanyahu's Challenge to the UN -- And My Challenge to Liberals -- For Moral Consistency

Lanny Davis | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Human Rights Council, Human Rights, Terrorism, Israelis, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Palestinians, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian State, United Nations, World News

Based on these core principles, liberals should overwhelmingly demand that the Palestinians accept Israel's minimal request to bring peace.

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Tony Blair Assailed At Palestinian Mosque, Called A 'Terrorist' (VIDEO)

Reuters | Sangwon Yoon | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Arabs, Palestinian Mosque, West Bank, Terrorism, Israelis, Tony Blair, Terrorist, Hebron, Palestine, Palestinians, Middle East Envoy, European Union, World News

Tony Blair, the Middle East envoy for the "Quartet" of powers - the European Union, the United States, Russia and the United Nations, was assailed by ...

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Drug Addiction On The Rise In Gaza

Reuters | Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ivan Karakashian | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

Read More: War Trauma, Gazan Drug Abuse, Tramadol Addiction, Gaza, Israeli Blockade, Tranquilizers, Painkillers, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Drug Addiction, Gaza Drug Laws, Addiction, Drugs, Palestinians, Blockade, Drugs in Gaza, Israel, Gaza Strip, Gaza Drugs, World News

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinians struggling to cope with the Israeli blockade of Gaza and the trauma of war are turning to painkillers and tran...

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Voices from Jerusalem: Archeology and National Claims in Jerusalem

Ir Amim | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: The City of David, Silwan, Archeology, Palestinians, East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Archaeological Claims, Holy City, Middle East, Israel, Archaeology, World News

Many in Israel today see archeology as a tool for strengthening the connection between the Jewish people and the ancient past of the land of Israel.

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