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Prisoner Exchange A Reflection On Mideast Disagreements

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.30.2009 | World

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Israelis, President Obama, Fatah, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Shalit, Hamas, Palestinians, World News

If there were a case that could illustrate the disagreement between Israel and the Palestinians, the Shalit prisoner exchange deal could be the one.

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An American Arab Thanksgiving

Ray Hanania | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Islam, Middle East Foods, Lamb and Rice, Ethnicity, Thanksgiving, Palestine, American Culture, Melting Pot, Jewish, Palestinians, Arab Americans, Race Relations, Muslims, Recipes, Israel, Racism, World War II, Mediterranean, Meals, Bigotry, Grape Leaves, Dinner, Living News

Food has a special place in our hearts as Arabs, so Thanksgiving was the American holiday we most loved. Food symbolizes the essence of freedom, the ability to feed your family without fear.

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Israeli Prisoner Exchange With Hamas: A Necessary Deal With The Devil?

Heather Robinson | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Hamas, Human Rights, Gilad Shalit, Palestinians, World News

Is it ethical to for Israel to make a prisoner exchange with Hamas, a body that denies the right of Israel to exist?

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Selling Out in Congress

Adam Shapiro | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gaza, Goldstone Report, Palestine, Israel, Tom Perriello, Congress, Richard Goldstone Gaza, Palestinians, Perriello, Politics News

My old friend Tom Perriello, I am afraid, has become like so many of his colleagues, a mere tool of a hard-right AIPAC agenda that has no business dictating American policy, as it did with the Goldstone resolution.

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Gilad Shalit's Counterparts: 10,000 Palestinian Prisoners In Israeli Jails

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Palestinians, Shalir, World News

The Shalit story is reminiscent of the way Americans become obsessed with crimes committed against whites while generally indifferent to identical crimes committed against people of color.

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Obama's "Dangerous" Mideast Analysis

Eric Trager | Posted 11.27.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza, Terrorism, Gaza Rockets, Jimmy Carter, Palestinians, Hamas, Israel, Barack Obama, Israel Hamas Ceasefire, World News

Last week during a press conference in Beijing, President Barack Obama endorsed one of the most propagandized of pop theories regarding the Israeli-Pa...

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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 11.22.2009 | 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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