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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
David Suissa

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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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
Daoud Kuttab

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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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
Daoud Kuttab

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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The Muppets Try To Make Friends In Ramallah

nytimes.com | SAMANTHA M. SHAPIRO | Posted 12.02.2009 | 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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Israel Pulling Forces Out Of 4 West Bank Cities After Obama Pressure

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Jericho, Bethlehem, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Obama, West Bank, Israeli Settlements, Qalqilya, Israel Us, Ramallah, Israel, Gilad Shalit, Obama Israel, Us Israel, World News

JERUSALEM — Bowing to pressure from Washington, Israel granted U.S.-trained Palestinian security forces greater autonomy in four main West Bank ...

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Happy Birthday Tel Aviv?

Amy York Rubin | Posted 05.11.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Tel Aviv, Jews, Israel Palestine Checkpoints, Gaza, West Bank, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Gaza, Ramallah, Israel, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, World News, World News
Amy York Rubin

Trying to achieve peace in Israel without addressing the past is akin to trying to find a cure for cancer by treating the symptoms without ever considering why the cancer developed in the first place.

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If Israel's New Government Won't, Maybe the People Will: The Checkpoint Women

Amy York Rubin | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ramallah, West Bank, Israel Palestine Checkpoints, Gaza, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Checkpoints, Israel, Israel Gaza, World News
Amy York Rubin

The checkpoints inside the West Bank are not stopping those Palestinians who are determined to enter Israel.

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Doomed To Repeat

Sheerly Avni | Posted 01.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ari Folman, Genocide, Palestinian, Middle East, Documentary, Israel, Movies, Animation, Tel Aviv, Therapy, Sabra and Shatilla, Animated Documentary, Ramallah, Refugee Camp Massacre, Dream Therapy, Entertainment News
Sheerly Avni

Documentary Waltz With Bashir owes much of its visual impact to the director Ari Folman's animation team, but its dramatic tension derives from Folman's own search for his missing memories.

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Christmas Spirit Shattered in the Holy Land

Jamal Dajani | Posted 03.24.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Palestinian Territories, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Christians, Gaza, Hamas, Israeli Airstrikes, World News, Holy Land, Gaza Massacre, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Middle East, Christmas, Israel, World News
Jamal Dajani

A tense atmosphere in anticipation of more bad news and an air of sadness has engulfed East Jerusalem in the aftermath of the Gaza attacks. The spirit of Christmas has all but died.

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Finding a Wall of Paranoia and Fear in Israel

Zaina Arafat | Posted 01.03.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestinian-American, World, Pakistan, Israel-Palestine, Israeli Soldiers, Israel Palestine Wall, Israel Checkpoints, Palestinians, Iran, Israel Wall, West Bank, Israeli Defense Forces, Jerusalem, Israel Palestine Checkpoints, Ramallah, Palestinian, Operation Defensive Shield, Arabic, Idf, Palestinian Id Card, Israel, International, Nablus, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, World News
Zaina Arafat

Traveling through Israel and the West Bank is an especially unpredictable experience for me. The Israeli soldiers who patrol the checkpoints can choose to treat me as either an American or as a Palestinian.

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Reel Ramallah: Filmmaking In The West Bank

Daniel Blackman | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Youth, Ramallah, Filmmaking, West Bank, Media News
Daniel Blackman

Working with the US Consulate, I arrived in Jerusalem earlier this week to pilot a filmmaking workshop, designed to provide Palestinian youth with media experience and economic opportunities.

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Israelis Sending Word To U.S. Jews: We Prefer Obama

Jan McGirk | Posted 11.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Pulp Fiction, An Inconvenient Truth, Evangelicals, Great Schlep, Sarah Palin, Weekly Standard, Sarah Silverman, Jews for Change, Bill Kristol, Alma Har'el, Lawrence Bender, Online Campaigning, Boaz Yankin, Jerusalem, Spymasters, Hamas, Bob Dylan, Barack Obama, Foo Fighters, Israelis for Obama, Jackie Mason, Sderot, Ramallah, Youtube, Israel, Joe Lieberman, Neo-Conservatives, Jesse Dylan, Christian Zionists, Willy Stern, Jewsvote, Home News
Jan McGirk

Israelis across the political spectrum, from leftwing actors to retired spy chiefs and generals, are challenging the conventional wisdom that a Republican hawk in the White House would be in their best interests. Their weapon of choice? Online video.

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Berlin Was Wrong Place for Obama's Wall Speech

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Annapolis Peace Conference, John F. Kennedy, Middle East, Berlin, Amy Goodman, Ramallah, Israel, Palestine, Wall Speech, Democracy Now, Barack Obama, Obama Berlin, Barack Obama Israel, Obama Berlin Speech, Obama Israel, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Obama's speech had high points and deserves applause -- but it's ultimately forgettable because he failed to deliver the most important lines where they most mattered.

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Obama the Zionist Journeys to Palestine

Steve Posner | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: West Bank, Jerusalem, Palestinian, Holocaust, Palestine, Peace, Jewish, Barack Obama, Zionism, Muslim, Mohammad Abbas, Arabs, Anti-Semitism, Ramallah, Zionist, Israel, Nazi, Refugees, Politics News
Steve Posner

Obama understands that American presidents need to be Zionists if a White House brokered Mideast peace is to last.

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Obama Picks the Right Baggage for Visiting Israel

Gershom Gorenberg | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Undivided Jerusalem, Abbas, Aipac, Mccain, Obama, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Barack Obama, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Politics News
Gershom Gorenberg

Instead of skipping a visit to Ramallah for fear of losing Jewish votes, Obama's upcoming trip shows that he intends to talk to both Israelis and Palestinians, and that he's serious about working for peace.

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