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Cease-fire: No Small Thing

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Egypt, Israel, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Palestinians, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel-Palestine, Cease Fire, Politics News

Cease-fire or no cease-fire, neither side is turning its swords into plowshares. Nonetheless, the truce between Hamas and Israel is a very good thing.

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Gaza: Truce Without Hope

Richard Silverstein | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gaza, Israel Hamas Ceasefire, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Israel, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Politics News

Some Israeli officials have suggested that the purpose of the ceasefire is to give legitimacy to a future military offensive, so that Israeli leaders could claim they had exhausted all other possibilities first.

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"Appeasement" Israeli Style

Jamal Dajani | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, George Bush, Gaza, Middle East, Ehud Olmert, Hezbollah, Hamas, Israel, Appeasement, Politics News

On the surface, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and a prisoner swap deal between Hezbollah and Israel provide a glimmer of hope for a period of tranquility between the conflicting parties.

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Way to Win Hearts and Minds

Sam Sedaei | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Aipac, Iran, Primary, Mccain, Clinton, Washington, United States, Obama, Fulbright, Un, Israel, Eu, Hamas, Election, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza, Israel 60th Birthday, Politics News

Regardless of one's belief about Israel, violence is not the answer and both HAMAS and Israel need to be condemned for their appeal to violence to advance their cause.

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Sixty and Beyond

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israel Birthday, Gaza, West Bank, Israeli Occupation, Israel, Israel 60 Years, Israel 60th Birthday, Politics News

The occasion of Israel's sixtieth anniversary should become a historic national turning point, the moment to begin to bring the occupation to an end and re-channel its energy towards peace and prosperity.

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What's in a Headline?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Israel, Cnn, Hamas, Gaza, Jerusalem, Idf, Children Killed, Mideast Violence, Media News

When it comes to Palestinian children in Gaza, CNN is unable to put out a headline that reflects the reality of the situation on the ground.

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Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? Morgan Spurlock Shows the Simple Truth: We're in Some Serious Doo-Doo But There's Hope Yet

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 04.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Egypt, Jordan, Super Size Me, Democracy Filmmaker, Morocco, Morgan Spurlock, Terrorism, War, Alex Gibney, Palestine, Wall Street Journal, Peace, Taxi to the Dark Side, Religion, Gaza, Wwf, Arab, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Danny Pearl, Oil, New York Times, Israel, Afghanistan, A.O. Scott, Clergy US Intervention, Masturbate, Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?, Dilawar, Entertainment News

Spurlock's film shows how regular people can ferret out simple truths, when our leaders fail to make the effort.

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Carter: Shunned by Israel, Hamas' Hero

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Egypt, Syria, Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza, Mosaic Intelligence Report, PLO, Jimmy Carter, Israel, Palestine, Jamal Dajani, Hamas, Politics News

Shunned by Israeli political leaders, former US president Jimmy Carter met with a Hamas representative in the West Bank and says he will go ahead with...

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Fadel Shana, 23-Year Old Reuters Cameraman, Killed In Gaza

Guardian.co.uk | Mark Sweeney | Posted 04.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Gaza, Reuters Camerman, Reuters, Fadel Shana, Media News

Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana has been killed in Gaza in an explosion which also claimed the lives of two bystanders. Shana, 23, was travelling in a ...

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Condi's Middle East Mirage

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

Rice is putting the finishing touches on a legacy that will add yet one more failure to her excruciating and unending list of diplomatic disasters in the region.

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McCain Backs Israeli Reprisals in Gaza

AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, McCain Israel, Israel, Gaza, Politics News

SDEROT, Israel — Touring a war-battered town, Sen. John McCain said Wednesday he understands Israel's tough response to Palestinian rocket fire,...

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The Hamas Government Has Declared War Against Israel: How Should Israel Respond?

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hamas, Gaza, Israel, Alan Dershowitz, Article 51, Politics News

Hamas has promised to keep aiming its missiles at civilian targets until the Jewish state is finally destroyed. If this is not an "armed attack" under Article 51, then I don't know what is.

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Israel Continues Gaza Offensive

AFP | Posted 03.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Israeli Airstrikes, Ismail Haniya, Palestinean Prime Minister, Gaza, Hama, Breaking Politics News, Gaza Strip, Israel, Israel Gaza Offensive, Home News

Israel vowed to press its campaign against militants in the Gaza Strip on Sunday despite an international outcry over the deadly onslaught that promp...

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The U.N.'s Human-Rights Sham

Ronan Farrow | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Darfur, Human Rights, Israel, Gaza, UN Human Rights Council, Politics News

The removal of the diseased commission two years ago was heralded by U.N. officials as "the dawn of a new era." However, the new Human Rights Council is no better than its predecessor.

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Gazans Breach Egyptian Border Again

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 01.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Gaza, Egypt, Gaza Border, Gaza-Egypt Border, Hamas, Gaza Strip, Gaza Wall, Home News

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Hamas-backed militants driving bulldozers knocked down more fortifications Friday along the Gaza-Egypt border _ a brazen cha...

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Looping Back to a Lawless Gaza

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Gaza Escape, Gaza, Israel, Politics News

Just look at the newspaper coverage of the region over the past 50 years: I guarantee that the old headlines are nearly identical to those published today.

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Dead End

Barry Lando | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Gaza, Economy, George W. Bush, Stimulus Packages, Politics News

Somehow, the illogical, dead end policies that have been driving the Bush administration have taken on a life of their own. Most of the candidates in the primaries are fearful of questioning them.

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Israel Bombs Hamas Ministry In Gaza

Reuters | Nidal al-Mughrabi | Posted 01.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Warwire, Hamas Gaza, Gaza, Israel Military, Israel, Palestine, Israel Air Strike, Hamas, Home News

Israel bombed the Hamas-run Interior Ministry in Gaza and closed border crossings with the coastal strip on Friday in an intensified campaign to halt ...

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The Annapolis Adventure

Terence Smith | Posted 11.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Annapolis Peace Conference, Settlements in Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Annapolis Convention, Gaza, West Bank, Ehud Olmert, Constitutional Convention, Anwar El-Sadat, Israel, Politics News

The Israeli and Palestinian leaders have committed themselves publicly to begin sustained, face-to-face, bi-lateral negotiations of all the important issues that divide them. The goal is a peace treaty within a year.

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Rudy and Robby: A Marriage Made in Hell

James Zogby | Posted 11.09.2007 | Politics

Read More: Religion and Politics, Pat Robertson, Rudy Giuliani, Jews, Gaza, Televangelists, Robertson Muslims, The New World Order, Pat Robertson Endorses Rudy Giuliani, Pat Robertsons Beliefs, Ariel Sharon, Robertson War, Muslims, Pre-Millenarian Dispensationalism, Israel, Robertson Final Battle, Politics News

An examination of Pat Robertson's views ought to be as important as his endorsement. Voters deserve to know whether a candidate shares the bigoted and extreme views of his supporters.

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Partners for Peace: Israel and Palestine

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: Israel Foreign Policy, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Gaza, Middle East, Palestinian State, Condoleezza Rice, Middle East Politics, Condoleezza Rice Palestinian State, Lebanon, Israel, Foreign Policy, Irgun, Hamas, Politics News

Will this effort end up in the same trash bin as the rest, allowing experts like me to continue arguing the same points about why there should be peace?

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Traveling The Polar Extremes Of The Middle East

Ned Lamont | Posted 10.16.2007 | Politics

Read More: Dubai, Israel, Mercy Corps, Gaza, Ned Lamont, Palestinians, Politics News

Earlier this month, I put on my journalistic hat and traveled the polar extremes of the Middle East, from Dubai to Gaza City. The vast disparity of wealth and opportunity is chilling.

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Israel Declares Gaza An "Enemy Entity" As Rice Arrives On Peacemaking Mission

AP | LAURIE COPANS | Posted 09.19.2007 | Home

Read More: Condoleeza Rice, Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Home News

Israel's Security Cabinet declared the Gaza Strip an "enemy entity" on Wednesday in order to cut off power and fuel supplies to the coastal strip, a m...

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