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Battle of the bulge sparks dialogue in Mideast
alarabiya.net 11 hrs ago 5 related
There's the weekly weigh-in, the tips on healthy snacking and the chit-chat between women about unruly kids or errant husbands. But this is a slimming group with a difference: half its members are Palestinian, half are Israeli and the aim is to foster dialogue, through a common battle with
A true housing crisis
guardian.co.uk 9 hrs ago 1 related
The scale of the Israeli government's crimes in the West Bank is all too clear on a tour organised by a local NGO My last article about the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions was a mea culpa, in which I spent the bulk of the piece atoning for my former condemnation of the group and their...
Jerusalem Police breaks up Fatah convention in east Jerusalem
ynet.co.il 5 hrs ago 1 related
The Jerusalem Police dispersed a Fatah convention held in east Jerusalem Thursday, by proxy of a Homeland Security Ministry order. The order was singed by Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter. The officers vacated some 150 high school seniors from the premises....
Coexistence, not apartheid by Ramzy Baroud
annies-letters.blogspot.com 17 hrs ago 61 related
http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=8041 Coexistence, not apartheidBy Ramzy Baroud For the last 60 years, all those who have sought a genuinely peaceful and fair solution for Israel and Palestine have faced the same obstacle: Israel’s sense of invincibility and military arrogance, abetted by the US...
Abbas says "east Jerusalem is ours"
people.com.cn 16 hrs ago 47 related
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in Bethlehem on Wednesday that east Jerusalem is an occupied Palestinian territory and "it belongs to us, and we will get it back one day." Abbas' statements were made in a speech he addressed at the opening ceremony of the Palestinian Investment...
The Palestine literature festival was an enlightening experience - but not always for the right...
annies-letters.blogspot.com 17 hrs ago
(as always, if possible please go to the link to read the story) http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/may/22/israelandthepalestinians The Palestine literature festival was an enlightening experience - but not always for the right reasons Ahdaf Soueif The Guardian, Thursday May 22 2008 By...
OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 30 Apr - 06 May 2008
reliefweb.int 22 hrs ago 12 related
Gaza Strip: - The IDF killed seven Palestinians, including at least four unarmed civilians, and injured 13 others (including four children). - One Palestinian was killed and four injured in factional violence that involved DFLP, PFLP, Fatah and Hamas. - During the IDF incursion into Khuza’a...
Olmert: Peace talks with Syria are a 'national obligation'-(why not to the beach)
freerepublic.com 15 hrs ago 478 related
Hours after Israel and Syria announced that they had agreed to hold indirect peace talks, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday evening that he was "fulfilling a national duty" by pursuing the negotiations with Syria. In simultaneous announcements shortly before noon, Damascus and Jerusalem...
WHO calls on Israel to lift Palestinian blockade (AFP)
yahoo.com yesterday 6 related
GENEVA (AFP) - The World Health Organisation on Wednesday passed a resolution demanding that Israel lift its blockade of the occupied Palestinian territories, which is blamed for a shortage of medicines. WHO members attending the organisation's annual assembly here urged Israel to "reverse its...
Haredim stone cars, pedestrians on capital's Bar Ilan road
ynet.co.il yesterday 2 related
Several haredim stoned cars and pedestrians on Jerusalem's Bar Ilan road, Tuesday night. Three people, residents of east Jerusalem, were mildly wounded in the incident; two cars were damaged. Police forces arrested one ultra-Orthodox youth. The incident is under investigation....