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Israel To Release 250 Palestinian Prisoners

AFP | Ezzedine Said | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home

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JERUSALEM (AFP) - Caretaker Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday that 250 Palestinian prisoners would be freed in a goodwill gesture, as Palestin...

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Here's How to Tune in to Both Muslims and the Deep South

Johann Hari | Posted 09.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Muslim Fundementalists, Heavy Metal, Islam, Muslims Music, Ozzy Osbourne, Gaza, Country Music, Entertainment News
Johann Hari

How did a style of music midwifed into the world by Ozzy Osbourne in the old English industrial town of Birmingham in the mid-1960s become an enemy of jihadism?

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More Than 1,000 Leave Gaza After Egypt Opens Border Crossing

AFP | Posted 08.30.2008 | Home

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Hamas and Egyptian authorities on Saturday temporarily opened the Rafah crossing for the first time in weeks, allowing some 2,000 Gazans to cross int...

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Senator McCain, Please Define "Free Nation"

Vanessa Edwards Foster | Posted 08.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Russia, Politics, John McCain, John McCain 2008, Gaza, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Uzbekistan, 2008 Presidential Race, Iran, Israel, John McCain Foreign Policy, Russia Georgia War, Foreign Policy, Home News
Vanessa Edwards Foster

Iraq used to hold elections -- before the American invasion. Does that mean America was an aggressor on a "free nation"? McCain's simplistic tough talk is just Bush-policy in the making.

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First New West Bank Settlement in Ten Years?

The Real News | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, West Bank, Israeli Settlements, Gaza, United Nations, Separation Wall, Middle East, Aparteid, Israel, Politics News
The Real News

The so-called apartheid wall, which is thought to be separating Israelis and Palestinians, is in reality separating Palestinians and creating more isolation in an already desolate situation.

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Appeal to Dr. Bollinger for Gaza Fulbright Students

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fulbright Scholars, Columbia University, Lee Bollinger Israel, Gaza, Lee Bollinger, Fulbright, Israel, Gazan Students, Politics News
Daoud Kuttab

The State of Israel has refused to give permission to three Gazan Fulbright Scholars to travel to the USA. One of them is supposed to attend Columbia in the fall.

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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
MJ Rosenberg

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

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Richard Silverstein

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

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Jamal Dajani

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

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Sam Sedaei

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

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Alon Ben-Meir

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
Jamal Dajani

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
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

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
Jamal Dajani

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

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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

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Amb. Marc Ginsberg

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

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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

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Alan Dershowitz

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

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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
Ronan Farrow

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

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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

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Patricia DeGennaro

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

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Barry Lando

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

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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
Terence Smith

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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