Thursday, June 14, 2012

My letters to the NYTimes & WSJ RE Music for the Masses by Raja Shehadeh & Harris letter about Maen Rashid Areikat's "The Time for a Palestinian State Is Now"

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A Palestinian girl practicing the flute at a school in a refugee camp near Ramallah, West Bank, in April 2009. The lessons were organize...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Israel admits it revoked residency rights of a quarter million Palestinians

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 Many of those prevented from returning were students or young professionals, working aboard to support their families. http://www.haare...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

My letter to the WSJ RE The Time for a Palestinian State Is Now by Maen Areikat

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RE: The Time for a Palestinian State Is Now by Maen Areikat http://online.wsj.com/article /SB10001424052702303830204577448343969347360....
Sunday, June 10, 2012

My letter to the New York Times RE Thomas L. Friedman's "Facebook Meets Brick-and-Mortar Politics "

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RE:  Facebook Meets Brick-and-Mortar Politics http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/opinion/sunday/friedman-facebook-meets-brick-and-mortar-...
Thursday, June 7, 2012

My letters RE To placate settlers, Israel to build additional 850 apartments in West Bank & Miko Peled's Six days in Israel, 45 years ago -My Israeli general father knew the 1967 war was an opportunity...

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UNWRA photo- Palestinian refugees 1949 RE: To placate settlers, Israel to build additional 850 apartments in West Bank http://www.wash...

Israeli Settlers burn down ancient tree in Hebron

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A group of settlers burned down an ancient olive tree in central Hebron overnight, witnesses said. (MaanImages/File) [AS ...

Businessweek: Abbas Says Without Jerusalem, Palestinians Don’t Want State

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Jonathan Ferziger, Alaa Shahine Bloomberg June 5, 2012 - ...

Turning The 'Naksa' Around by Joharah Baker for MIFTAH

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[AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE ...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

My letter to the NYTimes RE Going Directly to Israelis and Palestinians

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RE Going Directly to Israelis and Palestinians By SHLOMO BEN-AMI, THOMAS C. SCHELLING, JEROME M. SEGAL and JAVIER SOLANA http://www.nytim...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Disturbing rhetoric on race from Israeli government ministers.

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"This week, Yishai   asked   rhetorically: “So what, the State of Israel, as the Jewish state, in the name of democracy, in the name...

There has been a big increase in the number of Palestinian homes in the West Bank which have been demolished by Israeli forces (BBC News video)

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  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18246322 29 May 2012   There has been a big incre...
Sunday, May 27, 2012

Tourism

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Rare treasure trove of ancient jewelry found Israeli archaeologists have discovered a rare trove of 3,000-year-old jewelry, includin...