Friday, June 29, 2012

CSM: UNESCO designates Church of the Nativity as endangered site... "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who heads a self-rule government in charge of 38 percent of the West Bank, says negotiations with Israel remain his preferred choice, but wants global recognition to improve his leverage [for negotiations]."

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A nun walks outside the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem June 28...

Due Diligence: Questions for the One-Staters

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CNN: UNESCO grants Bethlehem church 'world heritage' status

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Christian pilgrims visit the Church of Nativity in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem on June 28, 2012. "Palestinian Foreign Mi...

LATimes: Palestinians hail World Heritage listing of Bethlehem holy sites

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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- A United Nations panel voted Friday to include holy sites in the biblical city of Bethlehem  on the World Heritage...

Palestinians celebrate UNESCO vote: "We almost lost hope... But today was a great day ... As Palestinians we deserve our heritage like any other people in the world."

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

MSNBC: Palestinian: US supports 'an apartheid system that is suffocating us'

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A special NBC News series: What The World Thinks of U.S. Click here for more information [AS ALWAYS ...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Israel subjecting Palestinian children to 'spiral of injustice': Foreign Office-backed delegation of UK lawyers says treatment may stem from belief every Palestinian child is potential terrorist

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Israeli soldiers stand guard over Palestinian children arrested in the West Bank city of Hebron. Photograph: Abed Al Hashlamoun/EPA ...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012

The perils of alienation over Palestine

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Monday, June 25, 2012

Sometimes, the Palestinian images we see just mirror the usual stereotypes....Change the picture! UNWRA photocompetition for young Palestinian refugees 2012

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http://www.unrwa.org/photocompetition_e Change the picture! There are many photographic images of Palestinian refugees out there. Some...

“drought the people out”... the continuing plight of the Palestinians

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Sunday, June 24, 2012

My letter to the Washington Post RE Lally Weymouth interviews Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad

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Freedom to me is ... RE: Lally Weymouth interviews Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions...
Saturday, June 23, 2012

"I don’t need another declaration of statehood — we already have one."

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"I am for any initiative that brings us closer to the day when we are able to live as free people in a country of our own. I was alway...