Saturday, November 10, 2012

Palestinian farmers turn to organic farming

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The hardships faced by local farmers, ranging from a lack of rainfall to Israeli trade obstacles, mean that organic growing is one of the...

A Memo to the US President: Resurrecting meaningful Israeli-Palestinian negotiations will be difficult, but a peace agreement is indeed a vital American national interest.

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"It is a grave error to misread the Brotherhood as a bulwark against their more extreme Salafist or Jihadist rivals. Dealing respectfu...

“Change the Picture” UNRWA photography competition

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http://www.unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=1493 Young Palestinians win prizes for photos of refugee life See the winning photos
Friday, November 9, 2012

Blair: Obama win opens way for new Mideast push

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"It is very fashionable at the moment to say the two-state solution is not going to work. Just examine the alternative for a moment. W...
Thursday, November 8, 2012

Addressing General Assembly, UN official calls for ‘just solution’ to plight of Palestinian refugees

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UNRWA Commissioner General Filippo Grandi. UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43444&Cr=palestin...
Wednesday, November 7, 2012

How many Palestinian refugees would want to return?

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“I don’t know,” Abbas said. “I don’t argue with anybody. ‘O.K., you want your right of return? It’s O.K., when we come to it, we will do o...

My letter to the Atlantic RE The Palestinian Guy Fawkes by Michael Koplow

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Guy Fawkes's plot to blow up England's Parliament in1605 RE The Palestinian Guy Fawkes by Michael Koplow http://www.theatlanti...

Occupation ... a poem by Anne Selden Annab

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      Occupation The pushers take words with legal meaning and power and make them taffy The pullers & pushers party on, such ...
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

4 poems ... by Anne Selden Annab

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   Negotiations Ancient Rome & ancient Palestine are history flexing emotional and intellectual but...
Monday, November 5, 2012

After Tyrants, the People Must Act

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"But above all, a repressed society needs a motivated populace if it is to become politically vibrant again. To be more precise, it ne...

Harriet Sherwood: How the West Bank barrier has starved business and community

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"..... Almost all the businesses in the thriving village between Jerusalem and Ramallah closed. Palestinians from East Jerusalem who h...
Sunday, November 4, 2012

"What is important is that individual refugees decide for themselves which option they prefer- a decision must not be imposed upon them."

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Visit Palestine: Jericho (which means “City of the Moon” in Arabic) is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world . The Gen...