Monday, October 26, 2015

My letter to CSM RE "Can surveillance cameras ease the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?"

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Jerusalem RE Can surveillance cameras ease the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2015/1024/Can-s...

"First they came for Palestinians... "

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http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/1428_leunig.jpg

"For decades now, Israel has been strangling East Jerusalem denying its Palestinian inhabitants freedom, opportunity, dignity, and hope, with devastating impact. Before Israel closed Jerusalem off from the rest of the West Bank in 1994, the city had served as the hub of Palestinian life." James Zogby

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[AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO READ GOOD ARTICLES IN FULL: HELP SHAPE ALGORITHMS (and conversations) THAT EMPO...
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

635 flying checkpoints have been imposed between Palestinian towns, Refugee camps and cities #Palestine

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Palestine PLO - NAD ‏ @ nadplo 8m 8 minutes ago 635 flying c...

My letter to LRB RE: Nathan Thrall's "The End of the Abbas Era"

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" The Universal Declaration of Human Rights , which was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948, was the result of th...

President of Palestine to address special meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council October 28, 2015

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UN Geneva Verified account ‏ @ UNGeneva 21h 21 hours ago ...

My letter to the NYTimes RE "Mismanaging the Conflict in Jerusalem" by Nathan Thrall & East Jerusalem, Bubbling Over With Despair by Jodi Rudoren

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RE: "Mismanaging the Conflict in Jerusalem" by Nathan Thrall http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/19/opinion/mismanaging-...

The Academy of American Poets: Congratulations to Academy Chancellor Naomi Shihab Nye on her nomination by the Swedish Arts Council for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Prize, the world’s largest award for children’s and young adult literature.

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“One of the civic responsibilities of the poet in America today is to continue to encourage a sense of civility among us and a sense o...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Susan Muaddi Darraj's newest book "A Curious Land", short stories about Palestinians and the true meaning of home, wins the prestigious Grace Paley Prize in short fiction

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Susan Muaddi Darraj Thanks to the folks at the Aegis for this mention of the new book!

Congratulations to الدكتورة عايدة النجار Dr. Aida Najjar as she launches her new book today (10/19/2015) Her book is on the depopulated and destroyed Palestinian village of ‪#‎Lifta‬.

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Congratulations to الدكتورة عايدة النجار Dr. Aida Najjar as she launches her new book today (10/19/2015) at Abdul Hameed Shoman Public...
Sunday, October 18, 2015

My letter to the Washington Post RE Israelis kill at least 4 Palestinians after reported knife attacks

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Flower Thrower- by Banski in Palestine  RE: Israelis kill at least 4 Palestinians after reported knife attacks https://www.wa...
Saturday, October 17, 2015

A Palestinian woman, wearing her traditional embroidered dress while shopping in Ramallah's open market, holds a pomegranate.

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from Linda Mansour   Humans of Palestine "The other side of Palestine we don't have the opportunity to see on this side...