May 30 2012 - 12:30pm Gaza journalist wins courage award
May 30, 2012

Al-Ghoul has been beaten by security forces in Gaza, received death threats against her and her son, and slept at her office out of fear for her life

May 29 2012 - 5:26pm People Power for Peace
May 29, 2012

Failing to build on these and similar efforts to push peace forward from the bottom up will only perpetuate insecurity and a historic injustice

May 29 2012 - 5:19pm UN envoy warns of 'one-state reality'
May 29, 2012

"Instead, we could be moving down the path toward a one-state reality, which would also move us further away from regional peace in the spirit of the Arab Peace Initiative”

May 23 2012 - 3:53pm Nothing is “inevitable”
May 23, 2012

The word "inevitable" is almost never a legitimate political category, because human agency is always the most important factor

May 23 2012 - 3:49pm Israel: South Africa's desire to label West Bank goods is 'racist'
May 23, 2012

“It’s just to give our buying public a choice whether or not to buy, It’s for the consumer to decide what to do because there is a lot of sympathy for the Palestinian cause.”

May 23 2012 - 3:22pm 78 percent of Jerusalem Palestinians living in poverty
May 23, 2012

Israeli authorities have also revoked the status of 14,084 Palestinian Jerusalemites since 1967, no longer permitting them to live in the city

May 22 2012 - 1:10pm Israel in Peril
May 22, 2012

"Why do Israelis cling to a policy so evidently irrational, indeed suicidal? The simple—too simple—answer is: we’re afraid."

May 22 2012 - 1:06pm Fayyad: Water crisis due to Israel's control of resources
May 22, 2012

"Since the beginning of its occupation in 1967, Israel has established and maintained a system of direct control over the exploitation and distribution of West Bank water resources."

May 22 2012 - 10:09am ATFP Expresses Alarm at Footage Showing Settlers Shooting at Palestinians in the Presence of Israeli Soldiers
May 22, 2012

"The potential negative consequences of this growing pattern of settler attacks, and the insufficient measures to deal with them by the Israeli authorities cannot be overstated.”

May 21 2012 - 11:38am Is U.S. going above and beyond for Israel?
May 21, 2012

To add insult to injury, Pentagon officials must ask the Israeli government-owned companyis profiting from the weapons sales if the United States can have a piece of the action


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