June 29, 2011 - 12:29pm Building A 21st-Century Palestinian City
June 29, 2011

In light of the recent Arab Spring, which underscores how economic hopelessness can drive revolution, an effort to plan a city, Rawabi, for Palestinians in the West Bank could have a major impact on the future direction of Palestinian society.

June 29, 2011 - 12:24pm Gaza flotilla renews debate on Israel's blockade
June 29, 2011

A flotilla of ships set to leave Greece for Gaza this week is reigniting arguments about the wisdom of Israel's trade restrictions to the Palestinian territory.

June 29, 2011 - 12:22pm AP Interview: Palestinian PM skeptical of UN bid
June 29, 2011

.N. recognition of a Palestinian state would largely be a symbolic victory and would not change the reality of Israeli occupation, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Tuesday.

June 28, 2011 - 4:24pm Nonviolence, a Palestinian path to liberation
June 28, 2011

At the end of last week in the West Bank village of Bilin, an important principle was decisively demonstrated: Palestinian nonviolence can achieve real results in resisting the Israeli occupation.

June 28, 2011 - 4:22pm A message for Israel and Evangelicals: Genesis isn’t a policy guide
June 28, 2011

With a dogmatic loyalty to Israel born out of a literal interpretation of the Bible, is the American Christian Right the new Jewish lobby in US politics? Mixing religion and statecraft isn’t just dangerous and unwise. It’s sacrilegious.

June 28, 2011 - 4:06pm Intense Israeli lobbying stalls Gaza flotilla
June 28, 2011

A US contingent is bringing Arabic translations of a book about Martin Luther King Jr., saying they want to show Palestinians that nonviolent resistance can work. But they're stuck in Athens.

June 27, 2011 - 4:54pm Mantras parading as incontestable truths
June 27, 2011

Those opposing the Palestinians’ UN bid forget that State of Israel was proclaimed unilaterally.

June 27, 2011 - 3:33pm Palestinians going ahead with statehood bid
June 27, 2011

"I say that if negotiations have failed we will go to the United Nations for membership," Abbas told a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization and his Fatah party.

June 27, 2011 - 3:30pm Ahead of U.N. Vote, Effort to Restart Mideast Talks
June 27, 2011

Intensive efforts are under way to lure Israeli and Palestinian leaders back to negotiations on the basis of President Obama’s formula of a state based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed land swaps.

June 21, 2011 - 10:54am In Gaza, border opening brings little relief
June 21, 2011

One month after reopening of Rafah border crossing, 20,000 remain on wait list and despair persists after a brief period of relief


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