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Family of activist killed in Gaza to sue Israel

The family of slain US activist Rachel Corrie is suing the State of Israel for damages, Reuters reports. The case brings more light to the controversy surrounding Israeli treatment of pro-Palestinian protesters. Corrie, then 23, was protesting as a member...

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World Bank official Daboub to visit West Bank

World Bank Managing Director Juan José Daboub arrives in the West Bank today to embark on a 2-day fact-finding mission, reports a World Bank media advisory made available to Palestine Note . During his visit, Dr. Daboub will meet with Palestinian...

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Male hairdressers protest Hamas salon ban

Male hairdressers in Gaza are not sitting idle after Hamas' ban on men styling women's hair . Gaza's male stylists have filed a complaint with the Palestinian Center for Human Rights ( PCHR ) in Gaza City, reports the Associated Press . Stylist...

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1,600 new homes approved in E. Jerusalem

The Israeli Interior Ministry has approved 1,600 new housing units in the ultra-orthodox Ramat Shlomo neighborhood in East Jerusalem, Haaretz reports. The addition of public facilities and a central park have also been approved for the neighborhood. Leftist...

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IDF arrests 2 children in Hebron

Israeli Defense Forces detained two Palestinian children after a scuffle with an Israeli child near Yashai settlement in Hebron Monday, Ma'an News Agency reports. The children, 11-year old Ibrahim Abu Ayasha and 12-year old Sharif Abu Ayasha, were...

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Hamas-Fatah unity revisited

Ashraf Jum'a, a Fatah representative in Gaza, has proposed that Hamas sign Cairo's unity plan before the Arab League summit in Tripoli, Ma'an News Agency report. Jum'a says going to Cairo would be the "first of four stages" allowing...

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A house divided: Palestinian couples fight racist Israeli law

Israel passed a citizenship law five years ago barring West Bank Palestinians who marry Israeli Arabs from applying for Israeli citizenship, and now affected families are speaking out, BBC reports. The Citizenship and Entry Law , passed in 2003 in the...

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Interpol issues alerts for Dubai suspects

International police agency Interpol has issued "red notices" for the 16 additional suspects linked to the January assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh in Dubai, Ma'an News Agency reports. Interpol said it issued the alerts after...

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'Infidel' finds the humor in religion

"The Infidel" follows Mahmud, a Muslim family man happily living in London's East End until he finds out he is actually Jewish. Mahmud's mother dies and finds out he was adopted. Things get more upside-down for Mahmud when he finds his...

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Refugee camp hip-hop: 'Life from the BBC'

"Hip-hop journalist" Jackson Allers ' latest project, "Life from the BBC (Bourj al Barajneh Camp)," follows two MCs - YaSeen (Yasin Qasem) and TNT (Mohammad Turk) - from the Palestinian rap group I-Voice , reports Immortal Entertainment...

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DC exhibit features paintings, sculptures, and live music March 5

Painter and sculptor Adnan Charara will open his exhibit “ Hueman ” at the Gallery of the Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development in Washington, DC, on Friday, March 5th. Charara was born in Lebanon, moved to Sierra Leone during...

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Palestinian singer visits occupied territories

Mohammed Diab, lead singer of the Palestinian band Al-Asheqeen, made his first visit to the occupied Palestinian territories, reports Ma'an News Agency . During his visit Diab met with a member of the PLO's executive committee and will go to refugee...

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Islam American-style

" New Muslim Cool " follows Puerto Rican-American rapper Hamza Perez, a former gang-banger who converted* to Islam. Perez lives in the rough North Side area of Pittsburgh and takes the empowering message of Islam to Pittsburgh's youth through...

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9 Mar 2010 7:10 PM By Ali Younes

Which one is Joe Biden?

During his current visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, Vice President Joe Biden spoke to the Israelis of how the US and Israel are "inseparable" and that "there is no space between the United States and Israel when it comes...

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9 Mar 2010 7:02 PM By Noam Sheizaf
Freelance Journalist & Editor, Tel Aviv, Israel

Apartheid week in Columbia university

New York, NY - Staying in an apartment on Morningside Heights, Manhattan, I pass every day on my way to the Subway through Columbia University's campus. Last Monday, as part of the Israel Apartheid Week, anti-occupation activists placed in the heart...

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10 Mar 2010 1:55 AM By Osama Alsharif
Chief Editor, Ad-Dustour

The perils of a new intifada

If last Friday's incident at the Al Haram Al Sharif compound means anything it is this: Israel's right-wing government is out of control and is bent on executing a malicious scheme to undermine Palestinian rights. A series of deliberate provocations...

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9 Mar 2010 6:48 PM By Steve Clemons
Publisher of "The Washington Note"

America's Middle East fixer?

Joseph Biden, the US vice president, left on Sunday for a head-scratching trip to the Middle East and many are wondering what he is up to. After all, the vice president has a lot on his plate already. Biden has been the person behind the White House scenes...

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9 Mar 2010 6:45 PM By Gregg Carlstrom

Israel okays 1,600 new homes in Ramot Shlomo

The Israeli government continues to roll out the red carpet for U.S. vice president Joe Biden: Israel's interior ministry just announced the approval of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem's largely-haredi Ramot Shlomo neighborhood. (The neighborhood...

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9 Mar 2010 6:35 PM By Bernard Avishai

The real hope of economic peace

Everybody knows the core issues between Israelis and Palestinians, except for the one that will matter the most and can be acted on immediately, before any comprehensive deal; the one where Israel's concessions will not compromise its security but...

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9 Mar 2010 5:41 PM By Lara Friedman

APN denounces new Israeli settlement plans in east Jerusalem

APN denounces in the sharpest terms Israel's announcement today of plans for new settlement construction in East Jerusalem. Speaking from Jerusalem, where he is part of an APN leadership delegation to Israel, APN spokesman Ori Nir commented: "Yesterday...

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9 Mar 2010 5:32 PM By MJ Rosenberg
Foreign Policy at Media Matters Action Network

Netanyahu disses Biden: Biden hits back (UPDATE)

What a surprise. Vice President Biden is in Israel and, right in front of him, the Israeli government announces 1,600 new settler housing units. Biden is in Israel to kick off indirect negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. Of course, as the...

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9 Mar 2010 10:50 AM By Steve Clemons
Publisher of "The Washington Note"

Biden: America's Middle East Fixer?

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8 Mar 2010 7:38 PM By Daoud Kuttab

The people of Gaza and a reporter: Victims of the NY Times' stubbornness

The people of Gaza appear to have been the recent victims of the arrogance (or what some believe to be the bias) of the NY Times. The stubbornness of Bill Keller, the executive editor of the NY Times, in refusing to relocate his Jerusalem reporter has...

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9 Mar 2010 2:33 AM By Ami Kaufman

Netanyahu's right is my wrong

One of the most common slogans used by Israeli left-wingers is "the occupation corrupts." Meaning, it corrupts Israeli society -- and even more importantly, it corrupts Israeli democracy. But the damage that Benjamin Netanyahu's government...

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8 Mar 2010 6:59 PM By Didi Remez
Founding member, Yesh Din, Israel

Yediot’s Barnea outlines the nightmare that would follow an Israeli strike on Iran

Note that although Barnea's primary assertion is that the apocalyptic implications of an Israeli strike would deter a rational Israeli government, he is concerned that Netanyahu may have rhetorically painted himself into a corner: Netanyahu has upgraded...

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8 Mar 2010 6:53 PM By Lara Friedman

Needed: A rational approach to Iran

APN today released new policy language to address the changing political situation in Iran. March 2010 An Iran armed with nuclear weapons represents an alarming scenario that neither the U.S. nor Israel, nor for that matter, the world, can afford to ignore...

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8 Mar 2010 11:45 PM By Eileen White Read
PEACEMAKERS, Washington, DC

Biden, in Israel-Palestine, will announce MidEast peace talks

Vice President Joe Biden just arrived in Israel and is expected to announce the re-start of peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians. The talks, which will take the form of shuttle-diplomacy mediated by Special Envoy George Mitchell, are aimed at...

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