Pew study sheds light on reception of Hamas, Hezbollah
A recent study finds Muslims generally eschew Hamas and Hezbollah, but in countries neighboring Israel, there are "pockets of support" for both groups, reports the Jerusalem Post . These findings, released last week by the Pew Research Center's...
Israel becomes a 'promised land' for asylum-seekers
Egypt's Sinai bedouins are smuggling migrants from Sudan and Eritrea into Israel, Global Post reports. A stable economy and sound rule of law have shaped Israel into something of a promised land for sub-Saharan African asylum-seekers, often fleeing...
Gaza: Cases of abandoned children on the rise
February 7, 2010 Don't be surprised if one day you find a crying infant thrown in front of a children's hospital, left by a sidewalk, or a trash can in the streets of Gaza. It is an "infant of unknown parentage." Twelve infants of 'unborn...
West Bank protests becoming part protest, part show
The New York Times' Jaron Gilinsky and Isabel Kershner explore the phenomenon of normalized protests between Palestinians and IDF soldiers in their video " The Spectacle of West Bank Protests ." What was once "an isolated act of civil...
Egypt makes Muslim Brotherhood arrests
Egyptian police have arrested Muslim Brotherhood deputy leader Mahmoud Ezzat and two others, reports the Associated Press via the New York Times . The Muslim Brotherhood was banned in 1954 but continues to be the largest opposition party in Egypt, popular...
Abbas agrees to US-mediated peace talks
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has bowed to international pressures and agreed in principle to resume peace talks with Israel, Haaretz reports. The "indirect negotiations" will be mediated by US special envoy to the Middle East...
Al-Qaeda makes new threats against the United States
Al-Qaeda's number two in the Arabian Peninsula, Saed Elshari of has called for attacks on all US interests in an audio message posted to a well-known Islamist website Monday, reports Al-Jazeera English breaking news. Excerpt: "American and Crusader...
Hamas leader meets with Russian officials
Following Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas' visit to Sochi in January, senior-most Hamas member Khaled Masha'al arrived in Moscow Monday to discuss the inter-PA reconciliation and the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, Ma'an News Agency reports...
UNRWA to begin Gaza rebuild with mud bricks
The 22-day Israeli offensive that ended last January destroyed countless homes, the majority of which have not been rebuilt, as the siege keeps out vital building materials like useful quantities of cement. In the face of such hardship, the UNRWA has...
PA calls out Hamas over Goldstone response
The Palestinian Authority has accused Gaza's Hamas government of sending mixed singles in regard to its stance on the Goldstone Report (which identifies potential abuses during Operation Cast Lead), the Jerusalem Post reports. While the Goldstone...
Features
"Art for the struggle": They Do Not Exist revisited
Photo: Vertigo Magazine They Do Not Exist (Laysa lahum wujud), Mustafa Abu Ali, 1974, 25 min Salvaged after the 1982 Lebanon War with Israel and only recently been made available, Mustafa Abu Ali's early film "They Do Not Exist" focuses...
Animating the lost Palestinian Film Archive
Films are a record, of people, stories, histories, creativity, places and times. What happens if this record is lost? This is what happened with with the Palestinian National Archive. The experimental film essay 'For Cultural Purposes Only' offers...
Caricaturing the separation wall
(Photo by Tanya N ) Palestinians are hoping to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the third time for drawing the longest caricature in the world. Muhammad An-Nimnim, known as Abu Noon, the director of Artists for Freedom in Palestine and a Palestinian...
The Largest Mural in Palestine is For Women
Under the patronage of Prime Minister Dr. Salam Fayyad, Palestine's largest mural is unveiled. Created jointly by Women's Affairs Technical Committee (WATC) and the (OWCA) to honor Palestinian women, it is the culmination of year-long activities...
The first Palestinian on the moon
Larissa Sansour is currently exhibiting in group show in Bahrain and has her first solo show in New York. Born in Jerusalem in 1973 to a Russian mother and a Palestinian father, educated in New York and London and living in Copenhagen, Sansour has exhibited...
8 Feb 2010 3:33 PM
By
Neal Ungerleider
Why did Leon Panetta visit the Middle East?
Last week, CIA chief Leon Panetta apparently made a quiet trip to Jerusalem and Cairo . While there, news reports indicate Panetta met Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, defense minister Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, Israeli...
8 Feb 2010 3:19 PM
By
Gregg Carlstrom
Bibi defends Lieberman (and his poll numbers)
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is once again defending his foreign ministry from criticism -- this time, after some belligerent comments about Syria from Avigdor Lieberman. Lieberman, you'll remember, warned Syrian president Bashar al-Assad...
8 Feb 2010 2:21 PM
By
Eileen White Read
PEACEMAKERS, Washington, DC
MidEast peace talks could begin Feb. 20
Agence France Presse is reporting that Middle East Peace talks are likely to begin on February 20, following an agreement in principle by Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, to "indirect talks with Israel under US mediation." The details...
8 Feb 2010 1:24 PM
By
Matthew Duss
National Security Researcher/Blogger at CAP, Washington, DC
Pence: U.S. Mideast policy should be dictated by Israelis
In a Christian Broadcasting Network interview Rep, Mike Pence (R-IN) (who appears to be doing a very good Michael Scott impression) shares his view that the U.S. shouldn't decide its own policy toward Israel, but rather simply do what Israeli voters...
7 Feb 2010 11:05 PM
By
Larry Derfner
Feature writer & columnist, Jerusalem Post, Israel
JERUSALEM - I spent the day in Nazareth recently, doing a story about Israeli Arabs in hi-tech, and when I got in the car with the (Jewish) photographer to leave, I said to him, "Isn't it a relief to talk to Arabs as regular people?" He...
7 Feb 2010 10:54 PM
By
Jonathan Lis
Journalist, Ha’aretz, Israel
Arab MK slams Holocaust denial, wins praise from Jewish colleagues
Israeli Arab MK Ahmed Tibi (United Arab List - Ta'al), one of the most vocal critics of government policy in the Palestinian territories, evoked praise from his fellow lawmakers after delivering what Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin called "one...
7 Feb 2010 10:44 PM
By
Didi Remez
Founding member, Yesh Din, Israel
Contextualizing the JPost and Chazan: You can’t have it both ways
The firing of Naomi Chazan by The Jerusalem Post has quickly turned the newspaper into a convenient (and attractive) punching bag for the many in Israel and among Jewish-Americans angry and indignant over the anti-NIF smear campaign. Indeed, its conduct...
7 Feb 2010 10:09 PM
By
Nissim Dahan
Peace in the Middle East has long been an illusive dream, but there are hints in the air that peace negotiations between Palestinians and Israel may soon be underway, and that this time around, some measure of success may be in the offing. What indications...
7 Feb 2010 6:46 PM
By
Lina Al-Sharif
Student, Islamic University in Gaza, Gaza
First impression Nearly a month ago, my friends, who are members of Sharek Youth Forum told me about this project called " Gaza exchange ". The project, which is sponsored by Tida in association with Sharek, puts some serious issues on the table...
7 Feb 2010 5:15 PM
By
Steve Feldman
Professor of Dermatology, Wake Forest University
The Goldstone report and the Israeli response
A colleague sent me a report of an Israeli response to the Goldstone report. The accusations and counterpoints about the justifications for the Gaza deaths don't seem relevant to me. The objective reality shared in both the original report and subsequent...
7 Feb 2010 11:38 AM
By
MJ Rosenberg
Foreign Policy at Media Matters Action Network
Pastor John Hagee backs Israeli hate group
Many in the pro-Israel community have been disturbed by the Israel lobby's embrace of Pastor John Hagee's "Christians United For Israel." Hagee, who "supports" Israel in order to hasten the rapture, actually keynoted the American...
6 Feb 2010 9:34 PM
By
Ray Hanania
"Best Ethnic Columnist in America", Chicago (Jerusalem)
Columnists come and go, some quietly and others in a big splash
Years ago I was a lead writer for a flashy column in Chicago's daily newspaper the Sun-Times. Called Page Ten, it showcased an assortment of news tidbits - some called gossip, others called insider tips - and my beat was politics, mainly Chicago's...
6 Feb 2010 7:48 PM
By
Eileen White Read
PEACEMAKERS, Washington, DC
Right-wing U.S. groups target Israeli universities
Americans right-wing groups are financing another destructive pro-settler, anti-peace organization in Israel, this one fomenting trouble on university campuses. It's just what the Middle East doesn't need: another extremist group stirring racial...
6 Feb 2010 3:56 PM
By
Jon Donnison
Journalist, BBC
Renovated cinema to bring new life to Jenin
JENIN - Standing in the dusty, half-lit lobby of Cinema Jenin with paint splattered builders beavering away all around, it's hard to imagine that this venue was once the place to be on the Jenin social scene. The cinema in the centre of the West Bank...
6 Feb 2010 3:31 PM
By
Asma Asfour
Elected member of Sinjel Municipality, Palestine
A Palestinian woman enters politics
RAMALLAH - In May 2005 I was elected to be the first woman to join the Sinjel Municipality in the Ramallah district. At that time a new law had been passed which set a minimum quota for women's representation in local councils. The assumption underpinning...
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