Palestinian Economy: Non-tariff trade barriers impede Palestinian private sector growth
Non-tariff trade barriers are preventing Palestinians producers from competing in Israeli and East Jerusalem markets, reports a PALTRADE press release made available to Palestine Note . A new report from the Palestine Trade Center (PALTRADE) names "non...
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West Bank closure extended
Israel has extended its closure of the West Bank until Tuesday, Ma'an News Agency reports. The report came Saturday evening, hours before the closure was due to be lifted. Restriction on entry into Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem could remain in place...
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Dalal Mughrabi Square: Palestinians remember controversial figure
West Bank Palestinians came out in droves on Thursday to attend the public square dedication of Fatah militant Dalal Mughrabi , New York Times reports. The controversy stems from who Mughrabi was: Dalal Mughrabi is remembered as leader of a gristly 1978...
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Journalists detained at Hebron protest
Three journalists were detained and several demonstrators were beaten by Israeli forces in Beit Ummar, Hebron Saturday, Ma'an News Agency report. Palestinians had gathered to protest the restrictions on access to agricultural lands confiscated by...
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Erekat: When settlements stop, talks can start
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Friday that PA President Mahmoud Abbas will not consider talks until Israel rescinds its decision to expand East Jerusalem settlements, reports Ma'an News Agency . In related Ma'an news , PA Secretary...
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Palestinian women clash with Israeli police near Jerusalem
Israeli forces used tear gas and physical force to corral Palestinian women attempting to push through a checkpoint at the Qalandiya crossing into Jerusalem from the West Bank, Al-Jazeera English reports. This scuffle comes on the second day of a 48-hour...
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In the 'red zone': Biden and the two-state solution
In Vice President Joe Biden's trip to Israel, he has been steadfast in his commitment to the two-state solution, reports OneVoice Israel : In an interview with Al-Jazeera English, Biden discussed again his optimism for the two-state solution but fumbles...
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ANERA project pipes water to West Bank town
In Dar Salah near Bethlehem in the West Bank, the simple act of drinking a glass of water can be an arduous production, ANERA reports. The waterworks system in Dar Salah is old and deteriorated, often providing contaminated water. And then sometimes the...
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Israel seals West Bank
Israel has closed entry from the West Bank into Israel and occupied East Jerusalem from midnight Thursday until midnight Saturday for security concerns, Euronews reports. This is the first closure not related to a Jewish holiday in more than a year. A...
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Anna Baltzer: A Jewish-American standing against Occupation
Activist, speaker, and author Anna Baltzer grew up like many American Jews with a very skewed understanding of Israel and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Anna's eyes were opened after college, as she traveled across the Middle East in 2003. Anna...
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'The Land' looks at the conflict through the eyes of mothers
Dorit Rivlin Rak's three-part play ' The Land ' takes a look at the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through eyes of two mothers and their children, writes Rak on Kickstarter.com . Co-written by Rak in 2000, she set the project aside quickly after...
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Gaza comedy roasts Fatah and Hamas
"Umbilical Cord," a new play directed by Hazem Abu Hamid, has shocked and delighted audiences in the Gaza Strip, reports Middle East Online . In its three-night run this week, the biting comedy comments on the state of Gaza, taking shots at...
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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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13 Mar 2010 5:22 PM
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Daoud Kuttab
All that is needed at this time is public Arab support
For all the theatrics and histrionics within the Arab League's Cairo headquarters, Arab governments are unlikely to have any influence on Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. Like all regional organizations, the League of Arab States is inefficient as...
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13 Mar 2010 12:55 PM
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James Zogby
Founder & president, The Arab American Institute, Washington, DC
Degrading citizenship
There is one largely unreported aspect of the recently completed Iraqi elections that I find deeply troubling, and that is the fact that polling places were set up across the U.S. providing Iraqi-Americans the opportunity to vote. Leaving aside, just...
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13 Mar 2010 10:18 AM
By
Stephen Lendman
Palestinian dispossession in east Jerusalem
Palestinian Dispossession in East Jerusalem - by Stephen Lendman For Jews, Jerusalem is its historic capital. Muslims also claim it for the third holiest site in Islam, containing the 35 acre Noble Sanctuary (al-Haram al-Sharif), including the Al-Aqsa...
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13 Mar 2010 8:50 AM
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Ray Hanania
"Best Ethnic Columnist in America", Chicago (Jerusalem)
Fighting discrimination against American Arabs a very slow process, especially in New York City
Debbie Almontaser was fired from her job in 2007 heading a school to teach Arabic in New York City. The idea of speaking Arabic has taken on greater relevance especially after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The idea being that maybe Americans...
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12 Mar 2010 4:54 PM
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Moshe Yaroni
Bibi the conqueror
You've really got to hand it to the Netanyahu government. They looked the Vice President of the United States squarely in the eye and, through a piece of random spittle, managed to once again hit the Obama Administration and come out standing. The...
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12 Mar 2010 2:15 PM
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Aaron David Miller
Bad time for Israel settlements fight
This week in Israel, Vice President Joe Biden found out something that he's probably known for quite some time: No good deed goes unpunished. Shortly after Biden arrived in Jerusalem on Tuesday, to reassure the Israelis and coordinate efforts on Iran...
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12 Mar 2010 2:11 PM
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Daoud Kuttab
An indirect route to a Palestinian state?
RAMALLAH - Palestinians and Israelis have different and possibly contradictory expectations from the indirect negotiations that the United States has pushed both sides into beginning. Israel was among the first parties to welcome the Arab League's...
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12 Mar 2010 1:48 PM
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Evan Hill
High moral principle in Israel
In the wake of Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Israel , a Knesset committee on Thursday endorsed a change to the country's planning procedures aimed at preventing a similarly embarrassing episode of bad timing from occurring again, the AP...
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12 Mar 2010 1:22 PM
By
Steve Feldman
Professor of Dermatology, Wake Forest University
Nigerian terrorist
23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Mutallab tried to blow up a plane in Detroit on Christmas Day. Is Nigeria a terrorist haven, a place where terrorism against America thrives? Probably not. Mutallab is one person out of a Nigerian population of nearly...
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12 Mar 2010 1:14 PM
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Stephen Lendman
Israeli settlement expansions continue
Currently, around 500,000 Jews reside illegally in over 120 West Bank and East Jerusalem settlements as well as dozens of outposts. Their numbers grow daily despite occasional pledges to curtail or slow them, the latest last November when Prime Minister...
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12 Mar 2010 7:57 PM
By
Ami Kaufman
By George, I think the Palestinians have got it!
With Bibi Netanyahu turning out to be just another Yitzhak Shamir - the one who doesn't initiate, doesn't lead and does nothing to get things moving - the ball has been thrown into the Palestinians' court. And if we stick with the sports metaphors...
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12 Mar 2010 12:35 PM
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MJ Rosenberg
Foreign Policy at Media Matters Action Network
Biden steps up in Jerusalem
I can't help but think of the Buffalo Springfield lyrics: "There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear." That is how I feel about Vice President Joseph Biden's just-concluded visit to Israel. I can't...
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12 Mar 2010 12:21 PM
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Jonathan Cook
The decline of Israel
An interview with Jonathan Cook In a wide-ranging interview with the New Left Project, Nazareth-based journalist Jonathan Cook describes the increasingly repressive nature of Israeli society and the prospects for a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict...
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11 Mar 2010 9:49 PM
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Ray Hanania
"Best Ethnic Columnist in America", Chicago (Jerusalem)
“Apartheid week” or “weakness”
Rather than hold celebrations that fuel a hatred of Israel around an exaggerated word like apartheid, Palestinians should call for compromise. There is one important fundamental about truth: Genuine truth gives one the power to tolerate even the most...
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11 Mar 2010 9:40 PM
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Aviel Magnezi
Israeli Arabs ask Mubarak to help Shalit
TEL AVIV - Dozens of Kfar Kassem residents protested in front of the Egyptian Embassy in Tel Aviv Wednesday for the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. The protestors carried a letter addressed to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak asking him to...
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