For Independence, stop at New York
Decades of peace talks have led nowhere. Now the Palestinians plan to take their case to the United Nations, where they believe they can get majority support for an independent Palestine. The question is: Will it work?
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Will this be the year that Israel accedes?
Popular protests by the Palestinian people.Their feuding political parties coming together in the name of national unity. Does Israel stand a chance against this growing impetus for the creation of a Palestinian state?
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Hag Pesach Sameach and Happy Easter.
It is the holy week once again in Jerusalem. And it is not all about God.
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That uneasy calm of Jerusalem broken
These are not the best of days in Israeli-Palestinian relations, and matters will not be helped by this: the first terrorist attack in Jerusalem since 2008 and the city's first bus bombing in almost a decade.
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A (rather) wretched state of affairs and Obama's chance to change it
The Palestinian Authority maneuvers an obstacle course on the path to statehood, and today it goes to the United Nations with a vote against Israel. Question: Will the Americans help or hinder it?
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Beyond the Physical to the Fundamentals
Prominent Israeli-born architect Moshe Safdie discusses capturing the essence of a city, building what is sacred, keeping our history and creating humane living spaces in Asia's burgeoning metropolises.
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What religion and politics put asunder, let consumerism bring together
For a moment, leave behind what divides Jersualem and take a walk through the new Mamilla with its creator, envisioned as a meeting place across cultures.
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One is waiting for the moon, while the other, in thought and penitence
When the new lunar month begins this week, the holiday season will start for both the Jews and Arabs. But will there be the ultimate celebration, that of a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Faith says it should.
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Is Israel a racist state?
Men, you have been warned. Beware what you say to get a woman in bed, the Israeli court can jail you for rape. It has just done that with an Arab who pretended to be a Jew, opening unwittingly at the same time, a whole racist can of worms.
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Sheikh Jarrah: The Holy City's telling battle on two fronts (Part two)
For the Palestinian residents in this Jerusalem neighbourhood, the only things keeping out the extremist Jewish settlers bent on seizing their homes are their front doors. And often the doors are barely enough.
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They call today the saddest day in the Jewish calendar
The irony of the situation between the Israelis and the Palestinians is how much they have in common, especially in how both their histories are marked by tragedy and loss.
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Sheikh Jarrah: The Holy City's telling battle on two fronts (Part one)
If Jerusalem were a chain of volcanoes waiting to erupt in the tempestuous landscape of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, then the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah must be one of the more volatile peaks. This first part looks at how Israel - touted so often as the region's shining democracy - is struggling to extend these principles to its Palestinian Arab population, in the face of security concerns.
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Pondering a Zionist's words on the eve of the Palestinians' catastrophe
It is sobering to remember that one of those who realised Israel needs to treat the Palestinians justly was one of the first full-blooded Zionist.
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Do the Palestinians have a snowball's chance in hell of getting what they want?
The Palestinian Authority say there will be no talks with Israel until it freezes settlement building. The US seems to decree otherwise.
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"At Lag b'Omer, they burnt Obama and prayed the mourner's kaddish for Arafat's Jewish friend"
A(nother) confused weekend begs the question: Just who are Israel's enemies? (Hint: If you are thinking the "Palestinians", think again.)
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