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Israel’s Settlement on Capital Hill

By Robert Weitzel "With [traditional Israeli defense strategists] it’s all about tanks and land and controlling territories… and this hilltop and that hilltop. All these things are worthless." – Incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Soon after […]

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Gaza: Salvation in a News Broadcast

By Ramzy Baroud When Gaza’s electricity is in working order, most Palestinians in the impoverished and overcrowded Strip huddle around their television screens. It’s neither "American Idol" nor "Dancing with the Stars" that brings them […]

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Bread is Missing in Gaza

By Ola Attallah – Gaza City Abu-Samir Nafei is desperate. The father of seven toured Gaza City for hours trying to buy bread for his hungry children back home. "I sought every single bakery around, […]

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Abbas Goes Double Duty

By Joharah Baker – The West Bank On Sunday, November 23, the PLO Central Council elected Mahmoud Abbas the President of Palestine. The last president the Palestinians had was Yasser Arafat, or Abu Ammar, who […]

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Likud Rising

By Uri Avnery – Israel Two documents appeared side by side in Haaretz last week,  on November 21: a giant advertisement from the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the results of a public opinion poll. […]

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Holy Land Verdict Shocks Americans

The conviction of what was once America’s biggest Islamic charity and five of its officials on terror funding charges is shocking Americans, Muslims and non-Muslims alike, amid accusations of criminalizing aid to needy Palestinians. "It’s […]