And President Donald Trump is reviewing a potential peace plan with the Taliban.
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Eoin Higgins, staff writer"What Israel proposed to Rashida Tlaib was their age-old proposition: you can stay in your homeland as a humanitarian exception—without political rights—and on condition you surrender and cease to resist."
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US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was told by Israel today that she could enter the West Bank for a humanitarian visit to her family so long as she agreed in writing not to “promote boycotts against Israel” on the trip.
Following the...
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The PBS News Hour led off its broadcast last night with coverage of the Israeli ban on U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar entering Palestine. But the broadcast host interviewed no Palestinian or American defender of Palestinians. Just two...
As Israelis prepare for a snap election in September, politicians are once again calling to annex the West Bank, a campaign promise by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last April in a bid to rally support from the right. The talk of extending the...
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Raja Shehadeh is a leading Palestinian writer and human rights lawyer whose new book about walking in Palestine is out in the UK and will be out in the US next year. I just read his 2017 book, “Where the Line Is Drawn: A Tale of Friendships,...
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What is good about the Internet is that your word floats in it for years. An article I wrote in 2011 has been making the rounds again. It is an important subject and I thought reviving it is imperative. The Mandate For Palestine dates and facts must...
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GAZA/TEL AVIV, (Sputnik) - At least 14 people have been injured as clashes erupted on the Temple Mount holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem between the Muslim worshipers and Israeli police officers, Palestine Red Crescent spokeswoman Erab Al...
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Israeli police and Palestinian worshippers clashed at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Sunday as overlapping Jewish and Muslim holidays led to tensions there. Separately on the Gaza border, a Palestinian shot at Israeli soldiers, who returned...
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Gaza has been off-limits to tourists since Hamas took over in 2007. A veteran Palestinian tour guide leads NPR to see the sites, including a palace, a mosque and a bathhouse.(Image credit: Khalil Hamra/AP Images for NPR)
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As a Kashmiri living in North America, I have been to Kashmir some twenty times. I have experienced the instability, power outages, curfews, and closures that are a cruel part of everyday life, and witnessed massive non-violent demonstrations...
Gaza has been off limits to tourists since Hamas took over in 2007 and the territory came under blockade. A veteran Palestinian tour guide shows off historical sites that tourists used to visit.
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Ehud Barak’s new Israeli Democratic Party has authored talking points, including some about getting tougher than Netanyahu on Gaza. The points were distributed to the candidates of the new merger slate, Democratic Union, which includes the Meretz...
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Seth J. Frantzman
Security, Middle East
What happens when conflict breaks out simultaneously in Gaza, Lebanon or Syria?
Israel’s Ministry of Defense has revealed a new program to design a combat vehicle for the future. Three prototypes, showing...
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After a two year legal battle, a group of students at Fordham University have won a landmark victory and a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) club can now be established on their campus.
In December 2016, the school vetoed the Student...
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Walid al-Aqqad's Gaza home would be the envy of many an antiquities collector.
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Eoin Higgins, staff writer"Because of Justice Bannon's order, no Fordham student will be restricted or prohibited from advocating for justice in Palestine."
It is like no other demonstration I have ever participated in. You turn to face the oncoming traffic with each changing of the traffic lights. Sometimes you might move five or six steps and pivot to face and get closer to the scores of vehicles...
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On July 25, Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, announced that he was reintroducing The Anti-Semitism Awareness Act. While supporters claim that the legislation will allow the Department of Education to more...
New Delhi (Sputnik) - Tensions between India and Pakistan over Jammu and Kashmir have risen sharply after New Delhi decided to revoke the territory's special status and split the state into two administrative units on Monday, 5 August.
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