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A Landmark Night for “Palestine” at the Oscars - Slate Magazine (blog) Mon, 03 Mar 2014 20:09:21 GMT

Slate Magazine (blog)

A Landmark Night for “Palestine” at the Oscars Slate Magazine (blog) For the first time in the academy's history, a film from “Palestine” competed in the Best Foreign Language Film category last night. Whether or not the entrant—Hany Abu-Assad's film Omar—actually took home a statuette (it didn't), the moniker itself ... “From Palestine” echoes from Oscars to worldThe Arab Daily News all 10 news articles »

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Reflections of an Iraqi in Palestine - Mondoweiss Tue, 04 Mar 2014 19:15:22 GMT

Reflections of an Iraqi in Palestine Mondoweiss My parents also raised me with an acute consciousness of the plight of the Palestinian people, using the struggle to teach my brothers and I the extent to which prejudice can cripple a community and education can bolster it. For them, Palestine ...

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Obama: 'The Window Is Closing' for a Viable Israel-Palestine Peace Deal - The Atlantic Sun, 02 Mar 2014 21:10:12 GMT

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Obama: 'The Window Is Closing' for a Viable Israel-Palestine Peace Deal The Atlantic President Obama spoke on Israeli-Palestinian peace, the Iranian nuclear negotiations, and the Syrian civil war in a wide-ranging interview with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg conducted on Thursday and released on Sunday afternoon. After a global ... Netanyahu and Obama clash on prospects for peace with PalestiniansThe Guardian COMMENTARY: Evangelical, pro-Israel and pro-PalestineReligion News Service Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine doubleEchonetdaily Arutz Sheva -International Business Times UK all 1,565 news articles »

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Honor killings rise in Palestinian territories, sparking backlash - Washington Post Mon, 03 Mar 2014 16:34:40 GMT

Washington Post

Honor killings rise in Palestinian territories, sparking backlash Washington Post The suspected honor killings of two teenage girls in Gaza in recent days drew a rebuke from Hanan Ashrawi, a top official with the Palestine Liberation Organization, who called for immediate legal amendments that impose “maximum sentences” for those ... and more »

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Political Rights in Palestine Were Granted to Jews Only - Arutz Sheva Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:59:05 GMT

Political Rights in Palestine Were Granted to Jews Only Arutz Sheva The “Mandate for Palestine” clearly differentiates between political rights referring to Jewish self-determination as an emerging polity—and civil and religious rights, referring to guarantees of equal personal freedoms to non-Jewish residents as ...

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Hollywood recognises Palestine - Aljazeera.com (blog) Sat, 01 Mar 2014 23:34:08 GMT

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Hollywood recognises Palestine Aljazeera.com (blog) Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad has been nominated for an Academy Award once before, but this time is different. With this film, a thriller called "Omar," the academy is recognising a Palestinian film, from Palestine, for the first time. Let me ... And the Oscar goes to... 'Palestine?'Jerusalem Post Oscar-nominated 'Omar' shines spotlight on film mecca of NazarethChristian Science Monitor all 50 news articles »

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It's gone quiet - The Economist (blog) Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:19:37 GMT

It's gone quiet The Economist (blog) ON MARCH 3rd, America's president, Barack Obama, will host Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, for talks in Washington, DC. A meeting with Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, is likely to follow soon after. Mr Obama appears ...

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Palestinian Leadership Appreciates Saud Prince Visit to Palestine - WAFA - Palestine News Agency Tue, 04 Mar 2014 13:45:19 GMT

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Palestinian Leadership Appreciates Saud Prince Visit to Palestine WAFA - Palestine News Agency RAMALLAH, March 4, 2014 (WAFA) – The Deputy Palestinian Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Mohammad Mustafa said that Saudi Arabia's Prince, al-Walid Ibn Talal's visit to Palestine came as a response to an invitation from President Mahmoud Abbas ... Palestinians ink 4 bln USD deal with Saudi foundationTrend.az all 7 news articles »

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The long history of Black-Palestinian solidarity - Bay Area Indymedia Tue, 04 Mar 2014 21:57:51 GMT

The long history of Black-Palestinian solidarity Bay Area Indymedia The acquittal of racist murderer George Zimmerman sparked outrage and demonstrations not only in the United States, but all around the world—including in Palestine. Many Palestinians circulated pictures of themselves holding signs that read ...

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John Kerry's plans to resolve Israel-Palestine conflict will not run smoothly - The Guardian Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:19:31 GMT

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John Kerry's plans to resolve Israel-Palestine conflict will not run smoothly The Guardian Unlike other US secretaries of state who have tried their hand at solving the Israel-Palestine conflict, John Kerry has managed to keep people guessing about his plans. It was inevitable as the deadline approached for reaching a "framework agreement ...