The international community wants a state called Palestine Al-Arabiya For decades, a vast majority of governments around the world embraced the idea of an independent Palestinian state. Yet Palestine's bid for full membership in the United Nations still has not been recognized. The second half of the United Nation's ... |
Al-Arabiya | Israel, Palestine peace meeting postponed Al-Arabiya A meeting scheduled for Wednesday between Palestinian and Israeli peace negotiators has been postponed, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Palestinian leaders for the killing of an off-duty Israeli policeman which took place in the ... Curious about Palestine, Israeli visitors return Why is Israel opposed to Palestine joining international treaties? |
Mondoweiss | The Book of Exodus and the Book of Palestine Mondoweiss This is part of Marc H. Ellis's “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss. To read the entire series visit the archive page. Passover fragments – that's what left of Jewish life. Whatever the state of Israel was meant to be, it hasn't left us ... Photos of the week: Mourners, matzah and marathons Letter: A close look at US-Israel relations |
Pictures Don't Lie: Refuting #There Was No Palestine Truthdig One of the common assertions one finds in Zionist propaganda is that there “was never any Palestine.” This odd allegation is simply not true. Palestine has been used for a very long time to refer to the geographical area south of Sidon and north of the ... |
How about lifting Israeli sanctions on Palestine, Mr. Obama? Al-Arabiya Yet Israel is sanctioning Palestinians, including the Palestinian Authority, and has done so frequently. In terms of Gaza, Israel has deployed extremely punitive sanctions. It refuses to recognize Palestine and many Israeli politicians declare that the ... |
A tree-hugging "peace" film detached from Palestine's reality The Electronic Intifada A Palestinian and Jewish Israeli businessman start a solar panel business together — bravely confronting the bullies of the Israel boycott movement, who are the major force holding back the Middle East peace process — even when it tests their most ... |
RT | A peace process that is going nowhere The Economist Mr Kerry has been trying desperately to bridge the gap between Mr Netanyahu and his Palestinian opposite number, Mahmoud Abbas, who presides over the Palestinian Authority that partially runs chunks of the West Bank (Areas A and B—see our map) ... Israel slaps Palestine with economic sanctions amid collapsing peace talks UN accepts Palestinian treaty applications Israel imposes tax sanction on Palestinian Authority |
TURKEY'S DEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN PALESTINE Daily Sabah JERUSALEM — Spending four days in Palestine as a Daily Sabah correspondent, I had the chance to observe the activities of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) and the ever-increasing tense relations in the region. Our first ... |
Aljazeera.com | Israel warns Palestine of unilateral action Aljazeera.com "The Palestinian leadership has unanimously approved a decision to seek membership of 15 UN agencies and international treaties, beginning with the Fourth Geneva Convention," Abbas said, after signing the demand during a meeting at his Ramallah ... How to Break the Israel-Palestine Deadlock Israel-Palestine peace talks: The endgame Netanyahu vows retaliation after Palestinian treaty move |
World Policy Institute (blog) | Israel-Palestine: World Policy on Al Jazeera World Policy Institute (blog) Earlier this week, World Policy Institute fellow Patricia DeGennaro appeared on Al Jazeera America to discuss why Israeli-Palestinian negotiations have once again come to a halt. Joined by Ghassan Shabaneh, Associate Professor at Marymount Manhattan ... |