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Palestinians watch President Mahmoud Abbas's speech to the UN, projected onto the Israeli Separation Wall in Bethlehem, the Occupied West Bank Yesterday, thousands took to the streets of Ramallah, Bethlehem, Facebookistan to celebrate Palestine’s...
A boy watches over his bombed-out house in Gaza City. Credit: Herald News Ever since last Wednesday, I have been asked multiple times, how, as a Jew, I can stand up for the Palestinians, who are firing rockets indiscriminately into Israeli sovereign...
Note: This post in response to this article posted on the website discussing the dispute between Israelis and Palestinians. Dear Mr. Yamaguchi, I would like to respond to your open invitation to engage in what you correctly call “important...
A Palestinian child in front of his family home in Hebron, in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank In the first WUPR issue of this semester, 17.1, I wrote an anecdotal piece titled The Palestinian Right of Return: What Once Was. I did not intend...
Taka Yamaguchi’s article “The Palestinian Right of Return: What Once Was” purports to provide a solid foundation for Palestinians’ claim to a right of return to their former homes in present-day Israel. It provides firsthand accounts...
“Us Palestinians in Palestine, we’re not fighting for ourselves. We fight for our brothers and sisters abroad, the diaspora. We’re fighting their fight, so they can return to our homeland.” Palestinian activist speaking to me about nonviolent...
Newt Gingrich, the volatile new frontrunner of an equally volatile Republican presidential primary, stepped into controversy again last week. In a speech before the Republican Jewish Coalition, Gingrich argued that Palestinians are an “invented”...
As Secretary of State Hilary Clinton was making a whirlwind tour of foreign dignitaries to persuade them against supporting Palestine’s inclusion in the United Nations, President Mahmoud Abbas was contented in watching the very first seedlings...
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinean President Mahumoud Abbas shake hands at an American photoshoot. In late September, the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), the sole legitimate representative for Palestinians,...
While there have been plenty of good things happening this week, the stories that have grabbed my attention of late have all led me to suspect that The Glass is Half Empty. While this could certainly be a case of “the only good news is...