Israel's Borders: Religious Right Buys Into Propaganda and Reacts With Fury
Mon, 30 May 2011 11:15:59 -0700

The United States believes that negotiations should result in two states with permanent Palestinian borders with Israel, Jordan and Egypt, and permanent Israeli borders with Palestine. We believe the borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on ...

Pro-Israel, pro- Palestinian students at Calif. campus join to blast activist
Thu, 26 May 2011 14:42:39 -0700

(JTA) -- Pro-Israel and pro- Palestinian groups at the University of California, Santa Barbara issued a joint letter condemning a conservative activist's attacks on the school's Muslim student group. The letter criticizing David Horowitz, founder of the ...

India pledges support for Palestine
Sat, 28 May 2011 14:29:04 -0700

India has affirmed a continuing commitment to Palestine and voiced support for the Palestinian people's struggle for a sovereign, independent, viable, and united State of Palestine. Addressing the Non-aligned Movement (NAM) Committee on Palestine ...

Canadians voice solidarity with Palestine
Mon, 30 May 2011 06:24:10 -0700

On Sunday evening, supporters of the unionist solidarity established between Palestinian , Canadian and Quebecois trade unions gathered at the Maritime Labor Center to hear a speech by Dr. Amjad Barham, the President of the Palestinian Federation of ...

Police: Recognition of Palestinian state could ignite violent protests
Sun, 29 May 2011 11:33:59 -0700

Israeli officials have voiced their concern that a plan by the Palestinian Authority to seek United Nations recognition of Palestinian independence would ignite West Bank violence, as well as bring about unrest in Israeli Arab communities. ...

Wild Card Part XII - U.S. headed for major embarrassment in September
Sun, 29 May 2011 11:12:01 -0700

And I also won't go into all the 19000 conditions he put down for a Palestinian state (apparently, condition #19001 was Palestinian state when Venus and Mars collide but I saw he crossed that out at the last minute). Once again, he gave Obama ...

Medics: Palestinian beaten by Israeli soldiers at checkpoint
Sun, 29 May 2011 01:21:08 -0700

HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli soldiers brutally attacked a Palestinian man at an army checkpoint near Hebron on Saturday evening, medics said. Israeli soldiers stopped Mahmoud Al-Battat, 19, at around 7 pm at a checkpoint near Ad-Dhahiriya in the southern ...

Conflict isn't territorial
Mon, 30 May 2011 10:11:29 -0700

The key sentence in the prime minister's speech before Congress made it clear that the main reason for the failure of all attempts to secure Israel- Palestinian peace is the Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish State; that is, ...

Attorneys to Ban: Halt unilateral Palestinian statehood
Thu, 26 May 2011 18:37:09 -0700

An international group of some 60 attorneys, including former Foreign Ministry legal adviser Alan Baker, has appealed to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to prevent a General Assembly resolution on unilateral Palestinian statehood, ...

The ruined village Palestinians will never forget
Sun, 29 May 2011 12:30:09 -0700

The ruins of Lifta are the final remains of the Palestinian hamlets that fringed Jerusalem until 1948. Now plans to bulldoze them are causing outrage In the soft golden light of a late spring evening, as yellow flowers are beginning to bloom on giant ...

Palestinian leader released from Austin hospital after heart procedure
Wed, 25 May 2011 03:50:51 -0700

By Mary Ann Roser Salam Fayyad, prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority, was released from an Austin hospital Tuesday after doctors opened a clogged artery a day earlier, hospital officials said. "The wonderful news for him is he did not ...

Can Palestine become a United Nations member state?
Mon, 30 May 2011 03:59:16 -0700

People flash 'victory&#3 9; signs in front of a Palestinian flag during a sit-in protest outside the UN office in Amman May 15, 2011. By Louis Charbonneau united nations (Reuters) - The Arab League has said it will seek full UN membership for a Palestinian ...

Female Israeli Soldiers Disclose IDF Abuse of Palestinian Children
Sun, 29 May 2011 20:15:06 -0700

(SALEM, Ore.) - So what happens in Israel that turns people into undisciplined military thugs? One would assume that kids there are not so different from those here in the US or in the UK, but indeed they are. In this video, two female Israeli soldiers ...

'Israel could ask for Jews to become Palestinian citizens'
Mon, 30 May 2011 09:18:35 -0700

Wilf posits that the PM's statements were not necessarily unequivocal; the settlements could remain intact but the residents would then have to decide if they want to become citizens of a Palestinian state. This raised the issue of whether Israel would ...

Robert Fisk: A tale from the frontline of Palestinian protest
Fri, 27 May 2011 16:03:54 -0700

More than 100 unarmed protesters were wounded in the Palestinian -Lebanese demonstration to mark the 1948 expulsion and exodus of 75000 Palestinians from their homes in Mandate Palestine six were killed and among the youngest of those hit by ...

Should US military involvement continue in Libya until Col. Gadhafi leaves power?
Mon, 30 May 2011 08:52:46 -0700

It also sets the stage for a war on Israel should the UN declare a Palestinian state with teh 1967 borders. We welcome your thoughtful comments. Please comply with our Community rules. All comments will display your real name. ...

Herman Cain Wasn't Able On Palestinian Right Of Return Question
Mon, 23 May 2011 14:10:49 -0700

It happened during a discussion of the Israeli- Palestinian situation. Wallace asked Cain what his position was on the "right of return." WALLACE: Where do you stand on the right of return? CAIN: The right of return? (Pause) The right of return? ...

Israeli killed by Palestinian police in Joseph's Tomb officially recognized as ...
Thu, 26 May 2011 07:54:05 -0700

Nephew of Minister Limor Livnat shot by Palestinian policemen last month as group of Breslov entered West Bank site without permission. The Defense Ministry announced Thursday that the nephew of Science and Culture Minister Limor Livnat, ...

Obama No to Palestinian state via UN
Sun, 22 May 2011 07:12:33 -0700

Israel, of course, was born in 1948 after a UN vote, which also called for the establishment of a Palestinian state. War immediately broke out, with the new Israeli state being attacked by established Arab states on all sides. ...

Palestinian Authority cancel Richard Stallman's Israel trip
Mon, 30 May 2011 05:07:05 -0700

Free software guru Richard Stallman has been forced to cancel a trip to Israel after managing to land himself in hotwater on both sides of the Israeli/ Palestinian wall. Stallman had originally planned to speak at a number of Israeli universities which ...