More Palestinians calling for a One State Solution
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Lift Gaza blockade first!
Associated Press ARABNEWS Sunday 21 April 2013 ISTANBUL: Families of the victims of an Israeli raid on an aid flotilla yesterday spoke out against compensation talks between Turkey and Israel, […]
Palestinian PM’s resignation complicates US plan (US has a plan? Great News!)
Reuters JORDAN TIMES AMALLAH — Palestinian officials and the United States voiced optimism on Sunday that the resignation of US-backed prime minister Salam Fayyad would not hinder Washington’s planned development initiative for the West Bank. Fayyad quit on Saturday after months of tension with President Mahmoud Abbas, leaving the Palestinian […]
Palestinian Arab Museum that “Rewrites” History
Palestinians building largest museum in the West Bank to tell their story from Ottoman Empire to British mandate Ynetnews: Palestinians on Thursday began construction of the West Bank’s largest museum […]
Palestinians lay foundation stone for museum
Associated Press ARABNEWS Thursday 11 April 2013 L BIRZEIT, West Bank: The Palestinians have started construction in the West Bank of what organizers say will be the world’s largest museum […]
We must never forget the massacre in Deir Yassin
by Dina Elmuti THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA Chicago Transcribing the vivid details of the account engraved into the fabric of her memory, I am transfixed by all that she’s held onto for 65 years. From paper to pulse, I write the story buried deep in her consciousness to affirm her truth. […]
Palestine: Simple suggestion put forward
April 08, 2013 | 22:32 JORDAN TIMES Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has a good suggestion to break the impasse in the stalled Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, one that is simple and straightforward. He wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to draw a roadmap for the two-state solution that he has rhetorically accepted […]
Egypt lets down Gazans
Ramzy Baroud ARABNEWS Tuesday 9 April 2013 On Sept. 17, 2012, Ismail Haniyeh, the prime minister of the Hamas government in Gaza, made another appeal to his Egyptian counterpart Hisham Kandil to consider setting up a free trade area between Gaza and Egypt. The reasonable idea would allow Egypt to […]
Robert Fisk: Khalil Raad’s Palestinian pictures chart the history – and the tragedy
The Long View: This exhibition of the work of the first Palestinian photographer helps fulfil the Palestinian narrative, but it also shows a country that will never return. Jerusalem lies there in 1933, the slopes below al-Aqsa empty of roads, the view across the Mount of Olives containing scarcely four […]
Palestinian president will not meet Kerry in Amman — official
JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A senior Jordanian official on Thursday dismissed as “baseless” reports that US Secretary of State John Kerry would meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman on Sunday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Kerry will meet Abbas in the West Bank city of […]
Activist dares imagine a one-state solution
The snow that fell on the West Bank village of Urif on January 10 was the heaviest in years, enticing delighted children out of their homes. It is a deliberate policy of ethnic cleansing But snow was not the only thing to descend on the village that morning. As the […]
Jordan, Palestine sign ‘historic’ agreement to protect Al Aqsa
AMMAN — Jordan and Palestine on Sunday signed an agreement under which the Palestinian side “reaffirmed” the status of His Majesty King Abdullah as the custodian of the holy sites […]
Abbas and Abdullah sign Jerusalem protection pact
The Times of Israel: Palestinian leader and Jordanian king agree to ‘defend’ the Israeli capital’s holy sites, both Christian and Muslim By Yifa Yaakov and AP Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud […]
Israel lacks intent for peace
Arab News Monday 1 April 2013 US President Barack Obama last week visited Palestine, Jordan and Israel and brought once more the issue of just settlement for the Palestinian people to the front. Obama emphasized the need for new dialogues to be commenced. In my opinion it is a wonderful […]
Palestinians mark Land Day with protests
Israeli troops fire tear gas in West Bank to disperse participants in event commemorating deaths of protesters in 1976. Palestinian protesters have clashed with Israeli soldiers as they demonstrated in the occupied West Bank before the 37th anniversary of Land Day. Palestinian Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank and […]
Jordan denounces Jewish extremists’ storming of Al Aqsa
Petra | Mar 28, 2013 | 21:37 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan on Thursday strongly denounced violations by Jewish extremists who have recently broken into the Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. Government Spokesperson Samih Maaytah said the Israeli government should shoulder its responsibility in preventing […]
Book review: Rashid Khalidi’s detailed account on the relationship between the US and the Middle East
Brokers of Deceit Rashid Khalidi Beacon Press By most accounts, Barack Obama delivered a masterful speech to a group of Israeli youth in Jerusalem last week as part of his […]
Shroud Of Turin -New Research Dates Relic To 1st Century, Time Of Jesus Christ
The Huffington Post | By Meredith Bennett-Smith Posted: 03/28/2013 2:51 pm EDT | Updated: 03/28/2013 8:24 pm EDT After decades of speculation, new research suggests that the Shroud of Turin, one of the […]
Jordan will continue to stand up to all Israeli schemes — King
by Mohammad Ghazal THE JORDAN TIMES DOHA — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday said that the international community is responsible for restoring the trust between the Palestinians and the […]
Qatar urges $1 bn fund for Palestinians in East Jerusalem
STORY SUMMARY Qatar’s emir called on Tuesday for the immediate establishment of a $1 billion fund to help Palestinians in Arab east Jerusalem, and offered to contribute $250 million towards […]