An interesting grassroots initiative to get people talking. "There are no restrictions on what you can write, or the language that you can use. Really, anything that talks about Palestine, or the Palestinians;...
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OPINION: While George Bush addresses the Knesset and Israelis celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, the Palestinian people mark 60 years from the day forcible expulsions from their lands began,...
HuffPo has an interesting angle on President Bush's visit to Israel this week. A worthwhile read for anyone interested in the region's history."Air Force One is traveling back in time Tuesday, banking low near...
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June 1, 2007
To the Shores of Tripoli
by Uri Avnery
The bloody battles that have erupted around the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp near Tripoli in Lebanon remind us that the refugee problem has not disappeared. On the contrary, 60 years after the "Nakba," the Palestinian...
"A 44-year-old woman was moderately to seriously wounded and her 4-year-old son lightly hurt Tuesday when a Qassam rocket hit their house in the western Negev town of Sderot.
A spokeswoman for Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon said eight other individuals were treated for...