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Israel arrests Palestinian youth leader invited to State Dep’t training session 27 Aug 2013 | 02:53 am
The leader of a Palestinian youth group who was invited to a social media training session organized by the State Department "to create a sustainable community that fosters innovation and social progr...
After Qalandia killings, shops close in Jerusalem and Ramallah, and Al Aqsa brigade members brandish AK-47s 27 Aug 2013 | 12:08 am
Clashes in Qalandia refguee camp near Jerusalem continue hours after three Palestinians killed during early morning arrest. (Video: Maysa Ayaad) Funerals for the three Palestinians killed earlier tod...
The new anti-Semitism, and the campaign to silence American critics of Israel 26 Aug 2013 | 10:27 pm
Despite many assaults, past and present, the First Amendment of the United States constitution broadly guarantees freedom of speech. But it is threatened by a slanderous campaign to discredit or sile...
Help fund new Antony Loewenstein documentary on disaster capitalism 26 Aug 2013 | 08:51 pm
Our friend Antony Loewenstein is working on an important documentary about the pillaging of resources without respect for the people's interests in Afghanistan, Haiti, and Papua New Guinea. He's got a...
Killings in Qalandia cause Palestinians to cancel talks set for today 26 Aug 2013 | 07:48 pm
Palestinian man who was killed by Israeli forces in the Qalandia refugee camp. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP/Getty Images / August 26, 2013) (photo: Ma'an News) Undercover Israeli forces raided Qalandia re...
Leveraging aid to Egypt could lead to leveraging aid to its neighbor — Paul Pillar 26 Aug 2013 | 07:42 pm
Paul Pillar writes in the National Interest that the peace treaty is not in danger because Egypt will never take on Israel. But Israel and the lobby are using fear of such an outcome, strife between t...
Piece process: Bulldozers level Nablus land for colonists’ outpost called Hill 782 26 Aug 2013 | 07:14 pm
PA: Israeli forces expand illegal outpost in Nablus NABLUS (Ma‘an) 25 Aug -- Israeli bulldozers on Sunday leveled private Palestinian land in Nablus in order to enlarge an illegal settlement outpost,...
Will we survive the revival of religiosity? 26 Aug 2013 | 07:06 pm
This is part of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss. To read the entire series visit the archive page. I remember many years ago when the demise of religion was seen as i...
Israel’s Rx for the Palestinians, and the region: managed conflict 25 Aug 2013 | 08:44 pm
You may have noticed that John Kerry's peace process, by excluding Hamas among other measures, is aimed at managing the conflict. Not resolving the basic justice issues, because they seem too overwhel...
Are we all Islamists now? 25 Aug 2013 | 08:03 pm
This is part of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss. To read the entire series visit the archive page. Was the creation of Israel, like the Egyptian revolution, an exerc....
