Palestine

Pollsters Yaacob Shamir and Khalil Shakiki Photo by Rhonda Spivak. Carob juice vendor outside Damascus Gate, Old City, East Jerusalem. (Note: the person in this photo was not interviewed.) Photo by Rhonda Spivak. Shopkeeper in East Jerusalem's Arab...

The man whose generosity helped fund a new town for the residents of Gush Katif's community of Netzarim has passed away. But 76-year-old Herb Green and his wife Joyce were not only supporters of Haluzit,...

http://www.meforum.org/2689/against-two-state-solution "Two states, living side by side in peace and security." This, in the words of President Barack Obama, is the solution to the century-long conflict between Jews and Palestinian Arabs in the Middle East....

Rhonda Spivak is an attorney, writer, and member of Canadian & Israel Bar Associations, now edits Winnipeg Jewish Review at http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/ Fatah's Ahmed Qurai, Former Palestinian Prime Minister, and Israeli Opposition Leader Tzipi Livni, former...

The writer (www.DanielPipes.org) is director of the Middle East Forum and Taube distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. Israelis, Americans and others too often accept the dulcet tones they hear directly...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=298&sec=1&title=EAST_JERUSALEM_ARABS__TELL_ME_THEY_PREFER_ISRAEL_OVER_THE_PA Carob juice vendor outside Damascus Gate, Old City, East Jerusalem. (Note: the person in this photo was not interviewed.) Photo by Rhonda Spivak. Shopkeeper in East Jerusalem's Arab Market sells a PALESTINE socccer team shirt, even...

As the world decries Israel's attempt to defend itself from the rocket attacks coming from Gaza, consider this: When Hamas routed Fatah in Gaza in 2007, it cost nearly 350 lives and 1,000 wounded. Fatah's...

Vic Toews, currently Canada’s Minister of Public Security visiting Jordan in January 2010. All photos courtesy of Minister Toews. Minister Toews visiting Jordan, January 2010. Minister Toews visiting Jordan, January 2010. Minister Toews meeting in Ramallah with...

When Israel boarded another ship bound for Gaza last weekend and escorted it to an Israeli port without incident, it demonstrated to me that both sides, Israel and the activists, hold blame for the...

http://www.gloria-center.org/blog/2010/06/bit-more-on-gaza-strip-diplomacy Elsewhere, I have explained in great detail the changes in Israeli policy as well as the implications of Western policy in the Gaza Strip: economic normalization meaning also normalization of the existence of a...