1 hr ago | Inter Press Service
MIDEAST: One Palestinian Prisoner Could Change the Balance
The fate of one prisoner locked in an Israeli jail could release the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process from its own jail - provided the timing is right.
5 hrs ago | Today's Christian Woman
God's 'first love' awaits Jesus' second advent. Collin Hansen posted 11/30/2009 10:08AM A s Christians anticipate the advent of Jesus this holiday season, they focus once more on the birth narratives in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
13 hrs ago | Palestine Chronicle
Israel Killing Peace Hopes with Ethnic Cleansing Settlement Project
Articles 05:20 11/30/2009 Palestinian residents of Jerusalem risk having their properties snatched.. By Stu Harrison Israel's ongoing takeover of East Jerusalem shows it is trying to kill any hope of a negotiated settlement to Palestine's struggle for self-determination. Israel approved plans to build 844 housing units outside the East Jerusalem ...
17 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post
New trust helps foster Israel-UK scientific collaboration
A new initiative to foster medical research collaboration between the UK and Israel, as well as with other Middle Eastern states, has been set up in memory of a distinguished Jewish doctor killed in an air accident.
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These are the things I think as I sit here in my resort hotel on the edge of the Dead Sea in Israel after the JavaEdge 2009 conference on Thursday: The JavaEdge hosts are, without a doubt, the most gracious hosts I think I've ever had at a conference.
Netanyahu to Germany for joint session with Merkel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, centre, arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov.
A People's History of Thanksgiving
This week Americans will observe 'Thanksgiving' commemorating a romanticized era in their nations record, celebrating the supposed solidarity and brotherhood enjoyed by the first settlers and the indigenous people of what is now called the United States.
Hopes turn to heartache for prisoners' kin
No one from Gaza has been allowed to visit relatives in prison since Israel sealed the territory off to all but limited humanitarian aid in June 2007 As rumours swirled of an imminent prisoner exchange deal, Nur al-Aqel felt sure she would spend this year's Eid al-Adha with her father, who has been in an Israeli prison since 1992.
2 Israelis lightly hurt in West Bank stabbing attack
Israeli woman, teenager sustain light injuries after being stabbed by terrorist near a 'Paz' gas station in West Bank town of Kiryat Arba.
Obama's clumsy efforts breed mistrust-Everyone agrees about the Middle East today
Everyone agrees that peace looks remote as ever and the process has all but completely collapsed.
Israel aims to 'terminate' Palestinians - Venezuela
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday charged that Israel aims to "terminate the Palestinian people" and said he backs the establishment of Jerusalem as capital of an independent Palestinian state.
Hamas Split Over Agreeing To Prisoner Swap With Israel
Gaza City/Jerusalem/Damascus - A delegation of top Hamas leaders from the Gaza Strip was in Syria Wednesday to consult with the Palestinian Islamist movement's exiled leadership over whether to accept Israel's latest offer for a prisoners swap.
Israel okays 28 public buildings in West Bank settlements - Summary
Jerusalem - Israel said Friday it was authorizing the construction of 28 new public buildings in West Bank settlements, one day after it announced a partial suspension of Israeli building in the occupied territory.
2 lightly hurt in Hebron terror attack
A man and a woman were lightly wounded on Thursday afternoon when they were stabbed by a Palestinian at a Kiryat Arba gas station.
Daoud Kuttab: Palestine After Abbas
A political leader's decision not to seek re-election usually triggers fervent discussion about potential heirs.
In a perfectly bewildering column Jim Hoagland blames President Obama and Judge Goldstone for undermining Mahmoud Abbas.
Iran pilgrims stage hajj protest
Iranian hajj pilgrims carried out a peaceful protest without incident on Thursday as millions of Muslims amassed for the peak of the world's largest annual pilgrimage.
Hadassah, advocacy group fight new breast cancer guidelines
On the heels of an embarrassing flap that prevented two Israelis from attending a breast cancer conference in Egypt, Susan G. Komen for the Cure - which organized the event - announced a new partnership with Hadassah.
Articles 22:05 11/25/2009 Stage 1: A sovereign Palestinian state must come into being.
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Christian Science Monitor
Israel settlement freeze: Benjamin Netanyahu promises 10-month halt, angering allies
In an attempt to jump-start Middle East peace talks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Wednesday for a c. Israel's security cabinet, one of the gatekeeping bodies on major policy decisions, approved the freeze with an 11-1 vote.
"We have been told by our friends that once Israel takes the first meaningful steps towards peace, the Arab world and the Palestinians will follow,'' Netanyahu said after winning the security cabinet's approval. "Well, the government of Israel has taken a very big step towards peace today, and I hope the Palestinian and the Arab world will work with us to forge a new beginning for our children and theirs."