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Last update - 06:16 08/07/2008

By Gideon Levy

Many citizens were asking themselves on Sunday if this institution, which spends hours upon hours discussing the establishment of a committee to investigate the conduct of the law enforcement authorities in the wiretapping of former justice minister Haim Ramon, is a government ( Read more... )

In his comments on the results of this International Poll, Dr. Nabil Kukali, Director of the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion, said that "there is a positive shift in the view of the American people towards the balance of the roles of the adverse parties of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, since the US Americans, as seen from the poll ( Read more... )

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:54:38

Israeli war minister, Ehud Barak, has hinted that the regime could reach peace only through resorting to military power and force.

"We seek peace with every fiber of our being and detest war, but we are sober, and we know that he who seeks peace should prepare for war." Said Barak at an Air Force ceremony held on Thursday ( Read more... )

Added: June 26, 2008

Ron Paul on Iran & Energy (C-SPAN 6/26)

Ron Paul discusses rising energy costs and Iran.

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June 22, 2008

Hatim Kanaaneh
Editor's note: Hatim Kanaaneh, a Palestinian physician and author, has had several speaking engagements in Honolulu this month. He wrote this commentary for the Star-Bulletin.

Few doubt the centrality of justice for the Palestinians in any peaceful resolution of all Middle East conflicts. It has been said that nowadays a ( Read more... )

Israelis are nuts, as if you need more proof...

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Last update - 09:28 22/06/2008

Quiet is muck

By Gideon Levy

A great disaster has suddenly come upon Israel: The cease-fire has gone into effect. Cease-fire, cease-Qassams, cease-assassiations, at least for now. This good, hopeful news was received in Israel dourly, ( Read more... )

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June 21 / 22, 2008

By LINDA MAMOUN

Tel Aviv -like all of Israel- is a stridently nationalist place. Israeli flags loom everywhere: over buildings and roads, city parks and beaches. They're mounted on cars and motorcycles. In residential areas, on the city's narrow tree-lined streets, you see them draped over balconies, painted on ledges, growing ( Read more... )

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Independent.co.uk

By Ibrahim Barzak, AP

Tuesday, 17 June 2008

Hamas' Gaza rulers today said they have reached a long-awaited cease-fire with Israel meant to end months of Palestinian assaults on Israeli border towns and bruising Israeli retaliation.

The announcement came shortly after Egypt, which has been trying to broker the truce for months, ( Read more... )