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“Miral”: controversial film paints Middle East mirage

April 5, 2011 By Eric A. Gordon And Dale Greenfield

Painter and filmmaker Julian Schnabel's latest venture onto the screen is a controversial adaptation of Rula Jebreal's novelistic memoir of her childhood and youth beginning just around the time of the Nakba, otherwise known as Israel's...

Spurred by youth protests, Palestinian leaders to hold unity talks

March 17, 2011 By Susan Webb

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced yesterday he will go to Gaza next week for unity talks with Hamas leaders, following mass youth demonstrations demanding an end to Palestinian disunity.

World Notes: Israel, Philippines, Guatemala – and more

March 10, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

International news about Israel, Philippines, Guatemala, Native American women, Japan and the Cuban Five.

World Notes: Cuba, Israel, Venezuela – and more

January 25, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Pakistanis are protesting U.S. drones while South Africans are negotiating better prices for anti-HIV drugs. All of this and more in World Notes.

Palestinians press UN recognition, Israel confronts political turmoil

January 19, 2011 By Susan Webb

With Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations broken down, Palestinian leaders are pursuing “plan B," Israel is in political turmoil, and the U.S. has not said what it plans to do.