Palestine
World Notes: China, Hungary, Ivory Coast – and more
April 14, 2011International news about China, Hungary, Ivory Coast, Palestine, Costa Rica and Cuba are explored.
Read more“Miral”: controversial film paints Middle East mirage
April 5, 2011Painter 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...
Read moreWorld Notes: Cuba, Palestine, Ivory Coast – and more
March 23, 2011See what's going on around your world.
Read moreSpurred by youth protests, Palestinian leaders to hold unity talks
March 17, 2011Palestinian 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.
Read morePalestinians press UN recognition, Israel confronts political turmoil
January 19, 2011With 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.
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