Palestine
U.S. starts new drive for Israel-Palestine talks
January 12, 2010Middle East envoy George Mitchell confirmed that the U.S. is stepping up efforts to get comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian negotiations going, with a two-year deadline to reach a peace pact.
Read moreWorld Notes: Poland, Honduras, Palestine, Malaysia, Nigeria, Cuba
December 5, 2009In Poland, flaunting a red star or a Che Guevara tee shirt could lead to fines or two years in prison.
Read moreUN Gaza report becomes political football
November 4, 2009The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution opposing any "endorsement or further consideration" of the UN Goldstone report, but the action is unlikely to have long-term significance.
Read moreJewish peace conference takes Washington spotlight
October 27, 2009The first national conference of the surging Jewish-American peace movement, at Washington's Grand Hyatt Hotel, has drawn over 1,500 participants, exceeding organizers' expectations.
Read moreEdward Said: a voice for the voiceless
October 17, 2003Edward W. Said, who died Sept. 25, 2003, at the age of 67, was many things to many people. Depending on which newspaper’s obituary you read, Said was “a prominent figure in the debate over the...
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