Muslim and Jewish Women in Nazareth

'We can live in peace'...John Lennon (photo: Dafna Tal)

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New York Public Library

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Sarajevo Haggadah

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Sarajevo haggadah

Antaea Darom

Israeli women's art

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Torah as music

Ben Heine

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Mohammad Said Kalash, "Offering Reconciliation" exhibit (photo: Ilan Amihai)

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Punch and Judy/Pinchas and Jamila

Avi Katz

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David Grossman

Ben Heine

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Eldrige Street shul

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Dove

Ben Heine

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Two birds

Hoda Jamal

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Israeli and Palestinian boys

from documentary, Promises

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Cat in the Hat

Yiddish version

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Daylight through the Wall

Banksy: graffiti art on Separation Wall

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Maurice Sendak's Brundibar set

New Victory Theater (photo: Nan Melville/NYT)

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Daniel Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Palestinian-Israeli musical ensemble (photo: Kerstin Joensson/AP)

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Great Day on Eldrige Street

N.Y.'s klezmer greats celebrate shul rededication (photo: Leo Sorel)

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Palestinian Militants Kidnap Second Israeli; Hamas and Fatah to Form National Unity Government

Jun 27th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 10

Kidnapped Israeli settler, Eliyahu Osheri (photo: Haaretz)
Things just became a whole lot more complicated for the Israeli government as the Popular Resistance Committee, involved in the attack which captured IDF officer Gilad Shalit, also kidnapped a young settler near Ramallah possibly on Sunday. There are unconfirmed reports that the boy may already be dead; [...]

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Pro-Israel Jewish Groups to the Ramparts Against Palestinian Prisoner’s Document

Jun 26th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 2

Ori Nir reports in The Forward that pro-Israel neocon, Malcolm Hoenlein and his Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations “umbrella” group have entered the fray against the Palestinian Prisoner’s Document which seeks Hamas’ acceptance of a two-state solution and an end to terror attacks outside of the Green Line (among other things). Many Palestinians, Israelis [...]

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Guardian Reports Hamas Endorses Prisoner’s Peace Plan

Jun 22nd, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 0

A virtual political war has been going on for weeks within Palestinian politics between Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah and Hamas over a peace plan proposed by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. The plan calls for a two-state solution and tacit recognition of Israel along with Israeli withdrawal to 1967 borders. Hamas rejected the [...]

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Whither Hamas? Pragmatic Politics or Militant Rejectionism?

Jan 27th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 2

The NY Times quotes this interesting and perceptive comment from a Palestinian political scientist about what the future might hold for both Hamas and Fatah:
Hisham Ahmed, a political scientist at Birzeit University who has written books about Hamas, called the vote “an historic moment in every sense,” but he emphasized that “these results [...]

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Hamas Wins Astonishing Election Victory

Jan 26th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 1

The big Mideast news tonight is that the Palestinian people have conducted one of the most free, open and democratic elections in the entire Arab world. Palestinians made history. A million of them decided…well, we’re not really sure what they decided. But after hours of uncertainty in which a narrow Fatah victory [...]

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Hamas to Play Major Role in Future Palestinian Government?

Jan 23rd, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 0

Haaretz reports that a Palestinian public opinion survey conducted by noted pollster Khalil Shikaki and released Saturday predicts that Fatah would gain 42% and Hamas 35% if elections were to be held today. The election is scheduled for January 25th.
Hamas green crescent carried aloft at election rally (photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP)
If this poll result [...]

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Israeli Collusion With Palestinian Authority to Cancel Elections?

Dec 22nd, 2005 by Richard Silverstein | 2

Today, we have the odd spectacle of the Israeli government announcing it will not permit Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem to participate in the upcoming elections as long as Hamas participates. One thing I find horribly ironic about all this is that Israel prides itself on being one of the few Mideast democracies. [...]

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