Source: Front Page Magazine
Joseph's Tomb in Nablus in the West Bank, a Jewish holy site where some believe the biblical Joseph is buried, was in the news early in the Second Intifada when a Palestinian mob ransacked it after an Israeli troop withdrawal.
Source: Haaretz
The Jerusalem municipality is moving forward with a plan to build some 1,900 apartments for Arabs in the Issawiya neighborhood as part of the city's master plan.
Source: Independent.co.uk
Unlike Harold Wilson, the last prime minister to stand down at a time of his own choosing, who withdrew into himself, shrouded by the mist of paranoia, he has thrown himself into a new job as envoy to the Middle East.
Source: memri.org
"As the current situation in Palestine worsens, let Arabs not forget their past. Events that are portrayed as victories by Arab politicians are not always victories for the Arab people.
Source: New Statesman Contents
The Middle East is a region where you can travel across eight or nine countries and hear the same language being spoken, see the same dominant religion being followed and eat much the same delicious cuisine. It also shares a common funny bone.
Source: Haaretz
The United Nations issued a report Monday saying the security fence Israel is building will effectively separate mainly Arab-populated East Jerusalem from the West Bank.
Source: counterpunch.com
The second Palestinian intifada has been crushed. The 700km wall is sealing the occupied population of the West Bank into a series of prisons.
Source: BBC News
Israel Jerusalem policy condemned Israeli settlement outside Jerusalem Israel has built an outer ring of settlements around East Jerusalem The international Red Cross has privately accused Israel of reshaping Jerusalem to further its own interests, in violation of internationa …
Source: DesertPeace
Israel is doing it's darnedest to make sure Jerusalem never gets officially divided to serve as two State Capitals. One of the demands of the Hamas government is that Jerusalem be their capital.... not all of Jerusalem, the Arab side, East Jerusalem.
Source: DesertPeace
The Israeli army saved the nation from a vicious plot yesterday. There was a home in East Jerusalem that served as a home to twenty disabled children. We all know what a dangerous scenario that could be.
Source: myleftwing.com
No Place Like Home is the name of a report about house demolitions in East Jerusalem written Dr. Meir Margalit. It was published in March 2007 and is free from the site of the Israel Committee Against House Demolition.
Source: t r u t h o u t
As we watch Bush's cabinet members ethical transgressions further inculcate the administration and the American people in their incompetence, at what point do we call Bush and Rove's blatant use of these minority's public face for political motives and call them for what they are.
Source: Times Union
Temple Mount is one of the key flashpoints between Moslems and Jews in Jerusalem, so much so that archaeological work has essentially been banned there. Now, by sifting through rubble removed from the site, at least some artifacts are being retrieved from the holy site.
Source: BBC News
This is an excellent article on the use of words which carry emotional or value judgments.
Source: Haaretz
Hamas held a closed meeting in northern Jerusalem on Saturday to launch a program for political and educational activities in East Jerusalem.
Source: counterpunch.org
For those who haven't noticed, Israel opposes a two-state solution.
Source: Haaretz
One of the candidates in the upcoming Palestinian legislative elections has stated that Israeli officials have removed their ban on campaigning in East Jerusalem.