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Wednesday Nov 09, 2011
In a development that gave the Palestinian leadership a significant hand up, the United Nation’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) became the first international organization to admit Palestine as a full member last week despite strong opposition from several member countries. This is the first reward for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ efforts to see Palestine accepted as a...
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Saturday Oct 08, 2011
It is clear now that sooner or later the area will face a confrontation that is new of its kind. Today and after the arrival of the Arab spring that is bringing a change that will last for a long time and affect on many actors in the region, anything is possible.   There are four important factors that must be considered while trying to understand the next stage in the situation of the Middle East Post: 1. The Israeli-...
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Saturday Sep 17, 2011
President Mahmoud Abbas made a speech confirming that the Palestinian leadership will ask for a full membership state of Palestine next Friday at the United Nations. The speech came to put an end to the questions and doubts whether the Palestinians will really ask for a full membership or will only ask for an upgrade of their status at the UN. Not only that a final decision was made about the kind of state that will be asked but a complete...
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Saturday Jul 16, 2011
I was born in Jerusalem in the 1980s into the reality of occupation. My father had been politically active in the 1970s and my uncle is a former cabinet minister. As for myself, during my teenage years I became head of my high school union, which joined other Palestinian movements struggling against occupation. I lost close friends to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that is unfortunately still on-going. With time, I felt that my activism...
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Sunday Jun 26, 2011
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu stated that the Palestinian prisoners conditions would not stay the same. The Israeli decision includes preventing more than 7000 Palestinian prisoners from applying to learn for an Academic title in universities and comes as an added punishment to the Palestinian prisoners that are involved in a political conflict.   Formerly there were many recommendations that were made by former Justice Minister Daniel...
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