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Israel returns to Assassinations Policy
Six Palestinians were killed in two separate incidents by the Israeli forces in Gaza and the West Bank. Three of the Palestinians were assassinated in Nablus at the West Bank. According to Israeli sources, Ghasan Abu Sharkh, Raed Sarkaji and Anan Sub...
Lessons in Leadership XX – Essence and Certainty
One of the most amazing things which we do in life is the way we think and the things which interest us. Everyday we find ourselves busy thinking about our life, the way we want to live, our dreams, needs, and many other things. Some of us are not sa...
Why Israel is not ready for Peace
By Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad Middle East Post Recently the prisoner’s exchange which is being negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians became an interest for both sides. The Israeli rightist government found itself in a place where it cannot dec...
Israel continues to prevent Palestinian activities and Judaize Jerusalem
In the last couple of days Jerusalem witnessed several events and clashes between the Israeli police and Palestinian and Peace activists. More than thirty five Palestinians and Peace activists were arrested because they participated in several activi...
Political Thought and Criticism in the Arab World
As many of you know in the past the Arab peoples were not given a chance to express their opinion and thoughts freely. Today some say that thsituation is changing towards a better one and others consider the situation still not good enough to say tha...
New Israeli Settlements in Jerusalem
Israel stated yesterday that more than 900 units will be built in one of its settlements in East Jerusalem. Britain, France and the United States criticized the decision and considered it an obstacle in the way of peace between Israel and the Palesti...
Unilateral Palestinian State?
Recently the Palestinian officials stated that the Palestinian leadership is considering the choice of a unilateral Palestinian state. Saab Erekattated that the last eighteen years of negotiations did not bring any result and that the Palestinian lea...
NO PARTNER FOR PEACE: OUR AMERICAN PROBLEM
Jeff Halper It was as if some official, perhaps one of President Obama’s “czars,” like the Czar for Demolishing American Credibility, had orchestrated a systematic campaign to isolate the US from the rest of the world, make it a political laugh...
Latest Developments in the Middle East
Secretary Hillary Clinton made several statements in the last couple of days while visiting Israel and Egypt. Clinton started its tour by saying that it is impossible to accept the idea of putting any kind of Palestinian conditions before negotiating...
Lessons in Leadership XVIII – Self Control
Self Control is an action which we usually consider a gift that someone can have in order to succeed in life. Although it seems to be a great way which can be used to deal with conflicts and arguments, self control could also become a wrong way of ex...
Report: Fatah to oppose recognizing Israel as Jewish state
The Palestinian Fatah faction may oppose recognizing Israel as a Jewish state and consider opening a strategic dialogue with Iran, according to details from a proposed draft of its political platform that were leaked to the Arab press on Saturday Var...
Saudi Arabia rejects U.S. call for ties with Israel
Saudi Arabia on Friday accused Israel of not being serious about peace with the Palestinians and rejected U.S. pleas to improve ties with Israel as a way of jump-starting regional peace talks Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said the “incr...
Lessons In Leadership XI – Memories – Dedicated to Michael Nitti
Most of us are afraid to travel back into the past and think of bad things that happened to us. We prefer to move on and forget every memory which would remind us of something which happened and we did not want very much. We feel that if we go back i...
Israel’s Conditions for Peace
Recently Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu stated that Israel would accept the idea of an Israel Palestinian peace only after the latter agrees on five conditions which Netanyahu stated. The five conditions are a recognition of Israel as a Jewish sta...
Netanyahu’s New Strategy
Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu is trying to convince the world that he is doing everything he can to go forward in the peace process; his first move was made today in public in which he invited President Mahmoud Abbas to meet him anywhere to discu...
Lessons in Leadership X – To Be, or Not To Be
Ego is one thing which affects our life and decisions. Many people would prefer to keep on trying alone to do something although they know that they lack information and the skills needed to achieve this thing. Our Ego tries to convince us that we ca...
Israel’s Settlements and Policy
On last Wednesday, Congressman Robert Wexler, who is a supporter of Israel and a close political ally of President Obama, stated that he believes that Israel will say yes to settlement freeze. According to Wexler Israel will lose nothing by such a st...
Directing the Conflict…a Real Solution or a Temporary Choice which will bring more Damage?
Since its establishment, the Israeli state depended on its security forces and intelligence agencies to assure its security. Today Israel believes that the reason which stands behind weakening the Palestinian attacks is the effort which the security ...
A Look at the Current Situation in the Middle East
Many people wonder why the Arabs and the Israelis did not reach an agreement to end the historical and complicated conflict between them. Although many negotiations were held both sides did not find out any solution which would satisfy the needs of b...
Middle East simulation 2009 in Konstanz - Germany
A couple of days ago, an international conference named the Middle East Simulation started in Konstanz to discuss the Middle East conflict and the possibility of making the Arab Peace Initiative a solution which can be accepted by both the Arabs and ...
President Obama’s Speech in Cairo…Will it be different?
Recently the United States of America showed a brave and new change in its policy towards the Muslim world and the Israeli Arab conflict. This change was noticed in America’s view of the importance of finding a solution for the Israeli Arab conflic...
NETANYAHU CHOOSES WAREHOUSING
By Jeff Halper May 25, 2009 Would Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu say the magic words “two states” after his meeting with President Obama? All Israel held its breath. (He didn’t). The gap between the two is wider than those words could ever ha...
Is Israel saved from the American Pressure?
In the last week Israel was really under pressure because of the statements which were made about President Obama’s will to suggest a Peace plan in the beginning of June. This peace plan was supposed to make a notice about Jerusalem and consider Ea...
Lessons in Leadership IX – Rules and the Way to Overcome them
In order to prevent chaos, humans tried to set rules for life. We are taught that rules are for our benefit and to prevent us from harming ourselves and others. However, the real challenge is finding a way to use laws and rules for our benefit instea...
Dedicated to Salah Hamouri…
Salah is one of thousands of Palestinians who was imprisoned and sentenced for seven years in prison without any real proof. Salah is twenty years old Franco Palestinian who was raised in Jerusalem. Since the beginning of his life he was affected by ...
The Iranian Code and the Arab Important Support
Recently Israeli politicians were busy preparing for the meeting between President Obama and Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu. Doubts of possible pressure from the United States to oblige Israel to reach a peace agreement with Palestinians were felt...
Lessons in Leadership VIII – Time and Outcome
Time is very important for us since most of what we do in our life depends on it. After attending several seminars which Tony Robbins held and reading some of what he introduces to us about time, stress, and the way we live, I thought of writing some...
Lessons in Leadership VII – Relations and Perfection
In this article I will discuss two matters; the question of who we are and the relation we create between ourselves and others. Starting with the question of which we really are it sounded interesting for me to sit and have an honest discussion with ...
The Middle East Mystery…to Where?
Recently Israel has been stating that the Iranian threat must be ended and that it is impossible to live with the idea of having someone like Ahmadi Najad ready to erase Israel from the World map. Prime Minister Netanyahu stated that he will take res...
Lessons in Leadership VI – The Secret of Phoenix
Sometimes we find ourselves losing what we want to hold or we know that we are about to lose something that we considered not important but once we feel that we are about to lose it we convince ourselves that we want it. We do not move to gain it bec...
