J-Street: “Our Message of Hope and Urgency”

A Palestinian labourer drives a construction vehicle in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Adam near Ramallah September 26, 2010. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Israeli settlers to act with restraint after a limited construction moratorium expires on Sunday, a plea that appeared aimed at keeping Middle East peace talks alive. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS)

As Israeli-Palestinian peace talks enter crunch time, we’re making clear that broad supports exists for bold peace moves.

Our ads in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other papers urge Netanayahu, Abbas, and Obama to make history now by freezing settlement growth, staying at the table, and giving talks a chance to succeed. > more.

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Gaza flotilla drives Israel into a sea of stupidity

By Gideon Levy. Of course the peace flotilla will not bring peace, and it won’t even manage to reach the Gaza shore. The action plan has included dragging the ships to Ashdod port, but it has again dragged us to the shores of stupidity and wrongdoing.

The Israeli propaganda machine has reached new highs its hopeless frenzy. It has distributed menus from Gaza restaurants, along with false information. It embarrassed itself by entering a futile public relations battle, which it might have been better off never starting. They want to maintain the ineffective, illegal and unethical siege on Gaza and not let the “peace flotilla” dock off the Gaza coast? There is nothing to explain, certainly not to a world that will never buy the web of explanations, lies and tactics. > more.
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Deaths as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid ship

More than 10 people have been killed after Israeli commandos stormed a convoy of ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army says.

Armed forces boarded the vessels overnight, clashing with some of the 600 protesters on board.

The incident happened about 40 miles (64 km) out to sea, in international waters. > more.
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We Didn’t Start The Fire (VIDEO)

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Red China, Johnnie Ray
”South Pacific”, Walter Winchell
Joe DiMaggio

Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon
Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea
Marilyn Monroe

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Obama in Cairo: The Making of a Prophet ?

obama-radiospike-photographyPresident Obama’s speech in Cairo a few days ago is the most important address ever given by an American leader about the Middle East. As he told 1,000 people at Cairo University and millions more around the world, everything won’t be solved by a speech. Yet it was an unprecedented reach-out to Muslims and particularly to the Arab world. > more.

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Arab Opinion: Bush Bad, Obama Good

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Professor Shibley Telhami’s annual survey of Arab public opinion is out this week. It shows me that Barack Obama, who is due here in Cairo on June 4 to give an address to the Islamic world, has the chance to significantly reverse negative Arab attitudes toward the U.S. His mere election has already produced some welcome changes for the better. > more.
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A Pilgrim’s Lack of Progress

papst-howie_berlin-flickr-nicht-verandernIt was nice that Pope Benedict XVI visited a mosque in Jordan and professed his “deep respect” for Islam. I’m glad he’s going to Yad Vashem, the profoundly moving memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. But overall, I’ve been underwhelmed so far by this papal pilgrimage to the Middle East–only the second such visit ever to Israel. > mehr.

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Papst – Große Erwartungen an Besuch in Israel (Video)

 

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Why The Pope Can’t Help Middle Eastern Christians

papst-howie_berlin-flickr-nicht-verandernEver since the year 1204 AD, when the soldiers of the Fourth Crusade sacked the Christian city of Constantinople instead of “liberating” Jerusalem from Muslim rule, Christians in the Middle East have been understandably wary of emissaries of Rome. Today, as Christians in the Middle East prepare for the arrival of Pope Benedict on his first trip to the Holy Land, many are worried that the unpredictable pontiff might stir up passions at a time by religious strife and political cold war.  > mehr.

also read (german):
Papstbesuch in Israel: Auf dem heiklen Stuhl

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How Israel brought Gaza to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe

gazaprotest-jewish-voice-for-peaceOxford professor of international relations Avi Shlaim served in the Israeli army and has never questioned the state’s legitimacy. But its merciless assault on Gaza has led him to devastating conclusions. - The only way to make sense of Israel’s senseless war in Gaza is through understanding the historical context. Establishing the state of Israel in May 1948 involved a monumental injustice to the Palestinians.  > more.

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Gaza crisis is having ‘profoundly unhealthy’ effect on UK Muslims

israeli-patrol-cromacomThe Israeli onslaught in Gaza is having a “profoundly acute and unhealthy” effect on British Muslim communities and “patience is running out”, a government minister has said. - The justice minister, Shahid Malik, told the Guardian there was “immense anger” in British Muslim communities over developments in the Middle East. He said: “There is a real feeling of helplessness, hopelessness and powerlessness among Britain’s Muslims in the context of Gaza and the sense of grievance and injustice is both profoundly acute and obviously profoundly unhealthy.” > mehr.

read also:
> Jews, Muslims Seek Common Ground On Gaza
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Islam According to Gallup

muslim-edge-of-space-flDalia Mogahed spoke at July’s Common Word Conference at Yale University, where hundreds of moderate Muslims and evangelical Christian scholars met seeking better understanding. As senior analyst and executive director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, Mogahed travels widely, engaging audiences on what Muslims think. Her analysis has appeared in The EconomistThe Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Mogahed, a Muslim, lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and two sons. Also attending the conference was Warren Larson, director of the Zwemer Center for Muslim Studies at Columbia International University and author of Islamic Ideology and Fundamentalism in Pakistan: Climate for Conversion to Christianity?  > more. 
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The New P.L.O.? (Palestinians Love Obama)

Will Palestinians have a “friend” in the White House if Barack Obama is elected president on Tuesday ? Many supporters of the Palestinians think so or at least hope so. My advice to them: Don’t hold your breath. Get too close to a Palestinian, or voice too much sympathy for his cause, it seems, and you’re apt to be smeared as someone who is little better than a terrorist yourself. If you’re an American politician whose middle name is Hussein, you really could be in for a hard time. ” > more.

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