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Middle East Report Online writes: On October 8, Tawfiq Jamal, a Palestinian citizen of Israel living in the “mixed town” of Acre, got into his car to run an errand. That day was Yom Kippur, one of the holiest days … Continue reading →

By Kobi Ben-Simhon, Ha’aretz, 27 November 2008 It’s the day after he was elected for the first time to the Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipal council, but Omar Siksek cannot bring himself to smile. Visitors to the office of the chairman of … Continue reading →

Gershon Baskin, Israel-Palestine Center for Research, 1 December 2008 I pass by the site of the Muslim Cemetery in Mamilla Jerusalem where the so-called Museum of Tolerance is being constructed every morning because it is near my son’s school. Last … Continue reading →

Meet one of the human rights workers who broke the blockade of the Gaza Strip on August 23, 2008. Paul Larudee, is a piano tuner from El Cerrito. He says what he saw from his trip is something he’ll never … Continue reading →

By Reham Alhelsi, Palestine Think Tank, 26 November 2008 Last week a friend of mine told me that she’d been invited to a debate at her University about the “Palestinian Mickey Mouse” Farfour, which is a Hamas-created children’s show that … Continue reading →