‘Who’s The Victim Now?’: The Shame of My Holocaust Stories
NOA MA’AYAN, CGNEWS: There we were, three women sitting removed from their natural environment chatting about their lives in a beautiful setting
Forget Netanyahu, Let’s Speak to Obama Instead
JEROME SLATER, MONDOWEISS: American Jews concerned about settlement expansion are wasting their breath on Netanyahu.
Winners, Losers in Israeli Election ‘Much Clearer’
JONATHAN COOK: The straightforward narrative adopted by the international media following the results in the Israeli election masks the complex reality
The, ah, ‘Peace Process’ Is On A Road To Nowhere
RAMZY BAROUD: There are whispers about whispers and rumours of various parties prepared to do business but don’t expect much to change in the near future
The Textbook Narrative That Demonises ‘The Other’
MICHAEL FELSEN, CGNEWS: A major study of Palestinian and Israeli textbooks provides some startling findings.
‘Why Bother?’: Election ‘Turns Off’ Palestinian-Israelis
JONATHAN COOK: The overwhelming reaction of most Palestinian-Israelis to the upcoming Israeli election can be summed up in one word – apathy.
Elias Khoury’s ‘Beautiful Letter’ to Bab Al Shams
M. LYNX-QUALEY: The novelist Elias Khoury has written a letter to Palestinians who began building a village on land seized by Israel. A haunting, elegiac letter
The Other Peace Process: The One That’s Alive
KADI ZAHALKA, RABBI DR RON KRONISH: The so-called political peace process has been going nowhere for a long time. There is an alternative
Ex-Shin Bet Directors ‘Stick It’ To Netanyahu in Movie
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: When in office they’re ramrod straight security hawks but once they leave they suddenly become ‘seers’. But the criticism is unusual in its vehemence
‘Moral Giants’: Israel’s ‘Freethinkers’ are its Liberators
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: They are a powerful force within Israeli society and their courage is deeply appreciated by Palestinian activists
2012: Top 10 Developments in the Middle East
JUAN COLE: It’s been another extraordinary year across the Middle East. Here is my take on the most significant changes this year
‘No Christmas, New Year Parties. Jewish Symbols Only’
JONATHAN COOK: A heavy hand is being applied to those hotels and hostelries in Nazareth that seek to make Christian residents and visitors welcome
Samer Issawi’s Story: A Hunger Striker’s Tale
MONDOWEISS: He has been on hunger strike for more than 150 days. Still his story is not heard
2012: A Very Tough Year in the Middle East
STEVE ROYSTON: If you look around the Middle East today you’d have to say the region is at its most unstable in the last thirty years.
Photo of the Year: One Tender Moment in Gaza
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Time Magazine has chosen its ‘Photo of the Year’ and it is a moment of great sadness during the recent onslaught on Gaza
Unrelenting Noise: My Life In Gaza Under The Drones
RAWAN NAGHI, MONDOWEISS: It’s a noise to which you never get used. The buzzing bee over the shoulder that is an Israeli drone
The Fear Business: Listening & Speaking Break Cycle
ARIEL KATZ, CGNEWS: It’s much easier to attack ‘the other’ when you don’t hear their stories and don’t see their pain.
Hummus: The Tasty ‘Glue’ That Binds Jerusalemites
NATASHA TYNES, CGNEWS: Two chefs from Jerusalem – one Muslim, one Jewish – have produced a book that celebrates the food of this divided city.
What Meshal’s Visit Really Means for the Future
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: The words were predictably fiery and pugnacious but Meshal’s visit points to a new direction for Palestine.
Thomas Friedman: PR Guy for the Israeli Government?
DANIEL M. VARISCO: Another one eyed piece from Mr Friedman. Is it too much to ask that he simply recognises the realities of Palestinian life?
