PALESTINE - ISRAEL - JORDAN - SINAI

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The Dubious Pleasures of Being an Israeli where Israelis are Unwelcome

by Eldad Brin –  To begin with, this trip was all about getting away. It was about time on the other side of Asia, travelling from one mega-city to the other, covering six cities in five weeks, immersing myself in the exoticism of foreign cultures, foreign cuisines and foreign cityscapes. I decided – and it […]

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Jerusalem and Nicosia: Reflections on Division and Unification

by Eldad Brin –  By far one of the thorniest standing issues between the Israelis and Palestinians is that of the future status of Jerusalem. The Palestinians, both Christians and Muslims, venerate the city, and above all the Noble Sanctuary which is Temple Mount in its midst. Other than that, Jerusalem constitutes the biggest Palestinian […]

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Challenging Zionism

by Eldad Brin – The Middle East is no north European Utopia. It is a thick and often dazzling ethnic and religious soup, still coming to terms with an Ottoman and European Imperialist legacy, a hotbed of religious extremism and social backwardness, poverty and want.   On the one hand, alleged religious, social, economic and […]

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