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الحرم القدسي الشريف‎ / הַר הַבַּיִת / The Temple Mount

By Miri – It is a common mistake to see the root of the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis as grounded in the different belief systems. Obviously with the expansion and strengthening of fundamentalist movements on both sides during the last decades the conflict that is essentially about control over land is more and more […]

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On the Significance of Place-Names

By Miri – As a result of its turbulent history, of numerous conquests, occupations, and partitions administered by different powers, the official name of our region has been constantly changing. Similarly, its borders were and continue to be redrawn as a consequence of the struggles between different powers for control over the region as a […]

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The Israeli Black Panther Movement

By Miri – “Many people, including myself, have come to the conclusion that Zionism hasn’t solved anything for us. Perhaps it has solved problems for Jews from Russia and Eastern Europe, but it hasn’t done anything for Sephardi Jews. Most of the Sephardi Jews live in conditions that are no better and often worse than […]

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The Dom Community or the Gypsies of Jerusalem

–> By Miri –  All across Europe Antiziganism or Roma-phobia1is on the rise again. According to human rights organisations Roma communities suffer from systematic discrimination in many areas, and frequently fall victim to serious racist assaults of both verbal and physical nature. The rhetoric used against the communities, including by European government officials and parties, […]

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LGBTQs in Palestine and Israel

By Miri –  Last week was very much associated with the LGBTQ1community, both for the good and for the sad. Last Thursday, Jerusalem held its 10th Gay Pride Parade, while on Saturday, the Tel Aviv community commemorated the third anniversary of the shooting at an LGBTQ centre that left two dead and fifteen wounded on […]

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The Nakba in Israeli Society

By Miri Today, May 15th marks Nakba Day. Nakba means “catastrophe“ in Arabic and refers to 1) the events that took place during the war of 1947/1948, usually referred to by the Jewish-Israel discourse as the War of Independence, during which an estimated number of 750,000 Palestinians were expelled and/or fled from their homes and […]

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Talking Walls

By Miri Graffiti is not a phenomenon that came up with the emergence of hip hop culture. It is definitely not a Western or a modern appearance, in fact it is a global practice that can be traced back to ancient times. If you think about it, cave paintings can be considered graffiti as well, […]

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Obstacles to Peace – Settlement Expansion in Jerusalem

By Miri It has been widely acknowledged that the building of settlements constitute one of the main obstacles to a solution of the conflict in the Middle East. It has become somewhat of a custom that with each new grand building plan published by the Israeli government, Israel receives a reprehension from the international community, […]

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The Ghettos of Jerusalem

Fred SchlomkaIsraeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has said that “Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish people, a city reunified so as never again to be divided”. Nothing could be further from the truth. Jerusalem today is a city dissected by walls and fences, divided by race, religion and ethnicity, and traumatized by home demolitions, […]

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Jerusalem Settlement Map

➞ Back to Index of Maps. This map is courtesy of the right wing Jewish settler organization, Beit Orot. You are encouraged to check them out at http://www.beitorot.org. They are well funded, well organized, and explicitly dedicated to altering the demographics of Jerusalem and forever thwarting the possibility of a Palestinian State with East Jerusalem […]

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Let’s Marry and Settle Down

The Gate Cafe at Damascus Gate was busy yesterday as the East Jerusalem population emerged from Ramadan. I sat and had a coffee with my friend Haitham and his cousin Abed, talking politics as usual. Two stories emerged that I’d like to share with you. They reflect the complicated identities of Palestinians, Arabs, Jews and […]

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