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2019 writing competition

You too can enter the writing competition – Entry page at this link >>______________________________ Palestinians Can  – by M. Pessemier – Poland Years ago, my wife and I occasionally worked in a Paris restaurant. One evening, a diner entered carrying an odd-shaped case containing a stringed instrument. On asking, we learned that this was a […]

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One land, divided

2019 writing competition  – by Kirsty LG –  It’s summertime in Scotland and finally after four intensive months I feel enough distance and cooling of the air to be able to reflect on my time in Jerusalem. I’ll be returning soon as it’s to be my home for the next few years and for that […]

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How to reap Apples

 2019 writing competition – by Mahmoud Hamarsheh – If you want an Apple, you have to plant an apple tree In our environment we care about agriculture a lot, and our ancestors cared even more, they took care of trees and planted them carefully, leaving the good reaps its own good fruit. They cared more […]

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Reflections on my Trip to Israel/Palestine

2019 writing competition  – by Dorit Miles –  As an Israeli born, curious about the Palestinians for years, I never expected to be able to go to the “other side”. The opportunity presented itself and I jumped on it. In January of 2016, I joined a group of interfaith travelers to Israel /Palestine. I decided […]

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Palestinians have every right to reject another Oslo

With the Bahrain workshop, the Trump administration is relying on the same old Oslo model of economy before politics. What needs to be done is to hold Israel accountable. – by Sam Bahour – American President Donald Trump speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and advisor Jared Kushner at the White House, May 22, […]

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Outsourcing US Foreign Policy

– by Fred Schlomka – President Trump must be really desperate. The administration’s ‘Peace to Prosperity Workshop’, scheduled for 25th June in Bahrain, seems to be lacking in willing participants and so they are resorting to desperate measures, including outsourcing the organising of the Workshop to a private company. The recent flood of random ‘personal’ […]

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The right of return

– by Green Olive staff –  To enter the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, residents and visitors alike pass under a massive sculpture of a key. The key sits atop a keyhole-shaped archway over a main road which must be eight metres high. While international tourists and even many Israeli Jews might fail to understand […]

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The Price of Occupation Part One

The Price of Occupation (part 2) – by Amos Gvirtz – For part one>>>In the aftermath of the Six-Day War a new type of Zionism began to take hold: Zealous Zionism. The predominant vision of Zealous Zionism, as opposed to Classic Zionism (I call it Existential Zionism) which regards the establishment of an independent state as […]

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The Price of Occupation Part Two

The Price of Occupation (part 1)                               – by Amos Gvirtz –  The Separation Wall in Jerusalem From the outset Zionist leaders were aware that the local population of Palestine would oppose the Zionist enterprise. They directed their efforts to gaining […]

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