By Sarah Schulman, LGBTQ and Palestinian Rights Activist Progressives have to stick together, and must take care not to become hyper-focused only on their respective areas of concern. Progressivism is an attitude that does not lend itself to fragmented endeavors. All ...
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By Bassem Tamimi, Palestinian Activist President Abbas asserted to the United Nations General Assembly several weeks ago what we all know to be true: that ours is a culture of peace. It might sometimes appear otherwise, since we engage in ...
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By Kenny McCormick, South Park You Jews have got it tough. You’ve been persecuted. Enslaved. Massacred. Impoverished. Slandered. Dehumanized. And precious few people seem to care, if at all. Nevertheless, you’ll have to excuse me for not rushing to show ...
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By Mahmoud Abbas, President, Palestinian National Authority Ramallah, November 1 – Islamic societies naturally have different cultural touchstones from those of the West, given their vastly different origins. I nevertheless appreciate some of the Western cultural phenomena despite their foreignness, ...
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By Saeb Erekat It takes very little observation to realize that the Palestinian approach to the conflict with Israel – and, let’s face it, with the Jews – follows the Zero Sum Game dynamic. One side is either absolutely in ...
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By François Hollande, President of France Soon the United Nations Security Council will consider a French proposal to place international peacekeepers at the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif to maintain order and reduce tensions. While opposition to such a move is formidable ...
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By John Kirby, State Department Spokesman As a former rear admiral in the US Navy and a PR and media relations officer for many years, I’ve faced my share of policies and activities that were a challenge to explain and ...
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By Ayman Odeh, Head, Joint Arab List Tensions over the Haram al-Sharif – that’s the so-called Temple Mount to those Jews – have only been increasing of late, so the responsible thing for political leaders to do right now is ...
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By Mahmoud al-Zahar, Hamas Official You Western people talk a lot about religious tolerance, but everyone knows it’s nothing but a sham. You show absolutely no consistency when it comes to the religious rights of Muslims, such as their right ...
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By Azazel the Goat Jerusalem, 10 Tishrei – It’s Yom Kippur, which means those Jews in their temple are doing that atonement thing. And it means I lucked out, because that other goat was just selected as an offering for ...
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