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In whose interest is it to move US embassy?
Source: Arab news
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1268801#
By KERRY BOYD ANDERSONPublished 18 March 2018
As the United States works to move its official embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, some American Christians have praised the current US administration. In particular, Christian Zionists, who rejoiced over the decision to move the embassy, are influencing US policy toward Israel to an unprecedented degree.
Read MoreIsrael’s ‘Jewish nation state’ bill is pushback against Palestinian citizens’ resistance
Source: Middle East Monitor
By Ben White
Published March 21, 2018
Last week, a Knesset committee approved a final version of the controversial “Jewish nation state” bill, sending it to the plenum for its three readings before becoming law.
Read MoreUN officials condemn arbitrary arrest of Palestinian children
Source: Al Jazeera
By Barbara Bibbo
UN reports at Human Rights Council in Geneva show Palestinian living conditions severely worsening over the past year.
Read MoreNo Mr. Schumer, the Torah is Not a Real Estate Book
Source: Tuck Magazine
http://tuckmagazine.com/2018/03/21/no-mr-schumer-torah-not-real-estate-book/
By Sami Jamil Jadallah
Published March 21, 2018
In his shameful appeasement at the recent AIPAC convention where Zionists and non-Zionist politicians are ordered to recite their pledge of allegiance to Israel and line up to “kiss ass”, always under constant fear from AIPAC to lose their jobs, Senator Schumer an Israeli First and foremost, presented himself as an Israeli who believed that the Torah is a “Real Estate Book and Deed” granted by G-d and not as most scholars agree, written by scholars and Rabbis, certainly not Moses.
Read MoreMIDDLE EAST: ANGLICAN “PEACEMAKER” CALLS FOR CHRISTIANS TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION IN ENDING ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT
Source: Sight Magazine
By DAVID ADAMS
Christians in the West need to cease giving uncritical, one-sided support to Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and instead engage with Christians in the Middle Eastern church who are working for peace and reconciliation.
Read MoreOpinion // Will Europe Continue to Betray the Palestinians Who Endorsed a Non-violent Struggle?
Source: Haretz
By Saeb Erekat
Published Mar 21, 2018Europe told us only after we Palestinians endorsed non-violence and the 1967 borders would they act on our behalf. We did. Now they refuse to act, because of pressure from a rogue state - America
Read MoreA Palestinian mother’s open letter to Melania and Ivanka Trump
Sorce: +972 Magazine
https://972mag.com/a-palestinian-mothers-open-letter-to-melania-and-ivanka-trump/133957/
By Dalal Erakat
Published March 21, 2018
On the occasion of Mother’s Day in Palestine, one Palestinian mother discusses how teaching tolerance is becoming more difficult as American policies sow more divisions and violence.
Read MoreSeventy years on: Whither Israel and the Palestinians?
Source: Gulf News
http://gulfnews.com/opinion/thinkers/seventy-years-on-whither-israel-and-the-palestinians-1.2192903
By Osama Al Sharif, Special to Gulf News
Published March 22, 2018No impartial scholar can examine Israel’s modern history without acknowledging the ongoing plight of the Palestinians
Read MoreIn one Palestinian village, the whole story of the occupation
Source: +972 Magazine
https://972mag.com/in-one-palestinian-village-the-whole-story-of-the-occupation/133903/
By Joshua Leifer
Published March 19, 2018Encircled by the separation barrier, threatened with demolition orders, and deemed illegal aliens in their own homes, the residents of the Palestinian village of Walajeh are fighting for their lives.
Read MoreIsraeli-Palestinian peace process: 'Don't tear down bridges,' Heiko Maas warns
Source: Deutsche Welle
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has reiterated Germany's commitment to a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During a visit to the region, he urged the Palestinians "not to tear down bridges."
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