Israel Begins Sell-Off of Refugees’ Land

TZIPORI, Israel -- Amin Muhammad Ali, a 74-year-old refugee from a destroyed Palestinian village in northern Israel, says he only feels truly at peace when he stands among his ancestors' graves.   The cemetery, surrounded on all sides by Jewish homes and farms, is a...

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The Reality of Israel’s ‘Open’ Jerusalem

No one would have been more surprised than Fawziya Khurd by the recent pronouncement of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, that Israel operates an "open city" policy in Jerusalem.  Mr Netanyahu told his cabinet on Sunday that Israel's annexation...

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The Two-State Solution, Israeli-Style

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has been much criticized in Israel, as well as abroad, for failing to present his own diplomatic initiative on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process to forestall US intervention. Mr Netanyahu may have huffed and puffed...

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Israeli Army Beats and Tortures Children

The rights of Palestinian children are routinely violated by Israel's security forces, according to a new report that says beatings and torture are common. In addition, hundreds of Palestinian minors are prosecuted by Israel each year without a proper trial and are...

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Netanyahu Adviser Moves Out of the Shadows

As might be expected of a former senior official with Israel's spy agency Mossad, Uzi Arad – the most trusted political adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister – has got used to being in the shadows as he exerts influence. But that is fast changing....

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How Many Secret Prisons Does Israel Have?

The United Nations' watchdog on torture has criticized Israel for refusing to allow inspections at a secret prison, dubbed by critics as "Israel's Guantanamo Bay," and demanded to know if more such clandestine detention camps are operating. In a report...

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Pope’s ‘Pilgrimage’ Mired in Politics

Pope Benedict XVI upset the schedule on his first day in Israel by leaving an interfaith meeting in Jerusalem early on Monday night after a leading Muslim cleric called on him to condemn the "slaughter" of women and children in the recent assault on Gaza....

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Bedouin Baby’s Power Struggle With Israel

Little Ashimah Abu Sbieh's life hangs by a thread – or more specifically, an electricity cable that runs from a noisy diesel-powered generator in the family's backyard. Should the generator's engine fail, she could die within minutes.   Ashimah suffers from a...

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