On October 18 we mark two years from the remarkable day when the world waited with great anticipation to see Gilad Shalit stride from captivity into freedom, back onto Israeli soil and reunited with his family.
Failure to reach an agreement is not in the interest of either side and the consequences of failure or likely to be quite negative.
Gershon Baskin, founder of the Israeli Palestinian Center for Research and Information, recounts his conversation with Ghazi Hamad, Hamas’ deputy foreign minister.
There is still much to be done to build a Palestinian state and to break free from Israeli control. The film Beit Lehem reminds us of how far they have come.
The award-winning new Israeli film Beit Lehem (Bethlehem) captured reality with its shocking depiction of the horrific reality we lived through during the years of the second intifada.
The issue of Jerusalem is one of the central pieces of any possible Palestinian-Israeli peace. Jerusalem must become the capital of both Palestine and Israel in order for there to be peace.
It’s extremely difficult to find a single Palestinian who believes current Israeli-Palestinian negotiations will produce an agreement.
Now what is left to do is to convince both publics that reaching a negotiated agreement is really possible and not to allow our leaders the opportunity of missing another opportunity.
With success in Syria, the international community might even become bolder in dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian issue. It has been said that when asked his opinion about the Iran-Iraq war, prime minister Menachem Begin responded: I wish both sides the greatest success. That seems to be the position of many Read more
Kalandiya is a refugee camp located on the other side of the separation wall in the West Bank. The entire area is Palestinian.