Photos of the sea

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Diana Buttu | This I Believe | 10 March 2008 In September 2000, I decided to do my part to bring peace to the Middle East. As a Canadian attorney of Palestinian origin, I believed I could use my legal skills to help broker a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. Naive? Perhaps.

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Prerequisites for peace

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Mustafa Barghouthi | Baltimore Sun | 13 December 2007 As one who for decades has supported a two-state solution and the nonviolent struggle for Palestinian rights, I view the recent conference in Annapolis with a great deal of skepticism – and a glimmer of hope. Seven years with no negotiations – and increasing numbers

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Israel Bars New Palestinian Students From Its Universities, Citing Concern Over 'Security'

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) DINA KRAFT | New York Times | 11 October 2006 ANATA, West Bank, Oct. 9 — Sawsan Salameh, a Palestinian from the West Bank, was thrilled to get a full scholarship from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to begin a doctorate in theoretical chemistry. But a recent move by the Israeli Army to ban

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UN says Israeli overuse of cluster bombs in Lebanon 'defies belief'

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) IMEMC & Agencies | International Middle East Media Center | 20 September 2006 Following on a statement by an Israeli commander that the Israeli army fired at least 1.2 million cluster bomblets on Lebanon during the war, the majority of which were fired when hostilities were largely over, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator verified

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Israeli Leader Authorizes West Bank Construction Bids

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) STEVEN ERLANGER | NY Times | September 4, 2006 JERUSALEM, Sept. 4 – Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert authorized construction bids today for another 690 homes in the occupied West Bank in the face of pro forma American criticism. The houses will be built in Maale Adumim and Betar Illit, two settlements near Jerusalem

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Self-fulfilling prophecy

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Azmi Bishara | Al-Ahram Weekly | 10-16 August 2006   Journalist: How will the deaths of Israeli soldiers today affect your plans? Israeli Army Spokesman: You saw that massacre of 12 Israelis .. it will … Journalist: Massacre you said? But those were soldiers and this is war. Spokesman: No, it was a massacre

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Respecting Lebanon's Sovereignty: Foxman Defames

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Ran HaCohen | Antiwar.com | 31 July 2006 Nothing compares to Israel’s open, independent, and pluralistic media in times of war. Saturday we had the pleasure of watching Anti-Defamation League national director Abraham Foxman give an especially repulsive horror show on Israeli public television (Channel 1). Foxman was invited to the studio to comment

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Operations 'Summer Rains’ and 'Adequate Pay’ — yet other acts in the Mizrahi-Palestinian tragedy

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Reuven Abarjel and Smadar Lavie | Jordan Times | 27 July 2006 On Jan. 25, 2006, Hamas won a landslide victory in the democratic Palestinian legislative elections. The elections were conducted under tight US supervision. Immediately thereafter, Israel’s general attorney, Menny Mazouz, started exploring the legal procedures to jail the movement’s leadership. Soon after

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