Palestine

President Abbas and Prime Minister Netanyahu may soon embark on yet another round of peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis. Each leader, in his own way, faces daunting challenges, in part because he must answer to ideological constituencies which are vehemently opposed to the concessions which are part and parcel of the peace process. Netanyahu, [...]

Karin meets Prince Hassan of Jordan at a water security conference in Switzerland last week.
It was a meeting of minds, water minds. Water consultants, ambassadors who’ve built water treaties, and government specialists and negotiators from around the Middle East

Peace in the Middle East has long been an illusive dream, but there are hints in the air that peace negotiations between Palestinians and Israel may soon be underway, and that this time around, some measure of success may be in the offing.
What indications do we have that negotiations are imminent? In late December, for [...]

Transcript of Turkish Prime Minister Erodgen’s famous ‘one minute’ speech at the 2009 World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland

Originally published at PalestineNote.Com

A few days ago, I posted one of Al-Thawra’s songs, “Gaza: Choking on the Smoke of Dreams,” on the Internet for free download. We wrote the song the day after the Israeli bombing started on December 27th, 2008, and we intended it as a commentary on the sheer human tragedy of the [...]

In another Website I post in, I came upon this unique human story of a jewish girl who broke the shell of the zionist Ghetto to discover the broader human horizon and to join the Palestinian cause as one of us, one of the few whom I consider to be my real brothers and sisters, [...]

After around two months of international phone calls, this Sunday and Monday Green Prophet hosted a whirlwind two-day (20-hour) seminar on environmental blogging in Madaba, Jordan.
Thanks to the good efforts of Volunteers for Peace and the Masar Center, nearly 20 Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli writers and activists met for the first time and learned about [...]

Art is a path charged with risks and dangers. Undoubtedly, when I mention this statement I shall face wide opposition voices saying that art is the path to money, fame and beauty.
My dear reader, Naji Al-Ali, who is beyond description, is among the magnificent artists who adopted art as a way for resistance, freedom fighting, [...]

Tomorrow I will take part in a virtual press conference where I will reveal for the very first time why I left Palestine and what prompted me to leave, including details of the death threats that I’ve received. I’ll also talk about how I was assisted to get out.
Will be revealing more details and information [...]

Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanians host cross-border workshop on environment blogging in Jordan to spur Middle East change.
The UN climate change meeting in Copenhagen is putting a lot of pressure on oil-producing nations in the Middle East;