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Obama`s First Trip to Israel as President: Preventing War With Iran

Obama will address the Israeli people on Thursday (Mar. 21)

(TEL AVIV) - Barack Obama's first trip to Israel as president, this coming Wednesday and Thursday, is far more than an exercise in "optics."

Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, -- say that there is a large public relations aspect, to be sure; as Obama tries to erase the impression that he does not really like the Jewish State.

APN Welcomes President Obama`s Visit to Israel

Americans for Peace Now believes peace is still possible...

(WASHINGTON DC) - On behalf of Americans for Peace Now (APN) and on the eve of President Obama’s historic visit to Israel, APN President and CEO Debra DeLee issued a statement:

"It gives us great joy to see President Obama heading to the Middle East. We have long urged him to make this trip, in part because we know that one of the most important things President Obama can do to promote Israeli-Palestinian peace..."

Protected by Her Own...
Sayyeda Zeinab: the 7th Century Heroine of Karbala

The story of Zeinab at Karbala, and her subsequent life, like the passion play of Karbala itself, is history that one never tires of hearing.

(SAYYEDA ZEINAB SHRINE, Damascus) - It is well known in this region that powerful foreign and domestic forces are in nearly every country.

Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, are increasingly acting, for purely political purposes, to ignite a bloody internecine conflict within Islam.

Displaced Palestinians Return to Village After 64 Years

Iqrit is one of only two cases in Israeli history.

(TEL AVIV +972 Mag) - The third generation of the displaced community of Iqrit decided that they’d had enough of waiting for authorities to allow them to return to their village lands, taking matters into their own hands.

No You Can`t, Mr. President

“Let there be no doubt: the situation for the Palestinian people is intolerable. America will not turn its back on the legitimate Palestinian aspiration for dignity, opportunity, and a state of their own.” - Barack Obama

(LONDON) - Are you one of those people who, like me, were filled with hope when Mr. Obama was elected in 2008?

Has that euphoria turned into bitter disappointment?

Obama v Netanyahu - the Next Round

An agreement with Iran could be a real game-changer because it would leave Netanyahu without his best blackmail card.

(LONDON) - The headline over a recent op-ed article in the New York Times by Rashid Khalidi was Is Any Hope Left for Mideast Peace?

The answer to that question might or might not be clear beyond dispute when the curtain comes down on President Obama’s performance in Israel-Palestine.

Corruption in Palestine

Corruption must be tackled early and forcefully because it is a disease that spreads.

(BETHLEHEM) - On the way back from Bethlehem University we noted a small bulldozer that has removed a stone monument of a map of historic Palestine and the olive tree at the entrance of the city (in Alkarkafa, picture at blog link below).

This was not Israeli authorities but the “Palestinian authority” (PA) from higher up but via the Mayor of Bethlehem.

The Tenth Anniversary of Rachel Corrie`s Death

Ten years later Rachel's fight to end injustice continues by others and will continue until the end of the occupation of the Palestinian Territory and the realization of Palestinians’ right to national self-determination.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Rachel Corrie, a 22-year old peace activist from Washington State, was killed on March 16, 2003 by a Caterpillar bulldozer operated by the Israeli military.

She was trying to stop a Palestinian family’s home from being destroyed.

Zion - the Promised Land - too Little, too Late

“Pour out thy wrath upon the Gentiles (Goyim) that have not known thee.” (Psalm 79:6)

(LAVERNE, OR) - In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s unfinished novel, Dr. Grimshawe’s Secret, the good Doctor’s grim reflection on the human condition was delivered to his adopted child, Ned, knowing the child was too young to grasp his revelation.

This might well give us pause as the state of Israel seeks to tether itself by an umbilical cord of self-defense to the U.S. through a strategic ally agreement.

Khalidi to Obama: Time For a New Course

It isn't too much to expect Obama to inform Netanyahu that the U.S. government will now change to a new course in its dealings with Israel’s occupation.

(CHICAGO) - The New York Times performed a valuable service for its readers on Wednesday, March 13, exactly one week before President Obama is scheduled to arrive on his first-ever presidential visit to Palestine and Israel.