The Associated Press reported that Zakariya Zubeidi, who used to be seen as a major terrorist organizer just two years ago, has been granted full amnesty by the Israeli internal security service, Shin Bet. This is a major milestone to a significantly underreported transformation of Jenin from a hotbed of extremism into a pillar of [...]
Further proof about how people themselves are not the problem, but the solution… Iranian boy gets cancer treatment in Israel Friday, October 10, 2008 TEL HASHOMER, Israel: (Reuters) A 13-year-old cancer victim from Iran came to Israel for treatment on Friday, the hospital which received him said, attracting media interest in a country used to [...]
What is the problem with the Iranian regime? Just this last week the Washington Post reported that yet again the Iranian government had sponsored a contest and released a book that caricatured the Holocaust. No matter what political position any person or country may hold, mocking a human tragedy and fomenting racism against any peoples [...]
In a watershed development, Syria recently condemned radical Islamists as responsible for a terrorist act in Damascus. And Pakistanis are increasingly rejecting Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden (as opposed to a regrettable situation where a significant portion of that population was empathetic in the past). Across the Arab world and Muslim society, more and more [...]
Earlier today at a rally when John McCain asked, "Who is Barack Obama?", a supporter shouted back, "Terrorist." And at a rally led by Sarah Palin, when she mischaracterized a New York Times story as pointing to an alliance between Obama and Bill Ayers, someone screamed "Kill him." Neither McCain nor Palin have actually advocated [...]
Eytan Heller’s creative video to inspire people to visualize what could be in the Middle East in 2018 (part of our Imagine 2018 campaign) has been nominated as one of 24 finalists (out of several hundred contenders) for the Viral Video Awards. Check it out and vote for it. http://www.viralvideoaward.com/
…rather than what people want to hear – hopefully not too late… Olmert Says Israel Should Pull Out of West Bank By ETHAN BRONNER, New York Times, September 30, 2008 JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in an interview published on Monday that Israel must withdraw from nearly all of the West Bank as [...]
Professor Carlo Strenger wrote a poignant article in Ha’aretz, accusing Israeli extremists who foment a culture of incitement against other Jews who disagree with them. An excerpt: Let us not forget that Israel, rightly, demands of the Palestinians to stop its schools from inculcating hatred for Israel. The West, rightly, demands that Islamic authorities condemn [...]
I just received an email from OneVoice Israel describing their Award Ceremony for the winners of the Imagine 2018 Essay Contest on the Israeli Side. This event follows a similar one that OneVoice Palestine organized last month in parallel, in their case with the participation of the Chief Palestinian Islamic Justice and the Palestinian Minister [...]