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- Ban condemns Syrian 'brutality' in Homs, warns worse may come
Monthly Archives: May 2009
President Obama’s Speech in Cairo…Will it be different?
Recently the United States of America showed a brave and new change in its policy towards the Muslim world and the Israeli Arab conflict. This change was noticed in America’s view of the importance of finding a solution for the Israeli Arab conflict.
The change started to appear since President Obama’s entrance to the White House.
NETANYAHU CHOOSES WAREHOUSING
By Jeff Halper
May 25, 2009
Would Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu say the magic words “two states” after his meeting with President Obama? All Israel held its breath. (He didn’t). The gap between the two is wider than those words could ever have bridged, however. Obama, I believe, sincerely – perhaps urgently – seeks a resolution of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, a pre-condition, he understands, to getting on with larger, more pressing Middle Eastern issues.
Is Israel saved from the American Pressure?
In the last week Israel was really under pressure because of the statements which were made about President Obama’s will to suggest a Peace plan in the beginning of June. This peace plan was supposed to make a notice about Jerusalem and consider East Jerusalem a capital for the future Palestinian State.
Lessons in Leadership IX – Rules and the Way to Overcome them
In order to prevent chaos, humans tried to set rules for life. We are taught that rules are for our benefit and to prevent us from harming ourselves and others. However, the real challenge is finding a way to use laws and rules for our benefit instead of making them obstacles in our way to do whatever we want to do.
Dedicated to Salah Hamouri…
Salah is one of thousands of Palestinians who was imprisoned and sentenced for seven years in prison without any real proof. Salah is twenty years old Franco Palestinian who was raised in Jerusalem. Since the beginning of his life he was affected by the Israeli occupation and was always ambitious to bring liberty for his country and people.
He graduated from College Des Frères in Jerusalem and wanted to continue his education in Bethlehem University but he was imprisoned before finishing his education. This young man became a victim of the Israeli police and intelligence policy which is to send young Palestinians to prison in order to prevent them from becoming true educated leaders.
SFG Report at the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
Strategic Foresight Group report on Cost of Conflict in the Middle East was presented at the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Forum held in Istanbul on April 7. The discussion resulted in concrete ideas for a way forward:
(1) There was a consensus that the Israeli settlements in the West Bank should be frozen and check-points should be reduced. The Arab League Secretary General said that the Arab states would respond constructively if there was a credible action plan to change situation on the ground with regards to settlements and check-points.
