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The situation in East Jerusalem is not stable. More than two thousand Israeli policemen were brought into the city in order to protect the Israeli ceremonies of opening a new temple in the old city. Israeli rightist movements invited Israelis to come and support their demand in putting a cornerstone of the temple inside the Aqsa mosque area.

Muslims are not allowed to enter the old city and the Aqsa mosque while clashes erupt continuously in the city and the towns Read more…

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One of the challenges which we face with ourselves and with others is in finding the way to be in charge. Being in charge and leading in anything we do makes the experience different. Those who lead differ from those who follow since their way of seeing things and the result they get is different. It is important to remember that in order to succeed in leading the others, one must succeed in leading him/her self. Read more…

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في الفترة الاخيرة يشهد الصراع الاسرائيلي الفلسطيني حالة من الجمود في العملية السلمية بسبب وجود حكومة يمينية متطرفة بقيادة بنيامين نتنياهو الذي يضرب عرض الحائط في سياسته وخاصة على صعيد المستوطنات والقدس، ان هذا الجمود السياسي آثر بشكل كبير على الشارع الفلسطيني واصبح الجميع يتكلم عن انتفاضة ثالثة فهل باتت تطرق ابوابنا ؟
ان المؤشرات الموجودة في الشارع الفلسطيني اليوم توحي بان المسببات لانتفاضة ثالثة هي موجودة ابتداءا من القدس وعمليات التهويد المستمرة مرورا بقرار اغلاق شريان الحياة في البلدة القديمة ( باب العامود) انتهاءا بالخليل التي انتفضت جزئيا في الايام الاخيرة اعتراضا على قرار رئيس الوزراء الاسرائيلي بنيامين نتنياهو بضم Read more…

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Recently the Untied States of America, the European Union, the Arab countries, and the International community considered Israel’s decision to permit 1600 new settlement units in Jerusalem a wrong step that will cause damage for the trust needed in order to re-launch the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

Although Vice President John Biden considered the relation between Israel and Read more…

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في الايام الاخيرة تناقلت العديد من وسائل الاعلام امكانية تجدد محادثات السلام بين الفلسطينيين والاسرائيليين بعد جمود في العملية السلمية منذ ديسمبر ٢٠٠٨ بسبب  التعنت الاسرائيلي واستمرار الحكومة الاسرائيلية اليمينية بالبناء الاستيطاني وخاصة في القدس الشرقية بالاضافة الى تبني تلك الحكومة الى مشاريع تخدم اليمين المتطرف والمستوطنين وكان اخرها ضم الحرم الابراهيمي الى قائمة التراث اليهودي الامر الذي سيؤدي الى تحويل الصراع الاسرائيلي الفلسطيني الى صراع ديني وبذلك يصبح من الصعب Read more…

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Recently East Jerusalem and most of the West Bank territories witnessed violent clashes between the Israeli police and Palestinian protestors. The clashes started after an Israeli declaration of considering the Ibrahemi Mosque in Hebron and Belal’s mosque in Bethlehem part of the Jewish religious heritage that will be developed and protected by the Israeli government. Read more…

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Three things, which are connected to each other, are Pain, Suffering, and Fear. One of the things, which our mind is great in making us live with, is Fear. Usually a certain experience affects us. Once we fail in something we feel a kind of pain that we live in for a while.
Some of us continue to live with pain and turn it into suffering which never ends. Suffering becomes a part of these people’s life and never ends. The overreaction results in destroying the life of the person, which is suffering until he or she loses hope in everything. Read more…

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The situation of the Arab youth in most of the Arab countries is in a bad shape. The obstacles which the youth are facing in their way to build the future are more than what they can confront. The continuous competition between the Arab governments and the oppositions results in putting boundaries for the interests and activities of the new generations. The governments decide what is allowed and what is forbidden. Read more…

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Since his first day in office and until this moment Prime Minister Benyamin  Netanyahu continues to push Israel into war. The failure and  weakness which the Israeli government is suffering from grows every day. The question is whether today’s circumstances are like the old days or will Israel find itself in war because of its government policy and get itself involved in a battle which will not be similar to its former confrontations? Read more…

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The Palestinian authority plan to build new associations in order to empower its control and economy faces a lot of obstacles in its way to  success. Not only that some criticize the plan itself because of a lack of political program which should come with it but it faces an anti Israeli plan which tries to prevent any improvement in it.

The economical plan which is supposed to bring the Palestinian authority in two years to Read more…

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Eleven students who study at University of California, Irvine interrupted the Israeli ambassador Michael Oren while he was giving a speech about Israel’s policy at the university. The result was that they were immediately taken out of the hall, charged with disrupting the peace, and might face suspension or expulsion from the university.

The United States and Europe witnessed many demonstrations and protest since the last war on Gaza. Most of the incidents occurred when Israeli officials were invited to make a speech about Israel’s policy and justification for its hostility Read more…

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Yesterday Dubai police presented several videos showing ten men and one woman who were involved in the assassination of Hamas leader Al-Mabhouh. According to Dubai police, the 11 assassins left Dubai and are currently under an international hunt to try to catch them.
Other News sources talked about two men who were handed from Jordan to Dubai because they are suspected of being involved in the assassination. One of them is said to be a security officer in the Palestinian authorities. A spokesman of President Mahmoud Abbas denied the accusations and claimed that Hamas is suffering from serious security breaches. Read more…

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The Middle East Post Project is an idea that started a couple of years ago. It started on the internet as a website which gives anyone who wishes to write about the Middle East a place to publish his/her articles. The website found great success especially that those who write in it come from different backgrounds and represent the different young backgrounds which want to analyze and also learn from others. Read more…

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In the last twenty four hours Israel and Syria were sending messages to each other explaining what kind of war they are expecting and which reactions would happen before, through, and after a possible war between the two states.
The incident started with a statement which Ehud Barack made about the possibility of going to war with Syria if the last does not sign a peace agreement with Israel. Read more…

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Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu stated tonight that any possible Palestinian state in the future will have to be surrounded from the east and the west by the Israeli army. According to Netanyahu the “Palestinian state” will also have Israeli army soldiers on its borders with Jordan in order to prevent weapons smuggling into the West Bank. In his speech he said nothing about Gaza as a part of the Future Palestinian state but assured that Israel will never make another mistake by leaving the Palestinian state without an Israeli surveillance. Read more…

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