Growing pain

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

I was asked to write a bit about the group, the people, and the process.
Exactly today I was thinking about the fact that its been a year since we all started this intensive process with this group, and I see the difference between Janelle 2007 and Janelle 2008. Hoping it’s just the beginning.

Israel…A Country of Police and Force

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Today tens of Arab students and a few Israelis went out to demonstrate in a peaceful allowed demonstration opposite to the main entrance of the Hebrew University. The reason of the demonstration was the memory of the Nakba that the Palestinians participate in to express their feelings about what happened to them before sixty years [...]

President Bush again to Jerusalem

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

President Bush is visiting Jerusalem again for the second time in a few months without holding anything in his hands. These visits were made in order to help in pushing the peace process between the Israelis and the Palestinians, but nothing did really improve since his first visit and the Annapolis meeting.

Sixty Years of Nakbah and Israel Independence Day

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

At these days Israel celebrates its sixty years Independence Day, and the Palestinians remember that sixty years passed on the day they were took out of their lands by force.
It is weird to see that even after all of these years that passed on the both Israeli and the Palestinian peoples, no peace have [...]

Beirut is Crying Again

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Lebanon is living in war again but this time it is witnessing a war between its sons and daughters. The streets are closed again, the fire is in so many places, the victims are dying, and the situation is becoming worse.
After a long round of negotiations that brought nothing between the several Lebanese parties and [...]