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  • 22 Sep 2011
    The UN and a Palestinian state: fact or fiction?

    Five hundred Israeli academics and intellectuals recently signed a petition supporting the Palestinian statehood bid: so will the 66th Session of the UN General Assembly decide whether ‘Palestine’ becomes fact or stays fiction - and what kind of fact or fiction? Dr Harry Hagopian explores the background to the much-written-about upcoming UN vote.

  • 20 Sep 2011
    Palestinian and Israeli students use art to bridge differences

    Though their leaders may be at political odds with each other, a group of Israeli and Palestinian students learned that they can communicate through art.

  • 17 Sep 2011
    Heads of churches in Jerusalem want negotiated Palestinian state

    Church leaders in Jerusalem have said that they support a negotiated solution to the question of a Palestinian state in the Middle East.

  • 1 Aug 2011
    The story behind the story in the Middle East

    The Middle East and North Africa area remains a vast and heterogeneous region of turbulence, confusion, hope, dread, reform, stand-off, contradiction, expectation, frustration, life and death.

  • 15 Jul 2011
    Joint appeal launched for Christians in Israel and Palestine

    Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has launched an ecumenical appeal for funds to help sustain Christian communities in Israel-Palestine.

  • 15 Jul 2011
    Issues facing Christians in the Holy Land

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, and the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, are jointly hosting a conference on Christians in the Holy Land next week.

  • 18 Jun 2011
    Israel and Palestine: Live long and prosper

    Israeli political leaders should heed opinions articulated by Jewish-American actor Leonard Nimoy and others, appreciating that a just solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is as much in their interest as it is in that of Palestinians, says Harry Hagopian. Otherwise, if a Palestinian gamble for virtual statehood is met by the usual Israeli intransigence, the outcome could become more deleterious for both peoples let alone more volatile for the Arab Spring.

  • 16 May 2011
    Israeli troops open fire in clashes with Palestinian protesters

    Human rights groups have criticised Israeli armed forces for firing on unarmed protesters at borders with the Palestinian territories, Syria and Lebanon.

  • 6 May 2011
    Worldwide just-peace action on Israel and Palestine announced

    A church-backed week-long series of global events to promote a just peace in Israel and Palestine will take place from 29 May to 4 June 2011.

  • 6 May 2011
    Worldwide just-peace action on Israel and Palestine announced

    A church-backed week-long series of global events to promote a just peace in Israel and Palestine will take place from 29 May to 4 June 2011.