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The guns may have fallen silent, but the powder keg sitting among us could explode yet again. Yes. As long as the root cause of the Palestinian question remains unresolved, bloodshed seems to be this region’s destiny, its reoccurring tragedy.
And it is mostly about Al Quds or Jerusalem, the holy city claimed by the three ‘heavenly’ religions, and the cause of wars, crusades, and misery for thousands of years.
So, what is in a city that evokes such strong emotions and makes men so willing to slaughter fellow men? The real Jerusalem, by the way, is a mere one square kilometre. That makes it the most expensive piece of land of all time as it has been paid again and again with precious blood of perhaps millions of people over the course of history.
GenevaGenèSwitzerlandJerusalemIsrael-generalIsraelUnited-kingdomGulf-newsDubayyUnited-arab-emiratesWest-bankIsraeliAMMAN: The fight over the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, clashes in and around Al-Aqsa Mosque between Muslim worshippers and Israeli police, and the exchange of rockets, shelling and airstrikes between Hamas and the Israel Defense Force could turn into a civil war between Israeli Jews and Palestinian citizens of Israel, experts fear.
Palestinians, living in mixed Arab and Jewish towns like Lydda, Ramleh, Bat Yam, Haifa and Yaffo, have come under repeated attack in the past few days, with much of it motivated by racism.
Right-wing Jewish mobs yelling “death to Arabs” have beaten up individuals, vandalized homes and targeted shops belonging to Arabs who make up 20 percent of Israel’s citizenry.
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Sari Nusseibeh s account of his life in Palestine is a story which goes well beyond the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Andreas Pflitsch says the book is a multi-faceted portrait of its times
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, seen through the eyes of someone who lived through it
On his return flight to the USA after Yassir Arafat s funeral in Ramallah, Sari Nusseibeh read a book that proved to be a kind of revelation for him – Amos Oz s autobiography A Tale of Love and Darkness. Both men had occasionally encountered each other in the past at peace demonstrations and round table discussions.
TunisiaJerusalemIsrael-generalIsraelUnited-statesUnited-kingdomWest-bankBirzeitWest-bank-generalWashingtonMadridSpainJERUSALEM: Israeli authorities appear set to re-route the traditional Jerusalem Unity Day parade which has been known to be provocative and anti-Arab.
Israeli media reported that security officials on Sunday urged the government to rethink the annual event, a flag-waving display of Israeli claims to all of the contested city set to take place Monday, following days of unrest and Israeli-Palestinian clashes in the capital.
Ynet reported that Israeli security officials “called for the government to reconsider the route, the number of marchers, and even the event itself.”
Persistent and widespread protests in Jerusalem have brought worldwide condemnation of Israel, and the security establishment appears to have won the day in pressing right-wing politicians to lower tensions.
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