by Aziz Abu Sarah In the final article in our series on freedom of religion, Aziz Abu Sarah looks at the role religion and secularism play in Palestinian identity.
(Source: Common Ground News Service (CGNews), 04 February 2010)
by Asma Asfour Asma Asfour relates the challenges that face her as a female Palestinian politician and the need for gender equality to achieve a strong Palestinian state.
(Source: Common Ground News Service (CGNews), 04 February 2010)
by Jon Donnison Jon Donnison reports on an exciting project to renovate Cinema Jenin that holds great potential for this West Bank city.
(Source: BBC News, 28 January 2010)
by Jonathan Lis “I, Ahmed Tibi, a tall, proud Arab, is happy to be on the same side as prominent Arab intellectuals who came out forcefully against Holocaust denial in the Middle East and other places around the world,” proclaimed this member of Knesset during a special session to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. “Those who were victims of that horrible death, which is a byproduct of a malicious exercise of power—a destructive, absolute power—must be attentive to the cries of the bereaved mother whose home was destroyed and whose children were buried underneath it; to the pain and cries of a doctor who lost his daughters; to the victims of the other, even if the other is his victim, the victim’s victim.” “We must stand and warn with a loud voice against all instances of discrimination, racism, and the politics of hate,” Tibi said. “Racism and hatred for anything that is different, including Arabs, have raised their heads here in Israeli society”
(Source: Ha’aretz, 27 January 2010)
by Larry Derfner Larry Derfner decries the segregation between Arabs and Jews in Israel and remembers the few times when it did not seem to be an issue.
(Source: The Jerusalem Post, 27 January 2010)
