Amira Hass (Haaretz)
By Amira Hass (Haaretz)
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Life A Jewish Woman’s Emotional Hunt for Her Father’s Circassian Roots Leads to Israel — and the Golan Heights
Extending a welcoming hand in a warm, inviting gesture, Eleonore Merza says: Please, come in. In another minute she might have asked: Who wants coffee and who wants tea? It was a moment that fused a reenacted past with an imagined future, next to a mound of basalt stones in the Golan Heights. Merza, 36,…
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Fast Forward E1 Protest Marks New Tactic by Palestinians
The idea of setting up a protest tent village in E-1 gained momentum over the past few weeks among members of the Palestinian Popular Committees – the same committees that for 10 years have been organizing weekly demonstrations in the West Bank against the Israeli occupation in general, and against the separation fence and settlements…
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Fast Forward First Gaza Flotilla Boat Heads for Meeting Point at Sea
One ship participating in the flotilla to Gaza has already set sail toward the flotilla’s scheduled meeting place in international waters. The French ship “Dignity” does not intend on anchoring before reaching the meeting point at sea, but it is still unclear how long it will be waiting for the rest of the ships, some…
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Fast Forward Chomsky Compares Israel to ‘Stalinist Regime’ After Denied Entry
The Interior Ministry refused to let linguist Noam Chomsky into Israel and the West Bank on Sunday. Chomsky, who aligns himself with the radical left, had been scheduled to lecture at Bir Zeit University near Ramallah, and visit Bil’in and Hebron, as well as meet with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and various Palestinian activists….
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Fast Forward Barenboim Cancels Ramallah Visit, Amid Controversy Over His Foundation
Unlike the cancellation of Leonard Cohen’s concert in Ramallah, which got a lot of press, the cancellation of conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim’s visit to the West Bank city has been kept almost secret. Both cancellations were spurred by different Palestinian groups which warned against what they described as the normalization with the occupation and…
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