Palestine

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Rethinking Israel's David-and-Goliath past
Little-noticed details in declassified U.S. documents indicate that Israel's Six-Day War may not have been a war of necessity.
Taking it off for peace
A new documentary asks whether uniting Israeli and Palestinian women around weight loss is the way to lasting peace in the Middle East.
Letter from Gaza
What the death and burial of 16-year-old Nahid al-Shanbari says about Hamas.
Last chance for Mideast peace
While Bush and Olmert cling to their hard line, hope for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is slipping away forever.
Israel goes on the virtual offensive
The Israeli government is deploying new tactics to deepen ties with American youth and evangelicals.
Inside America's powerful Israel lobby
AIPAC's three-day summit included fiery evangelical oratory, adoration for Dick Cheney -- and new plans for going after Iran.
Israel's surge of despair
Top Israeli officials admit last summer's war against Hezbollah was a failure -- and denounce President Bush's actions in the Middle East.
Israel's Arab problem hits home
Tensions are rising between Israel's Jewish and Arab citizens -- and could affect the chances for peace, or wider war, in the Middle East.
The other Israel lobby
A new alliance, including financier George Soros and former Bill Clinton advisor Jeremy Ben-Ami, aims to take on the powerful lobbyist group AIPAC -- and reshape U.S. policy.
Nation building
Palestinian-American historian Rashid Khalidi explains why Palestinians have failed to create a nation and discusses the grave situation in the Middle East.
Salvaging Bush's Mideast disaster
The real "front line of the war on terror" is Palestine. By brokering a lasting peace, the U.S. can make up for Bush's colossal blunders.
Peace in the Mideast, via the Internet?
The Alliance of Civilizations asks for more cross-cultural dialogue. Is anyone listening?
Sex and suicide attacks
Are suicide bombers motivated by the promise of virgins in heaven? A provocative new film says yes.
West Bank beer fest
A Christian-Palestinian microbrewery is defying the hardships of occupation -- and perhaps Hamas' vision for an alcohol-free Islamic state.
Up against the wall
Israel continues building a mammoth barrier in the name of border security. Opponents charge that it's carving more land for Jewish settlements -- and assaulting Palestinians' human rights.
The neocons' next war
By secretly providing NSA intelligence to Israel and undermining the hapless Condi Rice, hardliners in the Bush administration are trying to widen the Middle East conflict to Iran and Syria, not stop it.
The view from there
One person in Tel Aviv, one point of view, one heartache, this week in Table Talk.
Brides of Palestine
Last week hundreds of Palestinian women formed a suicide bomb squad. Are female suicide bombers really different from males?
The Mideast death dance
Hamas and Hezbollah, Lebanon and Palestine, Syria and Iran, the U.S. and Israel: Unless these four pairs of actors turn away from their failed policies, the Middle East will sink further into violence and despair.
Women vow attacks inside Israel
Palestinian women form a female martyrs group.
The catastrophe that never ends
As 1.5 million Gazans suffer for one Israeli, Palestinians remember five July days in 1948 when they lost everything -- and the world didn't care.
Israel's failed-state strategy
Olmert's smashing of Gaza reveals his greatest fear: A viable Palestinian government he'd have to negotiate with.
Olmert's toughest test
The Gaza crisis is threatening the Israeli leader's domestic credibility -- and could short-circuit his West Bank withdrawal plan.
A veil of uncertainty
While some Arab women embrace the rise of Islamist political parties, others fear they could end up groaning under Taliban-like regimes.
The incredible shrinking U.S.
Despite the death of Zarqawi, Bush's huge gamble in Iraq has failed. As a result, the U.S. is weaker everywhere in the world -- and that's not all bad.
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