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Unattainable peace in Palestine-Israel

Unattainable peace…
US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman, Jordan, on Friday, June 28, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
By JAMAL KANJ
 
BUT for the chap from Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza who emerged earlier this week as the winner of the “Arab Idol,” the news from Palestine is grim.

Archbishop of Canterbury’s false start in Holy Land

Long-suffering Gaza and Bethlehem communities ignored – “no effort to go to the heart of the issues”

 
 by Stuart Littlewood
(London) Before he left for the Holy Land I telephoned Justin Welby’s office for details of his first visit as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, only to be told none were available in advance.  So I emailed a list of questions….
 

Brzezinski: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, their western allies orchestrated Syria crisis

The New York Times said in a recent report the CIA was cooperating with Turkey and a number of other regional governments to supply arms to militants fighting the government in Syria.” .
Former US national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski
 
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former White House national-security adviser under Jimmy Carter and now a counselor and trustee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a senior research professor at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Editor