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<p>I've been thinking a lot about courage. See that fresh-faced, bold young woman on the right? Her name is Raz Bar-David Varon. She's an 18-year-old Israeli who just graduated from 12th grade. ...

The Editors When President Bush leaves office in January, he’ll take with him the cadre of neo-cons who shaped the administration’s foreig ...

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In October I spent a week in Amman, Jordan, listening to Arab Christians from Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon, and Egypt. In October I spent a week in Amman, Jordan, listening to Arab Ch ...

A curious thing has happened as Americans were choosing their first black president. Democracy suddenly ceased to be a bad word for many genuine democrats in the Middle East.</p> ...

On March 19, Israeli forces rounded up Assad Salach and his sons, Fahmi and Salach, and Assad's brother Sa'id and his son Ghassan -- along with more than 300 men age 16 and above -- along its north ...

<p>I arrived in the West Bank the afternoon of Saturday, June 7, and hit the ground running. The next morning we starting filming for <a href="http://thispalestinianlife.blogspot.com">a f ...

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Rose Marie Berger An interview with Palestinian leader Hanan Ashrawi on feminism, faith, and the future of the Palestinian cause. ...

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Rose Marie Berger Kate Bowman For years activists have called attention to the plight o ...

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Jim Wallis My wife, Joy, my son, Luke, and I had dinner recently with our friend Michael Lerner and his wife, Debora, in their Berkeley, C ...

Jim Wallis You wouldn't know it from media reports, but there's a hopeful movement being born in the Middle East—interfaith, roo ...

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Tom Getman Why 'Holy Land Tours' miss the real story Why don't most Christian visitors to Israe ...

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Neve Gordon Jerusalem's 'Sanctity' must be built on justice Upon his return from Camp David in ...

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Jeffrey Louden A Palestinian Christian theology. The Daher family has cultivated olives, fruit, a ...