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Rumors of a prisoner swap deal involving Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit held captive by Hamas for three years are swirling in the Middle East. But so too are rumors that imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti will be included. Analyst Reva Bhalla says Barghouti s release seems doubtful.

Reverend Doctor Denise Yarbrough is the Interreligious Officer for the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, New York, and a teacher of Interfaith Studies at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. In July of last year, she was part of a delegation that traveled to Israel and the Palestine under the sponsorship of Interfaith Peace Builders and the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. There, she spent much time in the West Bank and in Palestinian sections of Israel itself, speaking with both Palestinian and Israeli human rights and peace activists.read more

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Reverend Doctor Denise Yarbrough is the Interreligious Officer for the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, New York, and a teacher of Interfaith Studies at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. In July of last year, she was part of a delegation that traveled to Israel and the Palestine under the sponsorship of Interfaith Peace Builders and the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. There, she spent much time in the West Bank and in Palestinian sections of Israel itself, speaking with both Palestinian and Israeli human rights and peace activists.read more

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/22/Excavating_Memory_in_Jerusalem Saree Makdisi, author of Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, argues that one ulterior motive for Israel's separation barriers is to "render Palestinians invisible to Jewish colonists." Makdisi shows photos demonstrating how Israel attempts to disguise the walls. ----- In 2004, construction began in Jerusalem on the local branch of the Los Angeles-based Museum of Tolerance, designed by the leading American architect, Frank Gehry. The museum is now being built over the remains of what had been the largest and most important Muslim cemetery in Palestine, which had been in continual use from the time of the Crusades up until 1948. The clash between the two competing claims to the same site offers a paradigmatic case to explore and rethink the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, since all of the elements of the larger conflict are also in play in the struggle over this specific site. - Australian Broadcasting Corporation Professor Saree Makdisi is a professor of English Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of several books on British Romanticism, his area of expertise. He also writes on contemporary Arab politics and culture. Makdisi is the nephew of the late Edward Said and the grandson of Anis Makdisi, a distinguished professor of Arabic at the American University of Beirut. Widely published in his academic area, Makdisi has also written many commentaries on Palestine for publications such as the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Houston Chronicle, London Review of Books and the San Francisco Chronicle. In 2008, Makdisi published his book Palestine Inside Out: Everyday Occupation. The book combines the personal experiences of daily life under occupation with an analysis of how the occupation functions as a whole.

(Global Pulse: November 11, 2009) Many walls stand around the world, even as Germany celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Berlin wall coming down. As most media focused on the anniversary celebrations, others tied the plight of Koreans and Palestinians, who are still separated by walls, to the festivities. When trying to keep the peace, are walls ever a good idea?SOURCES: RT, Russia; Deutsche Welle, Germany; TV5, France; ABC, U.S., FOX News U.S; Al Jazeera English, Qatar; BBC, U.K; SABC, South Africa; CCTV, China; Press TV, Iran

curt documental "Nablus Humanitarian Army" que enregistrarem mentre treballavem amb l'ISM a aquesta ciutat de Cisjord nia... podreu vore els efectes de l'ocupaci militar israeliana en la vida quotidiana dels palestins (controls militars, ocupaci de cases, incursions i tocs de queda...)

Every morning Palestinian workers queue to cross the Gilo checkpoint into Jerusalem. For story links and more info visit http://www.rocketboom.com/rb_09_jan_08/ Distributed by Tubemogul.

In the Occupied Territories of the West Bank, barriers to communication inevitably mean barriers to peace.