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Thank you, Russian immigrant to Israel, for Nakba Day

If I had Alex Miller's ear, I would suggest that on this Nakba Day, there is a Jerusalem physician in exile in America, who has something that Miller needs to hear

The Lessons of the Nakba

I do not need anyone to teach me about the Palestinian Nakba. It is the defining moment of my existence. I do not need anyone to lecture me about it either.

Netanyahu to convene special meeting to discuss bill legalizing Ulpana outpost

The Ulpana outpost was scheduled to be razed by July 1 on the grounds that the structures are built on private Palestinian land

Model West Bank City Loses a Crime Fighter

Brig. Gen. Radi Assidi: "law and order started in Jenin so any lawlessness that starts in Jenin could spread throughout the West Bank”

PM Fayyad: Palestinians isolated and short of funds

"There is an issue of survivability of the Palestinian Authority given the acute financial crisis we are going through"

We Need to Talk

Ziad Asali has proven that Palestinian-Americans can work within the system as first-class American citizens and Washington has paid attention

ATFP Resources on Palestinian State and Institution Building
ATFP's unique collection of online resources on Palestinian state and institution building, including hundreds of relevant documents

Ailing Palestinian Hospital Awaits Cash Infusion
May 16, 2012

With PA subsidies being held back, Jerusalem’s Al-Makassed can’t pay staff

UCLA’s “one state or two” debate
May 16, 2012

“I wanted to exercise a radical dystopian imaginative leap of that kind, if I wanted to be a Hieronymus Bosch of Israel and the Palestinians, sure, I can arrive at your conclusion after all this horror."