Posted in Jerusalem, Media, Middle East, Palestinian Authority, Peace Talks, Politics, Ramallah, Refugees/Refugee Camps, Settlements, The Wall, Uncategorized, United States on Sep 27th, 2011
Last Friday, September 23, people crammed into Ramallah’s Clock Square to listen live to Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority (PA), speak at the United Nations. Abbas presented his case for Palestine’s admission to the UN as the world’s 194th country. Throughout the speech, the crowd erupted in applause numerous times and long [...]
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Last night I went bowling at a new bowling alley that just opened up here in Ramallah. The alley is part of a cafe in a new fancy hotel, which includes couches in front of plasma TVs hooked up to PlayStations and billiard tables. On Thursday night my friends and I went to the opening [...]
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Just last week, Israel and the Palestinians agreed to resume indirect “peace” negotiations. Even before these talks began, the thought of George Mitchell (U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East) shuttling messages between Ramallah and Jerusalem was a distant image in the rearview mirror of Vice President Joe Biden’s car, as he traveled to Ben [...]
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