Palestine Think Tank

President Obama got the leaders of Israel and Palestine to shake hands this week. But a meeting in Midtown does not a Palestinian deal make. Here’s why.
By Zahi Khouri *
"Economic Peace Is Possible."
No. Neither sustainable economic development nor peace is possible without political freedom.
The idea of "economic peace" suggests an economic [...]

A draft of the Obama peace plan, which is expected to be released at the UN Assembly meeting in New York, or at the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, has surfaced.
The International Middle East Media Center's website leaked the alleged draft of Obama's peace plan given to them by Palestinian Legislator Hasan Khreisha. Khreisha added that [...]

Upon finding out that I am Palestinian, many people I meet at college in the United States are eager to inform me of various activities that they have participated in that promote "coexistence" and "dialogue" between both sides of the "conflict," no doubt expecting me to give a nod of approval. However, these efforts are [...]

By Dr. Elias Akleh
Young athletic Obama reflects active energy whether running up the ladder stairs into his Air Force One plane, or giving speeches, such as the song-and-dance so-called historic speech to the Islamic World in Cairo University last Thursday June 4th.
This was a very well written speech meant to touch the hearts of Muslims [...]

WRITTEN BY BAN SIDHE
I’m starting things off today with a post that can, and will, apply to Israel and Palestine one day in the future. What is the price for Peace, and when does the hatred die? Using the Irish Peace Process as an example.
As I check this morning’s news, the first thing I saw [...]

When the war gets tough, Israel brings out that magic word that they seem to have a unique understanding of: "peace / Shalom". That word which to any normal person means harmony, tolerance, end of violence and condemnation of destructive acts that cause suffering doesn't mean the same thing to the average Israeli, who is [...]

The undersigned, friends of Iraq from France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the United States of America, Egypt, Sweden and Iraq, organized in the International Anti-Occupation Network (IAON) and gathered in Le Feyt, France, from 25 to 27 August 2008, have adopted the following position and declaration reflecting our commitment to a true [...]

By Tommaso Di Francesco, translated by Diego Traversa
The diverging international reactions to former American President Jimmy Carter's initiative in the Palestinian Occupied Territories and the attention it is receiving from the Arab and Muslim world underscores a fact that has been ignored in Italy and Europe.
Indeed, what we're facing is the arrival at an original [...]