Are New Middle East Peace Talks The Usual Pipe Dream?
My piece on the peace process between Palestine and Israel. Read the article here. As published on Aslan Media July 16, 2013
My piece on the peace process between Palestine and Israel. Read the article here. As published on Aslan Media July 16, 2013
I’m just returning back from J-Street U’s West Coast conference here at Occidental College, and feel reminded of the struggles that lay ahead of the two-state movement in Israel and […]
It is a political statement, says D.K. Row of the Oregonian. A replica of Israel’s facility prison with a shadow that follows the same course the shadow at this facility […]
Yesterday, December 27 marked the one year anniversary of the Israeli assault on Gaza. Following 150 rockets sent by Hamas into Israel, killing 2 Israelis, Israel invaded Gaza in a […]
They’ve said that Netanyahu has “closed the door” on any peace proccess between the Palestinians and Israelis. On a post written by Marcy Newman, she settle Netanyahu’s 4 “no’s”: 1. […]
I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt’s advancement. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. I am grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum.
We meet at a time of tension between the United States and Muslims around the world – tension rooted in historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate. The relationship between Islam and the West includes centuries of co-existence and cooperation, but also conflict and religious wars. More recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations. Moreover, the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam…..