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BEYOND THE RHETORIC: THE HUMAN IMPACT OF SETTLEMENTS
SEP 29, 2010
 Posted by Cynthia Schneider
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Co-Author: Sam Schneider Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas faces an impossible choice: walk out of the talks with Israel and the chance for a peaceful two state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli crisis, or accept the continuation of illegal Israeli settlements eroding even further Palestinian land in the West Bank. The resumption of settlement activity contradicts the very purpose of the talks for Palestinians: to end the state of occupation by Israel in their land. The innocuous name “West Bank” conveys little of the reality that these are the Occupied Territories. What do the settlements mean in terms of daily life? The…... Full Text
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SHANGHAI’D, OR THE USA PAVILION AS A CORPORATE THEME PARK
JUN 8, 2010
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Co-author: Hailey Woldt Let’s begin with the positive: the United States is present at the World Expo in Shanghai. The Secretary of State deserves praise for making this possible, by launching an eleventh hour fundraising drive, after the previous administration had done virtually nothing (besides rejecting a proposal that included Frank Gehry as architect). The Chinese cared enough about the U.S. presence to have contributed both public and private funds to guarantee that the U.S. showed up for Expo Shanghai 2010. In this age of globalization and social networking, a World Expo might seem a quaint throwback to a bygone…... Full Text
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THE OTHER PAKISTAN
SEP 17, 2009
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Salman Ahmad, Pakistani rock musician and founder of the popular band Junoon (as well as doctor, author, and film maker) explained last Saturday night to the standing room only crowd in the General Assembly of the United Nations that it was the video which pushed him into action. The video, of two men holding down a teenage girl while another beat her, sent by a friend from Pakistan, prompted Ahmad to fly to Pakistan from New York, his adopted home, to find the answer to the question that was tormenting him: "Which was the real Pakistan?" Was it the country…... Full Text
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“A NEW WAY FORWARD” IN DOHA: LISTEN TO THE ARTISTS
MAR 13, 2009
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Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s speech at the opening of the U.S-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar (February, 2009) was interrupted with applause as the audience heard something unusual – at least in the last eight years: a firm criticism of U.S. government policy by a respected opinion leader from America. General Petraeus, sitting onstage on the same panel, listened politely as former Secretary Albright enumerated the shortcomings of the war and reconstruction in Iraq. Neither Secretary Albright nor General Petraeus made declarations about civil rights or democracy. Rather, and more importantly, they showed the reality of a society…... Full Text
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