The banning of a Jewish festival this year in Egypt is wrong, both from a secular and religious perspective.
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The Holy Land is where Christmas began. But with the relative decline of Christianity there, does the yuletide still retain its spirit?
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an ‘freedom riders’ defiantly boarded a bus to Jerusalem. So is the next stop for the Palestinian struggle a mass civil rights movement?
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With the Palestinian bid to join the UN likely to get them nowhere, there is a more civil way out of the impasse that will give both Israelis and Palestinians what they want.
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As a rare Egyptian in Jerusalem, I have felt something akin to being a B-list celebrity.
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Recognising the good qualities of the other side can be a first step to healing Arab-Israeli wounds.
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It is high time for Israelis and Palestinians - with grassroots support from Egyptians - to unlock their latent people's power and forge a popular peace.
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Britain's former foreign minister David Miliband has high hopes for the Arab revolutions.
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Although it is called the 'House of Peace', Jerusalem’s reality is that of conflict and dwindling hope. But can this divided city ever live up to its name?
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Inspired by the Arab spring, a new generation of Palestinians plan to fight the occupation with olive branches.
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