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Podcast: Concrete canvas on the West Bank wall

By Khaled Diab Like the Berlin Wall and other political barriers, the Israeli wall has witnessed an explosion of protest art

Binyamin Netanyahu and Israel’s six-state reality

Netanyahu must dismantle the six states within a state Israel has created and grant every Arab and Jew full equality.

Netanyahu and the Middle East: The risky business of “business as usual”

The “business as usual” re-election promises of Binyamin Netanyahu. But this is an extremely risky venture on the Iranian-Israeli and Israeli-Palestinian fronts.

The ‘non-state solution’ to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

With the two-state solution relegated to the dustbin of history, the time has arrived to consider equal citizenship for Palestinians and Israelis.

School resumes with tough lessons for Bedouin kids

With their school slated for demolition, the children of Khan al-Ahmar wonder whether Israel believes that Bedouins do not deserve an education.

Nomad with nowhere to go [Video]

Salama is young, unemployed and so cut off by Israeli settlements that he has almost nowhere to go and no friends to hang out with except his brother.

Peace in New Canaan

As Israeli-Palestinian peace talks fail again, it is time to build a New Canaan of diversity, tolerance and peace based on reimagined identities.

Hebron settlers: The art of peace

The settlers in Hebron are widely regarded as the enemies of peace. That’s why I, as an Egyptian, decided it was essential to get to know them.

Israeli freedom riders must get on the peace bus

Following the successful Palestinian ‘freedom rides’, it’s time for Israeli ‘freedom riders’ to cross the barriers between the two peoples.

Avoiding the ultimate price tag in Israel

With the rise in Jewish fanaticism, Israelis are faced with a paradox: peace with the Palestinians could stoke conflict within their own ranks but avoiding full-blown civil war requires an end to the occupation.