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- Yonatan Mendel: Diary
A year ago I applied for the job of Occupied Territories correspondent at Ma’ariv, an Israeli newspaper. I speak Arabic and have taught in Palestinian schools and taken part in many joint Jewish-Palestinian projects. At my interview the boss asked how I could possibly be objective. I had spent too much time with Palestinians; I [...]
- A Little Restraint?
It’s almost impossible to comprehend the hypocrisy behind American actions in the Middle-East. U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice—a woman whose grasp of Middle-Eastern issues was made acutely apparent during Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon in 2006 (birth pangs, remember?)—recently appealed to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on behalf of the Palestinian civilians currently being bombed [...]
- Demonstration Held in Gaza Against the Siege
Israel issued a warning to Hamas on Sunday that the organization would be responsible for any injuries or deaths resulting from a mass demonstration against the blockade of Gaza held yesterday. If necessary, IDF artillery will fire warning shots at open areas, and should the protestors continue their advance, troops will employ riot dispersal methods. [...]
- Narratives Under Siege: Hassan Sheikh Hijazi Flower Farm
When Hassan Sheikh Hijazi first opened his flower farm in 1991, it flourished. “We had a very good family business,” he says. “We exported hundreds of thousands of flowers to Holland – and from there our flowers were sold across Europe. The traders knew our flowers were good quality – and Gaza was open for [...]
- WordPress Doesn’t Work With Windows!
Yes, that’s right… My MYSQL database was recently switched from Linux to Windows, at which point harmonicminor.com ceased functioning. After several weeks of aimlessly messing around with it, in the end I was told that WordPress does not work on Windows servers. So, we moved back to Linux and that was that. Everything should be [...]
