The New York Times (2012)
Overview of Jerusalem as it pertains to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Residents, experts, and notable figures
are interviewed. (8:08) Read More >
Hagit Ofran is Director of the Israeli Peace Now movement;s Settlement Watch Project. (7/19/11) There is a
sense of outrage within the Israeli public following the passing of "the boycott law" in the Knesset last week. The law
allows any individual or institution who faces possible damage as a result of any person's call for boycott settlement
products to sue that person. Evidence of actual damage will not be required. Organizations calling for such boycott
could lose their legal standing as non profit organization.
Americans for Peace Now (2011)
APN's honest assessment of the "defensibility" of borders based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed upon land
swaps. PDF >
Zogby International / Arab American Institute Foundation (July 2011)
Finds that President Obama is seen overwhelmingly as failing to meet the expectations of Arabs set during his 2009
Cairo speech speech, and the vast majority of those surveyed disagree with U.S policies. In five out of the six
countries surveyed, the U.S. was viewed less favorably than Turkey, China, France--or Iran. The countries surveyed
viewed "U.S. interference in the Arab world" as the greatest obstacle to peace and stability in the Middle East,
second only to the continued Palestinian occupation. Read More >
Daniel Levy / The Harvard International Review (June 2011)
Examination of the history of the conflict as it relates to borders. Questions of how and to what extent are
borders an integral aspect of the conflict, and how central the border issue should be to peace efforts, are also
addressed. Read More
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60 Minutes (2011)
Lesley Stahl reports from under the city of Jerusalem from a controversial archeological dig that has become a
flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (13:40) Watch >
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly (2011)
Violence in Jerusalem is no surprise, says author James Carroll, "because that's the human story. The great thing
about Jerusalem is it's a place where the human story gets transcended." (14:38) Watch >
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B'Tselem (May 2011)
Study of the various means Israel uses to ensure its control of the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea area:
the land, the water sources, the tourist sites, and the natural resources.
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The Saban Center for Middle East Policy (May 2011)
Results of a simulation held by the Brookings Institution to test the resilience of a hypothetical agreement
between Israelis and Palestinians on the issues of borders and security. Kenneth M. Pollack analyzes the
simulation's implications for an Israeli-Palestinian border and security agreement. Read More
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