Posts Tagged ‘arab’

Three State Solution – Israel, Gaza, West Bank

It’s always gratifying and refreshing to hear Arab pundits and experts admit the cracks in their political foundation.
The whole world it seems would be a much better place if Israel and the Palestinians could just get along.  The western world, led by US President Obama, believes that the two-state solution would be the best way [...]

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Arab Serial Killer Caught

Update:  The girlfriend pictured below is now a suspect in being present at at least two of the murders.
Adwan Yahiya Farhan, 34, has confessed to the murder of Israeli-American Dana Benet, and at least two other murders over the past decade.  He is a an Israeli-Arab, whom his family claims is a “serial killer”.
The [...]

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40% of Israeli Arabs believe Holocaust never happened

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1086115.html
This headline would come as a shocker in any other country, in any other context, in any other time.
However, here in Israel in 2009, I was only surprised that the percentage was less than half.

The survey shows that Holocaust denial among Israeli Arabs has become more prevalent in recent years. In 2006, 28 percent of [...]

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Listen to Israel Radio on the Internet

I remember as a kid in Chicago how I used to walk around the house (and neighborhood) and try to find the best spot for reception on my shortwave radio. In those days, tuning in to Israel Radio was like catching an ephemeral glimpse of far away land.  At 4pm in the afternoon, [...]

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Kefiyah / Keffiyeh – Arab Headress in many styles

The Arabs in Jerusalem can be seen wearing many different head dress styles. The keffiyeh means “kerchief” or scarf in English.
Many Palestinian men and women wear keffiyeh of cotton and wool mix, which lets them dry quickly and help keep the head warm in winter. The keffiyeh is usually folded in half, into a triangle, [...]

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