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Interview with Sari Nusseibeh
Plea for Radical Pragmatism
Sari Nusseibeh, a prominent Palestinian philosopher, says that the two-state solution is no longer viable. In this interview with Naima El Moussaoui, he argues that a single Jewish state on the whole territory in exchange for second-class Palestinian status could help move the situation out of gridlock
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Protests against the Palestinian Authority
''The People Want to Bring down Oslo''
Following a number of demonstrations in Ramallah, some of them brutally crushed by Palestinian police, the political future of occupied Palestinian territories is again thrown into question. By René Wildangel
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Interview with Mustafa Barghouti
''This Society Does Not Want Extremism''
The Arab Spring is having an affect on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. According to Mustafa Barghouti, a politician and civil liberties campaigner from Ramallah, it is also having an affect on internal Palestinian relations. He talked to Kersten Knipp
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Middle East Peace Process
Palestinian Unity Required to Move Forward
Palestinian analysts doubt that the recent deal between Fatah and Hamas will help overcome the Palestinian division. Still, people are demanding that both political camps put their differences aside and reach solutions. Bettina Marx reports
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Islamism and Politics in the Middle East
Is Hamas Reinventing Itself?
The signing of a new unity deal between Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's secular Fatah party earlier this month has heightened an unprecedented struggle within Hamas over its future course as an Islamist movement. By Michael Bröning
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Israeli Plans to Dismantle Solar Power Plants in the West Bank
Bulldozing German Development Aid
Solar and wind power plants built using German funds for Palestinian villages in the West Bank face an uncertain future. Israel says they are not authorised and wants them cleared. Report by Bettina Marx
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Interview with the Jewish Palestinian Politician Ilan Halevi
With One Foot in the UN
In this interview, Palestinian politician Ilan Halevi describes the hurdles that have to be overcome on the road to statehood and speaks of the rapprochement and the animosity between Fatah and Hamas. Igal Avidan spoke to him at a conference organised by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin
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Full UNESCO Membership for Palestine
A Small, Albeit Costly, Victory
Despite opposition from the US, Palestine has been accepted as a full member by UNESCO. On Monday, 107 members voted in favour, 14 voted against and 52 abstained. It was the right decision say Bettina Marx
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Interview with the Israeli Historian Moshe Zimmermann
''One Has to Be in Favour of the UN Resolution''
According to Moshe Zimmermann, the Israeli government is opposed to anything that could lead to the foundation of a Palestinian state. Susanne Knaul spoke to the historian