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Palestine`s Story is Complex and Needs to be Heard

Israel imposes a siege on Gaza, the narrow strip of land where 1.6 million Palestinians “live” – they are actually held prisoner.

(RICHMOND) - My friend Leon Goodman apparently believes Israel is the victim of Palestinian aggression (“Driver Misrepresents Syria,” South County Independent, July 19).

Professor Goodman knows little about Palestine, and I can’t blame him. The U.S. media tells little.

Rwanda Peoples Party Seeks Assistance from Museveni of Uganda

This document does not reflect the support of this party by neither the publication nor the journalist.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Rwanda People Party (RPP) has written a letter to Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni seeking to gain his influence with President Paul Kagame of Rwanda in order to gain peace talks with opposition groups in the diaspora.

The resilient and beautiful people of Rwanda deserve to be aware of all activities that opposition groups are engaging in.

Oh, this Stunning Moment
Truth and Love to the Nth Power

We are at a stunning moment in human history. Gandhi gave us the direction.

(BATON ROUGE, LA) - People talk about this time as a period of great awakening, a spiritual shift for humanity that will change everything, if we can only achieve it.

What does that mean? What is supposed to shift in us? Perhaps Gandhi comes closest to pointing us toward our awakening.

`Freedom Lies in Being Bold`

Jennifer Fierberg interviews Deo Lukyamuzi with the The United Democratic Forces of Rwanda.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In this interview, Deo Lukyamuzi with The United Democratic Forces of Rwanda, reveals his party's plans for a free and peaceful Rwanda.

He also discusses Victoire Ingabire; an opposition leader who Rwanda jailed.

Letter from the Prime Minister of Hamas, to the Manning Peace Camp at the Democratic Party Convention

Palestinians hail all those courageous truth-tellers and activists everywhere who have shattered the veil of secrecy, for making information public at terrible risk...

(GAZA CITY) - I wish that I could be with you today to read these words to you myself, but obviously I cannot, as I remain unwelcome in the United States.

Instead I have asked my friend of many years Stanley Cohen to deliver this message of solidarity on my behalf.

Interfaith Freedom March/Dialogue, November West Bank, Jerusalem

It’s time we all do something about it, in an effective, non-violent way.

(BETHLEHEM) - My friends, it’s no longer possible to say, “Ah, that’s the other side of the World, what does this place have to do with me, my family, my world….”.

The people in the Holy Land, Muslims, Jews and Christians alike, are enshrouded by deep suffering, terrible restrictions on freedoms, limitation of circulation, restricted access, unfair confiscation of land, etc.

An Integrated Strategy to Fight for Human Survival

Have you read any good news lately?

(BLACKBURN, Victoria, Aust) - In a recent article - ‘The Global 1%: Exposing the Transnational Ruling Class’ - the authors identify the global power elite and explain the ways in which this elite acts to maximise their own private gains at the expense of the 99%.

Moreover, they demonstrate how the US/NATO military-industrial-media empire operates in service of this transnational corporate elite.

NAM, The World`s Next Major Decision Maker?

Interview with Gholamali Khoshroo: Senior Editor of the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Islam

(TEHRAN Iran Review) - As we move closer to the 16th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Tehran, some more serious and insightful discussions on position and nature of the movement are generated by political analysts.

Some critics believe that the non-aligned movement has lost its essential efficiency, because the initial ideologies on which the movement had been established in 1961 are not available anymore.

What Does `Dialogue` Do for Peace Among Israelis and Palestinians?

“Dialogue groups place Palestinians in a position where, in order to share their experience with Israelis, they are compelled to acquiesce to a distorted reality. If they refuse, they are perceived as... disinterested in peace.”

(SALEM) - A couple of years ago, a secular Israeli High School refused to allow its students to form an Israel-Palestine dialogue group.

Reports indicated that the school’s principal was concerned participation would reduce the rate of students serving in the Israeli Defense Forces.

From The Inside Out: Reconciliation Is More Than Possible

The military conflict is over, but does building relations between Sri Lanka’s ethnicities need to be made a priority?

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - What’s in a name?

We chose our name ‘Voices for Reconciliation’ after much deliberation, because we felt it went to the heart of our aims: the creation of a safe space for the sharing of different viewpoints, to encourage constructive and collaborative dialogue through which people could understand each other better.