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  • September 2008

    • Pop Culture Battles Fundamentalists in Gaza

      New York Times  |  Sep 7, 08 3:34 PM CDT

      Pop Culture Battles Fundamentalists in Gaza

      (Newser) - Culture is the quiet battleground in Gaza, where Jennifer Lopez pouts on CD covers beside religious paperbacks on store shelves, the New York Times reports. Combating daily food shortages and feeling isolated, Gazans escape with soap operas, sitcoms, and music—homegrown or imported from the West. But recent incidents—from a party host beaten for serving alcohol, to a theater director held at gunpoint—have heightened cultural tensions. More »

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      television  • Hamas  • Palestine  • Gaza  • Fatah  • culture  • culture wars  • Palestinian people  • Noor TV

    • Gaza Camps Offer Arts and Crafts, Not AK-47s

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Sep 4, 08 1:58 PM CDT

      Gaza Camps Offer Arts and Crafts, Not AK-47s

      (Newser) - The UN’s Relief and Works Agency is combating extremism in the Gaza Strip with some unconventional weapons: hula hoops, finger-painting, and sports, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The agency runs summer programs in 350 locations for Gaza’s youth in an attempt to counteract Hamas’ militant equivalent, where young Palestinians learn martial arts, train with fake weapons, and are taught religious intolerance. More »

  • August 2008

    • Olmert Proposes New West Bank, Gaza Borders

      Haaretz  |  Aug 12, 08 11:26 AM CDT

      Olmert Proposes New West Bank, Gaza Borders

      (Newser) - Ehud Olmert has presented Mahmoud Abbas with a plan to withdraw from most of the West Bank and all of the Gaza Strip once the Palestinian Authority retakes Gaza from Hamas. The centerpiece of the proposal is a new permanent border that would keep 7% of the West Bank in Israel in exchange for adding some territory to Gaza. Abbas immediately rejected the proposal because it doesn't create a contiguous Palestinian state, though it offers passage without checkpoints between the West Bank and Gaza. More »

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      Hamas  • Palestine  • Ehud Olmert  • Mahmoud Abbas  • Gaza  • Israel and Palestinians  • West Bank  • Fatah  • border dispute  • Palestinian statehood

    • Palestinians Forced to Spy for Medical Care

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 4, 08 9:09 AM CDT

      Palestinians Forced to Spy for Medical Care

      (Newser) - Israeli authorities are coercing sick Palestinians into spying on their communities in Gaza, according to a report by an Israeli human rights group. Israel's secret police are telling Gazans seeking entry into the country for vital medical care that they must become informants or they won't be allowed in, reports the Guardian. Thirty ailing Palestinians submitted testimony detailing their interrogations. More »

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      Israel  • Palestine  • Gaza  • Israel and Palestinians  • spying  • medical treatment  • collaboration

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • US Axes Fulbrights for 8 Palestinians

      New York Times  |  May 30, 08 6:17 AM CDT

      US Axes Fulbrights for 8 Palestinians

      (Newser) - Eight Palestinians have had their Fulbright scholarships taken away because Israel won't grant them visas to leave the Gaza Strip, reports the New York Times. Israel has isolated Gaza since Hamas took control of the territory last year. The State Department has allocated the prestigious scholarships to students the West Bank instead, to avoid losing them, the AP reports, and the Gaza students have been advised to apply again next year. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Gaza  • State Department  • university  • Palestinians  • scholarship  • scholar