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Another Kind of Israel – Palestinian Tourism

by Khaled Abu Toameh As most Arab countries continue to impose severe travel restrictions on Palestinians, Israel authorities announced this week that tens of thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank territories would be granted permits to visit Israel as tourists by the end of 2011.

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Museum of Banking and Nostalgia of Tel Aviv

By Steve Ornstein. This 102 year old building on the corner of Lillenbloom and Hertzl Streets in Tel Aviv houses the current Museum of Banking and Nostalgia. It is the old Discount Bank building renovated and now displays a variety of  documents, including the papers signed by the Oslo group on the peace accords. Besides the photos taken  we also have  a few videos uploaded on the history of banking in Tel Aviv shown at the Museum.

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Love as the Foundation of Life

By . The previous three biblical portions (parshiot) are related because every event is the consequence of the preceding.

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Review of Benard Lewis’s New Book – The End of Modern History in the Middle East

Reviewed by Asaf Romirowsky ASMEA Book Notes The eminent doyen of Middle East Studies Bernard Lewis who recently turned 95 has been writing history books since before World War II and, of late, has been serving as the chairman of the recently founded Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) 

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Impact on the Arab-Israeli Peace Prospects – The Middle East Turmoil

An analysis of the Middle East uprisings and it’s impact on the “peace process” and the two state solution. By Professor (Emiritus) F. M. Loewenberg; Bar Ilan University. Thanks to Israel Resource Review and David Bedein for this report.

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Background and Analysis Regarding Knesset – Anti-Boycott Law

By NGO Monitor1) Overview 2) Translation of Bill 3) Media Coverage 4) Further Analysis

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