Israel: Love and Other Obstacles

Short video clips of protest in downtown Amman, Jordan, 28 January 2011.

Protest which began after Friday prayers at Al-Husseini mosque lasted about two hours and ended peacefully. Protests have now occurred on four successive Fridays in Amman and other parts of Jordan.

The neoconservatives told us that the road to Jerusalem lay through Baghdad.
...that creating democracy in Iraq would lead to a peace in Palestine.

The lessons from the Palestine Papers, from Iraq and Tunisia and Egypt according to Philip Weiss.

"What we see in Cairo is the destruction of American racist attitudes. A year or so back a Jewish friend said to me that if Jews could take on the Israel lobby and reform American foreign policy, it would be a model for human rights leadership across the world. And I agreed; and we are working at it."

And more of Maya's Zankoul's refreshing quirky voice to poke fun at our work routines...

In spite of the Palestine Papers and more deterrents to Peace, some Israelis and Palestinians still manage to find forbidden love. Dealing with a societal taboo and family disapproval to the max!

‘Bring home somebody who is a total loser, but don’t bring home an Arab.”