Stirring the Hornets Nest

Click here (Ynetnews) to learn about possible repercussions of this week's Muslim protests for Jerusalem...

Is the Holy City fated to be a magnet for such disputes? Justifiably so, or not?

Zionism Puts Down Roots

Click on the links below (YouTube) to continue viewing a short history about early Zionism in the land of Palestine...

Part 3 (Great War & End of Ottoman Empire)
Part 4 (The British Mandate)

Spring in Palestine?

Click here (NewYorkTimes) to read about recent and ongoing violence in the West Bank (also check out this photo-blog @NBC)...

How does this differ from the 'usual' history of violence in Israel/Palestine? Where do you imagine it might lead? Has the spirit of the Arab Spring arrived in the Levant? If so, what are its prospects?

Not Enough Shekels

Click here (Examiner) to learn about a newly issued United Nations report detailing the economic and social challenges facing the residents of the Palestinian Territories...

Do you think greater economic prosperity might lead to greater political stability with Israel? Why or why not?

Unconventional?

What happened in Charlotte this week with the Democrats and Jerusalem? (which both Israelis and Palestinians claim as their rightful capitol)

Click here (FoxNews) for a take from the right.
Click here (MSNBC > thinkprogress) for a view from the left.

Your thoughts about this affair? Is it a tempest in a teapot? Or something more?

Roots of the Disputes

Click on the links below (YouTube) for succinct and informative overviews of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict's origins and early years...

Part 1 (Antisemitism and Zionism)
Part 2 (Palestine and the Ottomans)

What are your thoughts/reactions about these videos? Do you think they are reasonably objective? Why or why not?

Entering the Conflict's Second Century

Click here (Economist 1/09)...


Will it ever end? Can it? What are your initial thoughts/opinions?