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Fake Lens Glasses by Ido Cohen, Israel

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Ten years ago, my life changed. Bus number 37 exploded in Haifa, Israel. Three kids from my school died. If it wasn’t for a school trip that was randomly planned that day, I would have been on that bus. Bus number 37 is the bus I use to take home. I was leaving my school […]
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Unfair Game by Mohammed Zeidan, Palestine

Author: Mohammed Zeidan
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The first time I saw the Yala Young Leaders Facebook page and their online university, I said to myself: “This is strange! What are these people trying to do?” Most people, on both sides of the conflict tend to think that peace and dialogue cannot happen. The circle of violence is simply going on and […]
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Being Mandela by Sarah Perle, Israel

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Have you ever looked at pictures of Nelson Mandela when he was young? At this moment, I am looking at a black and white photograph of a 19 year old man leaning casually against a wall. His arms are crossed on his chest and he stands straight, bearing a strong and decided expression. His eyes […]
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Of Cheese and Coexistence By Shlomzion Sasha Clarfield, Israel

Author: Sasha Clarfield
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“Excuse me, can you translate the name of this cheese?” a tall man standing in front of the dairy section asked me. I looked at the two packages he was holding, they both were 16% fat but had different names printed on the packages in Hebrew. “I don’t know the exact difference” I replied, “but […]
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A city of walls by Naima Nas, Egypt

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Never in my wildest dream would I have ever imagined that one day I would be walking on the beach of Tel Aviv. Never, in an even wilder dream, would I have conceived of an Arabic picnic all around me. The unmistakable aroma of home-made kebabs sizzling over tens of portable barbeques every 50 meters […]
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Gaza….. I am free! by Feris Khder, Palestine

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Looking at Gaza from the window of life, life in Gaza doesn’t help, serve, or support a free-man. Life in Gaza doesn’t know the rule of law, and it doesn’t add anything at all to positivity, rather it breaks everything within the gloomy view of life. This is reality in the Gaza Strip after it […]
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What I Didn’t Find in Jordan by Ido Cohen, Israel

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In 2003, Joseph C. Wilson wrote an op-ed called “what I didn’t find in Africa” about the Bush administration manipulation. He stated that the administration forged Saddam Hussein’s weapons programs to justify an invasion of Iraq. This op-ed will not be as dramatic but hopefully it will raise the same amount of questions. Take 30 Palestinians, 30 […]
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An Open Letter to My Fellow Friends for Peace by Henriette Chacar, Israel

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A solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict exists. It’s there – It’s been there for quite a long time now. It’s been introduced in several versions, at different points in time, by alternating figures. But the outline is known: Two states, with Jerusalem as the capital; 67 borders with possible land swaps; and no return of […]
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Alternative Reality by Udi Goren, Israel

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It took me a few days, but just now I’m able to process what I’ve been through this past weekend. Those were some of the most intense days of my life- emotionally, ideologically and existentially. A group of 120 young people from throughout the Middle East gathered in Jordan, all of which have one thing […]
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A Letter to the Leaders Before I Join the “Skeptics” Club By Rania Fadel, Israel

Author: Rania Fadel
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Dear Leaders, We call on you to achieve a peace agreement. We need it. We can’t continue living in such a situation where our present, our future and our resources are stolen from us by endless conflict that brings all of us only damage and suffering. This is the time. This is your chance to […]
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Indecison 2013 By Nimrod Ben Ze’ev, Israel

Author: Ben Ze'ev
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So, let me get this straight- Up until two days ago we were decrying the fact that the world is silent about Syria (it wasn’t “silent” per say, it was pumping weapons in from day one pretty much), and now that there are strong indications that the world is going to intervene, we decry the […]
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Will All the Real Moderates Please Stand Up? By Tiffany Harris, Israel

Author: Tiffany Harris
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I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with Israeli and Arab moderates. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the great stumbling block in his stride toward peace is not hardline settlers, those who oppose a peaceful solution, or fanatical Islamists; it is the Arab and Israeli moderates, who is more devoted to the status […]
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The Snake and the Ladder- Part 2 By Ahmed Jenin, Palestine

Author: Ahmed Jenin
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After writing the first part of this article, which was published about two months ago, I was hesitating a lot to continue writing the second part for a number of reasons- the most important reason being that I do not want to frustrate everyone, by again talking about a loss of hope for a better […]
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Watermelon with Cheese

Author: Rafaela Barkay, Brazil
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I am on my flight back home, and to distract the tears that insist on running, I decided to write. I should have delivered my last blog some time ago, but the immersion in so varied and deep experiences prevented me from doing it. I was born in Israel, raised in Brazil, and for many […]
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A Jew in a Foreign Land

Author: Yael Mizrahi, Israel
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Having been raised as a religious Jew in the United States, my support for Israel is a given. After having lived in Israel for six years, my understanding of Israel’s position has surely undergone a fundamental transition, in part due to the basic process of maturation, as well as a few eye-opening experiences. I would […]
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Playing Hide & Seek

Author: Henriette Chacar, Israel
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Upon asking people what superpower they would most like to possess, one of the most popular answers is the ability to become invisible. In Israel, 20.7% of the population is invisible; we are the Israeli-Palestinians: Israeli citizens of Palestinian descent, living within the 1967 borders. In that case, invisibility is not what makes us omnipotent, […]
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G-d Created Me Too!

Author: Sarah Perle, Israel
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“Friends are the family you choose.” We all know this sentence. And it could go on like this: and the Family you didn’t choose are not necessarily your friends but sadly you’re stuck with them. Being stuck in a room with people you don’t have any thing in common with but a great grandfather, can […]
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One Cannot Start Speaking About the Middle East…

Author: Tom Dolev, Israel
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One cannot start speaking about the Middle East, and even more so about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, without dissatisfying various groups with various opinions and various claims on the truth, on justice and on suffering, often contradicting. This is all the more true if this specific one is a Jew from Israel, who might even seem […]
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My Body is None of Your Business

Author: Ranya Fadel, Israel
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I hesitated a lot before writing this blog since I thought it might be considered offensive to some of the religious people whom I respect; but at the end I decided to write it nonetheless. I have a very good friend; she is very beautiful, educated and super smart. A while ago, I had a […]
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A Leftist Under Fire

Author: Nufar Levy, Israel
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On Wednesday November 14th afternoon, while I was studying in the library of Ben-Gurion University in the city of Be’er-Sheva, it all started. The news quickly spread through the study lounge- “the IDF killed the chief of staff of Hamas in Gaza, we’re gonna get it hard this time”. People began to leave the building. The […]
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