Israel will remain skeptical of passive peace facilitators

As the negative hyperbole that greeted U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement about recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital subsides, Canada has an opportunity to play a constructive role in helping to reset the international agenda.

YOUR DAILY SPIEL FOR Tuesday, July 11

Israel’s Labour party elects a new leader, rabbis in Canada make Israel’s Chief Rabbinate’s “blacklist” and American and Palestinian representatives sit down to discuss peace.

Rawabi: shining city on a hill

The first planned Palestinian city, Rawabi literally means “hills,” and the city perches on a hilltop in the West Bank, close to Jerusalem and Ramallah

This Israeli and Palestinian duo own Berlin’s hippest hummus joint

BERLIN – In a corner of former East Berlin, where shabby, red brick buildings meet cobblestone streets, lies a new Promised Land. Kanaan — a casual, vegetarian Middle Eastern restaurant named for the biblical lands before they were conquered by the Israelites — is something of a dream come true. And that’s not just because its hummus is “oh yes,” as […]

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