To visit Palestinian-controlled areas, some foreign nationals need military entry permit that Israel doesn't explain how to get.
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Amira Hass is the Haaretz correspondent for the Occupied Territories.
Born in Jerusalem in 1956, Hass joined Haaretz in 1989, and has been in her current position since 1993. As the correspondent for the territories, she spent three years living in Gaza, which served of the basis for her widely acclaimed book, "Drinking the Sea at Gaza." She has lived in the West Bank city of Ramallah since 1997.
Hass is also the author of two other books, both of which are compilations of her articles.
To visit Palestinian-controlled areas, some foreign nationals need military entry permit that Israel doesn't explain how to get.
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A new Palestinian initiative seeks to revive the PLO's old-time strategy, abandoned following the Oslo Accords. It includes Israel's Jewish population, but without calling them by name.
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New initiative would allow Palestinian refugees the right of return to 'a state of all its citizens.'
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Bedouin say plan would merge different tribes, which clashes with their tradition; Israel has already shelved plan due to settler opposition, Maariv reports.
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A Yiddish children’s song evokes the huge gap between the legacy of East European Jews and current sentiment in Israel.
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The High Court of Justice will deliberate in May over the request of the resident’s family to appeal a court order of eviction from their apartment so that it can be repossessed by the heirs of the pre-1948 Jewish owner.
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One Palestinian prisoner writes that the bravery in the Oscar-nominated documentary, denounced by the Israeli government as slander, affected even militant inmates, suggesting they could benefit from exposure to nonviolent literature.
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According to a British researcher, the work of the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee reflects another example of Israel's ability to coerce and restrict the Palestinian population.
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A prisoner who suffered serious injury 18 months ago, which he alleges was caused by torture, files a High Court petition asking that the military prosecution open a case against investigators in the Shin Bet security service.
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Most Israelis labor under the misconception that restrictions on Palestinian movement were a result of suicide bombings, but they started long before that.
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Natan Blanc, who has spent over 100 days in military prison, first refused to serve in the IDF in November, due to his opposition to Israeli occupation.
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The large defense budget has been criticized because it is seen as part of the internal oppression system, as well as maintaining the crumbling Fatah movement’s hegemony and the status quo with Israel.
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Twenty-five percent is earmarked for defense; Palestinian Authority hopes donors will cover $1.4 billion shortfall.
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Court gives prison service three weeks to reconsider prohibiting Afnan Abu Jweid - who has served eight years for arms trading - from making daily, supervised phone calls.
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Thousands of Christians gathered in Jerusalem for the start of Easter week on Sunday.
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Because all the tickets to events with President Barack Obama had been given out, our reporter set out to breathe in tear gas and also got a soccer lesson.
2 commentsU.S. President Obama supports resuming negotiations without prior conditions at Ramallah meeting on Thursday; PLO and Fatah protest that his position on the settlements issue is too weak.
with Jack Khoury 24 commentsPresident's praise for security services is insulting in light of the economic collapse of the Palestinian Authority.
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Sam Bahour, who voted for Obama, explains why he has no expectations for the president's visit and why the Palestinian strategy in the United States has it all wrong.
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The killing of a Palestinian, Ziad Jilani, by border policemen refuses to go away and has reached the High Court of Justice. Is every Arab driver in Jerusalem involved in an accident an automatic terror suspect?
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Opposition figure Dr. Mustafa Barghouti says U.S. president's tilt toward Israel, as seen in visit itinerary, disappoints Palestinians and speeds up end of two-state solution.
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Defense lawyer Itamar Ben Gvir calls suit part of continuing harassment of settlers in southern Hebron Hills by leftist groups; police recommend prosecution.
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Ayman Sharawneh, one of hundreds freed in 2011 in exchange for Gilad Shalit, was arrested again in January 2012, agreed to confinement in Gaza for ten years, lawyer says.
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Israel's High Court of Justice is to rule on the state's right to declare ownership of 1,000 acres of undeveloped land located in West Bank settlement of Efrat, which Palestinians say belong to them.
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Israeli-imposed economic restrictions and prolonged system of closures directly caused the long-term decline, the report says; however numbers seem positive in context of the global crisis.
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