NGO`s within Norway Norway is working effectively as a peacemaker. Norway acted alone in the early 1990s‚ but now there is more active engagement with the UN‚ other countries and international NGOs. Within Norway there is now more talk of the dugnad principle‚ of the value of community effort in building a barn or resolving a conflict. An example of such a co-operative international effort occurred after the Kenyan presidential election in December 2007‚ to prevent a potentially genocidal conflict
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proposed a plan to divide the land between the Arabs‚ the Jewish population‚ and a shared territory in what is today Jerusalem. While the Jewish Agency for Palestine‚ an organization interested in Jewish settlement in Palestine‚ accepted the proposal‚ Palestinian Arabs refused it. This was the state of affairs for Palestine as it transitioned into becoming what is now the Jewish state of Israel. Part of the agreement was that Palestine would continue to exist within
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Historian”). This also gave Palestine authorities governing responsibilities over West bank and Gaza (“Palestine”). The agreement
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Liberation Organization (PLO)1 -- headed by arch-enemy Yasser Arafat‚ a man long considered a terrorist and responsible for unspeakable horrors against Israeli civilians -- represented official recognition by Israel of the PLO‚ now known as the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Fatah party. Jerusalemites sang the famous “Yerushaliyim Shel Zahav” (Jerusalem of Gold – the victory song of Jerusalem’s reunification‚ written by Naomi Shemer and made famous by singer Ofra Haza2) while lamenting the eventuality
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Urban Development & Planning in the Palestinian Territories Presented By: Director‚ Urban & Regional Planning Unit An-Najah National University‚ Nablus Dr. Ali Abdelhamid Introduction: Urban development and planning practice and experience in Palestine which stemmed back to mid 19th Century had passed through various changes and developments in terms of characteristics‚ policies‚ principles‚ and management. The urban planning system in Palestine seems to be unique in its composition
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Hamas? The US is accustomed to the idea of working with terrorists. Look at Libyan General Moammar Kadafi – earlier‚ terrorist numero uno‚ and now‚ best friend forever1. So why can’t we get along with Hamas? The US government supports the Palestinian Fatah party‚ even though several of its factions have been openly associated with acts of terrorism. It seems like the US has gotten over that minor detail. So is it just a matter of time until Hamas can be accepted into the loop also? There
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Type your response here: When Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced that he would seek recognition from the United Nations for a Palestinian state‚ Israel complained that Abbas should have pursued that objective in face-to-face peace negotiations and warned of grave consequences‚ threatening to expand settlements or even to "cancel" the peaOn the editorial page of most newspapers‚ you will also find letters that people have written to the editor in response to articles or opinion
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peace process‚ which main point consisted that Israel gradually give up possession of Palestinian territories to the Palestinians with the exchange of peace. This represents the value of perspective‚ because the Palestinians had finally reached the conclusion that coming at the Israelis with violence and weaponry would not allow the Palestinians to ever gain what they really want‚ and it caused the Palestinians to comprehend what the Israelis were feeling; harassed. They had learned that if peace
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In "States" the author‚ Edward Said‚ discloses the story of his people‚ the Palestinians‚ in an epic to express to the world the disconcerting challenges endured by the struggling Palestinian culture. The underlying claim is that of which is fair for any people to aspire‚ the dream to be master in your own house. Thus translated into the ideals of nationalism: blood and belonging. Said uses a combination of both photographs and writing style to tell a story that is deeper than the plain text.
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living in Gaza to stop firing missiles within the Israeli border (Israel Hasbara Committee). With recent events currently occurring in this region; the breakdown of the border between Gaza and Egypt‚ and the Palestinian “human chain‚” a large number of newspapers victimize the Palestinians. Though many international newspapers seems to hold a biased against Israel and the countries recent decisions in dealing with Gaza‚ such as such as the Palestine Times and the Economist‚ several international
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