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The Times of Israel

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Writer: Diaa Hadid

June 11, 2013
1:25 am

Leon Wieseltier, an intellectual and philosopher who has been the literary editor of The New Republic for more than three decades, poses for a photograph in Tel Aviv on Sunday. (photo credit: AP/Dan Balilty)

Saying Kaddish for the Jewish state?

Literary giant Leon Wieseltier says without a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the days are numbered for Israel’s existence as a Jewish homeland

By Diaa Hadid

May 3, 2013
11:06 am

Palestinian child Mohammed al-Farra is seen at the Tel Hashomer Hospital near Ramat Gan, central Israel, on Monday. (photo credit: AP/Dan Balilty)

Disabled Gaza toddler lives at Israeli hospital

Abandoned by his parents and the Palestinian government, 3-year-old Mohammed has been at Tel Hashomer Hospital all his life

By Diaa Hadid

April 13, 2013
6:42 pm

Jack Persekian, director of the Palestinian Museum, talks to the media in the West Bank town of Birzeit, Thursday, April 11 (photo credit: AP/Diaa Hadid)

New Palestinian museum to draw attention to conflicting regional narratives

Phase one of $15 million, 32,000 square feet institution breaks ground in Birzeit; director says he hopes exhibits will enable Palestinians to tell their stories

By Diaa Hadid

April 3, 2013
10:11 am

Terrorists in the al-Jazeera region on the Iraqi side of the Syria-Iraq border, in an undated photo on a militant website. (photo credit: AP)

Syrian, Iraqi jihadi groups said to be cooperating

Border area ‘is a nest of terrorist cells’ carved out by al-Qaeda in Iraq and its affiliates, Iraqi government spokesman says

By Diaa Hadid and Qassim Abdul-Zahra

April 1, 2013
2:47 am

Iraqi Christians pray during Easter mass at Mar Youssif Chaldean Church in Baghdad on Sunday. The Chaldean Church is an Eastern Rite church affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)

Isolated Mideast Christians celebrate Easter

As new pope pleads for peace, Holy Land’s Christian minority flocks to church for holiday services

By Diaa Hadid and Tia Goldenberg

March 28, 2013
4:30 am

In this Monday, March 18, 2013 photograph, Palestinian Nabila Qishta, 52, prepares bread in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, using flour donated by the UN (photocredit: AP/Diaa Hadid)

Cookbook showcases Gaza’s culinary delights

140-page book has sold 4,000 copies; Palestinian foodies describe heritage, resourcefulness in cooking specialty dishes

By Diaa Hadid

March 5, 2013
10:23 am

Illustrative photo of Palestinian youths racing during a 2010 festival in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

UN cancels Gaza marathon over Hamas ban on women

UNRWA says Islamist group’s refusal to allow female runners led to cancellation of race, scheduled for April 10

By Diaa Hadid

February 11, 2013
1:49 am

Suraia Burnat, 42, wife of the Palestinian co-director of "Five Broken Cameras" hangs washing on the rooftop of their home in the West Bank village of Bilin last Sunday. (photo credit: AP/Diaa Hadid)

Oscar contender on Palestinian protests irks both sides

Some Israelis wonder why the state funded a film so critical of its policies, while Palestinians are shocked the film’s being billed as ‘Israeli’

By Diaa Hadid

January 18, 2013
9:23 am

Asma Aghbaria-Zahalka, the head of the Daam party, poses for a photograph in Tel Aviv on Thursday. (photo credit: AP/Dan Balilty)

Jewish-Arab party makes long-shot election bid

Daam party’s nonconformist platform calls for coexistence, ruffles feathers of established Arab lists

By Diaa Hadid

January 10, 2013
1:17 am

Palestinian students study Hebrew at the Islamic University in Gaza City on Monday (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)

Hamas university now offers a degree in Hebrew

Terror group hopes graduates will become teachers; ‘as Jews occupy our lands, we have to understand their language,’ says official

By Diaa Hadid

November 9, 2012
10:30 am

Israeli soldiers protect Palestinian olive pickers near Hebron in 2011 (Photo credit: Najeh Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Palestinians turn to organic farming

Local farmers in the West Bank exporting their olive oil to high-end grocers in the West

By Diaa Hadid

October 26, 2012
10:26 pm

In this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, Rifat al-Gureisy, 55, a member of the Egyptian National Circus, blows fire during a practice in Gaza City. The circus came to Gaza on Friday, accompanied by blaring music, juggling clowns and fire blowers — but getting it there required its own high-wire act. No women performers were included for fear of offending conservative Palestinians and the Gaza Strip's militant Hamas rulers, and the circus' lone lion and tiger were left behind because of the high cost of transporting them legally into Gaza. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Circus comes to Gaza — minus lion, ladies

Performance constrained by high transport costs and concerns over offending conservative Palestinians

By Diaa Hadid

September 29, 2012
8:06 pm

A scene out of the controversial film 'Innocence of Muslims' (photo credit: screenshot, YouTube)

Islamic group calls for global ban on offending prophet

‘If the Western world fails to understand the sensitivity of the Muslim world, then we are in trouble,’ says Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu

By Diaa Hadid

September 27, 2012
5:06 am

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York Sept. 25 ([hoto credit: AP/David Karp)

Morsi says violent protests over anti-Islam video require ‘some reflection’

In speech at Clinton Global Initiative, Egypt’s Islamist president singles out Russia, China and Israel for criticism over regional wrongs

By Diaa Hadid

September 3, 2012
10:16 pm

A Palestinian next to an elections billboard in Gaza. (photo credit: Wissam Nassar/Flash90)

Jobless Gaza man dies after setting himself on fire

Self-immolation highlights growing despair among young adults in Strip

By Diaa Hadid and Ibrahim Barzak

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: Diaa Hadid

Saying Kaddish for the Jewish state?

Literary giant Leon Wieseltier says without a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the days are numbered for Israel’s existence as a Jewish homeland

Disabled Gaza toddler lives at Israeli hospital

Abandoned by his parents and the Palestinian government, 3-year-old Mohammed has been at Tel Hashomer Hospital all his life

New Palestinian museum to draw attention to conflicting regional narratives

Phase one of $15 million, 32,000 square feet institution breaks ground in Birzeit; director says he hopes exhibits will enable Palestinians to tell their stories

Syrian, Iraqi jihadi groups said to be cooperating

Border area ‘is a nest of terrorist cells’ carved out by al-Qaeda in Iraq and its affiliates, Iraqi government spokesman says

Isolated Mideast Christians celebrate Easter

As new pope pleads for peace, Holy Land’s Christian minority flocks to church for holiday services

Cookbook showcases Gaza’s culinary delights

140-page book has sold 4,000 copies; Palestinian foodies describe heritage, resourcefulness in cooking specialty dishes

UN cancels Gaza marathon over Hamas ban on women

UNRWA says Islamist group’s refusal to allow female runners led to cancellation of race, scheduled for April 10

Oscar contender on Palestinian protests irks both sides

Some Israelis wonder why the state funded a film so critical of its policies, while Palestinians are shocked the film’s being billed as ‘Israeli’

Jewish-Arab party makes long-shot election bid

Daam party’s nonconformist platform calls for coexistence, ruffles feathers of established Arab lists

Hamas university now offers a degree in Hebrew

Terror group hopes graduates will become teachers; ‘as Jews occupy our lands, we have to understand their language,’ says official

Palestinians turn to organic farming

Local farmers in the West Bank exporting their olive oil to high-end grocers in the West

Circus comes to Gaza — minus lion, ladies

Performance constrained by high transport costs and concerns over offending conservative Palestinians

Islamic group calls for global ban on offending prophet

‘If the Western world fails to understand the sensitivity of the Muslim world, then we are in trouble,’ says Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu

Morsi says violent protests over anti-Islam video require ‘some reflection’

In speech at Clinton Global Initiative, Egypt’s Islamist president singles out Russia, China and Israel for criticism over regional wrongs

Jobless Gaza man dies after setting himself on fire

Self-immolation highlights growing despair among young adults in Strip

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