http://www.jnews.org.uk/features/rss RSS feeds from JNews Features en http://www.jnews.org.uk/features/the-middle-east-and-north-africa-%E2%80%93-the-end-of-the-cold-war-legacy <a href="/features/the-middle-east-and-north-africa-%E2%80%93-the-end-of-the-cold-war-legacy"><img src="http://www.jnews.org.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/jnews_thumb/imagecache/jnews_default/uploadedimages/feature/CaptainGlyn.jpg" alt="" title="" class="teaserthumbnail" width="68" height="90" /></a><div class="field field-type-datetime field-field-fe-published-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Saturday, 14 May, 2011 - 16:06</span> </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>Overview</strong><br /> <span class="caps">US</span> foreign policy in the Middle East dates from its post-<span class="caps">WWII</span> Cold War with the <span class="caps">USSR</span> over spheres of influence. Throughout the second half of the 20th century, Israel was central to this&nbsp;policy.</p> fatah Gaza Hamas PA rafah 52550 at http://www.jnews.org.uk http://www.jnews.org.uk/features/tribute-to-juliano-mer-khamis-short-film <a href="/features/tribute-to-juliano-mer-khamis-short-film"><img src="http://www.jnews.org.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/jnews_thumb/imagecache/jnews_default/uploadedimages/feature/videoimagesmall.jpg" alt="" title="" class="teaserthumbnail" width="135" height="90" /></a><div class="field field-type-datetime field-field-fe-published-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Thursday, 12 May, 2011 - 18:05</span> </div> </div> </div> <p>On 20 April 2011, a tribute event was held in London in memory of director, actor and filmmaker Juliano Mer&nbsp;Khamis.</p> AIUK Freedom Theatre Jenin JNews juliano mer-khamis memorial event Palestine Film Fund short film SOAS video 51693 at http://www.jnews.org.uk http://www.jnews.org.uk/features/trouble-in-the-south-hebron-hills <a href="/features/trouble-in-the-south-hebron-hills"><img src="http://www.jnews.org.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/jnews_thumb/imagecache/jnews_default/uploadedimages/feature/settlers attack with sticks.png" alt="" title="" class="teaserthumbnail" width="114" height="90" /></a><div class="field field-type-datetime field-field-fe-published-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Tuesday, 7 December, 2010 - 16:59</span> </div> </div> </div> <p>We in the Arab-Jewish Partnership Ta’ayush (<a href="http://www.taayush.org" title="http://www.taayush.org">http://www.taayush.org</a>) knew that Israeli army works with the security guards of the settlements, so weren’t too surprised to&nbsp;lear</p> http://www.jnews.org.uk/features/trouble-in-the-south-hebron-hills#comments IDF settler harassment south hebron 39319 at http://www.jnews.org.uk http://www.jnews.org.uk/features/ending-the-war-of-narratives <a href="/features/ending-the-war-of-narratives"><img src="http://www.jnews.org.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/jnews_thumb/imagecache/jnews_default/uploadedimages/feature/arabsholocaust.jpg" alt="" title="" class="teaserthumbnail" width="58" height="90" /></a><div class="field field-type-datetime field-field-fe-published-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Monday, 26 July, 2010 - 08:54</span> </div> </div> </div> <p>In his new book <em>The Arabs and the Holocaust</em> Gilbert Achcar, Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, analyzes the different and changing relationships within the Arab world to&nbsp;the</p> arabs book review holocaust klug 25556 at http://www.jnews.org.uk http://www.jnews.org.uk/features/being-jewish-and-doing-justice <a href="/features/being-jewish-and-doing-justice"><img src="http://www.jnews.org.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/jnews_thumb/imagecache/jnews_default/uploadedimages/feature/Brian_Klug_140x140.jpg" alt="" title="" class="teaserthumbnail" width="90" height="90" /></a><div class="field field-type-datetime field-field-fe-published-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Saturday, 26 June, 2010 - 14:30</span> </div> </div> </div> <p>‘To accept the Torah is to accept the norms of a universal justice’<br /> (Emmanuel Levinas, <em>Nine Talmudic Readings</em>)</p> book Brian Klug copyright feature 22083 at http://www.jnews.org.uk http://www.jnews.org.uk/features/aftershock-israels-ordinary-soldiers <a href="/features/aftershock-israels-ordinary-soldiers"><img src="http://www.jnews.org.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/jnews_thumb/imagecache/jnews_default/uploadedimages/feature/jacqueline small photo2.jpg" alt="" title="" class="teaserthumbnail" width="90" height="90" /></a><div class="field field-type-datetime field-field-fe-published-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Wednesday, 12 May, 2010 - 12:58</span> </div> </div> </div> <p>Who, or what, makes the&nbsp;news?</p> feature film review occupation soldiers 16317 at http://www.jnews.org.uk http://www.jnews.org.uk/features/budrus-%E2%80%93-paradoxical-hope-in-a-threatened-palestinian-village <a href="/features/budrus-%E2%80%93-paradoxical-hope-in-a-threatened-palestinian-village"><img src="http://www.jnews.org.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/jnews_thumb/imagecache/jnews_default/uploadedimages/feature/Budrus_Front.jpg" alt="" title="" class="teaserthumbnail" width="62" height="90" /></a><div class="field field-type-datetime field-field-fe-published-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Thursday, 25 March, 2010 - 16:50</span> </div> </div> </div> <p>Budrus the village is in the Ramallah district of the occupied West Bank, very near the pre-1967 Israeli&nbsp;border.</p> Budrus Film HRW joint action non violent resistance West Bank 10970 at http://www.jnews.org.uk http://www.jnews.org.uk/features/small-but-hopeful-israeli-palestinian-projects-in-the-southern-hebron-hills <a href="/features/small-but-hopeful-israeli-palestinian-projects-in-the-southern-hebron-hills"><img src="http://www.jnews.org.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/jnews_thumb/imagecache/jnews_default/uploadedimages/feature/P1010161a_0.JPG" alt="" title="" class="teaserthumbnail" width="120" height="90" /></a><div class="field field-type-datetime field-field-fe-published-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Sunday, 21 March, 2010 - 23:39</span> </div> </div> </div> <p> The separation barrier and the proximity of settlements to Palestinian villages cause serious disruptions to the daily lives of&nbsp;Palestinians.</p> BSST Comet ME education energy Hebron Israeli-Palestinian settlements Villages Groups 10320 at http://www.jnews.org.uk http://www.jnews.org.uk/features/background-paper-sheikh-jarrah-jewish-settlement-and-palestinian-dispossession <a href="/features/background-paper-sheikh-jarrah-jewish-settlement-and-palestinian-dispossession"></a><div class="field field-type-datetime field-field-fe-published-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Thursday, 11 March, 2010 - 14:03</span> </div> </div> </div> <p>Sheikh Jarrah is a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, part of the territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 war. It was illegally annexed to Israel after the end of the&nbsp;war.</p> background paper democracy dissent East Jerusalem Ir Amim Sheikh Jarrah 8721 at http://www.jnews.org.uk http://www.jnews.org.uk/features/gaza-night-norway <a href="/features/gaza-night-norway"></a><div class="field field-type-datetime field-field-fe-published-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Friday, 8 January, 2010 - 14:45</span> </div> </div> </div> <p>Ayda Abdalbari is a Palestinian woman who was born and lived most of her life in&nbsp;Gaza.</p> <p>When the Gaza offensive began in December 2008, she was working as a field researcher for Israeli human rights organization &#8216;Gisha,&#8217; and nursing her brother, Ashraf, who was dying of a brain&nbsp;tumor.</p> <p>Ashraf died during the offensive, and shortly after the ceasefire, the Norwegian government agreed to give asylum to his widow and three children, as well as Ayda, at their&nbsp;request.</p> <p>On January 6th, Ayda wrote the following letter to her friends, from her new home in&nbsp;Norway.</p> <blockquote><p>Dear&nbsp;friends,</p> </blockquote> Gaza palestinian 2907 at http://www.jnews.org.uk