Awakening Memories

It is no secret that Israeli society consists of a number of diverse ethnic communities. Culturally, artist Dor Guez—who was born in Jerusalem to Palestinian Christian and Tunisian Jewish parents—is a strange mix, although it is easy to forget that he also embodies the various human migrations that led to the creation of the state of Israel as it is today. Guez’s Palestinian Christian grandmother and her family were forced out of their hometown of Jaffa during the 1948 war. They reloca...

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Palestinian Reconciliation Delays Government Formation

RAMALLAH, Asharq Al-Awsat—A new Palestinian government has not been formed, despite the fact that Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas accepted the resignation of his prime minister, Salam Fayyad, over a week ago. An informed source told Asharq Al-Awsat that President Abbas intends to wait for the outcome of the reconciliation efforts between the Fatah and Hamas movements before forming a new government. “The president prefers to come to an agreement with Hamas and then form a govern...

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