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COURTESY NITZAN GABAI

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Leaving Turmoil Behind

By Sheena Karkal September 12, 2014

For all international students, adjusting to life at Georgetown can pose a significant challenge. But for those who come from countries sprawled across the front pages of American newspapers due to...

A Sport and a Palestine: Roaming through Ramallah

A Sport and a Palestine: Roaming through Ramallah

By Jessica Tannenbaum and Jessica Tannenbaum August 15, 2014

Have you heard the one about a Jewish student at a Jesuit university travelling to Ramallah? This is no Scheherazadian tale: against the advice of my summer program and my parents (love you, Mom and...

Amid Regional Instability, Jordan Remains Secure

By Molly Simio August 6, 2014

AMMAN, Jordan — As tensions mounted in the Levant this summer, 14 Georgetown students participated in the Office of Global Education’s inaugural Summer in Amman, Jordan, program. Shortly after...

Coping with Conflict in Israel

Coping with Conflict in Israel

By Jessica Tannenbaum and Jessica Tannenbaum July 24, 2014

“Would you like your drinks before or after we go to the bomb shelter?” With unwavering calm, a waitress coolly inquired after our drink orders as incoming rocket fire compelled us to flee our oceanside...

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Through Different Lenses: Israel, Hamas and Gaza

By Contributors July 16, 2014

Shortly after the militant group Hamas and the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority agreed to form a unitary government, the kidnapping and subsequent murder of three Israeli teenagers triggered tensions....

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Undermining Hamas Through Moderation

By Elijah Jatovsky July 16, 2014

“The prospects for an agreement are real. The potential for a breakthrough is possible.” With recent developments in Israel and Gaza, these words, which I heard spoken by former U.S. Ambassador...

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With Hamas at the Helm, A Fearful Future

By Nitzan Gabai July 16, 2014

I look back at the past few weeks I spent in Israel and the West Bank in both awe and frustration. Amid visits to Ramallah and Bethlehem, I managed to reconvene with family and spend time with my new baby...

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Israel’s Crisis of Ethics, Masked by Politics

By Leila Shebaro July 16, 2014

In mid-May, two Palestinian boys were killed by Israeli security forces during demonstrations in the West Bank. Although video footage shows the demonstrations as non-threatening, not a peep was heard...

From the Hilltop to the French Hill

From the Hilltop to the French Hill

By Jessica Tannenbaum and Jessica Tannenbaum June 25, 2014

​After two semesters of trekking to Lau and whining about Leo’s food, summer provides a much-needed escape from the Georgetown bubble. Yet, even while exploring Jerusalem’s Hebrew University, Mount...

Panel Talks Palestine Peace

By Sydney Winkler March 28, 2014

A panel of leading Middle East experts spoke about the current Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations in the Reiss Science Building on Wednesday. The panel included Ambassador Dennis Ross, Ghaith Al-Omari...

AIPAC Draws GU Interest

By Chris Balthazard March 7, 2014

Several Georgetown students and professors took part in the 2014 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference Sunday through Tuesday, held at the Washington Convention Center. Despite...

Israel Needs a Mandela

By Ben Brown March 7, 2014

To the Editor: According to Students for Justice in Palestine President Leila Shebaro (SFS ’15), “a two-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian question “is not generally accepted by members...

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