By Yael Steinberg

Special guest Speakers Gladys Amaning and Janette Hirschman visited University of California Irvine and “Teachers for Tomorrow, ” on the California tour of the film Kumasi Haifa.

By: Elliot Malin

Elliot Malin is a Hasbara Fellow, from the class of winter 2011.  He was recently elected Vice President of the Associated Students at the University of Nevada, Reno.

By: Alan Levine

Israel has been criticized for approving the construction of Jewish neighborhoods, or “settlements” in the suburbs of Jerusalem. This weekend, the Israeli cabinet approved construction in the E1 corridor, Maale Adumim, and East Jerusalem.  All are considered disputed territory, as they are beyond the “green line,” which marks the armistice line that separated Israel and Jordan from 1949 to 1967.

By: Alan Levine

The Palestinian Authority will attempt Thursday to gain “non-member state observer status” at the United Nations General Assembly. The strategy--known as Unilateral Declaration of Independene (UDI)--would help efforts to delegitimize Israel and would further distance the parties from peace negotiations.