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a:49:{s:10:"the_blp_id";s:11:"most-recent";s:13:"the_title_ORG";s:32:"Why Capitol Hill supports Israel";s:9:"the_title";s:32:"Why Capitol Hill supports Israel";s:13:"the_permalink";s:65:"https://www.islamicity.org/1777/why-capitol-hill-supports-israel/";s:6:"the_id";i:1777;s:14:"the_view_count";s:4:"1172";s:17:"the_comment_count";s:1:"0";s:8:"the_date";s:11:"May 15 2002";s:12:"the_date_ORG";s:12:"May 15, 2002";s:17:"the_image_caption";s:0:"";s:18:"the_embed_cf_value";s:0:"";s:22:"the_thumbnail_cf_value";s:0:"";s:9:"the_image";s:437:" <!--BLP-SHORTCODE-BEGIN--><a href="https://www.islamicity.org/1777/why-capitol-hill-supports-israel/"><img src='https://www.islamicity.org/wp-content/plugins/blueprint-timthumb/timthumb.php?src=http://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/moroccan-mosaic-tiles-art.gif&w=500&h=281&q=100' class="thumbnailpostcontent" ></a> <!--BLP-SHORTCODE-END--> ";s:13:"the_thumbnail";s:184:"https://www.islamicity.org/wp-content/plugins/blueprint-timthumb/timthumb.php?src=http://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/moroccan-mosaic-tiles-art.gif&w=500&h=281&q=100";s:15:"the_author_name";s:8:"Hady Amr";s:15:"the_author_full";s:188:"By: Hady Amr   Source: iViews";s:12:"the_by_terms";s:54:"Hady Amr";s:16:"the_source_terms";s:44:"iViews";s:18:"the_category_terms";s:163:"Americas, World Affairs";s:18:"the_post_tag_terms";s:417:"Capitol Hill, Occupation, Palestine, United States Congress, United States Of America";s:16:"the_values_terms";N;s:18:"the_channels_terms";N;s:18:"the_category_slugs";s:22:"americas world-affairs";s:18:"the_post_tag_slugs";s:81:"capitol-hill occupation palestine united-states-congress united-states-of-america";s:16:"the_values_slugs";s:0:"";s:18:"the_channels_slugs";s:0:"";s:11:"the_excerpt";s:623:"Sadly, a tactic similar to the sheer humiliation practiced by Sharon's army at checkpoints permeates Washington. For years, Congress has been generating resolutions as biased and unproductive as the May 2 vote. Why? The answer is clear: While the supporters of Sharon-like policies have spent the past decades giving up a significant portion of their free time and incomes to engage America's core power structures, opponents of Israel's ethnic cleansing "transfer" policies have been much less visible in the process. Although that is changing, it will require decades of dedicated hard work to achieve even-handedness. ";s:8:"is_video";b:0;s:8:"is_audio";b:0;s:11:"is_articles";b:1;s:8:"is_photo";b:0;s:9:"the_topic";s:75:"Capitol Hill";s:14:"the_topic_text";s:12:"Capitol Hill";s:13:"the_view_time";s:1:"9";s:9:"loop_item";a:0:{}s:10:"loop_index";i:5;s:5:"first";b:0;s:4:"last";b:0;s:4:"even";b:0;s:3:"odd";b:1;s:8:"rs_count";i:7;s:13:"is_full_width";b:0;s:12:"is_big_image";b:0;s:9:"cell_cell";s:17:"cell-cell-owl.php";s:4:"cell";s:6:"filter";s:13:"small_devices";s:1:"1";s:19:"small_devices_count";s:15:"same-as-desktop";s:18:"is_query_wordpress";b:1;s:6:"is_diy";b:0;}

a:49:{s:10:"the_blp_id";s:11:"most-recent";s:13:"the_title_ORG";s:37:"ON GRIEF, PEACE AND KNOWING THE ENEMY";s:9:"the_title";s:37:"ON GRIEF, PEACE AND KNOWING THE ENEMY";s:13:"the_permalink";s:69:"https://www.islamicity.org/1724/on-grief-peace-and-knowing-the-enemy/";s:6:"the_id";i:1724;s:14:"the_view_count";s:4:"1274";s:17:"the_comment_count";s:1:"0";s:8:"the_date";s:11:"Mar 14 2002";s:12:"the_date_ORG";s:14:"March 14, 2002";s:17:"the_image_caption";s:0:"";s:18:"the_embed_cf_value";s:0:"";s:22:"the_thumbnail_cf_value";s:0:"";s:9:"the_image";s:431:" <!--BLP-SHORTCODE-BEGIN--><a href="https://www.islamicity.org/1724/on-grief-peace-and-knowing-the-enemy/"><img src='https://www.islamicity.org/wp-content/plugins/blueprint-timthumb/timthumb.php?src=http://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/a15_islamic_art.jpg&w=500&h=281&q=100' class="thumbnailpostcontent" ></a> <!--BLP-SHORTCODE-END--> ";s:13:"the_thumbnail";s:174:"https://www.islamicity.org/wp-content/plugins/blueprint-timthumb/timthumb.php?src=http://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/a15_islamic_art.jpg&w=500&h=281&q=100";s:15:"the_author_name";s:8:"Hady Amr";s:15:"the_author_full";s:188:"By: Hady Amr   Source: iViews";s:12:"the_by_terms";s:54:"Hady Amr";s:16:"the_source_terms";s:44:"iViews";s:18:"the_category_terms";s:85:"World Affairs";s:18:"the_post_tag_terms";s:71:"Occupation";s:16:"the_values_terms";N;s:18:"the_channels_terms";N;s:18:"the_category_slugs";s:13:"world-affairs";s:18:"the_post_tag_slugs";s:10:"occupation";s:16:"the_values_slugs";s:0:"";s:18:"the_channels_slugs";s:0:"";s:11:"the_excerpt";s:332:"Friday, March 8, 2002 when almost 50 human beings, Palestinians, were murdered and hundreds wounded by the Israeli Army will be remembered throughout Palestinian and perhaps Arab history as "Black Friday," much in the way that "Bloody Sunday" is remembered among the Irish, maybe even as Sept. 11 will be remembered among Americans.";s:8:"is_video";b:0;s:8:"is_audio";b:0;s:11:"is_articles";b:1;s:8:"is_photo";b:0;s:9:"the_topic";s:71:"Occupation";s:14:"the_topic_text";s:10:"Occupation";s:13:"the_view_time";s:1:"6";s:9:"loop_item";a:0:{}s:10:"loop_index";i:6;s:5:"first";b:0;s:4:"last";b:0;s:4:"even";b:1;s:3:"odd";b:0;s:8:"rs_count";i:7;s:13:"is_full_width";b:0;s:12:"is_big_image";b:0;s:9:"cell_cell";s:17:"cell-cell-owl.php";s:4:"cell";s:6:"filter";s:13:"small_devices";s:1:"1";s:19:"small_devices_count";s:15:"same-as-desktop";s:18:"is_query_wordpress";b:1;s:6:"is_diy";b:0;}

a:49:{s:10:"the_blp_id";s:11:"most-recent";s:13:"the_title_ORG";s:40:"Stones, Tanks, and the Nobel Peace Prize";s:9:"the_title";s:40:"Stones, Tanks, and the Nobel Peace Prize";s:13:"the_permalink";s:71:"https://www.islamicity.org/1696/stones-tanks-and-the-nobel-peace-prize/";s:6:"the_id";i:1696;s:14:"the_view_count";s:4:"1859";s:17:"the_comment_count";s:1:"0";s:8:"the_date";s:10:"Feb 4 2002";s:12:"the_date_ORG";s:16:"February 4, 2002";s:17:"the_image_caption";s:0:"";s:18:"the_embed_cf_value";s:0:"";s:22:"the_thumbnail_cf_value";s:0:"";s:9:"the_image";s:433:" <!--BLP-SHORTCODE-BEGIN--><a href="https://www.islamicity.org/1696/stones-tanks-and-the-nobel-peace-prize/"><img src='https://www.islamicity.org/wp-content/plugins/blueprint-timthumb/timthumb.php?src=http://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/a14_islamic_art.jpg&w=500&h=281&q=100' class="thumbnailpostcontent" ></a> <!--BLP-SHORTCODE-END--> ";s:13:"the_thumbnail";s:174:"https://www.islamicity.org/wp-content/plugins/blueprint-timthumb/timthumb.php?src=http://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/a14_islamic_art.jpg&w=500&h=281&q=100";s:15:"the_author_name";s:8:"Hady Amr";s:15:"the_author_full";s:188:"By: Hady Amr   Source: iViews";s:12:"the_by_terms";s:54:"Hady Amr";s:16:"the_source_terms";s:44:"iViews";s:18:"the_category_terms";s:81:"Life & Society";s:18:"the_post_tag_terms";s:85:"Nobel Peace Prize";s:16:"the_values_terms";N;s:18:"the_channels_terms";N;s:18:"the_category_slugs";s:4:"life";s:18:"the_post_tag_slugs";s:17:"nobel-peace-prize";s:16:"the_values_slugs";s:0:"";s:18:"the_channels_slugs";s:0:"";s:11:"the_excerpt";s:534:"Today it is Huwaida's indigenous colleagues who are the people who deserve the Nobel Prize for making peace with their hearts and minds, sometimes putting their lives in danger. For this reason, I respectfully suggest that the Nobel Committee return to its tradition of awarding the Prize to activists instead of to leaders. For this may inspire every-day people to become the much-needed next generation of real peacemakers. Our leaders--American and European, Israeli, Palestinian and Arab--now seem incapable of making peace. ";s:8:"is_video";b:0;s:8:"is_audio";b:0;s:11:"is_articles";b:1;s:8:"is_photo";b:0;s:9:"the_topic";s:85:"Nobel Peace Prize";s:14:"the_topic_text";s:17:"Nobel Peace Prize";s:13:"the_view_time";s:1:"9";s:9:"loop_item";a:0:{}s:10:"loop_index";i:7;s:5:"first";b:0;s:4:"last";b:1;s:4:"even";b:0;s:3:"odd";b:1;s:8:"rs_count";i:7;s:13:"is_full_width";b:0;s:12:"is_big_image";b:0;s:9:"cell_cell";s:17:"cell-cell-owl.php";s:4:"cell";s:6:"filter";s:13:"small_devices";s:1:"1";s:19:"small_devices_count";s:15:"same-as-desktop";s:18:"is_query_wordpress";b:1;s:6:"is_diy";b:0;}