JERUSALEM -- As bitter, disheartening and entangled the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is, Nadine Gordimers message is emphatic: Dont give up. It can be solved, but only by realizing one thing: Talking to your worst enemies is the only way out.

In the first chapter of Amos Ozs novel, "My Michael," the protagonist Hannah recalls her childhood friends, Khalil and Aziz, two Palestinians who in 1948 disappeared along with 800,000 of their people. In the last chapter she imagines her two friends coming back to blow everything up. By then Hannah has descended into madness.

The May cover of The Atlantic magazine, a respected monthly, was daring. The headline was unbelievable for an American publication: "Is Israel Finished?" The Star of David was larger than the characters on the cover which was adorned by the four colors of the Palestinian flag –– red, white, black and green.

Why has the Sharon-Ben-Eliezer-Peres government collapsed? Because of a small olive.It started like a childrens tale: Once upon a time there was a small olive in a Palestinian village.

Israel intends to launch an unprecedented global propaganda blitz within days in a bid to reverse what it sees as its rapidly diminishing image following 10-months of conflict with the Palestinians.

Palestinian writer Zakariya Muhammad on March 1 wrote an article in Al Quds criticizing Palestinian intellectuals for not denouncing Palestinian crimes while criticizing the Israeli peace camp.