FROM JERUSALEM TO THE WEST BANK

When a hardline Muslim Hamas man turns into a Christian Israeli-spy DAN-CHYI CHUA The dramatic account of how a top Hamas insider's conscience and faith causes him to embrace Israel hits the shelves today. Yes, it is quite a stunning story in the conflict where the two sides seem irreconcilable, but let's check the nuances the printers may have left out.	Cold War intrigue is back, a la Israel. DAN-CHYI CHUA People often ask me why they should care about Israel. The conflict is dreary, the Israelis and Palestinians can't seem to find a way of living together and even mighty President Obama seems to have all but given up on peace in the Middle East. Well a fresh new answer came to me this week.
What does Israel mean to you? DAN-CHYI CHUA For a while this week, “Israel” stopped being a dirty word.	Israel needs to take a step back and listen to Goldstone about Gaza DAN-CHYI CHUA If Israel keeps fudging on an inquiry into Gaza, all it is doing is pronouncing itself guilty as charged.
Got shame? Do the Netanyahu test. DAN-CHYI CHUA The Israeli Prime Minister plays the shame game, turning his attention away from the serious business of leading his country.	Sleeping on the sidewalk in Jerusalem DAN-CHYI CHUA Under the shade of an olive tree, an evicted Palestinian family is caught in a strange stand-off with the Jewish settlers who have taken over their home.
The Chinese-Arab connection DAN-CHYI CHUA As the political tensions strangle the livelihoods of ordinary Palestinians, the traders are seeking new avenues to make a living from the Middle to the Far East.	Hebron - where the Jews and Palestinians met and parted ways DAN-CHYI CHUA In Hebron, Jewish settlers and Palestinians live side by side, and suffer for this proximity. Yet, while it is both an object lesson in why a deal between Israel and the Palestinians remains so elusive, Hebron may by faith, be the best hope for peaceful co-existence.
One way Israeli, one way Arab DAN-CHYI CHUA It may not be the most cost-efficient way of running a transport network, but developing parallel bus systems means Jews and Arabs living in the same city need never meet.	There was an old woman who lived in a tent DAN-CHYI CHUA In East Jerusalem, Jewish settlers have kicked an old Arab woman out of her home. She could soon be joined by members of 27 other Arab families being evicted to make way for other settler homes.