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The Bloody Cost of Apartheid: Israel Kills Twice in Two Days
By Ben White Israeli occupation forces have killed again: the victim this time was Falah Abu Maria, a 52-year-old father shot dead in Beit Ummar,…
Jul 24 2015 / Read More » /
What, Really, is Netanyahu’s Game Plan for America?
By Alan Hart My headline question was provoked by Netanyahu’s response to the P5+1 agreement with Iran which he called “an historic mistake” and an…
Jul 24 2015 / Read More » /
Reviewing Trashy Hasbara against BDS
By Vacy Vlazna Boycotting Israel is Wrong: The progressive path to peace between Palestinians and Israelis by Philip Mendes, Nick Dyrenfurth is a slipshod diatribe…
Jul 24 2015 / Read More » /
Israel’s Endless Misery for Gaza is No Policy at All
By Jonathan Cook For those trying to read developments between Israel and Gaza over the past weeks, the picture has been unusually puzzling. A month…
Jul 22 2015 / Read More » /
European Immigration and Greater Israel
By Roger Van Zwanenberg Can we connect the invasion of refugees into Europe, from across the Middle East and North Africa with Israeli Foreign Policy?…
Jul 22 2015 / Read More » /
A Chance for Arab-Iranian Reconciliation: An Opportunity in the Iran Nuclear Deal
By Ramzy Baroud “The Americans have taken the Shia Muslim side in the Middle East’s sectarian war,” declared Robert Fisk in the “Independent” newspaper on…
Jul 22 2015 / Read More » /
Che Guevara in Gaza: Palestine Becomes a Global Cause
By Dr. Salman Abu Sitta Che Guevara’s visit to Gaza in 1959 was the first sign of transforming the Zionist colonization of Palestine from a…
Jul 21 2015 / Read More » /
Yemen’s Conflict is Splintering Out of Control
By Joe Dyke and Almigdad Mojalli As ceasefires go, the latest one in Yemen might go down as one of the most irrelevant ever. It…
Jul 21 2015 / Read More » /
‘Choked, Beaten and Strip-searched': HRW Slams Israel for ‘Abusive Arrests’ of Palestinian Kids
Israeli security forces have performed “abusive arrests” of Palestinian children, chocking, beating and threatening kids as young as 11, a global watchdog said in a…
Jul 21 2015 / Read More » /
Camp Life: Daily Struggles in Shatila
By Richard Hardigan – Shatila Refugee Camp, Lebanon “Two weeks ago my five-year-old cousin was shot in the eye and killed.” Amal Mohamed’s face betrays…
Jul 18 2015 / Read More » /
Secrecy in Sinai – an Unknown Human Toll
By Mohannad Sabry – Cairo Ever since Islamic State-affiliated militants tried to take the town of Sheikh Zuwayed in North Sinai last week, the Egyptian…
Jul 16 2015 / Read More » /Shoot and Lie: Israeli Forces Are Killing Civilians with Impunity
By Ben White On Sunday, an undercover unit of Israel’s Border Police conducted an arrest raid in Shuafat refugee camp, an area of Occupied East…
Jul 16 2015 / Read More » /
10 Reasons Why We All should Boycott Israel in Solidarity with Palestinians
By War on Want Ten years ago this week, over 170 Palestinian civil society organisations called upon people of conscience to build a movement for…
Jul 16 2015 / Read More » /
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July 24, 2015
The Bloody Cost of Apartheid: Israel Kills Twice in Two Days
By Ben White - Israeli occupation forces have killed again: the victim this time was Falah Abu Maria, a 52-year-old father shot dead in Beit Ummar, a village in the southern West Bank. - Abu Maria's death came just a day after 21-year-old Muhammad 'Alawna had been shot dead near Jenin. Israel has now killed 17 Palestinians in 2015 to date, and wounded dozens more. - Falah Abu Maria was killed during an Israeli arrest... More → -
July 21, 2015
Che Guevara in Gaza: Palestine Becomes a Global Cause
By Dr. Salman Abu Sitta - Che Guevara's visit to Gaza in 1959 was the first sign of transforming the Zionist colonization of Palestine from a regional conflict to a global struggle against colonialism. - The trigger was the Bandung conference in 1955 and the resulting Non-Aligned Movement, whose members has just recently shaken the yoke of foreign domination. The stature of Nasser, as a world leader in the struggle... More → -
July 20, 2015
Hamas Denies Taking Part in Saudi-led Coalition
Palestinian Islamist Movement Hamas has officially denied claims by Iranian news agency Fars that it agreed to take part in the Saudi-led coalition against the Houthi coup in Yemen, Anadolu agency reported on Sunday. - In a statement, Hamas official spokesman Sami Abu-Zuhri said: "What was published by Fars news agency regarding Saudi-Hamas agreement to send hundreds of Hamas fighters to take part in [Operation]... More → -
July 20, 2015
Germany: Economic Ties with Iran Depend on Improving Relations with Israel
German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel urged Iran at the start of a three-day visit to improve its relationship with Israel if it wanted to establish closer economic ties with Germany and other western powers. - Gabriel, who is also economy minister, is the first senior figure from a large western government to visit Iran since it struck a landmark agreement with world powers on its nuclear program last week. - The deal... More → -
July 20, 2015
Prisoner's Wife Gives Birth to Twins Using Smuggled Sperm
A Gazan woman gave birth on Monday to twins conceived using sperm smuggled from her husband inside an Israeli prison, her family said. - The woman, who was not identified, reportedly named the twins Mutaz and Siwar. - Her 35-year-old husband, Ahmad al-Sakani, also known as Abu Tareq, was detained in 2002 and sentenced to 27 years in prison. - He was accused of being a member of the Islamic Jihad movement, the family... More →
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