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Month: June 2009
Italy Joins Calls for Israeli Settlement Freeze
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has opposed to new Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories naming the issue as an obstacle to peace in the Middle East. After meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday […]
UK Rules Out ‘Arms Embargo’ on Israel
The UK has dismissed a petition asking the key EU power to put an arms embargo on Israel and press other countries to stop supplying arms to Tel Aviv, over its conduct in the Gaza […]
Ex-Israel Minister Jailed for Fraud
Abraham Hirchson, Israel’s former finance minister, has been jailed for five-and-a-half years on theft and fraud charges. Hirchson was also fined $115,000 on Wednesday by the Tel Aviv District Court for stealing about $600,000 from […]
US Intervention in Iran
By Terry Lacey – Jakarta The Iranian authorities, shocked by the massive popular protests against alleged election malpractices have blocked web sites such as Facebook and Twitter, blocked SMS messages, restricting use of cell phones, […]
Israeli Left Fails at Logic
By Belen Fernandez In a June 24 article on the Haaretz website entitled ‘Leave the settlers there,’ opinion writer Yair Sheleg condemns the Israeli left for comparing Jewish settlers to Hamas. According to Sheleg, the […]
Who’s A Low Level Terrorist? Are You?
By Emily Spence Recently, an American Civil Liberties Union report pointed out, "Anti-terrorism training materials currently being used by the Department of Defense (DoD) teach its personnel that free expression in the form of public […]
Obama: Walking the Tightrope on Iran
By Ivan Eland When massive turmoil occurs in an important country, U.S. policymakers struggle to make heads or tails of it and arrive at an appropriate reaction. Kibitzers and pundits, however, have no trouble reaching […]
We ‘Dirty Arabs’ Have Had Enough
By Joharah Baker – Jerusalem What unwritten law is out there that allows Israelis to sling racist insults at Palestinians with impunity? After all my years in this country and the absurdities that come along […]
Israel Releases Senior Hamas MP
Israel has released the Hamas speaker of the Palestinian parliament, Abdul Aziz Dweik, who was jailed for nearly three years over his ties to the group. Dweik’s release followed an Israeli prosecutor’s failure to persuade […]
Israel Allows New Settlement Homes
Israel has authorized construction of 300 new homes at a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank in defiance to US calls for a halt to settlement expansion. Israeli Army Radio said on Tuesday that […]
Russia Plans Middle East Summit
Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s president, has said that Moscow aims to hold a peace conference before the end of 2009 to help resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. After holding talks in Cairo with Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian […]
Israel Minister’s Visit to al-Aqsa Sparks Anger
An Israeli cabinet minister who made headlines last week for racist remarks about Arabs paid a rare visit to Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque on Tuesday, prompting condemnation from Palestinian religious leaders. Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch, […]
Iran’s ‘Most Treacherous’ Enemy, Britain
By Stuart Littlewood – London In the turmoil following Iran’s presidential election, the country’s Supreme Leader has denounced Britain as the "most treacherous" of Iran’s enemies. Western diplomats, he said, "are displaying their enmity against […]
Canada to Consider Settlements Suit
A Canadian court is to consider a lawsuit brought by Palestinians from the West Bank town of Bilin who say two Canadian firms have committed war crimes by assisting in construction of Israeli settlements. Activists […]
Abbas Orders Hamas Prisoner Release
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has ordered the release of prisoners affiliated to Hamas in the West Bank. Azam al-Ahmad, the head of the Fatah bloc in the Palestinian Legislative Council, told Al Jazeera on […]
‘Jewish State’ Recognition Urged
Israel’s defence minister has said that Arabs must recognize his country as a Jewish state before an independent Palestinian state can be created. Ehud Barak told a news conference in Cairo on Sunday that there […]
Long on Rhetoric, Short on Memory
By Jim Miles Having watched the situation in Iran now for several years through to the current protests by the dissident citizens of the country unsatisfied with the election results, I remain as perplexed as […]
Friedman Warms His Heart in Brummana, Lebanon
By Belen Fernandez In a June 16 Op-Ed column in the New York Times entitled ‘The Virtual Mosque,’ Thomas Friedman declares that events in Iran have raised ‘three intriguing questions’ for him: "Is Facebook to […]
The Iron Cage
Introduction The following is an excerpt from Rashid Khalidi’s book, ‘The Iron Cage’, which discusses the April 2004 letter from US President George Bush to former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Though written in 2006, […]
Obama’s Double-Talk
By Tammy Obeidallah Congratulations to President Barack Obama for duping the Arab and Muslim community in America yet again with another hollow speech. He became the darling of many by opening his recent Cairo address […]
When Will We Reconcile with Ourselves?
By Joharah Baker – Jerusalem Unfortunately, far too many articles have been written about this subject. Every time pen hits paper (or finger hits keyboard), a wave of remorse and unease surely washes over any […]
Miriam’s Legacy
Reviewed by Miriam Walton and Warren Bardsley ‘Miriam’s Legacy’ – Patricia Rantisi. Author House, 2007. (ISBN 978-14343-0412-4) 2008 marked the sixtieth year of the birth of the State of Israel, but also the year that […]
Halliburton’s Army
By Jim Miles Halliburton’s Army – How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War. Pratap Chatterjee. Nation Books, New York, 2009. This book airs out Halliburton/KBR dirty laundry: the bribes, kickbacks, the inefficient […]
Humiliation at Israeli Hands Now Online
Forced to slap themselves and crouch on the floor, blindfolded and with hands bound are but some of what the Palestinians taste at the hands of the Israeli border police. "Yallah, start, do it hard!" […]
Israeli Poll: Obama Pro-Palestinian
Israelis increasingly view Barack Obama, the US president, as supporting the Palestinian cause as he pushes for Israel to halt settlement growth in the occupied West Bank and relaunch peace talks, according to an opinion […]
Israel Still a Destination for Human Trafficking
The latest US State Department report on trafficked persons, released on 16 June, says Israel is still a destination for men and women trafficked for forced labour and sexual exploitation. Women from the former Soviet […]
Ahmadinejad, Israel and Obama’s Iran Puzzle
By Ramzy Baroud The election victory of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is likely to complicate US President Barack Obama’s new approach to his country’s conflict with Iran. The reason behind the foreseen obstacle is neither […]
Iranian Elections: The ‘Stolen Elections’ Hoax
By James Petras "Change for the poor means food and jobs, not a relaxed dress code or mixed recreation… Politics in Iran is a lot more about class war than religion." — Financial Times Editorial, […]
Bush Jumps over Maine, Carter Lands in Gaza
By Rannie Amiri "And you know, because I was president it sends a message all around. Go out and get something doing. Just ’cause … old guys can still have fun and still do stuff." […]