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Oxfam Slams Israel over Destructions

An international British-based aid agency says Israel should compensate for the damage its soldiers have inflicted on impoverished Palestinians. Oxfam on Saturday issued a statement, which criticized Israel for wasting international money donated to Palestinians […]

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Israel’s Friends at Westminster

By Stuart Littlewood – London Israelis wanted for war crimes can sleep easier thanks to their friends and admirers in the British Establishment. Yes, our brand-new coalition government intends providing a safe haven for the […]

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Writing the Last Chapter

By Raid Khoury The plight of the Palestinian Arabs has been well documented and their cause kept alive by the indestructible spirit of this courageous and proud people. Those who were supposed to disappear from […]

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If Kosovo, Why Not Palestine?

By John V. Whitbeck On July 22, the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion on the following question posed to it by Serbia: “Is the unilateral declaration of independence by the Provisional Institutions […]

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Letters from Palestine

By Beverly Brodsky Letters from Palestine: Palestinians Speak out about Their Lives, Their Country, and the Power of Nonviolence. Kenneth Ring and Ghassan Abdullah. “Papers, please!” This demand from a French official in the film […]

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Redundant but Dangerous Language

By Ramzy Baroud Each time Israel fails to keep its ‘side of the bargain’, the Palestinian Authority responds with the same redundant language. The cycle has become so utterly predictable that one wonders why the […]

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Who’s Aiding Judaisation?

By Nicola Nasser Since 1860, when the American Jewish tycoon Judah Touro donated $60,000 — a fortune for that time — towards the construction of the first Jewish settlement outside the old walls of Jerusalem, […]

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Writing for the Future

By Sally Bland Hidden Histories: Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean. Basem L. Ra’ad. London-New York: Pluto Press, 2010. Pp. 272 Most Palestinians, Arabs and their sympathizers know all too well that turning Palestine into Israel […]

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Feyadh Blamed for al-Quds Plight

Fatah’s official in charge of al-Quds (Jerusalem) affairs has accused the Palestinian Authority of "serious negligence" and thus harming the Palestinians in the city. The government led by caretaker Prime Minister Salam Feyadh has failed […]

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Fatah Renews Palestinian Demand

The Fatah party, which leads the Palestinian Authority (PA), once again urges a halt in Israel’s expansion of Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian lands. Secretary of Fatah’s Central Committee Jibril Rajub said on Tuesday that […]

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Obama’s Costly Appeasement of Israelis

By George S. Hishmeh –Washington, D.C. It was a session replete with superlatives when the assistant secretary of state for political and military affairs, Andrew J. Shapiro, spelled out in unprecedented detail the Obama administration’s approach […]