Former Irish President Mary Robinson, chairing a delegation of global Elders visiting the Gaza Strip, has called the situation in the territory "shocking." “I was last here in 2008, just before the Gaza war. The […]
Israeli soldiers have arrested a lawmaker of the Islamic Hamas movement after raiding his home in the city of al-Khalil (Hebron) in the southern West Bank. Hamas MP Hatem Qafaish was arrested early on Monday […]
The Palestinian Authority’s ambassador to the UN has called on the international community to put pressure on Israel over the resumption of its illegal settlement activities. Palestinian envoy Riyad Mansour said on Monday that Tel […]
By Uri Avnery Will Germany enact a law that demands that every Turk aspiring to citizenship swear allegiance to the ‘German Federal Republic, the Nation-State of the German People’? Sounds like a ridiculous idea. Will […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth As US-sponsored peace talks have stalled over the issue of settlements, Israel’s national police force has revealed that it is turning to the very same illegal communities in its first-ever drive […]
By Ralph Nader The strong case that Eric Alterman’s book What Liberal Media? made in 2003 against the propaganda-style claim by rightwingers, that the mass media has a liberal bias, is an expanding understatement. Just […]
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit says Arab nations might ask the UN to recognize a Palestinian state in response to Israel’s failure to respect the new round of talks. Aboul Gheit said on Friday […]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Israel will "remain isolated" if Tel Aviv fails to apologize for killing Turkish human rights activists. "Israel must apologize to Turkey and pay compensation. If it does not, […]
Despite global opposition to Israel’s settlement projects, Tel Aviv has invited tenders to build 238 new settlement units in the occupied Palestinian territories. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved building of the new units in […]
By Ziad Abbas Since I started working at Middle East Children’s Alliance, the MAIA Project to bring clean water to the children of Palestine has become closest to my heart. All of our projects are […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth In all likelihood, I will be one of the very first non-Jews expected to swear loyalty to Israel as an ideology rather than as a state. Until now, naturalising residents, like […]
By Jim Miles (Empire for Liberty. Richard H. Immerman. Princeton University Press, 2010.) History takes on an interesting life when written as well as Richard Immerman’s new book "Empire for Liberty," with the lengthy subtitle […]
Israel has signed a $400 million deal to sell unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Russia and provide it with assembly components and servicing for the spy planes. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) said on Wednesday that […]
By Ramzy Baroud If one tried to fit music compositions into an equivalent literary style, Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble’s latest release would come across as a most engaging political essay: persuasive, argumentative, […]
Israeli forces have shot yet another Palestinian teenager near the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel for collecting rubble often used as building material. The spokesman of Gaza medical services, Abu Salmiya, said that the teenager […]
Turkey says it will not attend a tourism conference in al-Quds (Jerusalem) in protest to Tel Aviv’s aggressive approach towards the Palestinians. Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Minister Ertugrul Gunay said on Tuesday that his country […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Israel secretly staged a training exercise last week to test its ability to quell any civil unrest that might result from a peace deal with the Palestinian Authority requiring the forcible […]
A senior Palestinian lawmaker has called for an immediate declaration of an independent Palestinian state in response to failed talks with Israel. Mustafa Barghouthi called on the Palestinian Authority (PA) on Wednesday to immediately declare "an […]
By Dallas Darling If Martin Luther King would have been a Palestinian, I sometimes wonder how Israeli authorities would have treated him. This came to mind again when it was reported that an Israeli military […]
The families of the victims of Israel’s maritime attack on a Gaza aid convoy in May are set to take the case to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Reports say they will file a lawsuit […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London ‘Mr Hague, is it not your responsibility to keep seaways open?’ ‘The unbroken thread of Conservative Party support for Israel that has run for nearly a century from the Balfour Declaration […]
By Mamoon Alabbasi – London London’s ‘Jazza Music Festival’ kicked off Tuesday with a number of artists performing free of charge to help raise aid for the occupied Palestinian territories and highlight their plight. The […]
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington, D.C. It is generally recognized that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), now a 100,000-member pro-Israeli lobbying group, has had an impressive record since the fifties in advocating pro-Israel […]
By Ershad Abubacker The US is considered by many as the backbone of Israel and the mother of many evils in Middle East. With the presence of various pro-Israeli lobbies and pressure groups rallying around […]
By Ramona Wadi crimson stains their mangled wingsdrenched before reaching a springuntarnished with rippling veins it’s my fingers and other paper handsthat erase and replace letters on the map as butterflies writhe in parched mouths […]
Amid US efforts to broker a deal between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, a senior Israeli official has cast doubt on a possible agreement between the two sides. There is "no chance of reaching a […]
An Israeli lawmaker has backed the shooting of Palestinians that throw rocks at settler cars, saying even children should be targeted if they appear "life-threatening." “Even a child, if he is endangering someone’s life, should […]
An Israeli nuclear whistleblower says Tel Aviv is still taking revenge on him after jailing him extendedly for exposing Israel’s controversial nuclear program. In 1986, the nuclear technician, Mordachai Vanunu was sentenced to 18 years […]
Former White House veteran reporter has criticized the United States for not allowing people to talk about Israeli policies against the Palestinian people. "You cannot criticize Israel in this country and survive," Helen Thomas said […]
An Israeli court has sentenced a prominent Palestinian activist to one year in prison for organising non-violent protests against the barrier that separates the West Bank, the occupied territory, from Israeli territory. The verdict on […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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