By Stephen Lendman When all else fails, offer money, or in this case weapons for peace (a clear oxymoron) via for a three month settlement construction moratorium in name only. In fact, new building is […]
The Israeli prime minister’s security cabinet has finally agreed to the withdrawal of troops from parts of Ghajar village on the Lebanese border, ending a decades-long occupation. In a Wednesday vote, Benyamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet […]
At least two Palestinian has been killed and three others seriously wounded in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, medical sources say. Witnesses said a car exploded after it was fired upon by an […]
A Palestinian official has criticized the administration of US President Barack Obama for offering inducements to bribe Tel Aviv into postponing its settlement activities for another 90 days. "The US policy clearly is witnessing a real […]
By Ralph Nader George W. Bush is on a roll—a money roll with a $7 million advance for his book Decision Points and a rehabilitation roll to paint his war crimes as justifiable mass-slaughter and […]
By Tammy Obeidallah Ever since becoming an activist on behalf of Palestine some ten years ago, I have found ironic humor in the label, ‘The Middle East’s Only Democracy’ used by American policymakers and media […]
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has revealed that the US would offer more assistance to Israel, should Tel Aviv extend its partial settlement freeze for 90 days. "If we reach an agreement, they [US officials] […]
The head of the Israeli police investigations and Dubai police chief Dahi Khalfan have reportedly met after the latter accused Israel of killing a top Hamas commander. Major General Yoav Segalovich met the Dubai police […]
The Arab League will possibly refuse a new Israeli three-month partial settlement freeze that excludes East al-Quds (Jerusalem), an official from the organization says. "If there is a settlement freeze that excludes Jerusalem, I cannot […]
Students at the University of Haifa plan to rally against a ban on a pro-Palestinian lawmaker who was aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla when attacked by Israeli commandos in May. Supporters of Arab Israeli lawmaker […]
By James Gundun – Washington, D.C. Should anything else be expected from Benjamin Netanyahu? Fresh off his jet, the Israeli Prime Minister hit New Orleans running with a loaded freight train – plans from the […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London LibDem leaders know perfectly well that under ‘universal jurisdiction’ all states that are party to the Geneva Conventions are obliged to seek out and prosecute or extradite those suspected of […]
By George S. Hishmeh, Washington, D.C. Dear Secretary Clinton, My apologies for this open letter but I have been worrying that your briefing papers are not providing you with much-needed background for some of your decisions […]
By Neve Gordon Imagine a sheriff offering the head of a criminal gang the following deal: ‘If you agree to stop stealing from your neighbours for three months, I’ll give you cutting edge weaponry and […]
The US has offered Israel an incentive package to reinstate a 90-day moratorium on West Bank settlement building, in an effort to revive stalled peace talks with the Palestinians, diplomatic sources said. The proposed moratorium, […]
Israel is building a 60km-long barrier on its southern border with Egypt aimed at physically keeping out African asylum-seekers amid a rising tide of intolerance towards people widely referred to as “illegal workers". The barrier will […]
An official visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the US has been wrapped up with no concrete decision over extension of Tel Aviv’s partial settlement freeze. The Israeli premier left the United States […]
An Israeli activist has published a new video showing that Israeli soldiers are joyful over destroying Palestinian homes during the offensive against the Gaza Strip. The video, posted on the internet on Thursday, showed that […]
By Jim Miles The title from this issue of Foreign Affairs struck me as rather odd, in particular the subtitle ‘New Challenges Call for New Policies. Are the U.S. and Israel Ready to Change Course?’ […]
Hundreds of Palestinians have taken to the streets of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) to protest the expansion of Jewish settlements. Holding banners reading, "Free Sheikh Jarrah" and "Stop Stealing Our Land," demonstrators […]
By Ron Jacobs Ramzy Baroud left Gaza when he was a young man. He departed with mixed emotions, knowing full well he might never see his father or Gaza again. Once he left, his activities […]
The United States has planned to expand its military aid to the Israeli regime over the next two years, adding smart bombs to the new supply list. US Congress approved a boost of $400 million […]
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has asked for an urgent UN Security Council meeting to debate the illegal expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Acting PA Chief Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday instructed the […]
Amid international efforts to return Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to direct talks, Israeli warplanes have once again bombed Palestinian targets. The fighter jets bombarded an area near the city of Khan Yunis in […]
The Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, has warned of potential US-planned and Israeli-waged warfare on Lebanon and Syria. Hezbollah MP Nawaf al-Moussawi said on Thursday there was a potential "American political decision to wage a new […]
Commemorations in the West Bank have marked the 2004 demise of the former head of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat. The Thursday anniversary in the city of Ramallah in central West Bank was attended by […]
By Ramzy Baroud On Sunday, October 31, when a group of militants seized a church in Baghdad, killing and wounding scores of Iraqi Christians, it signaled yet another episode of unimaginable horror in the country […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, is in the United States this week, but few observers expect an immediate or significant breakthrough in the stalled peace talks with the Palestinian leadership. In public, […]
By Toufic Haddad The story of the Palestinian experience in Kuwait is a microcosm of the Palestinian experience overall in all its tragic footnotes. Yet the truth of what took place there – from the […]
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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