By Dr. Elias Akleh It seems that the Palestine Papers, leaked by WikiLeaks, exposing the behind-closed-doors shady Palestinian/Israeli negotiations and security cooperation, and broadcasted by Al-Jazeera TV had surprised many in the Western world. The […]
By Jim Miles (A World Without Islam. Graham E. Fuller. Little, Brown, and Company, N.Y. 2010.) A title for a book is frequently the set of few words that creates a significant first impression and […]
By Mohamed El Mokhtar The recent damming documents, consisting of minutes of negotiations, memos, diplomatic correspondences, and maps dating from 1999 to 2010, secretly obtained and publicly released by Al Jazeera satellite TV channel eloquently […]
By Uri Avnery – Israel I always thought this a specifically Israeli trait: whenever a scandal of national proportions breaks out, we ignore the crucial issues and focus our attention on some secondary detail. This […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London Mention Richard Falk and you think of an honourable man who cares deeply about injustice, particularly the trampled rights of Palestinians under the evil jackboot. Mention Susan Rice, US Ambassador […]
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By Gilad Atzmon In his latest Newsweek article Stephen Kinzer wonders who America is betting on to counter the popular rising forces in the Middle East: ‘The same friends it has been betting on for […]
By Jim Miles I have just finished watching an interview from al-Jazeera with former U.S. diplomat to Egypt, Frank Wisner. My gut reaction was anger at the culpability of the U.S. government, not only within […]
By Mazin Qumsiyeh Ignoring the hype about the Palestine papers is hard. I spent a lot of time reading through page after page of the documents showing minutes of meetings and other exchanges regarding the Palestinian-Israeli […]
Following calls for vengeance and a "day of rage" against the PA for an alleged assassination, Hamas security forces in the Gaza Strip warned the angered Al-Aqsa Brigades that if they did not clarify threats […]
Israel has unveiled a plan to spend about $6 million to construct new roads on occupied Palestinian land, a report says. Palestinians view East al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of their future state, but watch […]
Armed Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have shot two Palestinian men, critically wounding one of them, the mayor of a Palestinian village says. Dozens of armed Israeli settlers invaded Beit Ummar near Hebron […]
By Kim Bullimore – The West Bank Currently there are more than 11,000 Palestinian political prisoners locked up in Israel’s jails. This week, I found out that my friend Hasan (not his real name) is […]
By Ahmed Amr – Cairo America has never met an Arab despot it couldn’t coddle. Before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Reagan and Bush had a nice working relationship with Saddam Hussein. In fact, when […]
By Mohamed El Mokhtar On the one hand one cannot but express a sigh of relief and share the joy and happiness of the peoples of south Sudan who are, now, freely exercising their legitimate […]
By M. Shahid Alam From his weekly perch at CNN, Fareed Zakaria, speculated last Sunday (or the Sunday before) whether George Bush could take credit for the events that were unfolding in Tunisia, whether this […]
By Ramzy Baroud Hunger strikes. These were the last resort for Tunisian activists as they fought against a brutal and highly oppressive regime. Prior to the ousting of Zineal-Abidine Ben Ali by an unprecedented people’s […]
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington, D.C. The Arab peoples, almost anywhere from ‘the Atlantic to the Gulf,’ are nowadays seething with anger more than at anytime in recent decades, partly because of their poor economic […]
NetanyahuThe Palestinian Authority (PA) has launched a search operation to find the source of leaked confidential documents which revealed its cooperation with Israel. The secret "Palestine Papers," published on Sunday, disclosed the true nature of […]
The continuing Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip is putting the lives of a host of people at risk as it has taken a heavy toll on the agriculture sector of the enclave. Farmers are […]
Israel has dramatically increased the pace of demolition of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank in 2010, in defiance of international calls, a rights group says. The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem said on […]
The Palestinian security forces engage in extensive co-operation with their Israeli counterparts, according to documents released by the WikiLeaks website. The cables quotes Yuval Diskin, the head of Shabak, Israel’s security service, as saying his […]
By Ramzy Baroud The Palestine Papers had damaged whatever little credibility the Ramallah-based authority still enjoyed among Palestinians The Palestine Papers, the 1,300 leaked documents that Aljazeera began publishing starting January 23, are the Palestinian […]
By Maureen Murphy I have been summoned to appear before a federal grand jury in Chicago on January 25. But I will not testify, even at the risk of being put in jail for contempt of […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth For more than a decade, since the collapse of the Camp David talks in 2000, the mantra of Israeli politics has been the same: ‘There is no Palestinian partner for peace.’ This […]
By Eugene Sigaloff ‘Light ’em up,’ says the lifelike puppet. ‘That’s good,’ says the satisfied puppet master,‘It looks as if it walks and talks on its own,Using words like these,Catchy words like these—Disengaged to prevent regret,Disengaged to […]
By Deepak Tripathi Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must […]
By Stephen Lendman Last May 31, Israeli commandos attacked and murdered nine activists, injuring dozens in international waters on board the Mavi Marmara mother ship, one of five bringing humanitarian aid to besieged Gazans. The […]
By Mohamed El Mokhtar There is no doubt that the killing of the late Lebanese Premier Minister was an unwarranted criminal act. There is no doubt that it caused a great deal of unnecessary suffering […]
Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai The United States is celebrating the 82nd birth anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr, the legendary black civil rights champion and a true visionary and reformer. Considered America’s answer to […]
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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