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Month: September 2011
Egypt and Israel Seek Return to ‘Normal’ Ties
Egypt and Israel have said they want a return to normal diplomatic activities after the Israeli ambassador flew home on Friday following the storming of the embassy in Cairo during violent protests. Binyamin Netanyahu, the […]
Israel to Expel 30K Bedouins from Negev
The Israeli cabinet has given the go-ahead to a plan authorizing the expulsion of tens of thousands of Bedouin Arabs from the Negev desert where they have lived for generations. The plan, known as the […]
Poll: Obama Biased in Favor of Israel
A new survey shows that most Palestinians believe that US President Barack Obama’s policies support Israeli interests rather than those of the Palestinians. The poll, conducted by the German organization Konrad Adenauer, revealed that 88 […]
Storming the Embassy: ‘Peace without Justice is Tyranny’
By Nath Aldalala’a What was built on feeble foundations is feeble. The Egypt-Israeli Peace Treaty (EIPT) was signed at a time characterised by a very different domestic and regional political climate. The most notable aspect […]
What State Do Palestinians Want?
By Mahmoud N. Musa Before Palestinian politicians go to the General Assembly of the United Nations to ask for recognition of their nominal state, they have to answer this question: Is this what the Palestinian people […]
World Has Not Been the Same after September 11, 2001
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan The Americans and people all over the world who still remember clearly the unfolding of the horrible events on September 11, 2001 day are commemorating with pain and anguish when 3000 […]
World Has Not Been the Same after September 11, 2001
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan The Americans and people all over the world who still remember clearly the unfolding of the horrible events on September 11, 2001 day are commemorating with pain and anguish when 3000 […]
9/11: The Loneliness of the Falling Man
By William A. Cook The moon outside that sheds its light over this desert landscape of chaparral and twisted Joshua trees where I live is not yet full, but it rises nonetheless, as the sun, […]
Children of Qalandiya: Occupation Starts Here
By Tamar Fleishman – The West Bank I wanted to write about Mahmud, the thirteen year old boy that ever since his return from Ofer prison is the first of the children who hurry to […]
The Egyptian People Want Israel Out
By Julie Webb-Pullman – Gaza The hasty and undignified departure of Israeli embassy staff from Cairo following popular protests on Friday (September 09) underscores the highly-tenuous state of Israeli-Egyptian relations, as well as the strength […]
Palestine’s Students Must Be Set Free
By Stuart Littlewood The last thing Israel wants is masses of bright and clever young Palestinians nextdoor in the shredded remains of the Occupied Territories. But that’s exactly what Palestinian youngsters are… bright and clever, […]
Egyptians Break into Israeli Embassy in Cairo
Israel’s embassy in Cairo has been stormed by protesters who tore down one of the outer embassy walls and threw thousands of documents from the embassy’s windows. The angry protesters also replaced the neighbouring country’s […]
Israel Embassy Wall Torn Down in Egypt
Parts of the wall recently built around the Israeli embassy in Cairo, to protect the facility from Egyptian demonstrators has been torn down by angry protesters. Following the Friday Prayers, protesters and activists gathered outside […]
PA to Push UN Bid Despite Pressures
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has declared that despite pressure from some Western countries, Palestinians will move ahead with a statehood bid at the upcoming UN General Assembly meeting. "Whatever the pressures, we’re going to the […]
Palestinian State Long Overdue: UN Chief
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has announced his support for an independent and sovereign state of Palestine, emphasizing that a Palestinian state is “long overdue.” “But…the recognition of a state is something to be […]
Will the US Declare Independence at the UN?
By John V. Whitbeck While many questions relating to the State of Palestine’s imminent application for UN membership are being raised and vigorously debated, one relevant question has not been. That question is how American […]
US Congress Members Take Junket to Israel
By Reverend Carolyn Boyd Americans are frustrated, angry and disappointed in the political leadership of our country. We are enduring one crisis after another: housing, war, jobs, budget, debt and deficit. We are also shouldering […]
Daphne and Itzik
By Uri Avnery It sounds like the title of a romantic movie. ‘Daphne, Itzik and all the Others’. It starts off with a friendship between two youngsters, he in his early thirties, she in her mid […]
Activists Campaign for PA’s UN Statehood Bid
A group of Palestinian activists and officials have submitted a letter to the United Nations urging Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to support the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) bid for recognition at the General Assembly later this month. […]
Italian Activist’s Murder Trial Starts in Gaza
The first session of a murder trial for four suspects in the killing of Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni is due to start on Thursday in a Gaza court, a Ma’an correspondent reported. The Italian activist […]
Israel Police Arrests Protesters
Israeli police have clashed with demonstrators who staged mass rallies to protest persisting high costs of living and social injustice in Israel. Israeli police arrested about 40 protesters in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, Reuters reported […]
Who Killed Vittorio Arrigoni? Trial Begins
By Michele Giorgio – GazaTranslated by Daniela Loffreda – Rome Vittorio Arrigoni was strangled between 14 and 15 April between the hours of 11pm and 1 am. He was still alive in the video filmed […]
Russia’s Middle East Dilemma
By Eric Walberg Muammar Al-Gaddafi’s demise is all but a done thing, carried out with a UN blessing, however dubious, and only belatedly opposed by Russia and China. Russian policy makers are now wondering if […]
Israel ‘Disloyal’ to Turkey Defence Contracts
The Turkish prime minister has accused Israel of lacking "trade ethics" in bilateral military contracts. "Israel has shown disloyalty in our bilateral agreements in the defence industry area," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, referring […]
PA: Wide Differences with US on UN Bid
Palestinian officials say the differences with the US over the UN bid are wide and they will not give up the bid to seek recognition at the annual meeting of leaders at the General Assembly. […]
For the Love of Israel: Congresswoman’s Misguided War on the UN
By Ramzy Baroud From an Israeli point of view, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the ideal American politician. Although many in the US government aspire to her level of commitment to Israel, few can measure up […]
Syria’s Day is Yemen’s Night
By James Gundun – Washington, D.C. They supposedly came to the podium in peace. Celebrating the start of Islam’s Holy Month during a time of historic upheaval, President Barack Obama sent his ‘best wishes to […]
Support the Palestinian Initiative in the UN for Statehood
By William James Martin Virginia Tilley, writing in the Electronic Intifada, under the title, ‘Bantustans and the unilateral declaration of statehood’ has argued that the Palestinian Authority’s move toward a UN resolution declaring statehood is […]
Turkey Suspends Israel Defence and Trade Ties
Turkey is "totally suspending" all trade, military and defence industry ties with Israel, the Turkish prime minister said. "Trade ties, military ties, regarding defence industry ties, we are completely suspending them," Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said […]
Airstrike Kills PRC Fighter in Gaza
An Israeli airstrike late Tuesday killed a member of the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees and injured three others east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, medics said. Gaza medical official Adham Abu […]