By Eric Walberg – Cairo (Ard ard – Surface-to-surface: The story of a graffiti revolution. Sheif Abdel-Megid. Egyptian Association for Books 2011. ISBN 978-977-207-102-9) Graffiti — the art of the masses, by the masses, for […]
By Ramzy Baroud The issue is not about hummus, chocolate bars or Dead Sea vacations. It is about civil society taking full responsibility for its own action (or lack of). The issue is not exactly […]
By Jeremy Salt – Ankara Even though we are used to double standards, the moral posturing over Syria in recent weeks has been quite a spectacle. At the UN Security Council, Susan Rice bellows her disgust […]
By Lillian Rosengarten ‘What times are theseWhen a conversationIs almost a crimeBecause it includesSo much explicit.’ — Paul Celan, ‘A leaf, treeless’ Fanatics closed to discussion, believe in their moral superiority without having to justify […]
By Kathy Kelly – Dubai It’s Valentine’s Day, and opening the little cartoon on the Google page brings up a sentimental animation with Tony Bennett singing "why can’t I free your doubtful mind and melt […]
An Israeli military court has rejected an appeal from the Palestinian activist, Khader Adnan, to have his jail term reduced, according to one of his lawyers. Lawyer Mahmoud Hassan said a military court judge ruled on […]
A report has revealed that Israel’s Mossad operatives use passports belonging to foreign nationals serving with the Israeli military to carry out covert operations abroad. According to the report published in the Times of London […]
Gaza will soon have only six hours of electricity per day if more fuel is not delivered to the blockaded strip, an energy official said on Monday. Gaza power authority official Ahmad Abu al-Amaren said […]
By Vacy Vlazna ‘De-Arabizing the history of Palestine is another crucial element of the ethnic cleansing. 1500 years of Arab and Muslim rule and culture in Palestine are trivialized, evidence of its existence is being […]
Growing up in Israel, Shay Sium became accustomed to being called a ‘nigger’. Sium, 32, has lived in Israel most of his life, but says he and other Ethiopian Jews are treated differently from other […]
The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process today called on Israel to do everything in its power to preserve the health of a Palestinian detainee who is on a hunger strike […]
Fatah Central Committee member Mahmoud Al-Aloul said Friday that Palestinian leaders will seek Arab support for their decision not to return to direct negotiations with Israel, after exploratory talks ended last month without agreement. PLO […]
The leader of Tunisia’s Islamic party of al-Nahda, Rashed Ghannouchi, has officially announced that his country will not recognize Israel. Ghannouchi said that there is no dispute between Islamic movements in the African state over the […]
A top party official Ahmad Yousef denied Thursday that Hamas was split on a plan to reconcile the occupied territories, saying misunderstandings were due to the sudden nature of the announcement. "Perhaps the announcement of the […]
By The Palestinian Council of Human Rights Organisations As Palestinian organisations dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), we express our deepest concern about the critical health […]
By Eric Walberg – Cairo Russia’s electoral scene has been transformed in the past two months, without a doubt inspired by the political winds from the Middle East and the earlier colour revolutions in Russia’s […]
By Stuart Littlewood There are few crimes more despicable then stealing your neighbor’s water, and polluting what’s left, then watching him and his children suffer thirst, disease and ruin. Most of us would want nothing […]
By John V. Whitbeck The words which people use, often unconsciously, can have a critical impact upon the thoughts and attitudes of those who speak and write, as well as those who listen and read. […]
Hamas’ "change and reform" parliamentary committee on Wednesday urged parties involved in the Doha agreement to review its adherence to Palestinian law. The parliamentary bloc came out against a key clause in the pact under […]
Israeli trade and labor unions have launched a general strike over the rights of contract workers, shutting down city councils, schools, trains, banks, post offices, airports and the stock market. The trade unions demand that […]
By Matt Buckley I recently witnessed a Christian social justice group, which I greatly respect, be successfully pressured into suppressing the issue of Palestine from their work. The episode raises broader questions about censorship and […]
By Ramzy Baroud On April 10, 2002, then British Prime Minister Tony Blair told the House of Commons, ‘Saddam Hussein’s regime is…developing weapons of mass destruction, and we cannot leave him doing so unchecked.’ A […]
The Civic Coalition for Defending Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem welcomed an Israeli court decision on Monday which ruled in favor of the last remaining Palestinian village from 1948, a statement said. On Monday, an Israeli […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned an agreement between the two Palestinian factions of Hamas and Fatah to form a unity government. The Palestinian movement of Hamas agreed on Monday to a proposal by Qatari […]
A group of human rights activists participating in the Miles of Smiles aid convoy has arrived in the besieged Gaza Strip. The convoy arrived in Gaza from Egypt through the southern border crossing of Rafah […]
By Ralph Nader I often ask Congressional Democrats these days is: ‘If you agree that your Republican counterparts in Congress are the most craven, corporatist, fact-denying, falsifying, anti-99 percent, militaristic Republicans in the party’s history, […]
By Felicity Arbuthnot ‘The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.’ George Orwell – Eric Arthur Blair, 1903-1950. For anyone in two minds about what is really […]
By Richard Lightbown The British media was full of sound bites last weekend from politicians expressing outrage against Russia and China for blocking a UN Security Council resolution based on an Arab League proposal for […]
Mahmud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), has agreed to lead an interim national consensus government to prepare for upcoming elections, under an agreement signed in the Qatari capital. The "Doha Declaration" was signed […]
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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