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Month: May 2012
Israeli Foreign Minister Unbearable: Austrian Defense Minister
Austrian Defense Minister Norbert Darabos says the presence of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in the Israeli cabinet is “unbearable.” In an interview with the Austrian daily Die Presse, Darabos severely criticized Israel’s policies, with a special […]
Islamophobia: A New Form of Colonialism
By Ismail Salami In an organized act of brutality, a number of US soldiers went on a house-to-house shooting spree in Zangabad village, Kandahar in March and massacred 16 people including nine children while they […]
BBC Polling: How the World Sees Israel
By Jamal Kanj In response to questions rating which country ‘… is having a mainly positive or mainly negative influence in the world?’ Israel was tie with N Korea for third place with highest negative […]
Report: Denmark Set to Label Settlement Produce
Denmark is set to introduce a labeling system to denote products made in Israeli settlements, Danish media said Friday. "This is a move that will clearly show consumers that this produce has been produced under […]
UN Official Voices Concern over Plight of Palestinians under Occupation
A senior United Nations relief official today (May 16) voiced deep concern over the plight of Palestinians affected by Israel’s occupation, including those displaced after their homes were demolished, and called for the scrapping of […]
US Seeks Extra $70m for Israel Defence Shield
The US plans to give Israel the extra $70m that it asked for this year for its short-range missile defence programme known as the "Iron Dome," Leon Panetta, the US defence secretary has said. Panetta […]
Amidst Fragmentation and Dispossession: Which Palestine?
By Fida Jiryis Throughout contemporary history, movement of people outside their own countries for long or short intervals has occurred for various reasons: education, work, marriage, family ties, fleeing hardships, and so on. Foreigners exist […]
Madeleine Albright and Iraq Genocide Memorial Day
By Felicity Arbuthnot ‘Get some new lawyers.’ — 1999: Then US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to UK Foreign Secretary Robin Cook on his assertion that the bombing of Balkan States was illegal under international […]
Israel’s New Protest
By Uri Avnery Rabin Square in Tel Aviv has seen many demonstrations, but none quite like last Saturday’s. It has nothing to do with the event which gave the square its name: the huge rally […]
Global Appeal for Stories of Palestinian Displacement
BADIL is delighted to announce the launch of the new ‘Ongoing Nakba Education Center’ (ONEC) website – www.ongoingnakba.org The participatory website uses multi-media tools to build a significant advocacy resource relating to the historic and […]
Israeli Tanks Fire on Gaza Strip, 7 Injured
Seven people were injured on Thursday when Israeli forces fired artillery rounds at the northern and eastern Gaza Strip, medics said. Gaza medical spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya told Ma’an that two people were seriously wounded […]
Two Palestinian Inmates Refuse to End Hunger Strike
Two Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have refused to end their hunger strike as Israeli authorities fail to address their demands. “Prisoners Mahmud Sarsak and Akram Rikhawi are still on hunger strike,” the Egyptian daily […]
Growing Tensions between Locals and Migrants in Israel
Blessing Akachukneu was already looking for a new place to live when her south Tel Aviv apartment, which doubles as a day-care centre, was firebombed in April. Her Israeli neighbours, she explained, had complained to […]
Abbas Swears in New Ministers in Ramallah Reshuffle
Palestinian Authority premier Salam Fayyad lost his dual role as finance minister in a government reshuffle on Wednesday, as President Mahmoud Abbas swore in 9 new ministers. He was replaced by Nabil Qassis, a former […]
Erasing the Nakba
By Neve Gordon I first heard about the Nakba in the late 1980s, while I was an undergraduate student of philosophy at Hebrew University. This, I believe, is a revealing fact, particularly since, as a […]
Europe’s Southern Mediterranean Priorities
By Stuart Reigeluth Last month the European Parliament postponed the vote at the Committees on Foreign Affairs and International Trade on whether or not to enhance trade relations even further with Israel. This is good […]
Peace-making without Mediators
By Nicola Nasser A surplus of mediators have been around all the time, including the heavy weight Quartet of the UN, U.S., EU and Russia, as well as heaps of terms of reference of UNSC […]
Israel Must be Forced to Implement Prisoner Agreement
By Julie Webb-Pullman – Gaza Despite repeatedly stating that a key demand was an end to administrative detention, and that no partial offer would be accepted, an Israeli offer was yesterday accepted by the Higher […]
Medics: 80 Injured in Nakba Protests near Ramallah
Over 80 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli forces near Ramallah on Tuesday, medics said, as protesters commemorated the Nakba, or catastrophe, of their exile in 1948. After a mass rally in Ramallah’s Clock […]
Palestinians Mark Nakba with Protests
Israeli forces faced off with Palestinian stone-throwers in the West Bank during the annual Nakba Day protests over the "catastrophe" that befell the Palestinians in 1948. At Beitunia checkpoint near Ramallah, youths hurled stones at […]
Israelis Not Keen on Changing the Status Quo
By Stuart Reigeluth The Israelis are anything but stupid. However their cleverness and innovation in perfecting the technological, logistical and financial dimensions of the military occupation and colonisation of Palestinian land make the situation nearly […]
The Palestinian Nakba: The Resolve of Memory
By Ramzy Baroud Many Palestinians remember and reference al-Nakba, also known as the Catastrophe, on May 15 every year. The event marks the expulsion of nearly a million Palestinians, while their villages were destroyed. The […]
Hunger-striking Detainees Sign Deal with Prison Authority
Detainees on Monday signed a deal with the Israeli prison authority to end their mass hunger strike, officials told Ma’an. Prisoner representatives from each of the factions agreed to the deal in Ashkelon jail, prisoners […]
EU Slams Israel over Settlement, Ill-treatment of Palestinians
The European Union has criticized Israel over its growing settlement activities in occupied territories and ill-treatment of Palestinians. EU foreign ministers issued a harsh critique of Israel on Monday, blaming Tel Aviv for threatening a two-state […]
Israel and Palestinians ‘Committed to Peace’
Israel and the Palestinian Authority have issued a rare joint statement saying both are committed to peace, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dispatched an envoy to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Netanyahu’s office issued the joint […]
Israeli Government Challenges Law to Embrace Settler Outposts
Israeli settlers east of the separation barrier in the central West Bank occupy the land most critical for any future final status agreement under a two-state solution. But instead of limiting settlement expansion, critics say […]
Israel’s Buffoon: The UN Nakba
By Vacy Vlazna On May 15, 1948 the unilateral proclamation of the State of Israel which erupted into the brutal Palestinian Nakba or Catastrophe was also catastrophic for United Nations (UN) ringing the death knell for […]
Punished over Iran: S. Africa Petrol under Threat
By Iqbal Jassat- Pretoria Amidst reports that pro-Israeli lobbies in the United States have secured an assurance from the Obama administration to relentlessly pursue countries seen to be wavering in their compliance with rigorous sanctions […]
‘Being Palestinian’: Global Citizenship Available
By Frank Barat Before I start, I’d like to make it clear that not all views/takes on the subject will be mentioned in this piece. I will not talk about the ‘views from Mars’ (actually […]
Sins of Our Fathers
By William A. Cook ‘We dance round in a ring and suppose/ But the secret sits in the middle and knows.’ – Robert Frost Victors’ celebrations harbor shadows that lurk in the soul as revelers […]