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Month: October 2012
Witnesses: Settlers Attack Olive Harvesters in Hebron
A group of settlers attacked Palestinian farmers who were harvesting olives in central Hebron on Friday, witnesses told Ma’an. Wajdi Thabet Abu Aisheh, 25, fell as he was attacked by settlers in Tel Rumeida and […]
Hezbollah Advances ‘Will Help Palestinian Resistance’: Brigades
Brigades in Gaza on Friday said advances in Hezbollah’s weapons capabilities would benefit the Palestinian resistance. Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday said his movement had sent the reconnaissance drone shot down over Israel […]
Turkey’s Policies at Crossroads: From Zero-Problems to a Heap of Trouble
By Ramzy Baroud Media consensus has been conclusively reached, or so it seems: Turkey is forced into a Middle Eastern mess not of its making as ‘Zero Problems with Neighbors’, once the centerpiece of the […]
Filling the Black Hole: Early Elections in Israel
By Uri Avnery So we have two election campaigns in the next three months – one in the USA and one in Israel. I don’t know which of them is more important for our lives. […]
Egypt’s Film Makers Still Plagued by Censorship
By Shahira Amin – Cario It’s been nearly two years since the mass uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, but Egypt’s film makers are still plagued by censorship they say is stifling their creativity. Religion […]
Drone Downed by Israel ‘Sent by Hezbollah’
The leader of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah has said that his organization launched an Iranian-built drone that was shot down in Israeli airspace last week. "A sophisticated reconnaissance aircraft was sent from Lebanese territory … and […]
US Deploys Military Task Force in Jordan: Wider War?
By Bill Van Auken Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Wednesday confirmed the existence of the task force, which was first reported by the New York Times. Speaking to the media at the close of a two-day NATO […]
American Jewish Romance with Israel
(Norman Finkelstein, Knowing Too Much: Why the American Jewish Romance with Israel is Coming to an End. OR Books, 470pp, ISBN 9781935928775) Reviewed by Matt Hill The twentieth century saw American Jews leave the ghetto […]
US Media’s Cultural Bias
By Jamal Kanj Last week I referred to Edward Said’s scholarly work on Western media coverage of Muslim and Arab countries, shaped by discreet cultural biases or political motives. This fact couldn’t be more pertinent […]
Arab Lawmakers Say Early Vote Boosts Netanyahu’s Chances
Some Arab members of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, said Wednesday that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s call for early elections was a simple political calculation. Netanyahu called on Tuesday for an early election, seeking to strengthen […]
Russell Tribunal on Palestine in New York: On US, UN Complicity
Ilan Pappé on BDS: ‘I think it is far more impressive, far more effective, when it is directed toward Israel, not the American society.’ By Christopher Federici On a clear autumn morning in lower Manhattan […]
Arab Awakening Triggers Saudi-Qatari Rivalries
By Giorgio Cafiero – Washington, D.C. The demise of secular autocratic regimes in the Middle East and North Africa has heralded a renaissance for Islamist parties in the region, igniting a rivalry for the hearts […]
Canada’s Muslim Problem: Who’s Demonizing Who?
By Eric Walberg After 10 years in Guantanamo, former child soldier Omar Khadr, the last Western national being held there, was finally repatriated last week after years of mistreatment. The illegality of the procedures used […]
Much at Stake for Turkey: Border Violence Meant to Be a Defining Point
By Ramzy Baroud ‘We expected a greater Turkish response than this, but you know, every country has its own special affairs.’ Taken alone, the remarks by Bashir Hajjo, introduced by BBC Arabic TV last Thursday […]
Hidden Health Crisis Facing Palestinian Refugees
By IRIN – Johannesburg New research has uncovered the hidden health toll that refugee life in Lebanon has taken on more than 400,000 Palestinians. UK medical journal The Lancet has published a series of abstracts […]
Palestinian Resistance Factions Warn Israel Not to Invade Gaza
Palestinian resistance factions on Tuesday warned Israel not to invade the Gaza Strip, as an Israeli military commander spoke about the possibility of another war on the coastal enclave. A senior Israeli commander told the […]
Israeli PM Netanyahu Calls Early Election
Israel’s prime minister ordered new parliamentary elections in early 2013, roughly eight months ahead of schedule, setting the stage for a lightning quick campaign that will likely win him re-election. For nearly four years, Prime Minister […]
Rachel Corrie’s Parents Accept LennonOno Grant for Peace on Behalf of Their Daughter
Olympia, Washington – On behalf of peace activist Rachel Corrie, her parents Craig and Cindy Corrie today accepted the 2012 LennonOno Grant for Peace presented by Yoko Ono in Reykjavik, Iceland. Ono also presented grants […]
Man Hit by Israeli Airstrike Dies from Injuries
Abdullah Hasan Makkawi, 25, died on Monday from injuries sustained in an Israeli airstrike on the southern Gaza Strip a day earlier, the Ministry of Health said. Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said Makkawi died in […]
No Justice at Qalandiya
By Tamar Fleishman ‘This is what’s on the agenda now at Qalandiya’, a Palestinian man rightly said. For over two weeks the place has been burning. On the week of the 12th anniversary of the […]
No Election Fervor, But Much at Stake
By Ramzy Baroud Come November 6, American voters will decide whether to extend Obama’s mandate by four more years, or hand the former Massachusetts Governor the fate of a country that has long crossed the […]
Israeli Police Enter al-Aqsa Compound
Israeli police have entered the al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem’s Old City and hurled stun grenades to disperse dozens of protesters who threw stones at them. The raid on Friday followed several days of clashes […]
Of Bombs and Comics
By Uri Avnery My first reaction to Binyamin Netanyahu’s exhibition of comics at the UN General Assembly was shame. Shame that the supreme elected representative of my country would stoop to such a primitive rhetorical […]
Inside Israel’s Green Line: Neither Free nor Fair
By Patrick O. Strickland On Monday, thousands of Palestinian Israelis marched across the country to commemorate the tragic events of October 2000. At the onset of the Second Intifada, as initially peaceful demonstrations swept Arab […]
Edward Said: A Champion of Justice
By Jamal Kanj Last week was the ninth anniversary of Edward Said’s death. He died in New York following 12-year battle with lymphocytic leukaemia. He was born in Jerusalem 12 years prior to joining hundreds […]
Thousands Join Islamic Jihad Rally in Gaza
Tens of thousands of Islamic Jihad supporters gathered in al-Kateba square in Gaza City on Thursday to celebrate the 31st anniversary of the movement’s founding. The event also marked the 17th anniversary of the assassination […]
Ending the Violence in Syria
By Jeremy Salt – Ankara It would seem to be quite simple. All that has to happen for the fighting to end in Syria is for those with guns in their hands to put them […]
Interfaith Dialogue No Answer to Israel
By Stuart Littlewood So the Albuquerque Episcopalians got jumpy and ‘disinvited’ the Friends of Sabeel who had booked their cathedral for a conference. Sabeel is an international peace movement which calls itself the Voice of […]
Cynthia McKinney on Leadership
By Paul Craig Roberts Those who have followed the Republican campaign for the presidential nomination and current contest between Romney and Obama know that the United States has no political leadership in Washington. Billions of […]
Empire Trapped: The US’ Unpromising Role in the New Middle East
By Ramzy Baroud Editors representing many Asian newspapers stood in a perfect line. They were nervous and giddy at the prospect of meeting Li Changchun, China’s powerful member of the Communist Party’s Politburo Standing Committee. […]