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Month: January 2014
Villagers Hold Settlers ‘Captive’ Near Nablus following Clashes
Palestinian villagers from the Nablus town of Qusra on Tuesday held at least 18 settlers captive after they raided their village and tried to uproot olive trees, a Palestinian Authority official said. Ghassan Daghlas, a […]
Unfree in Palestine: Registration, Documentation and Movement Restriction – Book Review
By Georgina Reeves (Unfree in Palestine: Registration, Documentation and Movement Restriction – Nadia Abu-Zahra Adah Kay, Pluto Press, 2013.) The opening lines of Mahmoud Darwish’s poem Bitaqat Hawiyyah (identity card) are a poignant reminder of […]
Tulkarem Area Man Crushed to Death inside Israeli Checkpoint
A Palestinian man died inside of an Israeli checkpoint in the northern West Bank while en route to his place of work in Israel on Sunday. Witnesses told Ma’an that 59-year-old Adel Muhammad Yakoub from […]
Haniyeh Phones Abbas to Push forward Reconciliation Talks
Gaza Strip Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh phoned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday in an effort to push forward reconciliation talks. The phone call comes only hours after Haniyeh announced a decision to allow […]
Property Rights Scarce for Palestinians in Lebanon
“If they throw us out, we will end up in the sea,” Zahar Sayed Ghadbaan says, her anger not entirely disguised by the joking tone. “We have nowhere else to go but here,” she says, […]
Locked in Winter
By Kathy Kelly – Kabul The fire in the Chaman e Babrak camp began in Nadiai’s home shortly after noon. She had rushed her son, who had a severe chest infection, to the hospital. She […]
My Entry into Gaza and the Story of Hala
By Aayesha J Soni Before leaving for Gaza I was well aware of the statistics in the region which has been under siege since 2007. 54 percent of households face food insecurity with 38 percent […]
Fun with Chronology: Misreporting the Israeli Assault on Gaza
By Belen Fernandez The New York Times’ rendering of recent violence on the border between Gaza and Israel is a shining example of the chronological sleights of hand that have come to characterize mainstream reporting […]
Beholding 2014: Shaping Hopes for the Future
By Richard Falk 2013 was not a happy year in the chronicles of human history, yet there were a few moves in the directions of peace and justice. What follows are some notes that respond […]
Hamas Denies Involvement in Dec 24 Egypt Explosion
A spokesman for the Hamas movement on Thursday denied Egyptian claims that Hamas provided support to the perpetrators of the Dec. 24 explosion in Egypt’s Dakahlia governorate. Sami Abu Zuhri said the Egyptian minister of […]
3 UNRWA Employees Hospitalized while on Hunger Strike
Three employees of the UN agency for Palestine refugees were taken to the hospital for treatment after six days of hunger striking, an UNRWA employee told Ma’an. Abdullah Matar, coordinator of the employment program in […]
Letter to George W. Bush: The Sociocide of Iraq
By Ralph Nader George W. Bush George W. Bush Presidential Center Dallas, Texas Dear Mr. Bush: A few days ago I received a personalized letter from your Presidential Center which included a solicitation card for […]
Report: Israel Offers Land Swaps to Annex Settlement Blocs
Israel has asked the United States to consider a land swap deal that would give Palestine a section of land in the Triangle area adjacent to the Green Line in exchange for keeping settlement blocs […]
Police: Palestinian Envoy Dies After Prague Residence Blast
The Palestinian ambassador to Prague, Jamal Al Jamal, was killed by a blast in his residence on Wednesday, Czech police said. “With regret we confirm this information provided by the emergency service,” Prague police spokeswoman […]
The Arab World between Nostalgia and Reality
By Samah Sabawi The year 2014 begins while the Arab World continues to plummet into further conflicts, instability and terror. Desperate for reprieve and filled with a sense of nostalgia, my mind escapes to 40 […]
2014: Failure of Palestinian Authority, BDS Success to Continue
By Ramzy Baroud 2013 was a year in which the so-called peace process charade was allowed to continue, leading Palestinians on yet another futile journey of broken promises. Meanwhile, the Israeli colonial project in the […]
2014: International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
By Richard Falk In a little noted initiative the General Assembly on November 26, 2013 voted to proclaim 2014 the International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The UN Committee on the Exercise of […]