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Month: March 2007
Sonja Karkar: Raiding Nablus
By Sonja Karkar Every overture of peace made by the Palestinians in recent times, has been met with Israeli silence or violence. Last week, Israel said it would not negotiate with the Palestinian unity government […]
Joshua Frank: Dump the Democrats and Unite!
By Joshua FrankPalestineChronicle.com We should have known it was coming. Even though the Democratic Party rode the antiwar wave in to Congress last November they’ve done little since to end the bloody war in Iraq. […]
Rami Almeghari: No Fishing in Gaza
By Rami AlmeghariPalestineChronicle.com Since the abduction by Palestinian resistance groups of an Israeli soldier Gila’d Shalit in June25, 2006, the Israeli gun ships have prevented Palestinians from fishing off the coast. This has severely affected […]
Buried Alive: Life inside the Entombment Wall
By Prof. William A. CookPalestineChronicle.com “The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that’s the essence of inhumanity.” — (George Bernard Shaw, The Devil’s Disciple, […]
Akiva Eldar: Following the Path of Sharon’s Sins
By Akiva EldarPalestineChronicle.com When Attorney General Menachem Mazuz’s drawers are bursting with files investigating the prime minister, and a state comptroller report follows a committee of inquiry report, Ehud Olmert’s pledge to "continue Sharon’s path" […]
Uri Avnery: The Book of Esterina
By Uri AvneryPalestineChronicle.com "PATRIOTISM," SAID Dr. Samuel Johnson over 200 years ago, "is the last refuge of a scoundrel." If we substitute racism for patriotism, then we have a perfect match with the Esterina Tartman […]
Book Review: Empire
Empire’s Law – The American Imperial Project and the ‘War to Remake the World’. Amy Bartholomew, Ed. Pluto Press, London; Between the Lines, Toronto. The foremost phrase concerning law in modern news stories is that […]
M. Shahid Alam: American Mamlukes
By Prof. M. Shahid AlamPalestineChronicle.com It is a fact little known in the West, outside the circle of historians of Islamicate societies, that Islamicate states often employed soldiers and bureaucrats who were ‘slaves’ of the […]
Jamal Juma: In Solidarity with the People of Six Nations
By Jamal JumaPalestineChronicle.com On the anniversary of the Six Nations Land Reclamation we express our solidarity to you and to all those that are defending today their land and livelihoods against theft and colonization. On […]
John Pilger: Australia: the New 51st State
By John Pilger John Howard’s servility to the US is even greater than Tony Blair’s and has earned him the nickname Bush’s deputy sheriff. The conspiracy between Washington, the media and politicians is eroding the […]
Michael Jansen: Apartheid in Israel
By Michael Jansen The latest report published by the UN rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories compares Israel’s policies there to those of South Africa during the apartheid era. John Dugard, a South African […]
Eurovision to Ban Israeli Song
CAIRO — The Eurovision, the world’s most-watched song contest, is threatening to ban the entry of a controversial Israeli song over its improper political message, the Independent reported on Friday, March 2. "It’s absolutely clear […]
Nicola Nasser: US Tactics of Containing Regional Roles in ME
By Nicola NasserPalestineChronicle.com Two-pronged U.S. tactics of confrontation and engagement unfolded last week and described by some media as “turnabouts” in the strategy of containment of what Washington perceives as adverse regional roles in the Middle […]
Stephen Lendman: A Review of Chalmers Johnson’s Nemesis
By Stephen LendmanSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com Chalmers Johnson is professor emeritus of the University of California, San Diego where he taught for 30 years as well as at UC, Berkeley (where he was educated). At Berkeley, […]
Christisons: Does the Israeli Tail Wag the American Dog?
By Kathleen and Bill Christison A quarter century ago, the executive director of AIPAC —the American Israel Public Affairs Committee—established an analytical unit inside the organization to write in-depth advocacy papers for policymakers. The year […]
Daud Abdullah: Give Mecca a Chance to Deliver
By Dr. Daud AbdullahSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com The Makka Agreement had the basic elements of success. The protagonists, the setting and commitment were all in place. Even the time was spot on. It came at a […]