A galaxy of British actors and directors threatened to boycott the BBC if the world’s biggest broadcaster did not reverse its decision not to air an aid appeal for the homeless population of the bombed-out […]
In his first interview since taking office, President Barack Obama told Arab satellite station Al Arabiya that Americans are not the enemy of the Muslim world and said Israel and the Palestinians should resume peace […]
An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian farmer were killed on Tuesday, January, in the latest test to the shaky ceasefire in place since Israel ended its 22-day onslaught against the Gaza Strip. "An explosive device […]
Aid agencies have been protesting about their restricted access to Gaza since the 18 January ceasefire, stressing that the full opening of crossing points is crucial for the delivery of humanitarian aid. “It is unacceptable […]
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By Noureddine Jebnoun According the United Nations, the war on Gaza has already killed over 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis, half of them women and children. It has wounded and maimed more than 5,300 inhabitants, […]
By Neve Gordon and Yigal Bronner Israeli soccer matches were suspended during the assault on Gaza. When the games resumed last week, the fans had come up with a new chant: "Why have the schools […]
By Frank Barat – London We have in the last few days entered in a fascinating debate regarding the legality of Israel’s war against the people of Gaza. Fascinating because the debate has not been […]
By Gen Sanders – Ramallah, West Bank Delivering the most extreme blow to Gaza since 1967, Israel’s 22-day "Operation Cast-Lead" killed over 1,300 people, 895 of which were civilians (OCHA, January 24-26, 2009), left almost […]
By Roger H. Lieberman Few American presidents have entered office with more daunting challenges to overcome, at home and abroad, than those Barack Obama now faces. Internationally, President Obama must facilitate the withdrawal of US […]
By Mohannad El-Khairy Picture this scene. A demonstration somewhere in the West Bank against occupation and Apartheid. The red, green, black and white colors flying in unison above the heads of hundreds gathered for a cause, […]
By Hadi Yahmid – Paris A coalition of 350 European and Arab civil society organizations has filed a lawsuit with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against war crimes committed by the Israeli army during its […]
A team of Arab doctors who rushed to the rescue of thousands of civilians injured during Israel’s 22-day onslaught against the sealed off Gaza Strip are coming back with heart-breaking stories of horror and never-seen-before […]
Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah called Monday for the forming of a national unity government, which is acceptable to the international community, before Gaza’s crossings open, a position in apparent conflict with that of Hamas. […]
By Dan Lieberman Digging through the pulverized ruins of Gaza revealed the extent of damage to the Palestinian community. Still not revealed are exact reasons for Israel’s attack, its sudden willingness to halt the damage […]
On 20 January two Palestinian children were killed by unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the Shaaf area, near Jabalia, east of Gaza city, highlighting a new threat to people’s lives in Gaza. “It is becoming clear […]
By Jim Miles The Uncultured Wars – Arabs, Muslims, and the Poverty of Liberal Thought. Steven Salaita. Zed Books, New York, 2008. "The Uncultured Wars" comprises an excellent series of thought provoking essays, the excellence deriving from […]
In the midst of the war on the heavily-populated Gaza Strip, the chief military chaplain gave soldiers a booklet containing a rabbinical edict against showing mercy to the enemy, the Yesh Din rights group revealed […]
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago "’Freedom or death’, is the popular Palestinian mantra," wrote Palestine Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Ramzy Baroud in his January 22 article titled "Breaking Gaza’s Will: Israel’s Enduring Fantasy." Three weeks of Israeli […]
As calls are crying louder for an international probe into Israel’s war crimes in Gaza, Israel admitted Saturday, January 24, using white phosphorous, a chemical that burns away human flesh to the bone, in shelling […]
Back to school for the first time on Saturday, January 24, since Israel’s deadly onslaught in Gaza, Anas Abbas’s brown eyes are looking away. "They destroyed our house and killed five of my neighbors," Abbas, […]
The BBC, the world’s largest broadcaster, is provoking outrage in Britain over refusal to air an appeal by British charities for aid to the homeless Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip following a deadly Israeli […]
By Uri Avnery – Israel Of all the beautiful phrases in Barack Obama’s inauguration speech, these are the words that stuck in my mind: "You are on the wrong side of history." He was talking […]
By Dr. Haidar Eid – Gaza ‘Where can I bring him a father from? Where can I bring him a mother from? You tell me!’ These are the desperate words of Subhi Samouni to Al […]
By Ewa Jasiewicz – Gaza We’re like trees, we have our roots and they allow us to grow, little by little, we grow up and then they cut us down. But, whatever they throw at […]
By Philip Rizk- Cairo In the past weeks the families living in Egyptian Rafah have faced similar fears as their neighbors and relatives on the other side of the border. Although they have been out […]
By Kenneth Roth Throughout the recent war in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) insisted that it took extraordinary care to spare civilians. But it then prevented journalists and human rights monitors from entering Gaza […]
By Dr. Mona El-Farra I am still in Cairo. With a sad heart I am watching home from a distance. The hardest days were when I went to the Rafah Crossing point. I was only […]
By Hatim Kanaaneh Like Obama in Hawaii I was vacationing when Israel first unleashed its violence against Gaza’s imprisoned Palestinians. I didn’t want my peace disturbed by bad news from a faraway place. I should […]
By Joshua Frank In wee morning hours on Friday, January 23, a U.S. spy plane killed at least 15 in Pakistan near the Afghanistan border. It was Barack Obama’s first blood and the U.S.’s first […]
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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