By Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD In naming George Mitchell as special envoy to the Middle East, President Obama unfortunately made statements indicating no departure from the failing policies of previous administrations. In particular Obama emphasized Israel’s […]
By Ola Attallah Guns might have gone silent, bodies buried, rubbles lifted, but Israel’s 22-day onslaught is leaving many Gazans with life-long scars, both physical and psychological. "I will never walk again," Ruba Hamid, 8, […]
By James Zogby As in past Mideast conflicts, both the media story line and political commentary in the US have closely followed Israel’s talking points on the war. This has been an essential component in […]
The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has disparaged new US President Barack Obama, saying he is repeating the same mistakes of the Bush administration. "I think this is an unfortunate start for President Obama in the […]
Credited for a peace deal that ended decades of bloody violence in Northern Ireland, US President Barack Obama’s peace envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell is on a new mission to restore peace to […]
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has put the justice minister in charge of defending Tel Aviv against charges of war crimes it committed during its 22-day Gaza assault on Friday after a U.N. human rights […]
The exiled chief of Hamas Khaled Meshaal said Wednesday that Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza without imposing a truce on Hamas is a victory "for the resistance", telling the international community that time has come to […]
By Emam El-Leithy – El-Arish, Egypt "Tunnels mean life for our people," said a Palestinian elder who lives in the Egyptian city of El-Arish, giving his names as Ismail. "As Israel tightens the grip on […]
One of the chief concerns for displaced Gazans and aid agencies is to find adequate shelter in temperatures that can drop to less than 7-8 degrees Centigrade at night. Thousands are still holed up in […]
By Ramzy Baroud My three-year-old son Sammy walked into my room uninvited as I sorted through another batch of fresh photos from Gaza. I was looking for a specific image, one that would humanise Palestinians […]
By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai This week marks the 90th anniversary of the Versailles Treaty. It was in January, 1919, exactly 90 years ago, that the World War I victors – the United States, […]
By Mohannad El-Khairy As the ongoing massacre in Gaza accomplishes nothing more than a rising toll of over a thousand dead and five thousand injured Palestinians, world leaders scramble like head-less chickens to find ways […]
By Various Authors To: Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt and,Minister for International Development Co-operation Gunilla Carlsson In view of upcoming political decisions and donor conferences planned for the rebuilding of Gaza, We would like […]
By Kathy Kelly – Rafah, Gaza Traffic on Sea Street, a major thoroughfare alongside Gaza’s coastline, includes horses, donkeys pulling carts, cyclists, pedestrians, trucks and cars, mostly older models. Overhead, in stark contrast to the […]
Note: A message has arrived from courageous and widely admired pastor of the Catholic Church in Gaza, Fr Manuel Mussallam, written on 20 January, speaking of the plight of his community in the wake of the […]
By Kathy Kelly – Rafah, Gaza Late last night, a text message notified us that the Israeli government was very close to declaring that they would stop attacking Gaza for one day. Shortly before midnight, […]
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan It is very troubling and sad that more than 80% of the Israeli public supports, with no reservation, their government’s aggression against the Palestinians that murdered more than 400 children and […]
By Ola Attallah – Gaza City It was very early in the morning, but Samir was already working hard to remove the rubble from outside his clothes store in Gaza. But for his surprise, minutes […]
By Gilad Atzmon – London Gordon Brown the British PM has managed to come up yesterday with one of his most immoral and irresponsible announcements so far. In his desperate attempt to appease notorious Israeli […]
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago For Palestinians, the Nakba ‘Catastrophe’ is their ‘Holocaust’ six-month slaughter and displacement before and after the May 1948 establishment of Israel. In December 1947, Jews in Palestine numbered 600,000 compared […]
New President Barack Obama on Wednesday made a flurry of calls to Arab and Israeli leaders in a signal that Middle East peacemaking is a top priority following Israel’s blitz on the Gaza Strip, according […]
Israeli forces completed a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, three days after Israel and Hamas declared separate ceasefires, a military spokesman said. "The last soldier left the Gaza Strip this morning," the spokesman […]
The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday it would look into a claim by Vienna-based Arab ambassadors that Israel may have used ammunition containing depleted uranium in Gaza attacks. The International Atomic Energy Agency said […]
The fever of joy and optimism may be sweeping the world, but for Leila Khalil, Barack Obama’s landmark inauguration on Tuesday, January 20, falls absolutely flat. "Obama won’t bring my husband back to life," the […]
Only hours after Israel and Palestinian factions announced separate, unilateral ceasefires, the security forces of the Hamas-led government were out in the streets in full gear to reassert their authority. "Hamas emerged from this battle […]
Arab leaders vowed on Tuesday, January 20, to help rebuild the Gaza Strip after it was left in ruin by 22 days of massive Israeli bombardment, but failed to agree on a specific mechanism to […]
By Dr. Elias Akleh The Israeli attack on Gaza had exposed the treacherous role the Egyptian Mubarak’s regime had been playing, since he received presidency, in the Arab/Israeli conflict and in the Palestinian/Palestinian division. During […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth In the last days before Israel imposed a unilateral ceasefire in Gaza to avoid embarrassing the incoming Obama administration, it upped its assault, driving troops deeper into Gaza City, intensifying its […]
By Jeremy Salt – Ankara ‘Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided.’ — Barrack Obama ‘I’ve been to Gilo and seen the security fence protecting Israeli families from attacks in […]
By Chris Gelken United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon expressed his "outrage" and the President of the General Assembly, Miquel d’Escoto Brockmann, accused Israel of violating international law. "Gaza is ablaze," he told the UN General […]
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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