By Ramzy Baroud US President Barack Obama took the podium in a White House press conference and stood with an all-embellished confidence that often accompanies new presidents. He was flanked by two leaders whose apparent […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Pope Benedict XVI upset the schedule on his first day in Israel by leaving an interfaith meeting in Jerusalem early on Monday night after a leading Muslim cleric called on him […]
Pope Benedict XVI called on Wednesday, May 13, for an independent state for the Palestinian people, hoping the long-running siege slapped on the impoverished Gaza Strip would come to an end soon. "The Holy See […]
President Mahmoud Abbas has postponed a plan to swear in a new Palestinian government, Palestinian officials said on Wednesday. He had planned to unveil a new cabinet under Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in a move […]
Israel handed over to United Nations peacekeepers maps of where it dropped cluster bombs in Lebanon during the 2006 war with Shiite group Hezbollah, the UNIFIL peacekeeping force said late Tuesday. The U.N. and the […]
By George S. Hishmeh Benjamin Netanyahu, the right-wing Israeli prime minister, is going to Washington on Monday for talks with President Barack Obama. But he may be in for a surprise. His host is not […]
By James Petras One of the most striking aspect of contemporary US-Latin American relations is the profound divergence between the hopes, expectations and positive image of the Obama regime and the policies, strategies and practices […]
By Jerry Levin Recently Prime Minister Netanyahu became the first Israeli Prime Minister to voice a demand that Palestinians must recognize “The Jewish State’s right to exist” before it will enter talks. Right up until […]
By Sayed Dhansay It has been just over three months since Israel unilaterally declared an end to operation Cast Lead and withdrew its forces from the Gaza Strip following its 22 day onslaught there. According […]
Acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas said the Iranian president is not entitled to giving his opinion on Palestine. Acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas hammers Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for making supportive remarks about […]
By Rannie Amiri The White House announced Friday that President Obama will deliver his much anticipated (and promised) address to the Arab and Muslim worlds on June 4 from Egypt. Is Egypt the best venue […]
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Tuesday that Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s firebrand foreign minister, is still not welcome in Egypt, according to remarks reported by the official MENA news agency. When asked whether Lieberman would […]
By Franklin Lamb – Al Buss Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon "When I graduated from Medical School here in Beirut more than 20 years ago there were 80 students in my class. The top dozen or […]
Pope Benedict XVI has called on followers of the three major monotheistic religions to put their differences behind them and work towards reconciliation. The pope made the comments as he celebrated an outdoor mass on […]
By Ivan Eland A few—and only a few—prescient commentators have questioned whether the U.S. can sustain its informal global empire in the wake of the most severe economic crisis since World War II. And the […]
Palestinian Christians want Pope Benedict XVI to bear witness to a symbol of their daily sufferings; Israel’s towering apartheid wall that is eating up their land. "We want the world to see him with the […]
Kerem Shalom is currently the only entry point for commercial and humanitarian goods from Israel into Gaza, and as such has become a life-line, but how does it work? A small crossing without the facilities […]
The Obama administration is reportedly working on a comprehensive approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict offering Israel recognition by Arab and Muslim countries in exchange for talks on all peace tracks. "What we are talking about […]
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has said he will swear in a new government, without the rival Hamas movement, in the next 48 hours. Announcing his intention on Monday, he said that he was not […]
By Stephen Williams The Martyrs’ Cemetery is but a few meters from Jenin Refugee Camp. On a warm, sunny day I stood in front of the memorial to the victims of the massacre of 2002 […]
Pope Benedict XVI on Monday denounced anti-Semitism and appealed for Middle East peace based on a two-state solution on the latest leg of his Holy Land pilgrimage that will take him to Jerusalem and the […]
By Jeremy Salt – Ankara "Unfortunately the Middle East finds itself in the shadow of a nuclear threat. We shall not give up. We shall not surrender." These remarks could have been made by the […]
Benyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has said that he hopes to resume the peace process with the Palestinians in the coming weeks. Negotiations have been stalled since Israel launched its devastating assault on the Gaza […]
By Franklin Lamb – Wavel Palestinian Refugee Camp, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon "My work here is very difficult. To be honest with you there isn’t a single day when I don’t leave work completely depressed, sometimes […]
Hamas says it will rebuild the beleaguered Gaza Strip despite an almost two-year-long Israeli-imposed blockade on the coastal sliver. Hamas Deputy Prime Minister Ziad al-Zaza said on Saturday that the movement would resort to mud […]
Israeli hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declares that Tel Aviv will never return the occupied Golan Heights to Syria. Benjamin Netanyahu made the remarks in an interview with Russian-language reporters on Friday, saying "remaining on […]
The United States has renewed its economic and diplomatic sanctions against Syria, despite the White House sending two senior diplomats to Damascus in an effort to improve ties. In a letter to Congress notifying it […]
Decades after Israel wiped out a village in the Holy Land, Christians there remain determined to preserve its heritage by keeping alive the language that Jesus spoke. "Shlomo malfonito" — "Hello teacher"– intone some 20 […]
By John Pilger The BBC’s American television soap Mad Men offers a rare glimpse of the power of corporate advertising. The promotion of smoking half a century ago by the “smart” people of Madison Avenue, who […]
By Uri Avnery – Israel First of all, I want to apologize to all the good women who are engaged in the world’s oldest profession. I recently described Shimon Peres as a political prostitute. One […]
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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