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Month: April 2010
Alarming Racism in Israel
By Stephen Lendman Mossawa means equality, the Mossawa Advocacy Center promoting it for Israel’s Arab citizens – about 1.5 million, comprising 20% of the population. Established in 1997, it "strives to improve the social, economic […]
Israel, War and Water
By Jim Miles There is a global crisis emerging concerning the allocation, uses, and abuses of fresh water. This is a combination of misuse by humans and the increasing violence and changing frequency of various […]
The Big Gamble
By Uri Avnery – Israel I met Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian Prime Minister, two weeks ago, and was again impressed by the calm and modesty he radiates. Generally, I meet him at demonstrations, such as […]
Israel Ranks 6th with up to 300 Nukes
Citing comments by British security experts, the British Jane’s Defense Weekly has revealed that Tel Aviv is currently in possession of between 100 and 300 nuclear warheads. The firepower was more or less equal to […]
Palestinians Face More Ethnic Cleansing
The Israeli military has issued a new ruling that would allow the mass deportation of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank. According to the Israeli media, the new order considers anyone caught in the West […]
Israel Must Denuclearize, Erdogan Says
The Turkish premier says the international community should take action to disarm Israel as part of the efforts to make the Middle East a nuclear weapons-free zone. Speaking to reporters on Sunday before leaving for […]
Israel Charges Kam with Espionage
Defense attorneys seek to plead down charges against Israeli journalist Anat Kam after the regime decided to prosecute her for espionage. Kam, 23, is accused of copying more than 2,000 military documents during her compulsory […]
Gaza Conjoined Twins Die in Riyadh
Two-week old Gaza-born conjoined twins who were in Saudi Arabia for treatment died in Riyadh on Saturday, the Saudi health minister said. The twins’ condition was too delicate to operate, Dr. Abdullah al-Rabeeah stated. The […]
‘Nonviolent Resistance Best for Palestine’
A Palestinian legislator says nonviolent popular resistance is the most effective means of resistance against the Israeli apartheid regime. Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi said on Saturday that the nonviolent protests, especially in the villages of Bil’in […]
Israel Forces out Palestinians from West Bank
Israel orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank under a new decree that describes tens of thousands of them as infiltrator. The order stipulates the expulsion of Palestinians whose ID cards bear […]
Indispensable IslamOnline Must Not Fail
By Ramzy Baroud A widely popular Islamic website has been, until very recently, an undisputed success story. IslamOnline arrived at a time that millions of Muslims needed a common platform and a unifying outlet. Here […]
Israel ‘Home’ to World’s Greatest Mafia
French actor and political activist Dieudonné M’bala M’bala says Israel has brought together the world’s "gangsters and thieves." Israel is a hotbed for the world’s greatest mafia due to the massive inflow of criminally-obtained funds, […]
‘Nonviolent Resistance Best for Palestine’
A Palestinian legislator says nonviolent popular resistance is the most effective means of resistance against the Israeli apartheid regime. Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi said on Saturday that the nonviolent protests, especially in the villages of Bil’in and […]
Was Israel Ever Legitimate?
By Jeff Gates The history of Israel as a geopolitical fraud will fill entire libraries as those defrauded marvel at how so few deceived so many for so long. Those duped include many Jews who—even now—identify […]
Gaza in Blackout as Israeli Blockade Continues
The only power plant in the blockaded Gaza Strip has shut down as a crippling Israeli closure keeps the impoverished region stripped of much needed fuel. The facility was forces to close on Friday, following […]
Netanyahu Refusal to Attend Summit Understandable: US
The United States says it welcomes an Israeli delegation to an upcoming security summit in Washington despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to attend it. US National Security Adviser General Jim Jones said Friday that […]
Israel Shapes Its New Message
By James Gundun – Washington D.C. The US-Israeli spat has reached a temporary conclusion. Israel has no intention of halting construction of settlements in East Jerusalem, as both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian […]
The Dark Underbelly of Israel’s Security State
By Jonathan Cook -Nazareth What is misleadingly being called in Israel the ‘Anat Kamm espionage affair’ is quickly revealing the dark underbelly of a nation that has worshipped for decades at the altar of a […]
Can Lebanon Come in from The Cold
By Franklin Lamb More than six decades after their expulsion from Palestine, Lebanon’s unwanted refugees just might be granted some basic civil rights. Part I: Hiba’s Story, Ein el Helwe Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon Granting […]
Israel Launches Ground Incursion into Gaza Strip
Israel has launched a ground incursion into the Gaza Strip with its troops entering the south of the long-blockaded coastal sliver. Israeli tanks and bulldozers advanced about 500 meters into the east of the southern […]
Tunnel Collapse Kills Two Palestinians
Two Palestinians have been found dead under a collapsed tunnel under the borderline between the southern Gaza Strip and Israel, medics and witnesses said. The two were missing since Tuesday, when they were buried under […]
Hamas Warns about Plight of Palestinian Prisoners
Hamas spokesperson warns if the international community continues to turn a blind eye on the maltreatment of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, the group will take prisoner more Israeli soldiers. Sami Abu Zuhri complained […]
Indoctrinating Israeli Youths to Be Warriors
By Stephen Lendman The modern roots go back to Zionism’s founding at the First Zionist Congress in Basle, Switzerland in 1897, its program being: "Establishing for the Jewish people a publicly and legally assured home […]
The Strange Love Affair of the US and AIPAC
By Dan Lieberman Imagine you are a representative of the highest government agencies. You encounter a group that places a foreign power above your own government’s interests and redirects and undermines your policies. Would you […]
US Jewish Organizations Defend Israel’s Humiliation of America
By James Petras “The Government of Israel has insulted the Vice President of the United States, and spat in the face of the President … they wiped the spit off their faces and smiledpolitely … […]
No Time for More ‘Quiet Diplomacy’ with Israel
By Joshua Brollier A favorite professor of mine once told me that the more you learn about history, the more you realize how little you really know, and how much you still have to learn. […]
Don’t Declare State, Lieberman Warns Palestinians
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says Tel Aviv would annul previous peace accords with Palestinians if they decide to go ahead with plans to unilaterally declare an independent state. Speaking to Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper […]
‘The Worst Diplomatic Crisis in Decades’?
By Sayed Dhansay ‘The worst diplomatic crisis in decades.’ These were the words used by Israeli ambassador to the US, Michael Oren, recently to describe the perceived rift between Israel and the Obama administration over […]
Israeli Court Evicts Palestinians Based on Forgeries
A Palestinian official in charge of Jerusalem (al-Quds) Affairs slammed eviction orders handed to Sheikh Jarrah’s Arab residents by Israeli courts as based on forged documents. On Tuesday, eviction warrants were handed down by the […]
Airline Travel Still Rambunctious
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington D.C. A very good friend, a classmate of mine in the fifties when we were both students at the American University of Beirut, called me from Germany last week abruptly […]