Egypt says it will indefinitely keep open its long-closed border crossing with the Gaza Strip, distancing itself from the Israeli siege of the impoverished enclave. The populated coastal sliver, home to some 1.5 million Palestinians, […]
As the world presses Israel to heed calls for an international probe into its deadly Flotilla attack, former British Premier Tony Blair echoes Tel Aviv’s alleged security concerns. Having met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
Israel is looking for ways to prevent an independent investigation into its deadly attack on a Gaza-bound aid convoy on May 31 which killed and wounded many activists. The UK-based newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported […]
By Jonathan Cook Why are Israelis so indignant at the international outrage that has greeted their country’s lethal attack last week on a flotilla of civilian ships taking aid to Gaza? Israelis have not responded in […]
By Sama Adnan While world leaders condemned Israel’s attack on the Freedom Flotilla and eight European governments summoned their Israeli ambassadors, the response of the Obama administration was painfully muted and embarrassingly awkward, regretting the […]
By Pete Jones JNF eBook (Volume II, May 2010): Preparing for Legal Action – Focus: Canada Park. Editor: Uri Davis. Forward: Salman Abu Sitta. (To view the book, click here) The project to de-mask the […]
By Jeremy Salt – Ankara … but first, does it really exist? As an oppositional force to the ‘east’, the political ‘west’ arose in the wake of the Second World War, when the ‘east’ was […]
By Miko Peled Is it possible to be shocked and yet not be surprised? Israel’s stupidity and disregard for human life is nothing new. It is a recurring theme in the life of the Jewish state […]
By Nicola Nasser The attack in the international waters of the Mediterranean in the early hours of May 31 by an elite force of the Israeli navy on the Turkish – flagged Mavi Marmara civilian […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth An Israeli parliamentary committee recommended stripping an Arab MP of her privileges yesterday in a move to prepare the ground for putting her on trial for participating last week in the […]
An Israeli Knesset panel has recommended revoking the privileges of lawmaker Haneen Zuabi after she took part in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla aid convoy. The decision was passed in the Knesset’s House Committee by a […]
In the wake of the attack on the Freedom Flotilla, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has condemned Israel’s "foolish" blockade of the Gaza Strip. On Monday, Bildt said the siege "is a foolish policy," calling […]
The Israeli military plans to examine what it calls the failures and lessons of its bloody assault on a Gaza-bound multinational relief mission. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the probe on Monday, the Israeli […]
Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas says the best response to Israel’s attack on the Gaza-bound aid convoy is Palestinian unity. "The best answer to (the raid) is for Palestinian groups to reconcile and resist […]
By Ramzy Baroud I grew up by the Gaza sea. Through my childhood, I could never quite comprehend how such a giant a body of water, which promised such endless freedom, could also border on […]
Four Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli gunboats off the Gaza coast as Tel Aviv faces more criticism over its blockade of the impoverished coastal sliver. The bodies of four men were washed up […]
Two Iranian aid ships carrying humanitarian relief and medical supplies for the people of Gaza will set sail for the coastal sliver in the upcoming days. Iran’s Red Crescent announced Monday that the cargo will […]
Hamas has welcomed a proposal by the European Union (EU) to monitor Gaza crossings in a bid to help lift the Israeli-imposed siege on the Palestinian territory. Hamas "welcomes this proposal in all its aspects," […]
The foreign ministers of France and Britain have urged an international investigation into a recent Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound aid convoy, which left nine people dead. Speaking at a joint press conference with French […]
Malaysia has strongly condemned Israel’s "heinous crimes," saying Tel Aviv should face the International Criminal Court over its last week attack on a Gaza aid convoy. "Malaysia will urge the United Nations Security Council to […]
By Jeremy Salt – Ankara In the wake of the storming of the Mavi Marmara (Blue Marmara), the truth cannot be obscured by the propaganda pouring out of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, particularly out of […]
By Gary Corseri Does Israel have a ‘right to exist’? Do we? It’s a shibboleth of the Zionist entity: ‘Israel has the right to exist!’ But what is this ‘Israel’? What is this ‘right to exist’? Where […]
By Neve Gordon In Israel, almost all of the protests against the navy’s assault on the relief flotilla took place in Palestinian space. Palestinian citizens in almost every major town and city, from Nazareth to […]
By Iqbal Jassat – Pretoria South Africa’s response to the dastardly act of piracy and blatant savagery by the Israeli regime is reflective of a global mood that is increasingly becoming less tolerant of contemptuous […]
By Rich Wiles Through the recent murderous events in international waters Israel has once again shown its true colours and its total disregard for humanity. From the global reaction over the last week it seems, […]
Passengers on board an aid ship seized by the Israeli military as it tried to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip are awaiting deportation in Tel Aviv. Eleven activists and eight crew were arrested […]
Twenty-eight children lost their fathers as a result of the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla. Nine people were shot dead on May 31 by Israeli soldiers who attacked the Turkish vessel M.V. Mavi Marmara […]
By Belen Fernandez – Istanbul This afternoon at Istanbul’s Beyaz
Swedish dockworkers plan to launch a blockade of Israeli ships and goods to protest the May 31 attack on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla. According to Peter Annerback, the spokesperson for the Swedish Port Workers Union, […]
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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