The UN secretary general has called on Israel to put an end to its occupation of Palestinian territories and its aggression against Palestinians. Ban Ki-moon said that Israel’s construction of illegal settlement on the occupied […]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said that an all-out war against the Gaza Strip is inevitable. "If there’s one thing I regret — it’s that we didn’t finish the job back then — […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has admitted that Tel Aviv is responsible for kidnapping Palestinian engineer Dirar Abu Sisi in Ukraine. "He is being held in detention in Israel. It is a legal arrest," Netanyahu […]
Israeli media have reported that Tel Aviv and the Palestinian Authority (PA) have discussed building an artificial island along the Gaza Strip. The proposed plan is reportedly estimated at US$ 9.94 billion. Israel’s transport minister, […]
By Mikail Jubran During the past couple of weeks we have witnessed a somewhat stall of the Arab spring. An ongoing civil conflict that is raging in Libya pits the ‘ancien regime’ against a rag-tag […]
By Seraj Assi Imagine you are an Israeli Arab. You receive a graduate fellowship in an American university. You set there in the campus cafeteria, meet with a Syrian or Lebanese colleague or friend, a […]
By Hatim Kanaaneh The headline in Haaretz announced: ‘Police gearing up for possible Land Day trouble.’ I called my village buddy and asked him what to make of that. Toufiq agreed that it foreboded ill. […]
By Ramzy Baroud A dear friend of mine from Gaza told me that he hadn’t slept for days. "I am so worried about Egypt, I have only been feeding on cigarettes and coffee." My friend […]
US-based social networking website Facebook has deleted a page that advocated a ‘third Intifada (uprising)’ in reaction to Israel’s persisting measures to trample on the rights of the Palestinian people. The Tuesday move came after […]
Demonstrators have burnt photos of Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman as they marked Land Day in Israel’s southern city of Lod. "It’s because he’s the most racist person in Israel, we can’t stand the sight […]
At least a Palestinian man has been killed and another injured as Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike on the Hamas-controlled and blockaded Gaza Strip. Israeli fighter jets fired several rockets at two Palestinians early on […]
Israel has released seven Palestinian prisoners while thousands more are still being held in Israeli jails and detention centers without any charges or trial. There were jubilation and tears of joy among their families and […]
Israeli troops have demolished six homes of a group of Palestinians living in an area south of the West Bank, eyewitnesses have said. According to local residents, two Israeli bulldozers entered the area located near […]
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington, D.C. The Arab tsunami that has come in the wake of the Arab Spring that saw the celebrated downfall of two autocratic Arab regimes, in Tunisia and Egypt, is still […]
By James Petras and Robin E. Abaya Many critics of the ongoing Euro-US wars in the Middle East and, now, North Africa, have based their arguments on clichés and generalizations devoid of fact. The most […]
By William James Martin Where are the Israeli poets?Those who would search their dreamsFor memories lost orDenied Those who would look inwardTo see the archetypes of shadowsFleeingIn the night Or who would search the rocky […]
Israeli lawmakers have approved a law that will allow the revocation of the citizenship of anyone convicted of threatening Tel Aviv’s security. The Israeli parliament (Knesset) passed the law on Monday, enabling Israel’s Supreme Court […]
The Palestinian community has gathered in the Spanish capital city of Madrid to remember the Day of Land, which is commemorated annually to mark Israel’s illegal land grab of the 1976. The day marks the […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has named a 30-year-long agent with the Israel security agency, Shin Bet, as the service’s new head. On Monday, the premier tapped Yoram Cohen, the agency’s current deputy chief, to […]
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has held Israel responsible for the desperate plight of one of its leaders currently on hunger strike in an Israeli prison. On Monday, Hamas expressed concerns over the health […]
By Sonja Karkar – Melbourne, Australia Fear and loathing in Marrickville did not end with the elections, even though a much-anticipated Greens win is likely to be trumped by Labor. The smear campaign against the […]
By Ahmad Barqawi Beyond the sensational news headlines of America’s ‘humanitarian’ interventions and democracy-spreading escapades lies a grim reality; one of a brutal military occupation, systematic torture practices and horrendous abuses of basic human rights. […]
By Issa Khalaf Long before protests began in Syria, I anticipated them with a mixture of welcome and dread. The welcome part is easy enough: we all want to see the siege of tyranny lifted […]
By Kim Bullimore On 26 March, a piece of Israeli Occupation Forces propaganda masquerading as journalism was published by YNet, an Israeli news website, which publishes in both Hebrew and English. The YNet article, headlined […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) has issued a press release to remind everyone that what promises to be the largest flotilla yet, comprising 15 ships […]
By Nahida Izzat With my roots uprootedSwinging like a pendulumExile…home… exile… home…exile…Where my culture is not celebratedBut threatened with extinctionTorn between two paradoxical worldsMy tortured soul existsIn a state of permanent suspensionLife on hold With […]
Israel has deployed a cutting-edge rocket defence system to try to halt a recent surge in attacks from the neighbouring Gaza Strip. The Iron Dome system just north of Beersheba, a southern city twice hit […]
A number of prominent Egyptian civil activists have pledged to deliver ten tons of cement to the besieged Gaza strip through the Rafah border crossing. A group called ‘Egyptian-International Coalition for lifting the siege and […]
By Jim Miles (Deadly Embrace – Pakistan, America, and the Future of the Global Jihad. Bruce Riedel. Brookings Institute Press, Washington, D.C. 2011.) Given the nature of events reported in the regular media, this work is […]
By Mats Svensson The year is 1974. It is my second Sunday in Brazzaville. I am for the first time invited home to a family in the district of Poto Poto. The house is made […]
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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