Palestinian refugees in Lebanon will march toward borders between Lebanon and the occupied territories on Sunday commemorating the mass dispossession of Palestinians in 1967. In Lebanon, two rallies will be held in Maron Ar-Ras and […]
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza says the coast of sliver is facing an imminent health crisis due to lack of fuel and shortage of medicine in hospitals. The ministry said the shortages are […]
By Ron Forthofer President Obama’s recent statements about using the 1967 borders as the basis for a settlement of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict sparked strong reactions. These reactions also show that many people are terribly misinformed […]
(The following article was provided by Daniela Loffreda, a close friend of Vittorio Arrigoni. She writes: ‘This is a chilling account from Vittorio’s blog of what happened to him and other ISM activists when they […]
By Tallha Abdulrazaq After Barack Obama’s recent pro-Israeli address to the world regarding the vision of the US for the Middle East in light of the ongoing events of the Arab Spring, and Israeli Prime […]
By Jeff Gates President Obama hopes to head off a train wreck in September at the U.N. General Assembly. That’s when member nations plan to press for an independent Palestine. The Israel lobby is furious. […]
By Mohannad El-Khairy The smog over Los Angeles is thick. Having built a reputation for itself as one of the densest in the world, the masses live with its presence above them, as if having […]
By Stuart Littlewood ‘Intercepting the Mavi Marmara on the high seas… was clearly unlawful.’ The United Nations said so. It’s in the report of the UN fact-finding mission set up by the Human Rights Council […]
Egypt has reopened its Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, allowing the coastal territory’s Palestinian residents to cross freely for the first time in four years – a sharp departure from the policies of […]
Palestinians have proven they are capable of operating the Gaza side of Egypt’s Rafah crossing, leading Hamas figure Ghazi Hamad told local radio on Sunday night, adding there was "no need for foreign observers." Speaking […]
International activists say the second Freedom Flotilla will set sail for Gaza in late June, challenging Israel’s deadly blockade of the Palestinian enclave. In a news conference held in Istanbul on the deck of the […]
By Joe Catron I gasped as the first bullet struck a young man standing a few paces ahead of me. Watching him crumple to the ground, I struggled for breath and fought my natural urge […]
By Ramzy Baroud The Palestinian security officer at the Rafah border was overly polite. He wore a black uniform and walked around self-assuredly, as he instructed weary travelers on their next moves before being allowed […]
Egypt will permanently open its Rafah border crossing starting from Saturday, the country’s official news agency reported, easing a four-year blockade on the Gaza Strip. The news agency MENA said on Wednesday that Egypt’s new […]
A top Fatah official arrived in Gaza on Thursday, to discuss with Hamas leaders, factions and other figures a response to the Israeli prime minister’s speech and implement a reconciliation agreement. Nabil Shaath’s visit was […]
A Palestinian man waits before crossing into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip on Thursday. Africa’s first land-based humanitarian aid relief convoy heads for the besieged Gaza Strip this June in an […]
By Uri Avnery It was all rather disgusting. There they were, the members of the highest legislative bodies of the world’s only superpower, flying up and down like so many yo-yos, applauding wildly, every few […]
By Theresa Wolfwood (Qumsiyeh, Mazin B. Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment. 2010. Pluto Press. UK &USA) ‘…the reality is that popular resistance in Palestine developed indigenously, organically, naturally and beautifully. […]
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has said that without a renewal of peace talks with Israel, the Palestinians will seek UN recognition. Abbas’s comments, on Wednesday, came a day after a major speech by Benjamin […]
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has reaffirmed the US stance that the borders of a Palestinian state should be based on the 1967 borders. During a joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary William […]
By William A. Cook ‘From the moment we took on a role that included the permanent military domination of the world, we were on our own—feared, hated, corrupt and corrupting, maintaining ‘order’ through state terrorism […]
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington, D.C. Why is Benjamin Netanyahu, the right-wing Israeli prime minister, so ungracious to the United Nations, which helped create the state of Israel, and to Barack Obama, the American president […]
The head of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has openly called on US President Barack Obama to avoid an “even-handed” approach to the issue of Palestine. "When the United States is even-handed, Israel […]
Several names have been agreed on for the new technocrat government being compiled by Fatah and Hamas officials in Cairo, a party member told Ma’an on Tuesday. From Gaza City, Fatah national relations official Diab […]
Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has again ruled out accepting a settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on the 1967 borders. Addressing a conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committtee (AIPAC) in Washington late […]
By Joe Catron Barack Obama wants it both ways. Like every United States president since Bill Clinton, who partially brokered the now-defunct Oslo Accords in 1993, he aspires to act as a trusted intermediary in […]
By Neve Gordon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address US legislators on Tuesday. He will, no doubt, tell members of Congress that he supports a two-state solution, but his support will be predicated on four […]
A former Palestinian peace negotiator has told Al Jazeera that Binyamin Netanyahu’s government is "no partner for peace", after the Israeli prime minister rejected US president Barack Obama’s call for a Middle Eastern settlement based […]
Palestinian factions affiliated with the PLO will not nominate candidates for the government of technocrats proposed in a unity deal signed two and a half weeks ago in Cairo. The factions are protesting what is […]
Palestinian factions affiliated with the PLO will not nominate candidates for the government of technocrats proposed in a unity deal signed two and a half weeks ago in Cairo. The factions are protesting what is […]
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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