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Month: August 2011
Israel Mulls Arming ‘Trained’ Settlers
The Israeli army is planning to provide tear gas and stun grenades to settlers in the occupied West Bank who have been trained to repel any violent protests when the Palestinians seek statehood at the […]
Israel Sends Warships to Egypt Border
The Israeli Navy has sent two more warships to the Egypt border in the Red Sea, saying that southern Israel could be attacked from Egyptian soil, a claim denied by Cairo. “Two naval craft have […]
Rights Group: Local Elections Must Move Forward
The Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq on Tuesday called on President Mahmoud Abbas to withdraw his presidential decree postponing local elections. The decree violates the provisions of the Basic Law and elections law, Al-Haq said. […]
Let Ghaddafi Be: Lesson from Arab History
By Nath Aldalala’a The fall of Ghaddafi is both a solution and a problem for Libya. United Nations resolution number 1973 granted NATO intervention in Libya to protect civilians from Ghaddafi’s alleged brutal fist. A […]
Gaza: Israeli Military Arming, Training Vigilantes
By Julie Webb-Pullman – Gaza In what can be interpreted as a clear admission that Israeli state institutions are not up to the task, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has admitted it is training settlers […]
Ralph Nader: 10 Painful Lessons of 9/11
By Ralph Nader The commemorative ceremonies that are planned for the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 massacre are those of pathos for the victims and their families, of praise for both the pursuit of the […]
Syria at this Moment
By Scott C. Davis The US and Europe have levied sanctions against Syria this past August. Although the US sanctions will not be a difference maker with Syria due to the limited amount of commerce between […]
Does the Palestinian UN Bid Threaten Refugee Rights?
By Ma’an News – Bethlehem As the leadership in Ramallah prepares to approach the UN for membership in September, it is also fighting back charges that its initiative is shortsighted and even a threat to […]
EU Chief: UN Bid ‘for Palestinians to Decide’
Catherine Ashton, the European Union foreign policy chief, finished a visit to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories on Monday without committing the EU to a position on the Palestinian Authority’s expected bid for statehood […]
Palestinian on Stabbing Spree in Tel Aviv: Police
Seven people have been injured in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv after a Palestinian man hit a police checkpoint with a car and stabbed passers-by, police say. A source within the Israeli police said […]
Israel Cannot Stop Palestinian State: Proser
Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor says Tel Aviv has no chance of stopping states that are set to vote for the recognition of a Palestinian state at the General Assembly. In a classified […]
Elephant in the Holy Land
By Sherri Muzher While the two-state solution is constantly raised, Israeli settlements are forcing a lot of people to confront the elephant in the room. That elephant is bi-nationalism — the idea of two national groups […]
Ali Farzat: A Pen of Damascus Steel
By Scott C. Davis Damascus may not be the best base of operations for a political cartoonist. Last Thursday morning at 4:30 AM (August 25), the renowned Arab caricaturist Ali Farzat (also "Ferzat" or "Firzat"), […]
Three-quarters of World Recognizes Palestine
As Palestinian leaders prepare to seek membership of the United Nations, some 124 of the world body’s 193 member states have announced their recognition of Palestine as an independent state. A full list of the […]
The Apartheid of Identity: Lifting Zionism
By Shafiq Morton – Cape Town, South Africa The other day a mainstream newspaper published a piece I wrote exhorting Israelis to throw off the cloak of Zionism. They had to do this, I said, […]
Slaughter in Gaza Amid World Silence
By Richard Lightbown In the words of Julie Webb-Pullman (reporting from Gaza) ‘civilians are once again being slaughtered by Israel in a blatant act of collective punishment for the Eilat crimes they did not even […]
Arrigoni: Suspects to Be Tried in September
By Michele Giorgio In recent days we have truly felt the loss of Vittorio Arrigoni. The man we loved to call ‘Vik’ spoiled us with accurate real time information on what was happening in Gaza, […]
Israel Kills 11 Palestinians in 24 hrs
The death of a Palestinian during the latest round of Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip has raised to 11 the total number of the fatalities caused by Tel Aviv in the besieged enclave over […]
US Envoy ‘Threatens to Slash Aid to PA’
A senior American diplomat reportedly warned on Friday that the United States would cut aid to the Palestinian Authority if it asks the United Nations to recognise a Palestinian state next month. Daniel Rubinstein, the […]
Haniyeh: We Will Not Recognize Israel
Prime Minister of the Hamas-run Gaza government Ismail Haniyeh restated Friday his party’s position that they will not recognize Israel. In an address to worshipers gathered at An-Nour mosque in Gaza City for the last […]
Murdoch Press and the Fictional Jewish Chocolatier
By Samah Sabawi The Murdoch press in its zeal to attack the Palestinian Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) campaign has misrepresented facts and even ran an entire article quoting a fictional character that simply does not […]
Amazing Determination of the Yemeni People
By Mohamed El Mokhtar The current stalemate in Yemen is not politically sustainable. The intransigence of the incumbent president/autocrat, Abdallah Saleh, is causing an unprecedented political standstill. Such paralysis is sucking up the energy of the […]
Republicans Attack Obama as No Friend of Israel
By Ira Glunts Twenty years ago, the influence of the pro-Israel lobby was greater among Democrats than Republicans. It was greater in Congress than in the White House. Today, the Republicans, with their Christian Zionist […]
To The Shores of Tripoli
By Uri Avnery Though the Bible tells us ‘Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth’ (Proverbs 24:17), I could not help myself. I was happy. Muammar al-Gaddafi was the enemy of every decent person in the […]
Palestine: Arduous Odyssey of Statehood
By Dr. Ismail Salami and Kourosh Ziabari The plight of the Palestinian people is no closed book to anyone in the world; a subjugated nation which has been unjustifiably subjected to discrimination and violence for […]
Will Cameron Vote for Palestinian Freedom?
By Stuart Littlewood Britain and NATO were keen as mustard to establish a no-fly zone over Libya to "protect civilians" but too cowardly to do the same for the Palestinians, who are constantly on the […]
Hidden Histories
By Theresa Wolfwood (Ra’ad, Basem L. Hidden Histories: Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean 2010. Pluto Press. UK& USA) This very readable account of regional history from ancient times to the present gives a clear picture of how […]
Hidden Histories
By Theresa Wolfwood (Ra’ad, Basem L. Hidden Histories: Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean 2010. Pluto Press. UK& USA) This very readable account of regional history from ancient times to the present gives a clear picture of how […]
Israel’s ‘Nice Little War’: Gaza, Egypt in the Range of Fire
By Ramzy Baroud Israeli writer Uri Avnery recently wrote an article entitled ‘How Godly Are Thy Tents?’, which began with the words, "First of all, a warning." The reference was made to the tent cities […]
Israeli Air Strikes Test Gaza Truce
Israel has launched several air strikes on Gaza, killing three Palestinians and wounding several others, prompting Hamas to allege that it violated an unofficial two-day-long truce. Medics in Gaza said the latest air strike occurred […]