More than 180,000 Bedouin live in Israel’s Negev desert, but there is a big gap in terms of life opportunities between those Bedouin who live in 35 unrecognized villages, and those luckier ones for whom […]
Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas have ended their reconciliation talks they described as ‘positive,’ with an agreement to free political prisoners of both sides. The two parties, which were holding negotiations in the Egyptian capital […]
By Mats Svensson I have visited Muhammad around sixty times. But it is only now that we begin to really talk to each other. Seven years ago, I met Muhammad for the first time. I […]
By Johnny Barber ‘Dear Johnny: ‘While you are in Gaza, please visit Gilad Shalit. He is the Israeli soldier who was kidnapped from outside Gaza 5 years ago, and has been held by Hamas without […]
By Gazan Civil Society and Grassroots Organizations Today, a call demanding the re-opening of the Rafah Crossing between Egypt and Palestine has come from Gaza. It is propelled by support from Egypt and has been […]
By Mohamed El Mokhtar Regardless of what has originally led to the collapse of the Somali state (nefarious tribalism, bad governance, senseless civil war, foreign interference etc) and its continuing structural failure, there is no […]
Palestinian Journalists Syndicate condemns assaults carried out by both Israeli military troops and Palestinian security forces on members of Palestinian media. A recent report released by the syndicate displays 18 cases of assaults on Palestinian […]
Hamas and Fatah have opened talks in the Egyptian capital of Cairo with the objective of implementing the reconciliation agreement that they had reached in May. A Fatah official explained that the talks on Sunday, […]
Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has announced the formation of a committee to look into the soaring cost of living after a quarter-million people marched in one of the biggest protests in the country’s […]
Some donor countries may stop their financial aid to the Palestinian Authority because of the global economic crisis, PA Minister of Economy Hassan Abu Libdeh said Saturday. Abu Libdeh said the PA’s economy was small, […]
By Seraj Assi Nearly three weeks ago angry young residents of Tel Aviv took to the streets to protest soaring housing prices. The protests have rapidly reached different sectors of the Israeli society. The Israeli […]
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his deep disappointment at the recent approval by the Israeli Government of plans for more than 900 housing units in East Jerusalem. “He reiterates that settlement activity in the West […]
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators poured into the streets of Tel Aviv and other major Israeli cities to protest against the ever increasing cost of living, in a big show of force by the a […]
By Dr. Vacy Vlazna On President Ramos-Horta’s online magazine (1) is posted a piece by Amira Arnon, ambassador of Israel to Timor-Leste, in which she makes the outrageous statement that Timor-Leste and Israel have ‘a […]
By Uri Avnery First of all, a warning. Tent cities are springing up all over Israel. A social protest movement is gathering momentum. At some point in the near future, it may endanger the right-wing […]
Representatives of the Arab League have met in Qatar to discuss the Palestinian Authority’s application to the United Nations for official recognition as a Palestinian state. Wednesday’s meeting in Doha, the Qatari capital, came before […]
The Israeli military has targeted the Gaza Strip in a new round of aggression as fresh explosions were heard north and east of the besieged enclave. The Israeli F-16 fighter jets launched three rocket attacks […]
Incidents such as the exchange of gunfire that took place across the Israeli-Lebanese border earlier this week must be avoided, the United Nations envoy for Lebanon has stressed, warning that they can easily flare up […]
By Sam Bahour The Palestinian national liberation movement has reached its end. As the Palestinian leadership – if there is such a legitimate body today – prepares to bring the issue of statehood to the […]
By Steve Breyman The Washington Post wonders how those protests in Syria keep going (e.g., Liz Sly, ‘Syrian Revolt Still Spontaneous and Leaderless,’ July 28). Journalistic convention requires that demonstrations have leaders, spokespeople, identifiable representatives. […]
By Stuart Littlewood What a thought-provoking piece Prof Lawrence Davidson’s latest article is, whether you agree with every word or not. Titled ‘The Palestinian Bid for UN Statehood Recognition’, it makes the point that the […]
By James Gundun – Washington, D.C. As information flows from Yemen’s revolution, it quickly deposits into the black-hole of U.S. and European media. Sometimes this information completes the transit intact, but reports are more often […]
Activists from Israel’s social protest movement have reacted furiously after parliament passed a housing bill that they say will favour the wealthy and endanger the environment. Police said on Wednesday that hundreds of demonstrators blocked […]
An Israeli minister has called for a major military offensive against the Gaza Strip, hours after the regime carried out an airstrike on the impoverished coastal sliver. Israeli Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aaronovitch, whose remarks […]
The Hamas-affiliated Ar-Risala website reported Wednesday that captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has decided to fast during Ramadan. The report comes as talks have stalled between Hamas and Israel over the possible exchange of hundreds […]
By Samah Sabawi (Presentation given at the forum on Palestine’s bid for statehood and liberation on 28 July 2011. Other speakers were Yousef Alreemawi who gave the case for the statehood bid and Kim Bullimore […]
By Ramzy Baroud There is no linear narrative capable of explaining the multifarious happenings that have gripped Syrian society in recent months. On March 23, as many as 20 peaceful protesters were killed at the […]
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says it has managed to reconstruct most of the buildings destroyed during the December 2008-January 2009 Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. Hamas Interior Minister Fathi Hammad said on Tuesday […]
Arab Israelis charged with certain types of crimes are more likely than their Jewish counterparts to be convicted. A study has revealed that courts in Israel discriminate against Israeli-Arab lawbreakers by convicting a greater percentage […]
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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