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Month: September 2011
PFLP: Fatah, Hamas ‘Deception’ Unacceptable
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine leader Jamil Mizher said Friday the "deception and stalling" of Hamas and Fatah to reconcile was no longer acceptable. In a statement, Mizher said the Palestinian people and […]
AL Condemns Illegal Israeli Settlement
Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi has slammed Israel’s plan to construct new illegal settlement units in the Gilo neighborhood of East Jerusalem. Al-Arabi called the decision a “scandalous violation of international law” and […]
Mutiny on the Titanic
By Uri Avnery Here is a story that has never been told before: When the Titanic was well out into the Atlantic, its crew mutinied. They demanded higher wages, less cramped quarters, better food. They […]
Turkey Redraws Sykes-Picot
By Eric Walberg – Cairo Turkey’s foreign policy shift is now in full gear. Having kicked out the Israeli ambassador and rejected the UN Palmer Report, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says that Turkey plans […]
Voting ‘Palestine’: Europe, Be Warned
By Eyad Sarraj – Gaza Just a few words to our European friends before the Security Council meeting on the question of Palestine membership application of the UN. We are talking to friends and partners […]
Palestine Debate Exposes Undemocratic UN
By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai President Barack Obama’s shameful turnaround over Palestine has exposed the ‘audacity of hope’ for what it is—a sham. More important, it has turned the spotlight on the world body […]
Study: Occupation Costs Palestinian Economy $7 Billion
A Palestinian Authority ministry and national research institute released a joint study Thursday which estimates that the Israeli occupation cost the Palestinian economy around $7 billion in 2010. "Without the occupation, the Palestinian economy would […]
UN Processing Palestinian Statehood Bid
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is reportedly processing the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s demand for the UN’s recognition of Palestine as an independent member state. Lebanon’s UN ambassador, Nawaf Salam, who currently holds the UNSC’s […]
UN Panel Condemns Israeli Actions
A United Nations panel has called on Israel to stop the destruction of the Palestinian houses and structures in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. "These actions by the Israeli authorities violate human rights […]
Europe and US Condemn Israel Settlement Plans
The European Union and the United States have condemned Israeli plans for the construction of 1,100 new housing units in occupied East Jerusalem as being counterproductive to negotiations on peace talks with the Palestinians. They […]
Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike
Thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons have begun a three-day hunger strike to protest "an escalating series of punitive measures by the Israel Prison Service (IPS)”. Palestinian minister for prisoners, Issa Qaraqa said on […]
Briefing: Six Months into the Syrian Uprising
Thousands of people in Syria have been killed, injured, displaced or detained in a series of protests against the Syrian government since mid-March which have been ruthlessly quelled by the government. How is this uprising […]
Ibrahim Zaza: The Gaza Boy Newspapers Omitted
By Ramzy Baroud ‘Both of Ibrahim’s arms were cut off. He had a hole in his lung. Parts of his legs were missing. His kidney was in a bad condition…we need people to stand with […]
Putin-Medvedev: Premier Musical Chairs
By Eric Walberg Russian President Dmitri Medvedev’s nomination of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as Russia’s pretender to the throne and Putin’s promise to keep his friend as premier was hardly a surprise. All along, except […]
To the Oppressor
By Aalia Shaikh His Lost Treasure (Dedicated to all children who have lost their innocence in conflicts and wars) He sits on the ground, playing with marblesThey have lost their sheen, like the irises of […]
Israel Okays New Buildings in East Jerusalem
Israel’s government has granted the go-ahead for construction of 1,100 new housing units in illegally occupied east Jerusalem, raising already heightened tensions fuelled by last week’s Palestinian move to seek full UN membership. Israel’s interior […]
EU Slams Israel Settlement Expansion
The European Union has criticized Israel for its illegal expansion of settlement units in the occupied Palestinian territories. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Tuesday that Israel’s plan to build 1,100 new illegal […]
Medics: 3 Palestinians Die in Rafah Tunnel
Three Palestinians were pronounced dead on Tuesday morning after Egyptian authorities pumped sewage inside a smuggling tunnel under the Gaza border on Sunday. The ambulance and emergency services committee in Gaza said the three victims […]
America’s Dangerous Game at the UN
By John V. Whitbeck The number of UN member states extending diplomatic recognition to the State of Palestine has now risen to 131, leaving only 62 UN member states on the wrong side of history […]
In the Shadow of the Wall, the West Bank is Burning
By Mats Svensson Today’s wall is longer, higher and it does not stop terrorist activities inside the West Bank. Houses are demolished, land is destroyed and people are dying. It is night. He is dark […]
UN Debates Palestine Statehood Bid
The UN Security Council has begun closed-door negotiations on the Palestinian bid for UN membership as major powers step up pressure for direct Palestinian-Israeli talks. Although a vote on the historic bid is not expected […]
Fatah, Hamas Officials to Meet in Cairo
Fatah and Hamas officials are scheduled to meet in Cairo by the beginning of October for further dialogue over reconciliation talks and political issues, Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad said Monday. Al-Ahmad, who heads Fatah’s national […]
Abbas Rejects Talks without Settlement Halt
The acting Palestinian Authority chief has ruled out new talks with the Israeli regime without a total halt to settlement expansion efforts on his return from New York to the occupied West Bank. "We have […]
As The Drone Flies
By Ralph Nader The fast developing predator drone technology, officially called unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs, is becoming so dominant and so beyond any restraining framework of law or ethics, that its use by the […]
UN Bid Heralds Death of Palestine’s Old Guard
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Amid the enthusiastic applause in New York and the celebrations in Ramallah, it was easy to believe — if only a for minute — that, after decades of obstruction by […]
A Night in Tunisia
By El Habib Louai The feeling is not anymore the sameDear brothers and sisters I do not blameFurious, angry crowds poured outFrom every single side to cry outWe simply cannot anymore yieldTo your orders we […]
Common Destiny of Tibet and Palestine
By Tenzin Nima An important news item making headlines all over the world these days is the Palestinian Authority’s bid to secure full membership at the ongoing 66th session of the United Nation’s General Assembly in […]
On the State of the State of Palestine
By Alexandra Robinson Friday, September 23rd de facto president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, approached the United Nations to request their recognition and acceptance of a Palestinian State that would include the territories of […]
Obama’s Free Fall: No Sense of Fair Play
By Stuart Littlewood No-one connected with the old discredited peace ‘circus’ should be allowed anywhere near the new quest for justice in the Holy Land. Too many are strangers to fair play and appear to […]
America vs. Al-Qaeda – Book Review
By Jim Miles (The Longest War – The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al-Qaeda. Peter L. Bergen. Free Press, New York, 2011.) Writing history is a matter of placing points in time as bookends or […]