Egypt and Israel have agreed to swap an Israeli-American detained in Cairo for a group of Egyptian prisoners held in Israel, Egypt’s state media said on Saturday. The deal would see Ilan Grapel, a 27-year-old […]
By Clive Hambidge Does Israel really care for its returned son? Or was he used as a political pawn? As a young soldier returns home to assuage the "righteous indignation" of a nation state, no […]
By William A. Cook ‘ … disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy […]
Palestinian prisoners who were released in the prisoner deal and sent to Gaza will stay in hotels for three weeks or until they each get a private apartment, car, and a job. Gaza’s Prime Minister […]
By Uri Avnery The Most sensible – I almost wrote ‘the only sensible’ – sentence uttered this week sprang from the lips of a 5-year old boy. After the prisoner swap, one of those smart-aleck […]
By International Solidarity Movement – Gaza The military trial of the four men charged with the death of Italian International Solidarity Movement Activist Vittorio Arrigoni continued in Gaza City today. The small courtroom was packed […]
By James Gundun – Washington, D.C. Who is Ali Abdullah Saleh? U.S. ally? Sworn enemy of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)? Defender of universal rights and free expression? Helpless victim? Yemen’s strongman claims that […]
By Ali Younes The killing of former Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi today might bring a swift end to the bloody rebellion that erupted against his rule eight months ago. News reports showed a bloody and […]
While there have been emotional scenes after the release of 477 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, concerns are being raised about the plight of 164 Palestinian children from the West Bank in Israeli custody. […]
By Ismail Salami The report that the evasive Libyan ruler Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has died as a result of the wounds he sustained during a NATO attack has flung the Libyans into a jubilant frenzy […]
By Eric Walberg – Cairo In the lifestyle sweepstakes, the answer is ‘none of the above’. The economic and social experiments in the past three decades by British governments from left to right have left […]
By Kathy Kelly In Kabul, Afghanistan’s beleaguered capitol city, a young woman befriended me during December of 2010. She was eager to talk about her views, help us better understand the history of her country, […]
By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai A great deal of time in my adolescent years was spent with my father’s books. I was introduced to some of the finest names in Urdu and Western literature […]
Forty Palestinians freed by Israel under a prisoner swap deal with Hamas but deemed to be too dangerous by that country to be allowed to return to Palestine have arrived in Qatar, Turkey, Jordan and […]
The armed wing of Hamas on Wednesday announced the second phase of a prisoner swap with Israel would be implemented with Egyptian oversight. The Al-Qassam Brigades will not be involved in negotiations over the list […]
Hamas says Israel’s prisoner swap deal with the Palestinian resistance movement has proved that only resistance can extract the Palestinian people’s rights from the occupiers. “This exchange has taken place between the resistance and the […]
By Ershad Abubacker Mitzpe Hila, a small town in northern Israel close to Lebanon border must not have seen such a celebration in the recent years. Similarly the 200,000 Palestinians who assembled in Katiba Square […]
…spare a thought (and do something) for the thousands of Palestinians still languishing in Israel’s prisons By Stuart Littlewood I was once a national serviceman myself, drafted into the military by a barmy government. So […]
By Ismail Salami Despite its evidently make-believe facade, the cooked-up story of the Saudi envoy assassination plot does not seem to be something which can be easily banished from the minds of the American powers […]
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have celebrated the homecoming of over 400 prisoners released in the first phase of an agreement brokered with Israel for the exchange of Gilad Shalit, the captured Israeli soldier. Hamas, […]
The Palestinian Resistance Movement of Hamas describes the prisoner exchange with Israel as a sign of the victory of the resistance against Israeli occupying. Addressing tens of thousands of people in the Gaza Strip on […]
By Ramzy Baroud During his deliberately offensive speech on September 23, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the General Assembly as ‘the theater of the absurd.’ Israel’s few friends at the United Nations – led […]
The first Palestinian prisoners freed in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as part of a landmark deal for the return of a captured Israeli soldier arrived home on Tuesday, an AFP reporter said. Israel […]
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has been handed over to Israeli officials in Egypt, as a prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel gets under way. In an interview with Egyptian television at Rafah, Shalit said […]
By Jeremy Salt – Ankara A legend is being created that is going to haunt the people who have been propelled into power in Tripoli. In Sirte a handful of men have set an example […]
Israel must lift its siege on Gaza with the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, the Popular Resistance Committee secretary-general said Monday. "Israel has no excuses now to keep the siege over Gaza after […]
Israel’s supreme court is hearing objections to the agreement between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, under which a total of 1,027 Palestinian prisoners are to be released in two phases for one Israeli […]
The recent announcement by Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas to exchange prisoners is a welcome step that should generate positive momentum for ongoing efforts to resolve the Middle East conflict, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said […]
The European Union has denounced Israel’s illegal settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories as "unacceptable." "Settlements are illegal under international law. These decisions should be reversed," EU Foreign Affairs chief Catherine Ashton said in […]
Tel Aviv has begun transferring Palestinian prisoners to jails in the south and central Israel, ahead of their upcoming release within the next few days. Israeli Radio said that the transfer measure took place early […]
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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