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Month: December 2011
‘America’s Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost’
By William A. Cook (An end of the year lament) "Violence begets violence. Hatred begets hatred. And terrorism begets terrorism. A white ambassador said that y’all, not a black militant (Ambassador to Iraq, Edward Peck). […]
Unit 504: Israeli Torture Methods Revealed
An Israeli reserve military colonel has revealed disturbing information about indecent torture methods exercised against Arab and Iranian prisoners in Israel’s notorious Unit 504 interrogation center. Unit 504 is the Israeli army’s Intelligence Corps unit tasked […]
SC Extends Mandate of UN Force in Golan Heights
The Security Council today agreed to extend the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping force monitoring the ceasefire between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights for another six months. In a resolution adopted unanimously […]
Carnage in Baghdad: New Fear, New Game
By Ismail Salami – Tehran There is a new fear emerging in Iraq that the country will plunge even more into turmoil and political disequilibrium as the US troops cased in their colors and left […]
Following Yonder Star: Massacring Innocents
By Kathy Kelly – Kabul Beneath our flat, here in Kabul, wedding guests crowded into a restaurant and celebrated throughout the night. Guests sounded joyful and the music, mostly disco, thumped loudly. When the regular […]
Challenge of Change in the Middle East
By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai Patrick Buchanan is one of those few writers I never like to miss. Having worked as a senior advisor to three US presidents, Buchanan has had a rare, ringside […]
Report: Hamas Agrees to Join PLO
Hamas has agreed to join the Palestine Liberation Organization in a move intended to bolster Palestinian reconciliation, The Associated Press reported Thursday. There was no immediate confirmation, but officials in Cairo said Hamas and Islamic […]
Israel Irked by UNSC Price Tag Criticism
An Israeli officer stands inside a burnt mosque in the Bedouin village of Tuba-Zangariya in northern Israel, October 3, 2011. The UN Security Council’s criticism of the Israeli settlers’ violence against Palestinians has infuriated Israeli […]
The Duke of Nablus
By Uri Avnery The name of Munib al-Masri has recently come up as a possible candidate for Prime Minister of a Palestinian national unity government. Not being a member of either Fatah or Hamas, he […]
Iraq War: Moral Victory, and Selective Body Counts
By Ramzy Baroud Someone ought to let mainstream news producers know that the nearly 4,500 US soldiers killed in the Iraq war were not the only victims. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have also been […]
A Checkpoint Isn’t Just a Construction
By Tamar Fleishman – The West Bank Shuafat checkpoint that was inaugurated a few days ago disconnects the residents of the refugee camp from the center of their lives. It separates family members, employees from […]
Happy Christmas, O prisoners of the Little Town of Bethlehem
By Stuart Littlewood O little town of BethlehemHow still we see thee lieAbove thy deep and dreamless sleepThe silent stars go byYet in thy dark streets shinethThe everlasting LightThe hopes and fears of all the […]
Muslims and Islam, and the Other Side of War
By M. I. Bhat Any one in his/her normal senses would laugh away at the very thought of it given the tragedy – in terms of millions upon millions dead, maimed, orphans, households and businesses […]
Senior UN Official: No Progress in Peace Process
The realization of a two-State solution for Israelis and Palestinians has not advanced, with violent incidents erupting at a worrying rate over the past month, a senior United Nations official warned Tuesday. “As the year […]
Mercosur Signs Palestine Free Trade Deal
The Mercosur, a leading trading bloc of four South American nations, has signed a landmark free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority (PA). On Tuesday, PA Foreign Affairs Minister Riyad al-Maliki and the foreign ministers […]
UNSC Nations Rap Israeli Sttlements
Several members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) have lashed out at Israel’s increased settlement construction in the Palestinian territories and escalating Jewish settler attacks on Palestinians. We are "dismayed by these wholly negative developments" and […]
Sanctioning Syria: Who is the Real Loser?
By Dr. Elias Akleh Economic sanctions are arrogant open acts of war against other nations. Their goal is to devastate the lower and middle classes and to weaken the country. The regime of the imposing […]
Holy Land Betrayed: Our Unchristian Government
By Sttuart Littlewood Prime minister David Cameron has told Britain: ‘We are a Christian country and we should not be afraid to say so.’ He was speaking on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of […]
Imperial Messenger – Book Review
Reviewed Jim Miles (Imperial Messenger – Thomas Friedman at Work. Belen Fernandez. Verso Books, London/New York, 2011.) Thomas Friedman is a writer whom I have avoided reading over the past several years, mainly due to […]
Hamas Official Cites Progress at Cairo Talks
A member of the Hamas political bureau said Tuesday that attendees at a meeting to discuss reconciliation postponed the decisive issue of PLO membership until later in the week. Izzat al-Risheq said “elections dates were […]
Berlin Raps New Israeli Settlement Plan
Germany has taken a swipe at Israel over the Tel Aviv regime’s fresh plans to build new settlement buildings in the occupied West bank and East Jerusalem (al-Quds) The German deputy government spokesman, Georg Streiter, […]
‘Palestinian Clowns’ Are Everywhere
By Sam Bahour – The West Bank Some Palestinians refuse to just sit still and accept their fate as a permanently, militarily occupied people. One would think by now that Palestinians would have received the […]
Hamas at 24: Politics of Resistance in Changing Middle East
By Ramzy Baroud Ever since Hamas emerged victorious in the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections, myriad public opinion polls revealed that its popularity in the Occupied Territories was on a steady decline. However, there are actually […]
Muslims Are Just Like You and Me – Obviously
By Elana Golden An anti-Muslim fringe group in Florida claims All American Muslim reality TV series wrongly portrays Muslims in America as normal people and not as Jihadi Islamist terrorists who are plotting to kill […]
Israel Frees 550 Palestinian Prisoners
Israel has released 550 Palestinian prisoners in the second stage of a deal with Hamas, with nearly all of the prisoners passing through a crossing into the West Bank where they were greeted by thousands […]
Gaza Refugees Demand UNRWA Rebuild Homes
Dozens of Palestinian refugees protested at UNRWA headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Monday, calling for the UN agency to rebuild their homes five years after they were pulled down for safety reasons. Representatives from […]
Palestinian Cars Torched in West Bank
Several cars belonging to the Palestinian residents of the West Bank have been set on fire allegedly by extremist Israeli settlers. On Monday, a group of vandals torched the cars of a number of Palestinian […]
Happened in 1948
By Nazek Dhamra In the first few days of June 1948 my mother woke me up early after her dawn prayers and may be around the sunrise time. She asked me to go check the […]
Politics at Christmas
By Maria C. Khoury It’s that special time of year where you simply want to wish everyone a blessed holy Christmas celebration but I can’t help it that it’s the only chance I get to […]
Second Israel-Hamas Prisoner Swap Begins
The second stage of an Israel-Hamas prisoner swap is underway, as 550 Palestinian prisoners slated to be released were taken in buses from a jail in central Israel to crossing points into Palestinian territory and […]