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Month: March 2012
UN Orders Probe into Illegal Israeli Settlements
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has passed a resolution which orders the first-ever probe to explore the impact of Israeli settlements on the occupied Palestinian territories. Of the 47-membere council, 36 voted in favor […]
Independents Hold Rally for Unity in Nablus
Nasser al-Shaer, deputy prime minister of the 10th government, said Thursday that activities were being planned to demand an end to the division of the occupied territories. Speaking in Nablus on behalf of the national […]
Two Stray Bullets in Gaza
By Johnny Barber – Gaza On Sunday it was reported that a young boy had been shot on farmland near the Rafah crossing. The details were unclear. Several colleagues and I traveled to Rafah to […]
The Contemptible Netanyahu and Friends
By Richard Lightbown On 11 March a French soldier was shot dead in Toulouse by a lone gunman who escaped on a scooter. On 15 March two more soldiers were shot dead were shot in […]
Sharp Increase in Palestinian Deaths in 2011
The past year saw a sharp rise in the number of civilians killed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a human rights group said. An annual report from the Jerusalem-based B’Tselem showed that in 2011 Israeli security […]
Gaza Protesters Rally against Abbas
Protesters on Wednesday held a rally in Gaza City against Mahmoud Abbas, accusing the president of neglecting his responsibilities to the Gaza Strip. They carried posters urging the president to resign if he could not […]
Costly ‘Freedom’ in Afghanistan: On Morbid Wars and Logic
By Ramzy Baroud The Afghans are a proud people with a long and formidable history of resistance to foreign occupation. The fact that they have always prevailed, however, should not distract from the horror they […]
A Planned Escalation: Israel Prepares for War
By Neve Gordon Recent raids on Gaza were not just about allocating more money to defense – they were also about war with Iran. In response to the recent assassination of Zuhair al-Qaisi, the Secretary […]
Fears for Palestinian Hunger Striker
A Palestinian woman prisoner, who has been on hunger strike for the past one month against her detention by Israel without formal charges, is in grave danger of dying, a medical rights group has said. A […]
Hamas to Provide ‘National Carpool’
Civil servants will offer a free taxi service to residents of the Gaza Strip from Monday in an innovative response to the ongoing fuel crisis. Employees are being instructed to provide lifts to residents of […]
The Arab Revolt
Reviewed by Ludwig Watzal (James Petras, The Arab Revolt and the Imperialist Counterattack, Clarity Press, Atlanta 2012, 130 pp. $ 16.95.) ‘Under the Clinton regime, US militarized imperialism in Africa took off’, writes James Petras, […]
Kony’s Invisible Christian Fanaticism
By Mamoon Alabbasi – London There is no doubt that the thirty-minute video ‘Kony 2012’ by the advocacy group Invisible Children has raised much awareness regarding the relatively under-reported atrocities committed by the Ugandan rebel […]
Hague Not Qualified to Engage Iranians
By Stuart Littlewood UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has worked himself into a lather over Iran’s blocking of a Foreign Office website. He says: ‘I condemn this action by the Iranian Government. UK for Iranians’ was […]
Shalabi Supporters Boycott Courts
Thirty Palestinian prisoners have joined the hunger strike of Hana Shalabi, who has consumed only water for 33 days, the head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society said Monday. Prisoners in jails across Israel have designated […]
Address Inequalities Facing Arabs, Says ICG
Urgent steps should be taken to address the widespread marginalization of Arab minorities in Israel, including Palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem, to improve their livelihoods and encourage sustainable peace in the Middle East, says […]
Meshaal: Israel Using Gaza as Guinea Pig for Missile Testing
Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khaled Meshaal has underscored his movement’s commitment to fighting Israel, saying Israel is using Gaza as a ‘guinea pig’ for testing its missile capabilities. ‘We will naturally continue our fight against Israel in […]
Uncontroversial yet Taboo: Gaza in Context
By Roger Sheety The recent killing of 25 Palestinians in Gaza and the wounding of at least 80 more within four days—March 9-12—requires some context as the majority of western mainstream media outlets are either […]
Israel Cranks up the Perpetual War Generator
By Stuart Reigeluth Sporadic violence in Gaza is a way for Israel to test its latest military gadgets. As depicted last week in a very real way, Gaza is a large petri dish for Israeli […]
Delusions of Power: Obama is No Gandhi
By Deepak Tripathi First the video of United States Marines urinating on bodies of Afghans who had been killed. Then the revelation that copies of the Quran had been burned at Bagram Air Base, which […]
No Justification for War on Iran
By Gulamhusein A. Abba The hysteria over Iran’s nuclear capabilities having reached such a stage as to call for immediate bombing of its nuclear facilities is deliberately and insidiously being whipped up by Israel to […]
The News from Gaza: They Will Never Beg
By Johnny Barber – Gaza I have read several accounts over the last few days of how life in Southern Israel has become unbearable for the people living there. In retaliation for the latest provocation […]
PA Outlines Legal Case against Israeli Prison DNA Tests
The Palestinian Authority detainees ministry said Sunday it considers Israel’s use of DNA tests on Palestinian prisoners as a violation of international law, and will argue so in a case at Israel’s high court. PA […]
Colonization of the Mind: Normalize This!
By Samah Sabawi (Full Transcript. Excerpts from this speech were presented at the University of Sydney Australia during Israeli Apartheid Week 2012.) I would like to talk about normalization. I found the best definition of […]
On US-Afghan Strategic Partnership Agreement
By the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers In Afghanistan, the tragic Kandahar killing spree has prompted renewed talk about the proposed U.S. Afghan Strategic Partnership Agreement. At stake in these discussions is the security of Afghanistan, […]
A Growing Movement: Six Days in Canada During IAW
By Frank Barat ‘I will support Israel whatever the cost,’ recently said Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister. When it comes to Israel, Mr Harper could not be more clear. He is not hiding behind pragmatic […]
A Year on, Unity Activists Ponder Next Steps
The anniversary of the March 15 movement to restore unity to the occupied territories passed quietly Thursday, with no major rallies in Palestinian cities. The principle demands of the masses who demonstrated in the West […]
All Quiet on the Southern Front
By Uri Avnery ‘What have you learned in school today, my son?’ ‘There was no school today. There is an emergency!’ ‘And what have you learned from that, my son?’ Actually, quite a lot. This […]
To Rachel with love – A Poem
[From the point of view of Rachel Corrie (April 10, 1979 – March 16, 2003) killed day by an Israeli army bulldozer.] By Zahra Pilavdzic First they came for the landripping roots like teethfrom the […]
AIPAC Invades Washington
By James Petras and Robin Eastman Abaya From March 4th to March 9th, 2012, 13,000 militant Israel Firsters, took over “political Washington”[1] and imposed a foreign regime’s (Israel) political agenda to the rousing applause and appreciation […]
UN Expert Urges Israel to Free Hunger Striker
A United Nations human rights expert has urged Israel to free Hana Shalabi, a Palestinian female prisoner, who has been on hunger strike since being rearrested about a month ago. "The situation of Ms. Shalabi is morbid and life-threatening…This […]