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Month: June 2012
What’s Changed in Egypt?
By Deepak Tripathi The Day of Judgment for Hosni Mubarak arrived on June 2. The 84-year-old deposed president was given a life sentence with his interior minister Habib al-Adly for the killing of hundreds of […]
Bring Gaza Race-car Students in from the Cold
By Stuart Littlewood Last year engineering students from the Gaza Strip took on the cream of Europe’s technical universities in a competition to build a race car, despite obstruction by the Israeli regime. Formula Student […]
Israel: Milk & Honey – Not for Black Africans
By Iqbal Jassat The author of an important piece of critique ‘Jewishness of Israel fuels xenophobia’, Heidi-Jane Esakov, published in the Mail & Guardian (June 1 to 7, 2012) can expect to be blasted by an […]
A Poem for Heroes
By Daughter of ’48 (This poem is dedicated to all political prisoners past and present all over the world who seek a life of dignity, freedom, safety, human rights and justice. This poem is dedicated […]
Arab States Pledge $100 Million Per Month to PA
Arab states on Saturday pledged to provide the Palestinian Authority with $100 million each month as a back-up if Israel withholds tax revenues, official PA media said. The decision was taken at the meeting of […]
The Palestinians Must Just Be
By Issa Khalaf Even in the face of overwhelming evidence that Israel deliberately undermines peace and is single-mindedly pursuing the Palestinians’ socio-political extinction and national erasure, liberal supporters of Israel, who may acknowledge that Zionism’s […]
‘Outrage’ as Israel Refuses to Hospitalize Hunger Strikers
Rights groups on Thursday expressed outrage at Israeli authorities "disregard" of the immediate danger to the lives of two Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. Mahmoud al-Sarsak has been on hunger strike for 74 days and […]
Two Palestinians Killed in Separate Israeli Attacks on Gaza
Two Palestinians have been reportedly killed and three others injured in two separate Israeli attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip. The first Palestinian victim, identified as 20-year-old Ahmed Abu Nasser, was shot dead by Israeli […]
Israeli Mustard: Orthodox and the Others
By Uri Avnery It’s a true story. I have told it once, and I shall tell it again. A friend of mine in Warsaw, who is half Jewish, advised a well-known Polish journalist to visit […]