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Month: July 2013
Gaza Passengers Stuck in Cairo, Rafah and Saudi Arabia
Dozens of Palestinians are being held at Cairo International Airport after Egypt closed its border with the Gaza Strip. Egypt’s army closed the Rafah crossing on Friday, citing unrest in Sinai. Palestinians flying into Cairo […]
Ilan Pappe on One-state, Unity, and ‘Peace Process’ – Interview
Interviewed by Nigel O’Connor Ilan Pappe (L) says the US has ‘no strategy for Israel/Palestine’. (Photo: Johannes Hautaviita) The work of Professor Ilan Pappe – an advocate for an international boycott against Israel and the […]
Morsi the Man – Guilty, with Honor
By Julie Webb-Pullman In the last week much has been made of the purported failings of Morsi the President, and Morsi the politician. He tried to do too much, or did too little, he took […]
Egypt: Military Has Done It Again!
By Aayesha J Soni I remember watching the overthrow of the dictator Mubarak on international news channels with irrepressible excitement and hope. The waving Egyptian flags and timeless pictures depicting the celebrations taking place in […]
Quo vadis, Palestine?
By Stuart Littlewood The Palestinian embassy in London has just issued a rare media briefing. It asks “WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THE RESUMPTION OF CREDIBLE NEGOTIATIONS?” and tries to explain the Palestinian position. It says […]
Egypt Army Closes Gaza Border
The Egyptian army on Friday closed the Rafah crossing on the Gaza border until further notice due to unrest in Sinai. Egyptian military officials informed the Palestinian side of the closure, said Maher Abu Sabha, […]
Palestinian President in Rare Visit to Lebanon Camp
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas paid a rare visit on Friday to a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, placing a wreath at the cemetery in the Shatila camp in the capital Beirut. A small crowd gathered […]
Egypt in Danger, 8 Reasons Why
By Abdelrahman Rashdan Egyptians are again amazing the whole world with their abilities to change their political realities; yet this time might be to the worse. The military coup that took place in response to […]
On Hamas, Fatah and the Squandered Years: When ‘Unity’ Loses Its Meaning
By Ramzy Baroud When Hamas and Fatah representatives met in Gaza on June 04, there was little media fanfare. In fact, neither party expected much attention to their ‘unity talks’ aside from the occasional references […]
Egypt’s Revolution Betrayed: Fuel for al-Qaeda Fires
By Eric Walberg During the past few months, dozens of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members have been murdered and their offices sacked and burned. The police openly refuse to protect them. Rather than ordering the […]
Kerry: Israel-Palestine Talks within Reach
US Secretary of State John Kerry has ended meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders without an agreement on resuming peace talks – but said gaps had been narrowed and he would return to the region […]
Hardliners Gain Power in Netanyahu’s Likud Party
Hardliners in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud were elected into key positions in the party’s governing institutions early Monday. Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon, an outspoken opponent of the two-state solution, won the vote […]
Whitewashing Apartheid: Israel’s Dirty Water
By Belen Fernandez Last week, on June 23, Israeli President Shimon Peres and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel attended a ceremony in Jerusalem in honor of a new joint initiative between Israel’s Ben-Gurion University and the […]
White House Threatens To End Aid if Palestine Joins the ICC
By Franklin Lamb – Beirut Fatou Bom Bensouda, the Gambian-born deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), was never Washington’s first choice to succeed the inveterately self-promoting elitist ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo. And it […]
Assaf and the Collective Pride for All Associated with Palestine
By Susan Abulhawa For once, we won! Mohammad Assaf, that brilliant, joyful, beautiful young man with a voice from heaven sang. And we all hung onto every note, every lyric, every smile and gesture he […]