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Year: 2013
Iranian Nuclear Deal and US Foreign Policy Schizophrenia
By Mark LeVine At least the Israelis can appreciate the strategy. Having faced years of stalemate on the most important foreign policy issue faced by the government, secret back-channel negotiations authorized by the Obama administration […]
Goliath – Life and Loathing in Greater Israel – Book Review
By Jim Miles (Goliath – Life and loathing in Greater Israel. Max Blumenthal, Nation Books, 2013) This is a powerfully written book, a mixture of current events, historical data, and personal anecdotal comments and stories. […]
Real Hypocrisy: False Analogy of Syria and Palestine
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth As with many of those who express a view in the continuing debate about the wisdom of launching yet another “humanitarian intervention” in Syria, I have found myself under attack […]
Just Gaza – Another Carter-Moment?
By Julie Webb-Pullman Last week marked the first anniversary of the November 2012 Israeli offensive against Gaza. It would be good to be able to say that it marked the END of that offensive, but […]
Netanyahu’s Dependence on Failed Policies, Islamophobia
By Iqbal Jassat In a desperate attempt to swing Western nations’ public opinion against Iran, Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu – widely viewed in Muslim society as a major villain in promoting Islamophobia – has yet […]
Obama, Karzai and the Afghan Labyrinth
By Deepak Tripathi The Afghan Loya Jirga’s endorsement of a security pact with the United States, to be signed by December 31, has brought to an end the uncertainty over the status of foreign troops, […]
UN Warns of Deteriorating Gaza Humanitarian Situation
The humanitarian situation in Gaza has deteriorated one year after a truce that ended fighting between Israel and Hamas, UN officials said Thursday. “After 12 months the initial hopes for a significant improvement on the […]
Battle of the Titans: Iran and Chomsky vs. Walt/Mearsheimer Debate
By Uri Avnery This is not merely a fight between Israel and the US. Nor is it only a fight between the White House and Congress. It is also a battle between intellectual titans. On […]
The Daylight between Israel and the West
By Jamal Kanj This week the 5+1 are back negotiating the easing of economic sanctions against Iran and new unprecedented rigid inspection regimen including daily reactor checks to certify compliance. According to US State Department […]
Ashrawi: We Are Witnessing End of Two-state Solution
PLO official Hanan Ashrawi said Thursday that Israel is using peace negotiations as a “cover” to continue building illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. “Israel is using negotiations as a political and legal cover […]
Syria, Egypt Reveal Erdogan’s ‘Hidden Agenda’
By Nicola Nasser The eruption of the Syrian conflict early in 2011 heralded the demise of Turkey’s officially pronounced strategy of “Zero Problems with Neighbors,” but more importantly, it revealed a “hidden agenda” in Turkish […]
Enlightenment: Connecting the Peoples of US and Afghanistan
By Kathy Kelly I’ve been a guest in Colorado Springs, Colorado, following a weeklong retreat with Colorado College students who are part of a course focused on nonviolence. In last weekend’s Colorado Springs Gazette, there […]
Bernard Henri Levy and the Destruction of Libya
By Ramzy Baroud While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “the world’s most influential Jew”, Bernard-Henri Levy is number 45, according to an article published in the Jerusalem Post, on May 21, 2010. Levy, per […]
Israeli Prison Guards Raid Ashkelon Prison, 9 Palestinians Wounded
Israeli prison guards stormed the Palestinian section of Ashkelon prison on Monday morning, wounding nine prisoners in a raid that lasted several hours. Israeli forces raided rooms 15 and 16 of section number three in […]
Israel’s Other Silent War: State-sponsored Discrimination against African Migrants
By Belen Fernandez A recent Jerusalem Post op-ed on “South Africa’s obsession with Israel” resurrects complaints regarding the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, which during its 2011 session in Cape Town concluded that “Israel’s rule over […]
Palestine Casts First Vote at UN
Palestine’s delegation to the United Nations has cast a ballot for the first time in a routine General Assembly vote, an act the envoy said brought his nation a step closer to full UN membership. […]
Poll: Oslo Brought ‘Political Normalization’ but No Benefits
A majority of respondents to an opinion poll conducted by al-Quds Open University believe that the 1994 Oslo Accord will not help establish a sovereign Palestinian state. A majority of 74.1 percent of the respondents […]
Hollande: We won’t Allow a Nuclear-armed Iran
Francois Hollande, the French president, has told Israeli MPs that his country would not allow Iran to secure a nuclear weapon, saying that such a situation was a threat to Israel and the region. To […]
Haniyeh Meets with Gaza Factions to Discuss National ‘Reconciliation’
Gaza Premier Ismael Haniyeh met with leaders of various political factions in Gaza on Saturday, with the absence of Fatah representatives. Islamic Jihad leader Khaled al-Batsh said that the meeting was called for by Haniyeh […]
Israel to Confiscate Palestinian Villagers’ Lands near Nablus
The Israeli government on Saturday announced a decision to confiscate Palestinian lands between Za’tara junction and Osarin village south of Nablus. Yatma village council member Ahmad Snobar told Ma’an that the council was officially informed […]
As Gaza Drowns in Sewage, UN Rapporteur Announces First UN World Toilet Day
By Julie Webb-Pullman As streets in Gaza flow with excrement, as families stay awake until 2am to take advantage of the two hours that water will flow through the taps – if they are lucky […]
Yasser Arafat: The Assassination
By Uri Avnery From the first moment, I did not have the slightest doubt that Yasser Arafat was assassinated. It was a matter of simple logic. On the way back from the funeral, I happened […]
‘This Is Not a Life at All’ – Families Powerless in Gaza
By IRIN – Gaza Since the beginning of November, Gaza’s only power plant has been shut due shortages of industrial diesel. The result has been a major increase in power outages for Gaza’s 1.7 million […]
Israel Strikes 2 Targets in Northern Gaza
Israeli warplanes struck two targets in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, Israel’s army said. “Earlier this afternoon an IAF aircraft targeted two concealed rocket launchers in the northern Gaza Strip. Since yesterday two rockets […]
Settlers Torch Palestinian Home in Revenge Attack
Settlers set fire to a Palestinian home in the Ramallah village of Sinjil overnight Wednesday, in an apparent revenge attack following the killing of an Israeli soldier, PA security sources said. The attackers torched the […]
Palestinian Negotiators Quit in Protest
The entire Palestinian negotiating team has resigned due to what they say is continued Israeli settlement building and frustrations over the lack of progress in US-brokered peace talks. Mohamed Shtayyeh, a Palestinian negotiator, said President […]
Libya almost Imploding, Status Quo Unsustainable
By Nicola Nasser More than two years on since the “revolution” of Feb. 2011, the security crisis is exacerbating by the day threatening Libya with an implosion charged with potential realistic risks to the geopolitical […]
The Charlatanism of Palestine-Denial
By Vacy Vlazna Here we go again. On Israel and the US losing their UNESCO voting rights, ‘Israel’s ambassador to UNESCO, Nimrod Barkan, ‘said in an interview that his country supports the U.S. decision [to […]
When Falsehoods Triumph: Why A Winning Palestinian Narrative is Hard to Find
By Ramzy Baroud (Editor’s Note: Ramzy Baroud will be conducting a speaking tour in France, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxemburg starting Dec 2. For more information click here.) In an initially pointless exercise that lasted nearly […]
Another Covert Assassination: Why Israel Wanted Arafat Dead
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth It seems there are still plenty of parties who would prefer that Arafat’s death continues to be treated as a mystery rather than as an assassination. It is hard, however, […]