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Month: March 2014
Israel Decries ‘Hypocrisy’ over Seized Arms
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed out at “hypocrisy” over Iran as he unveiled a shipment of arms allegedly dispatched by Tehran to Gaza. Netanyahu on Monday toured a display of rockets intercepted by […]
Israel Fears Future Drone Attacks
Israel has voiced fears armed groups in Lebanon and Gaza would deploy exploding drones, in addition to their main rocket arsenals, against Tel Aviv in a future war, the chief of Israeli air defence said. […]
When Nadia’s Soul was Raped
By Tamar Fleishman “Women shall be especially protected against any attack on their honor…or any form of indecent assault” — (Article 27 of the Geneva Convention) Nadia didn’t have a permit and she wasn’t about […]
On Reading Morani Kornberg-Weiss’ ‘Dear Darwish’
By Vacy Vlazna Dear Morani, “We who are born here on this divine land, we who are dedicated to the message of peace and freedom and the defense of human values, and of the strength […]
Apartheid to Ensure Afrikaner and Jewish Survival
By Firoz Osman H.F.Verwoed, former SA Prime Minister, observed in 1961 that the Jews “took Israel from the Arabs after the Arabs had lived there for a thousand years. In that I agree with them. […]
Arab League Rejects Israel as Jewish State
The Arab League has backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s rejection of Israel as a “Jewish state”, as US-backed negotiations approach a deadline next month. League chief Nabil Elaraby called on Arab countries to take a […]
Israel Says Long-range Rockets Aboard ‘Iran Arms Ship’
Israel said Sunday it had found 40 long-range rockets aboard a ship it intercepted in the Red Sea, claiming that it carried weapons sent by Iran to Gaza Strip militants. A statement from the Israeli […]
Israel Out of Options: We Better Watch Out
By Mich Levy Winning the war against Israel’s domination of Palestine would concomitantly be a deafening blow to the imperial powers and partners that have controlled the larger region for a century and shaped our […]
Six Injured as Israeli Forces Disperse Protests Across West Bank
Six Palestinians were injured and two Israeli peace activists were detained as protests against the Israeli occupation broke out in at least four villages across the West Bank on Friday. Dozens of Palestinians also suffered […]
Baghdad Central – Book Review
By Neve Gordon (Center-staging the calamities of collaboration, Elliott Colla’s noir thriller exposes the moral and strategic failures of military occupation.) Without networks of collaborators conscripted from among the ranks of the insurgency, sustained military […]
Netanyahu’s Prayer: God Bless Putin
By Uri Avnery Benjamin Netanyahu is very good at making speeches, especially to Jews, neocons and such, who jump up and applaud wildly at everything he says, including that tomorrow the sun will rise in […]
Netanyahu’s Anti-Iranian and Anti-BDS Rant at AIPAC
By Ludwig Watzal Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave one of his typical speeches at this year’s AIPAC convention in Washington. Before he delivered his usual sermon about Iran and the other “terrorists” in the […]
Secret Thoughts of a Palestinian Teacher in Israel – Satire
By Hatim Kanaaneh The airport security apparatus’s routine act of strip-searching Ezies Elias Shehadeh, an Arab teacher in a Jewish school, has generated too much media noise including Israeli TV and radio reports and interviews […]
In Birzeit, ‘Trigger Happy’ Israel Vindicates Amnesty’s Report
By Nicola Nasser – Birzeit, West Bank In the Palestinian West Bank town of Birzeit early last February 27, the Israeli (IDF) Occupation Forces (IOF) acted determinedly, under the media spotlights, to feed Amnesty International […]
Gaza Groups Deny Israel Claims of Iran Weapons Shipment
Israel claimed that it intercepted a ship in the Red Sea on Wednesday carrying Iranian “advanced weaponry” bound for Palestinian militants in Gaza, the military said. Representatives of both Hamas and Islamic Jihad, however, denied […]
Israel Claims Gaza-bound Weapons Haul Intercepted
Israel says it has intercepted a ship in the Red Sea carrying Syrian-made “advanced weaponry” being shipped from Iran to Palestinian fighters in Gaza. The Israeli military said the weapons were shipped overland to Iran […]
Tears of Yarmouk – The Palestinian Lesson that Every Syrian Should Know
By Ramzy Baroud In the early days of the Syrian uprising-turned civil war three years ago, the writing on the wall of it becoming an intricate regional and international conflict was there for all to […]
Egypt Court Bans Hamas
An Egyptian court has banned all activities of Hamas in Egypt, a judge said, in another sign that security forces plan to squeeze the Palestinian group that runs the neighboring Gaza Strip. Hamas is an […]
Netanyahu Pushes Back against Obama Diplomacy
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has bluntly told Barack Obama that he would never compromise on his country’s security even as the US president sought to reassure him on nuclear diplomacy towards Iran and pressure […]
Israel Doubles West Bank Outpost Construction
The number of Israeli settlements being started in the West Bank more than doubled during 2013, the Israel central bureau of statistics has said. The bureau said work began on 2,534 new housing units in […]
Hundreds Lay Gaza Men to Rest
Hundreds in Gaza on Tuesday attended the funerals of two men who were killed by an Israeli airstrike the night before, a Ma’an reporter said. In Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinians marched […]
Egypt: The Return of the Mamluks
By Younes Hassar Cairo. The rumour spread quickly throughout the streets of the city. It is now confirmed news: the king has been deposed by his loyal soldiers. Most people familiar with Egypt would assume […]
Ukraine and Egypt: A Tale of Two Coups
By Eric Walberg US plans for Egypt and Ukraine are falling apart and Russia is scrambling to pick up the pieces. In the latest color revolution, it was not an army but a rump parliament […]
‘The Square’: Documenting Egypt’s Revolution
By Eric Walberg The Square, a documentary about Egypt’s January 2011 uprising, provides glimpses of most of the players but gives short shrift to the Muslim Brotherhood, the main player that was then targeted by […]
Jewish Groups ‘Tour’ Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound
Groups of Israeli Jews entered the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday morning through the Moroccan Gate escorted by a large contingent of Israeli police officers. Witnesses told Ma’an that more than 40 settlers entered […]
Israel Shoots Dead Woman near Gaza Border
Israeli military shot dead a Palestinian woman in the Gaza Strip in an area near the border that Israel has declared a no-go zone for Palestinians, local hospital officials have said. Gaza residents said it […]
Is AIPAC Doomed?
By Philip Giraldi The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual conference begins on March 2 and will conclude with an address by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 4. The organizers boast that […]