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Month: October 2014
Dozens Hurt in Aqsa Clashes as Israeli Police ‘Force Muslims out’
Clashes broke out early Wednesday at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound between Palestinian worshipers and Israeli police officers, leaving dozens hurt, sources said. Security guards at the mosque told Ma’an that Israeli forces stormed the compound […]
Nothing about us without Us: The Token Palestinian and Authentic Narrative
By Ramzy Baroud I recall, with particular awkwardness, my first talk to a socialist student gathering at the University of Washington in Seattle nearly two decades ago. When I tried to offer an authentic view […]
Analysis: Donors Threaten to Withhold Gaza Aid
Days ahead of a key meeting in Cairo on rebuilding Gaza in the wake of last summer’s bombardment by Israel, the prospect of forking out more millions has left international donors with a frustrating sense […]
Ashrawi: Opening 2nd Aqsa Gate to Jews ‘Insulting’ to Muslims
PLO Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi said Monday that a new plan to allow Jewish Israelis to enter East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound through a second gate was a “loud insult” to Muslims around the […]
Hezbollah Claims Attack against Israeli Troops
Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement on Tuesday claimed a bomb attack against Israeli troops on the ceasefire line between the two countries that wounded two soldiers. Hezbollah fighters “detonated an explosive device on the Shebaa hills against […]
George Monbiot, the Left’s Very Own McCarthy
By Jonathan Cook Questioning someone’s integrity is not something I do lightly, especially when I share much ideological common ground with them. But the unsavoury behavior of George Monbiot, a leading columnist for the Guardian […]
Palestinians Hail Swedish Move on Statehood as ‘Courageous’
Sweden’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state is “courageous,” senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said Friday, calling on other EU states to follow suit. “We salute the announcement by the Swedish prime minister,” said Saeb […]
Netanyahu Slams White House on Settlements Criticism
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit back at the White House after Washington criticized Israeli plans to build thousands more settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli media reported on Thursday. Public radio quoted Netanyahu as […]
Why Must Gaza Wait in the Dark?
By Sam Bahour When I asked my colleague in Gaza about her biggest dream, her answer made an impression on me: “I dream of what life would be like with 24-hour electricity.” This was the […]
A Long Walk for Palestinian Freedom
By Vacy Vlazna Palestinian BDS* is a non-violent movement to secure Palestine’s right to independence. Fittingly, in the spirit of Gandhian satyagraha, on the International Day of Non-Violence (2 October), Israeli academic and refusenik, Dr […]
Palestinian-US Relations Head for Stormy Times
By Nicola Nasser Washington’s response to the speech that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivered at the UN General Assembly last September 26 confirms that the bilateral Palestinian-U.S. relations are heading for stormy times. The U.S., […]
Song of Comradery! For Jeremy Karodia – Song by Haidar Eid
By Haidar Eid As my brother and comrade Jeremy Karodia of The Mavr!x has been on my mind for while, I couldn’t think of anything that would lift his spirit than art! Salah Jahin’s lyrics […]
Zionist Left Support for Bloody Assaults on Gaza Signifies Its Erasure from Israel’s Political Map
By Tikva Honig-Parnass Introduction The aim of this article is to pinpoint the explicit and implicit support of the Zionist Left intellectuals usually identified with Labor or Meretz for the brutal attacks on Gaza since […]
Israel’s False Peace and the ‘Islamist Bogeyma’
By Iqbal Jassat – Johannesburg What is it about proclamations of “peace” that allows injustice to continue unhindered? Its a question applicable to governments, security institutions, media columnists and pro-Israel lobbies who regularly espouse a passion […]
Palestinian MK Criticizes Ejection of Amira Hass from Birzeit
Palestinian MK Ahmad Tibi on Wednesday criticized the ejection of Israeli journalist Amira Hass from Birzeit University last week. Tibi told Ma’an that the decision was “blind behavior” marked by racism which “distorts the struggle […]
Official: Israel to Allow 500 Gazans to Visit Jerusalem over Eid
Israeli authorities have granted 500 Palestinians from Gaza three-day permits to visit Jerusalem over the Eid al-Adha holiday, an official said Wednesday. A Palestinian liaison official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Ma’an that […]
‘Worlding’ (Post) Modernism: Interpretive Possibilities of Critical Theory – Book Review
Reviewed by A. Clare Brandabur (Haidar Eid. Worlding Postmodernism: Interpretive Possibilities of Critical Theory. Roman Books.) In hıs New Yorker review of a new biography of Paul de Man (The Double Life of Paul de […]