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Military Voyeurism or Invasion of Syria?
By Ismail Salami As part of the sinister plan for Syria at work, French military agents have recently held face-to-face meetings with the foreign-backed militants inside the country in a bid to “assess the situation […]
Palestine’s New Status: A History Rerun or a New Palestinian Strategy
By Ramzy Baroud Palestine has become a “non-member state” at the United Nations as of Thursday November 29, 2012.The draft of the UN resolution beckoning what many perceive as a historic moment passed with an […]
Doctors and Medics Operate Under Fire in Gaza – Special Report
By Joshua Brollier – Gaza City Dr. Majdi Na’eim worked for eight consecutive days at Al-Shifa Hospital throughout Israel’s “Pillar of Cloud” operation in the Gaza strip. With hundreds of wounded pouring into the emergency […]
A Supreme Mursi Mess
By Jamal Kanj Egyptian democracy is alive and well. That is about the only positive observation on the current pro and counter demonstrations in major cities across the country. President Mohammed Mursi’s precarious pronouncement on […]
Merkel Meets Netanyahu amid Tense Relations
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has been holding tense talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as plans to build thousands of new settler homes on occupied Palestinian land strained ties with key allies. On a […]
Over 20 Hurt in Hebron as Soldiers Clash with PA Police
More than 20 Palestinians were wounded in clashes with Israeli forces in central Hebron on Thursday afternoon, after a skirmish between Israeli troops and Palestinian police. Locals said Israeli soldiers had tried to detain an […]
The Sarafand Massacre, and Cover-up
By Vacy Vlazna In the early winter of 1918, the wheat, barley and sesame fields of Sarafand al-Kharab lay fallow. Oranges, figs, almonds and olives had been harvested, the summer honey stored. At night the […]
A State That Makes You Wonder
By Tariq Shadid When Stevie Wonder announced his withdrawal from a performance at the FIDF (“Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces”) fundraiser gala, many in the pro-Palestinian movement cheered. I was relieved too. Seeing one […]
Israel’s Doomsday E-1 Settlement
By Nicola Nasser – Bir Zeit, West Bank Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has definitely crossed an international red line to vindicate a swift and firm rejection from Israel’s closest allies when he announced plans […]
Calls for Trade Sanctions: Hague Says EU Has ‘No Enthusiasm’
By Stuart Littlewood Earlier this week, in a sham show of ‘get tough’ diplomacy, UK foreign minister Alistair Burt announced that the Israeli ambassador had been formally summoned to the Foreign Office following Israel’s decisions […]
Illusion of Statehood: Inhumanity, Illegality and Grand Theft
By Felicity Arbuthnot – London Palestine’s recognition at the United Nations as a Non-Member Observer State, led the self proclaimed “only democracy in the Middle East” to hurl its metaphorical toys out of the pram, […]
Ruthless Force: Justice, Peace and the Israeli State
By William A. Cook ‘As for the rights of Jewish people in this land, I have a simple message for those people gathered in the General Assembly today, no decision by the U.N. can break […]
Iran: Washington’s Hardest Case or Troubled Dream?
By Ismail Salami – Tehran US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has recently described Iran as the hardest issue she has been dealing with as secretary of state. In 30-minute keynote address at the annual […]
Abbas: E-1 Plan Crosses ‘Red Line’
Israeli settlement activity in the Palestinian territory, especially the newly announced projects in the E-1 area, is a red line which cannot go unanswered because it divides the Palestinian land, President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday. […]
UN Vote Obscures – for the Moment – Palestinian Justice
By Faisal Al Yafai – The National As the West Bank celebrated on Sunday after the UN vote to recognize Palestine as a non-member state, the reality in the occupied territories remained unchanged. Israel’s land […]
Family Denies ‘Axe Attack’ Pretext for Deadly Shooting
A Palestinian man who was shot dead by Israeli security agents outside Nablus on Monday did not attack them before they opened fire, his family maintains. Hatem Shadid of the Illar village was driving when […]
Of ‘Symbolic’ Victories and Real Defeats
By Ramzy Baroud A small group of students affiliated mostly with leftist Palestinian factions meandered through the streets of the small town of Birzeit near Ramallah in the summer of 1993. It was an impromptu […]
Israel’s Punitive Expansion Plans Condemned
By Ernest Corea – Washington, D.C. The Israeli government’s desire to extract revenge from the Palestinians for the recognition that the international community has bestowed on the Palestinian Authority (PA) is offensive and inconsistent with […]
UN Resolution Calls for Israeli Nuclear Transparency
The United Nations passed a resolution, calling on the Israeli regime to quickly open its nuclear program to inspection and join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) “without further delay.” The 193-member UN General Assembly on […]
Prisoners in Israeli Jails Launch Solidarity Hunger Strike
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails launched a one-day hunger strike on Tuesday for the second consecutive week, to show support to long-term hunger strikers, the Palestinian Authority ministry of prisoners affairs said. Last Tuesday, prisoners […]
Fatah Members Return to Gaza
Twelve Fatah members returned to the Gaza Strip on Monday after fleeing the enclave in 2007 amid a fierce battle with Hamas. “We are strugglers, we left for blood not to be shed and today […]
Gaza: The ‘Kind, Naughty’ Boy Who Was Decapitated
By Kathy Kelly – Gaza On November 15, 2012, day three of the recent eight day bombardment of Gaza, Ahmed Basyouni and his family were watching news of the attacks on TV in their home […]
‘Legal Imperialism’ and International Law
By Jim Petras By now we are familiar with imperial states using their military power to attack, destroy and occupy independent countries. Boatloads of important studies have documented how imperial countries have seized and pillaged […]
The Choices for the Palestinians: Year of Hope and Despair
By Jeremy Salt – Ankara Asked in a recent interview about the ‘Arab Spring’, Michel Aoun, the Lebanese Christian leader and ally of Hizbullah smiled and said ‘You mean the Arab hell’. That for the […]
The World Has Spoken
By John V. Whitbeck The UN General Assembly has now voted, by 138 votes to 9, with 41 abstentions and 5 no-shows, to recognize the existence as a state “of the State of Palestine on […]
Truth Outed by Israel’s Ambassador to UN
By George Polley – Sapporo, Japan On April 24 of this year, blogger “the elder of ziyon” wrote the following comment about Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor’s earlier speeches to the UN General Assembly: “It […]
Hamas’ Al-Zahar Urges Fatah Members to Join Armed Resistance
Senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar on Monday urged Fatah members to join the armed resistance. “Come to the program of resistance and stop wasting time and efforts, let’s put our hands together and carry the […]
Israeli Envoys Summoned over Settlement Plans
Israel’s ambassadors in Paris, London and Stockholm have been summoned for consultations by France and the UK over Israel’s plans to build more settler homes in east Jerusalem and the West Bank. Israel has come […]
Truth and Trauma in Gaza: Will Santa Be There?
By Kathy Kelly – Gaza Dr. T., a medical doctor, is a Palestinian living in Gaza City. He is still reeling from days of aerial bombardment. When I asked about the children in his community […]
Entry Denied: The Story of My Rejection from Israel
By Lidwien Wijchers After having completed my Bachelor’s degree in Islam and Arabic at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, I chose to pursue a master’s in Conflicts, Territories, and Identities at the same university, with […]
