By Ed Kinane On January 11, 2007, the fifth anniversary of the opening of the U.S. concentration camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, dozens of us solemnly assembled inside Federal District Court in Washington, DC. Organized […]
By Aijaz Zaka Syed In an Op Ed piece for the International Herald Tribune three years ago, I wrote: “If Bush wants to usher in a new era of democracy and peace in the Muslim […]
By Fida Qishta in Rafah Israeli officials said today that they finished their military operation in the Gaza Strip, but the Israeli attacks continue, and we fear that Israel is still planning a major invasion. […]
NUMAN, WEST BANK – "With the Wall’s route like this we can’t go anywhere," said Yousef al-Darawi, as he drew a map of Israel’s Barrier which blocks Nu’man village off from both East Jerusalem and […]
JERUSALEM/GAZA – As temperatures rise after the winter, more people in Israel and the Gaza Strip will head for the seaside but they should beware: Gaza is being forced to dump much more raw sewage […]
By Bill and Kathleen Christison Time after time we have heard statements from Israeli officials, spokesmen of the Israel lobby in the U.S., and Israel’s supporters in Congress that Iran “must” never obtain nuclear weapons. […]
By William A. Cook “Now that the mission of the Wandering Jew is completed, he must discard his knapsack and cease to be an accomplice in his own destruction. If not for his own sake, […]
By Joharah Baker The article recently published in Vanity Fair entitled “The Gaza Bombshell” has gotten tongues wagging among the Palestinians in particular. The article, which basically accuses the United States of instigating a civil […]
Ehud Olmert, Israel’s prime minister, has approved plans to expand Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, in a move likely to complicate US-brokered talks with the Palestinians. Israeli officials said new housing units will […]
By Ralph Nader The world’s largest prison—Gaza prison with 1.5 million inmates, many of them starving, sick and penniless—is receiving more sympathy and protest by Israeli citizens, of widely impressive backgrounds, than is reported in […]
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan Two different reporters have different opinions about the West Bank economy. Bassem Roomie, a reporter for Media Line located in Palestine writes about optimistic economic growth in the West Bank. And […]
By Ali Alarabi I must say that when I heard the national media repeatedly playing out the words of Ohio talk show host, Bill Cunningham – emphasizing the name of Hussein in Obama’s name – […]
By Eileen Fleming On March 5, 2008, 404 House members beat the drum for more war by citing Iran and Syria as the main sponsors of Palestinian terror in the passing of House Resolution 951 […]
Israel has imposed further restrictions on the West Bank, following the shooting of eight students at a seminary in Jerusalem. The occupied territory already has more than 500 Israeli roadblocks, according to UN figures, and Palestinians […]
By Ramzy Baroud Death hovered over Gaza long before locally-made Palestinian rockets struck near the Israeli southern town of Sderot on February 27, killing Roni Yechiah and sparking an Israeli ‘retaliation’ that has already claimed […]
By Neve Gordon As dawn broke on March 22, 2004, an Israeli helicopter gunship hovered over the al-Mujama al-Islami mosque in Gaza City. Suddenly, the whoosh of missile rockets was heard, and then explosions. Shouts […]
By Tim Buchholz What happened to the Flower Power of the 70’s? Did we use it all up? Drain our reserves already? Or have we given up on our ability to make a difference? And […]
The humanitarian situation in Gaza is worse now than it’s been at any time since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967, according to a new report published today (6 March) by a coalition […]
The humanitarian situation in Gaza is worse now than it’s been at any time since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967, according to a new report published today (6 March) by a coalition […]
At least eight people have been killed and 35 more wounded in a shootout at a Jewish school in west Jerusalem. Agencies quoted witnesses as saying that two armed men entered the yeshiva, or religious school, […]
By Dr. Haidar Eid in Gaza How can one describe a situation such as Gaza’s bloodletting – described by a top Israeli army official as a ‘Holocaust’ – with language that has long been proven to […]
By Mamoon Alabbasi Once more, as Israel continues its ruthless attacks on the Palestinian population (against both civilians and resistance fighters), mainstream media outlets direct the blame on the victims. This time the villain is […]
By Ivan Eland America is an amazing place—one of the wealthiest and freest nations on earth. Yet because Europe has so many more cultures and languages in one contained area, Americans, compared to their European […]
By Ola Attallah GAZA CITY – The Israeli lethal attacks against Gaza – described as a "Holocaust" by a top Israeli army official – killed as many as toddlers and innocent civilians, and turned the […]
By Stuart Littlewood Not content with their massive blood-letting and maiming mission last weekend, the Israelis couldn’t resist nipping back into Gaza last night for more of the same. Not that the British government seems […]
By Rannie Amiri “Life to the free is full of misery when one is forced to count a foe as friend.” – Al-Mutanabbi In a purported “show of support for regional stability” the United States […]
By Miko Peled Now that Kosovo is the newest independent state to emerge out of the ruins of the former Yugoslavia parallels are being drawn between the Balkans and the Middle East. One response to […]
By Aijaz Zaka Syed We face this battle in the newsroom almost on a daily basis. Every time there’s a slaughter of the Palestinians — which is almost every day — we in the news […]
By Kevin Zeese For the last two years United Technologies has been seeking to purchase the Diebold Corporation. Diebold’s main business is ATM machines but, it is the manufacturer of election equipment under the name […]
By Felicity Arbuthnot The world community is encouraged to celebrate and commemorate two occasions this year: Israel’s theft of Palestine and the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights. As the British government announces that the […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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