Egypt will reopen the Rafah border with the Gaza Strip for three days from Saturday to allow Palestinians to leave the blockaded territory for the Muslim hajj, or pilgrimage, to Mecca. "Egypt has announced the […]
Lebanon has decided for the first time to establish diplomatic relations with the "state of Palestine," and has approved the opening of an embassy in Beirut. "The cabinet has approved the establishment of diplomatic relations […]
By Robert Weitzel "With [traditional Israeli defense strategists] it’s all about tanks and land and controlling territories… and this hilltop and that hilltop. All these things are worthless." – Incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Soon after […]
By Sonja Karkar What kind of government in the 21st century can deny another people basic human rights — that is, the right to food, water, shelter, security and dignity? What kind of government imposes […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London Who could have believed that by Christmas 2008 the West would still be unable to summon up courage to discipline Israel for crimes against the Palestinians? The cruel siege of […]
A group of American Jews urged president-elect Barack Obama on Thursday to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which the international community does not recognize as the capital of the […]
By Ramzy Baroud When Gaza’s electricity is in working order, most Palestinians in the impoverished and overcrowded Strip huddle around their television screens. It’s neither "American Idol" nor "Dancing with the Stars" that brings them […]
By Hany Ramadan – Cairo The Gaza Strip has been living under an Israeli 16-month-old despicable siege, which is now reaching its most harshly shocking pinnacle. In addition to blocking the flow of food, medical […]
By Iqbal Jassat – South Africa The imminent departure of America’s leader from the White House, signals the end of eight disastrous years under the Bush administration. As biographers and others prepare to document a […]
Arab foreign ministers from 11 countries were to meet at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo Wednesday to call on Arab governments and civil society to officially take a stance against the Israeli blockade and […]
By Ola Attallah – Gaza City Abu-Samir Nafei is desperate. The father of seven toured Gaza City for hours trying to buy bread for his hungry children back home. "I sought every single bakery around, […]
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago Imagine life under these conditions: Living in limbo under a foreign occupier. Having no self-determination, no right of return, and no power over your daily life. Being in constant fear, […]
By Joharah Baker – The West Bank On Sunday, November 23, the PLO Central Council elected Mahmoud Abbas the President of Palestine. The last president the Palestinians had was Yasser Arafat, or Abu Ammar, who […]
By Adalah-NY As Lev Leviev’s diamonds went on sale in Dubai’s newly opened Atlantis hotel in the Levant jewelry store, owned by Palestinian-Moroccan Arif Bin Khadra, Adalah-NY released a letter today in Arabic and English […]
By Ralph Nader It has never been more clear how much corporations depend on We, the People for their very existence. Corporations are given the right to exist through a public charter. For public corporations, […]
By Ralph Nader Now that the season of electoral expediency is over, Barack Obama owes Jimmy Carter an apology. At the Democratic National Convention in Denver, the Party denied Jimmy Carter the traditional invitation to […]
By Uri Avnery – Israel Two documents appeared side by side in Haaretz last week, on November 21: a giant advertisement from the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the results of a public opinion poll. […]
By Bill and Kathleen Christison In 2005 Hillary Clinton stood in Palestine and praised the apartheid wall that the government of Israel was building with large amounts of U.S. aid in furtherance of the Zionist […]
By Steve Conn Where is "Ralph Nader country?" We know that "Marlboro Country" is a lung cancer ward and "Countrywide" is a landscape of empty and boarded up homes as far as the eye can […]
By James Petras We know in some detail of the willing and gratuitous support, which tens of millions of American citizens have bestowed on the White House and Congressional perpetrators of crimes against humanity. The […]
The conviction of what was once America’s biggest Islamic charity and five of its officials on terror funding charges is shocking Americans, Muslims and non-Muslims alike, amid accusations of criminalizing aid to needy Palestinians. "It’s […]
An Israeli human rights group on Monday released a video showing a helmeted Israeli policeman head butting a Palestinian woman who was protesting against the demolition of homes in Arab East Jerusalem three weeks ago. […]
By Jim Miles Hamas vs. Fatah – The Struggle For Palestine. Jonathan Schanzer. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2008. I’m not sure where to start with this volume – other than to say it is a […]
By William A. Cook "That is why the greatest danger of all is to allow new walls to divide us from one another. The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot […]
By Nadia W. Awad – The West Bank Dubai was the center of attention again last week as it spent $20 million on an exorbitantly lavish, all-night party to celebrate the opening of its latest […]
By Ramzi Kysia – Gaza "I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza…" — Amos 1:7 In a small cafe in Gaza City, Amjad Shawa, the coordinator for the Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO), sips […]
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago Extra-judicial killings are indefensible, morally abhorrent, and illegal under international laws and norms. Article 23b of the 1907 Hague Regulations prohibits "assassination, proscription, or outlawry of an enemy, or putting […]
Israel stood fast yesterday by its decision to clamp shut cargo crossings with the Gaza Strip, brazenly rejecting pleas from United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon to ease the blockade. Israel sealed the passages two weeks […]
By Ralph Nader While the liberal intelligentsia was swooning over Barack Obama during his presidential campaign, I counseled, "prepare to be disappointed." His record as an Illinois state and U.S. Senator, together with the many […]
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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