Hajj Dreams Dashed as Gazans Remain in Limbo
By Marwa Awad – Cairo Abu Mazen, a 63-year-old farmer and father of six in Gaza, has been waiting his entire life to make the holy pilgrimage to Mecca, or hajj, a journey Muslims are […]
Month: December 2008
Charity is Not a Crime: Fallacy of Justice
By Dr. Elias Akleh When twelve good American jurors acquit a group of defendants from all charges, and twelve other good American jurors convict them of all the charges in a second trial, one cannot […]
Jewish ‘Refugee’ Lobby Seeks to Eclipse Palestinian Losses
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth A broad coalition of Jewish lobby groups has made a series of breakthroughs this year in its campaign to link the question of justice for millions of Palestinian refugees with justice […]
Obama’s Victory and What It Means to Us
By Miko Peled Besides restoring my faith in humanity, Barak Obama’s victory made me think of one thing: The first Palestinian Prime Minister in a post Zionist, secular, democratic state in Palestine/Israel. This may sound […]
A Peace Process That Makes Peace Impossible
By Nicola Nasser – The West Bank Palestinian-Israeli peace-making can only deliver if Palestinians are united, but the current Annapolis "peace process" was launched first of all as a blueprint for perpetuating the inter-Palestinian divide. […]
Obama and National Security
By Deepak Tripathi It is tempting to see Barack Obama as an antiwar leader because of his opposition to the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. As the next president of the United States, he […]
Educational Racism
By Alden C. Mayfield – Seoul The stubborn plague of racism refuses to die. First, Biological racism argued that the "white" race was inherently superior to all other races. This concept of European racism justified its […]
Israelis Desecrate Mosques, Muslim Graves
Jewish settlers desecrated mosques with anti-Muslim graffiti insulting the Prophet Mohammed in Israeli-occupied West Bank villages, Palestinian officials and witnesses said on Tuesday, in an escalation of anti-Palestinian violence that left 13 wounded. "Mohammed is […]
Israel Warning to Gaza Blockade-Busters
By Ola Attallah – Gaza City The Israeli navy prevented on Monday, December 1, a Libyan aid ship from sailing into Gaza, sending a clear warning to Arabs not to try to break its long-running […]
Heed Russia’s Warnings
By Ivan Eland Upon Barack Obama’s election, the Russians made threats to U.S. allies over their acceptance of a U.S. missile defense system. Also, Russia recently sent its first large military force to Latin America […]
Analysis: Obama Dimming Hopes for Change
President-elect Barack Obama’s choice of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state gladdens Israel, but does not overjoy Arabs and Iranians keen for a new start after eight years of perceived US policy calamities. Clinton talked […]
Israel Blocks Libyan Aid Ship Bound for Gaza
The Israeli navy turned back a Libyan ship on Monday as it tried to transport humanitarian aid to the blockaded Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said. The ship, laden with 3,000 tons of goods, was […]
The Holy Land Foundation and the War on Charity
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago The Texas-based Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) was the largest American Muslim charity until the Bush administration falsely declared it an enemy of the state and shut […]
Barak Hasson Ovadya of Israel
By Uri Avnery – Israel The Israeli Obama. What will he look like, the Israeli counterpart of Barack Obama? What will be his attributes? That is a tantalizing question. It goes without saying that one […]
A Kuffiyeh of a Different Color
By Joharah Baker – The West Bank On a recent trip to Milan, Italy, I spotted three teenage girls strolling through the famed Duomo area of the city. For the most part, the girls looked […]
OPT: Consolidated Appeal for 2009 Focuses on Food
By IRIN News Food aid accounts for over two thirds of the 2009 US$462 million requested by UN agencies and NGOs to fund humanitarian aid programmes in the occupied Palestinian Territories (oPt). Food accounts for […]
Neo-Colonialism by Invitation
By James Petras "The deal South Korea’s Daewoo Logistics is negotiating with the Madagascar Government looks rapacious…The Madagascan case looks neo-colonial…The Madagascan people stand to lose half of their arable land." — Financial Times Editorial, […]
