By Nicola Nasser – The West Bank The body of UN Security Council Resolution 1850 avoids any meaningful mention of a two-state solution or the creation of a Palestinian state with the exception of a […]

WORLD CAPITALS – From Egypt to Iraq, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across the Arab world on Sunday to show solidarity with their fellow brethren and protest against Israel’s assault on the impoverished civilians […]

By Dan Lieberman The tepid response of world leaders to Israel’s ferocious attack on a defenseless Gaza conveys a helpless feeling to all world citizens – brutality rules and we are all vulnerable to attack. […]

By Stuart Littlewood – London The patience of all decent men must surely be exhausted. Today’s slaughter of innocents in Gaza, with at least 230 reported killed in raids on “Hamas terror operatives” (as the […]

By Ewa Jasiewicz – Gaza City As I write this, Israeli jets are bombing the areas of Zeitoun and Rimal in central Gaza City. The family I am staying with has moved into the internal […]

By Nizar Sakhnini Massacres were part and parcel of the Zionist project in Palestine. They aimed at intimidating the Arabs and make them leave the country. Dozens of massacres were committed against the Arabs starting […]

By Dan Lieberman Close identification of the Jewish people with Israel was never a given. Repetitive urgings by those who had an interest in promoting a close relationship of world Jewry with Israel, and the […]

By Stuart Littlewood – London Israel’s supporters in the UK wasted no time orchestrating a tidal wave of protest against Channel 4 TV’s showing of a Christmas message by Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinajad. The MP Philip […]

By Uri Avnery – Israel “Gush Shalom” has acceded to my wish to mark my 85th birthday not with a public celebration, as on my 80th, but with a brain-storming session devoted to the main […]

By Steve Conn First Prediction, Bernie Madoff will not, I repeat, will not be named Treasury Secretary by President Elect Barak Obama. He already was an insider sufficient to avoid SEC scrutiny during the Bush […]

By Michael Dale In response to Nathaniel Mehr’s biting critique of the War on Terror board game (which appeared on the Palestine Chronicle on December 22), I would like to ask him what his dour […]

By Ralph Nader Over thirty years ago, a book came out titled "How the Government Breaks the Law", by Jethro K. Lieberman." Even then it was old news and the examples cited seemed small compared […]

By Ola Attallah – Gaza City With thick clouds of smoke billowing into the sky and dead bodies littering into the streets, a stench of death rose from the ruins of the Gaza Strip on […]

By Rannie Amiri " … no one had been killed by the rocket barrages after the official end of the cease-fire [with Hamas]. This doesn’t mean the situation is possible to live with, but it appears […]

By Amr Emam – Cairo The sights of death and destruction in the besieged Gaza Strip struck close to the hearts of many Egyptians, especially with their government being accused of complicity in the latest […]

By Ramzy Baroud The plot, so unexpectedly, thickened in Iraq on a Sunday like no other. The two main actors – US President George W. Bush, and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki – took to […]

By Galal Nassar – Cairo Piracy has topped the news recently from the Middle East, in spite of major developments in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. Every day, it seems, brings a new scene straight out […]

By Victor Kattan – London Richard Falk is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice, Emeritus, Princeton University and a member of the New York Bar. He is currently Visiting Distinguished Professor […]

By John Chuckman It was only a matter of time before Santa Claus himself came under the Neanderthal-eyed scrutiny of American intelligence. After all, Santa’s citizenship is unknown, and he crosses borders with no passport […]

By Nadia W. Awad – The West Bank  Christmas spirit is in the air. It is the season of good will and cheer, and a celebration of the birth of Jesus, who is looked upon […]

By Osama al-Sharif – Amman Few weeks ago, the Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa sent a letter to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama affirming Arab states’ commitment to concluding a comprehensive peace agreement with Israel based […]