Celebrities Boycott BBC for Gaza
A galaxy of British actors and directors threatened to boycott the BBC if the world’s biggest broadcaster did not reverse its decision not to air an aid appeal for the homeless population of the bombed-out […]
Month: January 2009
Obama Urges Peace Talks in TV Interview
In his first interview since taking office, President Barack Obama told Arab satellite station Al Arabiya that Americans are not the enemy of the Muslim world and said Israel and the Palestinians should resume peace […]
Israeli Soldier, Palestinian Farmer Killed
An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian farmer were killed on Tuesday, January, in the latest test to the shaky ceasefire in place since Israel ended its 22-day onslaught against the Gaza Strip. "An explosive device […]
Aid Workers Protest Restricted Access to Gaza
Aid agencies have been protesting about their restricted access to Gaza since the 18 January ceasefire, stressing that the full opening of crossing points is crucial for the delivery of humanitarian aid. “It is unacceptable […]
Alternative Birthing Methods for the New Middle East
By Belén Fern
An Unnecessary War without Clear Objectives
By Noureddine Jebnoun According the United Nations, the war on Gaza has already killed over 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis, half of them women and children. It has wounded and maimed more than 5,300 inhabitants, […]
Fuelling the Cycle of Hate
By Neve Gordon and Yigal Bronner Israeli soccer matches were suspended during the assault on Gaza. When the games resumed last week, the fans had come up with a new chant: "Why have the schools […]
The War to End All Wars
By Frank Barat – London We have in the last few days entered in a fascinating debate regarding the legality of Israel’s war against the people of Gaza. Fascinating because the debate has not been […]
Obstacles to Aid: PARC’s Resolve is Unwavering
By Gen Sanders – Ramallah, West Bank Delivering the most extreme blow to Gaza since 1967, Israel’s 22-day "Operation Cast-Lead" killed over 1,300 people, 895 of which were civilians (OCHA, January 24-26, 2009), left almost […]
Obama, Israel, and the Ideology of Difference
By Roger H. Lieberman Few American presidents have entered office with more daunting challenges to overcome, at home and abroad, than those Barack Obama now faces. Internationally, President Obama must facilitate the withdrawal of US […]
The Palestinian Zionist
By Mohannad El-Khairy Picture this scene. A demonstration somewhere in the West Bank against occupation and Apartheid. The red, green, black and white colors flying in unison above the heads of hundreds gathered for a cause, […]
Israel’s Gaza War Crimes at ICC
By Hadi Yahmid – Paris A coalition of 350 European and Arab civil society organizations has filed a lawsuit with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against war crimes committed by the Israeli army during its […]
Doctors Document Gaza Horrors
A team of Arab doctors who rushed to the rescue of thousands of civilians injured during Israel’s 22-day onslaught against the sealed off Gaza Strip are coming back with heart-breaking stories of horror and never-seen-before […]
Fatah, Hamas Hold Reconciliation Talks
Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah called Monday for the forming of a national unity government, which is acceptable to the international community, before Gaza’s crossings open, a position in apparent conflict with that of Hamas. […]
Israel Faces the Gaza Aftermath
By Dan Lieberman Digging through the pulverized ruins of Gaza revealed the extent of damage to the Palestinian community. Still not revealed are exact reasons for Israel’s attack, its sudden willingness to halt the damage […]
UXO Threat in Gaza
On 20 January two Palestinian children were killed by unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the Shaaf area, near Jabalia, east of Gaza city, highlighting a new threat to people’s lives in Gaza. “It is becoming clear […]
The Uncultured Wars
By Jim Miles The Uncultured Wars – Arabs, Muslims, and the Poverty of Liberal Thought. Steven Salaita. Zed Books, New York, 2008. "The Uncultured Wars" comprises an excellent series of thought provoking essays, the excellence deriving from […]
Show No Mercy to Gaza: Army Rabbis
In the midst of the war on the heavily-populated Gaza Strip, the chief military chaplain gave soldiers a booklet containing a rabbinical edict against showing mercy to the enemy, the Yesh Din rights group revealed […]
Israel Killed Everything but the Will to Resist
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago "’Freedom or death’, is the popular Palestinian mantra," wrote Palestine Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Ramzy Baroud in his January 22 article titled "Breaking Gaza’s Will: Israel’s Enduring Fantasy." Three weeks of Israeli […]
Israel Admits White Phosphorous Use in Gaza
As calls are crying louder for an international probe into Israel’s war crimes in Gaza, Israel admitted Saturday, January 24, using white phosphorous, a chemical that burns away human flesh to the bone, in shelling […]
War-scarred Gaza Children Back to School
Back to school for the first time on Saturday, January 24, since Israel’s deadly onslaught in Gaza, Anas Abbas’s brown eyes are looking away. "They destroyed our house and killed five of my neighbors," Abbas, […]
BBC Under Fire Over Gaza Appeal Ban
The BBC, the world’s largest broadcaster, is provoking outrage in Britain over refusal to air an appeal by British charities for aid to the homeless Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip following a deadly Israeli […]
Obama’s Message: The Wrong Side of History
By Uri Avnery – Israel Of all the beautiful phrases in Barack Obama’s inauguration speech, these are the words that stuck in my mind: "You are on the wrong side of history." He was talking […]
Uncle Subhi’s Puzzling Questions in Gaza
By Dr. Haidar Eid – Gaza ‘Where can I bring him a father from? Where can I bring him a mother from? You tell me!’ These are the desperate words of Subhi Samouni to Al […]
Eyewitness in Gaza: Yesterday and Tomorrow
By Ewa Jasiewicz – Gaza We’re like trees, we have our roots and they allow us to grow, little by little, we grow up and then they cut us down. But, whatever they throw at […]
Renewed Rafah Breach?
By Philip Rizk- Cairo In the past weeks the families living in Egyptian Rafah have faced similar fears as their neighbors and relatives on the other side of the border. Although they have been out […]
‘The Incendiary IDF’
By Kenneth Roth Throughout the recent war in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) insisted that it took extraordinary care to spare civilians. But it then prevented journalists and human rights monitors from entering Gaza […]
Gaza Needs Many Years to Heal
By Dr. Mona El-Farra I am still in Cairo. With a sad heart I am watching home from a distance. The hardest days were when I went to the Rafah Crossing point. I was only […]
Gaza on My Mind
By Hatim Kanaaneh Like Obama in Hawaii I was vacationing when Israel first unleashed its violence against Gaza’s imprisoned Palestinians. I didn’t want my peace disturbed by bad news from a faraway place. I should […]
The Curious Case of Richard Holbrooke
By Joshua Frank In wee morning hours on Friday, January 23, a U.S. spy plane killed at least 15 in Pakistan near the Afghanistan border. It was Barack Obama’s first blood and the U.S.’s first […]
