In a rare court decision, Israeli border guards get minor sentences over the unlawful killing of a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank after seven years. Shahar Botbeka, the ring leader, and Denis Alhazov were […]
By Jeremy Salt – Ankara Racism is common to most and probably all societies. Laws never seem entirely to eliminate it. It was the essential tool in the creation of modern settler states. The United […]
Palestinian Authority security forces have arrested thirteen members of Hamas in different locations of the West Bank, the resistance movement says. The Hamas members, detained on Wednesday, were students and academics formerly held in Israeli […]
The former Israeli Premier had rejected a peace plan by the Palestinian Authority and instead launched its offensive against Gaza, a Palestinian official says. Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, said Tuesday that former Prime Minister […]
By Joharah Baker As Israel jubilantly celebrates 61 years of existence, the Palestinians continue to wonder what the future holds for them. Their dream of a two-state solution seems to wane with each passing day […]
A Palestinian man has been sentenced to death by hanging for selling land in the West Bank to Israelis. Prosecutors at the Palestinian court in Hebron said on Wednesday the man had sold land that […]
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago Self-promotion? Fair enough, but for a good purpose – to introduce more people to what the Global Research News Hour (GRNH) provides: — real democracy advocacy live, on-air, daily; — an […]
Israel is planning a huge West Bank land grab that would further isolate Al-Quds (occupied East Jerusalem) and leave a future Palestinian state unviable, the Israeli Peace Now group has revealed. "What they have in […]
The UN Inter-Agency Gender Task Force (IAGTF), a mechanism for integrating gender concerns into UN policies and programmes, on 23 April published the results of a household survey on the needs and perceptions of men […]
Venezuela and the Palestinian Authority have established diplomatic relations. Nicolas Maduro, the Venezuelan foreign minister, and Riyad al-Maliki, his Palestinian counterpart, signed agreements creating diplomatic ties on Monday in Caracas. "The people of Palestine can […]
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights is a Gaza-based Palestinian NGO mandated "to promote, protect and prevent violations of human rights in general, and economic, social and cultural rights […]
A California Democratic congresswoman long involved in intelligence issues has come under fire after she allegedly promised to trade favors with the Jewish lobby in a phone conversation with suspected Israeli spies that was recorded […]
By Ali Jawad One of the lasting legacies of the failed US-led war on Iraq is without doubt the rise of sectarianism in the general discourse on Middle Eastern politics. Sectarianism has been pitched as […]
UN agencies and the health ministry in Gaza are working to strengthen communicable disease surveillance systems in Gaza, in light of the fact that leaking sewage may be contaminating drinking water. The fragile water and […]
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Sunday insisted on the return of the Golan Heights but said he could not foresee peace talks with Israel anytime soon as Israel’s foreign minister said that he could not see […]
Iran said on Sunday it has arrested members of a terrorist network linked to Israel who planned a number of bombings in the capital ahead of the June presidential election, even as Iranian President Mahmoud […]
The US secretary of state has called on Lebanon to hold an open and free election in June, as she made an unannounced visit to the country. Hillary Clinton travelled to the Lebanese capital Beirut […]
By Ellen Cantarow No one doubts that Avigdor Lieberman is a thug. His ultimata ("Those who think that through concessions they will gain respect and peace are wrong," etc, New York Times Thursday, April 2, […]
By Franklin Lamb – Beirut On June 17, 2008, then Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice set a remarkable American and World Record for the shortest visit to Lebanon ever recorded by a serving US Secretary […]
By William A. Cook "It is not merely of some importance but is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly beseen to be done." — Lord Hewart, […]
By Jim Miles The current media frenzy concerning Obama’s coming release of more information on U.S. torture between 2000 and 2005 is a political storm conveniently kept out of context. There are two aspects to […]
Israel has taken a swipe at the EU for linking closer relations with the new Israeli government to commitment to a two-state solution. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Tel Aviv does not […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s nominee for ambassador to the US has called for unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and dismantle settlements to help establish peace with the Palestinians, Haaretz reported on Friday, […]
By Ray Zwarich Response to Ramzy Baroud’s article Non-Violence in Palestine: Timing and Intentions – The Palestine Chronicle and CounterPunch. The tactic of non-violence has certainly been highly propagandized, to the point that many of […]
By Ramzy Baroud The reverberations of the Israeli war on Gaza are still felt throughout the Middle East. One could in fact speak of a silent war being waged in the region. Now that Israel’s […]
By Joharah Baker The UN Conference on Racism which just closed in Geneva was one of the many instances that Israel was able to enforce its dictates on the United States (and others, obviously). After […]
By Rannie Amiri A telltale sign of a dictator’s waning influence is increasing paranoia. And this is exactly what Egypt’s U.S.-backed dictator, President Hosni Mubarak, is suffering from. At a time when criticism over Egypt’s […]
Human Rights Watch on Thursday, April 23, branded Israeli probes into the recent Gaza war as an attempt to covering up Israeli war crimes perpetrated in the densely-populated coastal enclave. "The conclusions are an apparent […]
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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