By IRIN – Baghdad The remaining estimated 14,000 Palestinians in Iraq or holed up in camps on the Iraqi-Syrian border still face a precarious existence, despite a slowly improving security situation, say observers. During a […]
By Jim Miles – Canada It was only a short news item, and it probably received much more commentary in the U.S. but on Canwest Global’s evening news (Sunday, April 05, Vancouver, Canada) was an […]
Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish, a Palestinian doctor who lost his three daughters in the Israeli war on Gaza Strip, has been nominated for the Nobel peace prize in recognition of his efforts to promote peace between […]
Israel’s army violated codes of ethics and international law during the war in Gaza by attacking medics and refusing to allow the treatment of wounded, a human-rights group says. In a report published on Monday, […]
Benyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s new prime minister, has presided over his cabinet’s first meeting, stressing the need for urgent measures to tackle the country’s security and economic challenges. Sworn in as the prime minister on Tuesday, […]
US President Barack Obama on Monday, April 6, seized upon his first visit to a Muslim country to bridge the gap between his country and the Muslim world, praising Muslim contributions to the world over […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth A decision by Israel’s state-owned railway company to sack 150 Arab workers because they have not served in the army has been denounced as "unlawful" and "racist" this week by […]
By Joharah Baker – Jerusalem I have lived in the Old City of Jerusalem for almost 11 years now and this time of year has never ceased to amaze and disturb me all at once. […]
By George Bisharat – San Francisco Chilling testimony by Israeli soldiers substantiates charges that Israel’s Gaza Strip assault entailed grave violations of international law. The emergence of a predominantly right-wing, nationalist government in Israel suggests […]
The UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in Gaza, local Palestinian NGOs and mental health professionals are reporting increased incidents of domestic violence and sexual assault against women in Gaza since the beginning of 2009. […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London Bethlehem University has been closed a dozen times by Israeli storm-troopers and shelled by their tanks, but it remains one of those magical places in the Holy Land where you […]
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian woman who fired at a police base in southern Israel Saturday, and also killed two militants in a separate incident in the Gaza Strip, medics and Israeli army official […]
By Uri Avnery – Israel On the first day of the new Israeli government, the fog cleared: it’s a Lieberman government. The day started with a celebration at the President’s office. All the members of […]
Israel on Friday slammed a United Nations investigation into alleged war crimes committed during its recent 22-day assault of Gaza following the appointment of a former international prosecutor to head the mission. "This is not […]
The United Nations has appointed a former war crimes prosecutor to investigate offences allegedly committed by Israeli and Palestinian fighters during Israel’s war on Gaza. Richard Goldstone, a Jewish judge from South Africa, will lead […]
By Rannie Amiri The 21st Arab League summit held this week in Doha, Qatar ended up being little more than a summit of egos. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir – just indicted for war crimes in […]
By Kathy Kelly It’s one thing to study online articles describing the MQ-9 Reapers and MQ-1 Predators. It’s quite another to identify these drones as they take off from runways at Nevada’s Creech Air Force […]
By Dina Jadallah-Taschler Proclamations (and delusions) of sovereignty in the Arab world create and necessitate resistance. As a political concept, sovereignty means the independence and power to exercise control over a political and territorial entity […]
Gaza’s battered agricultural sector has the capacity to recover but only if there is access to the buffer zone, and only if Gaza’s commercial crossings are fully opened, according to a recent UN Food and […]
Showing off his hardline positions, new Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman rejected Thursday, April 2, any Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. "There is no cabinet resolution regarding negotiations with Syria," Lieberman told […]
Israeli settlers seized a house in the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem Old City’s, the owner’s family and witnesses said on Thursday, the same day an axe-wielding Palestinian man rampaged through a Jewish settlement in the […]
By Ramzy Baroud It’s remarkable how some in the media can cleverly manipulate a story by avoiding its essence and focusing on marginal details. The chucking of a pair of shoes at former President George […]
By Mohamed El Mokhtar Sidi Haiba Taking office as Israel’s new leader Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu promised to supposedly seek ‘full peace’ with the Arab and Muslim world while deliberately avoiding to even mention the only […]
By George Bisharat The extent of Israel’s brutality against Palestinian civilians in its 22-day pounding of the Gaza Strip is gradually surfacing. Israeli soldiers are testifying to lax rules of engagement tantamount to a license […]
By Jim Miles – Canada The first part of this series looked at the overall context of the economy, the war on terror, and the environment. The previous section focused on the military with its […]
A senior British official on Wednesday called on the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas to reject violence, during a visit to Damascus where the group’s leader is based in exile. "Hamas needs to move tangibly, in […]
Israel’s new foreign minister has said that the government is not bound by the agreement reached at the Annapolis conference in the US in 2007, which provides for a Palestinian state. Avigdor Lieberman, leader of […]
An estimated 1,346 children were left without one or more of their parents as a result of the recent 23-day Israeli assault on Gaza, according to Islamic Relief in Gaza. An orphan is defined by […]
Israel’s new Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unlikely to pursue a comprehensive solution in the peace process with the Palestinians and will lead a government more into settlement expansion than concessions for peace, analysts believe. […]
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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