By Shafiq Morton – Cape Town When the most recent Goldstone Commission, appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, announced its intentions to probe human rights violations and the possibility of war crimes during […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London I thought I would share this with you. Britain’s foreign secretary David Miliband – or rather, someone on his behalf – has written to me about the government’s response to […]
By Uri Avnery Every German child knows the story of the Captain of Koepenick. The scene is 1908 Germany, with the Second Reich at the peak of its power, ruled by a Kaiser who is […]
By Nate George – Beirut Bias and selective reporting in favor of Israel is nothing new. We have come to expect sins of omission and commission from the media, and recent weeks proved to be […]
By Dan Lieberman The modern Israeli city of Ashkelon, 20 kilometers north of the Gaza border, presents a picturesque setting along the Mediterranean coast. Sparkling white beaches matched by white-faced apartment buildings, green lawns and […]
By Jim Miles After America: Narratives for the Next Global Age. Paul Starobin. Viking (Penguin), New York, 2009. After a half decade of books on the ‘American empire’ and many more on the politics, military, religion, […]
Israel is ready to withdraw from areas of the Golan Heights, but it will not give up large parts of the occupied territory in any peace deal with Syria, a top aide to Israeli Prime […]
A United Nations human rights investigator calls on the Israeli leadership to cease the construction of the now 7-year old Apartheid Wall in the West Bank. "Tear down that wall, Mr. Netanyahu," said the UN […]
By George S. Hishmeh Why are Barak Obama and his senior colleagues in the US administration weak kneed in confronting Israeli shenanigans, whether over Israeli colonialist policies in the occupied Palestinian territories or its regional […]
A senior European Commission official told Israel’s envoy that an EU official’s critical statement issued earlier this week on Israeli settlements does not reflect the opinion of the commission, Israeli newspapers reported Thursday. The original […]
Egypt has sent high-ranking security officials to the West Bank to prepare for what Cairo hopes to be the last session of inter-Palestinian reconciliation talks, sources said on Thursday. The delegations, headed by intelligence deputy […]
Crowds in Paris protesting an attack on a French bookstore have called on officials to dismantle the allegedly responsible Jewish militant group. Four members of the Jewish Defense League were arrested on Sunday for breaking […]
By James Petras The recent events in Honduras and Iran, which pit democratically elected regimes against pro-US military and civilian actors intent on overthrowing them can best be understood as part of a larger White […]
By Jonathan Cook – Ramallah Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has been much criticized in Israel, as well as abroad, for failing to present his own diplomatic initiative on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process to forestall US […]
By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Hyderabad One is not sure what had been the context of William Gladstone’s prophetic warning that justice delayed is justice denied. But it’s as though the British politician had India’s […]
By Ramzy Baroud As US combat troops redeployed to the outskirts of Iraqi cities on June 30, well-staged celebrations commenced. The pro-US Iraqi government declared “independence day” as police vehicles roamed the streets of war-weary […]
The Obama administration has reportedly back-down on its earlier demand for a full freeze of Jewish settlement activities, allowing Israel to continue building 2500 settlement units in the occupied Palestinian territories and linking the freeze […]
A UN team investigating possible war crimes in Gaza describes testimonies presented to the mission as "difficult to hear" after holding public hearings with the victims of the conflict. On Tuesday, The fact-finding mission ended […]
Summer Games organized by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) at 152 camp locations throughout the Gaza Strip are helping many children get over the trauma of the 23-day Israeli offensive which ended on […]
Israeli intelligence services are trying to sabotage Iran’s military and nuclear programs through tainted equipment and cyber attacks, a recent report says. Israeli officials, weary of Iran’s achievements in the nuclear field, have turned to […]
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan President Obama said his administration was committed to pursuing lasting peace and stability in the Middle East, but there is doubt as to whether he will be willing to pressure Israel […]
By Anthony Gregory I used to love Franken on Saturday Night Live. Although his Stuart Smally character got old very quickly, he did a wonderful Paul Tsongas impression. I’d link to an example on YouTube, […]
By Dr. Mona El Farra It has been too long since I have been in contact with all of you. During this time, I have been incredibly busy and my situation has been constantly changing. […]
A UN human rights mission investigating possible war crimes in the Gaza Strip has resumed its public hearings with the victims of Israel’s deadly offensive. The two-day session at the UN’s human rights headquarters in […]
A senior Iranian official slammed Monday statements by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden that Israel has a sovereign right to decide what is in its best interest in dealing with Iran’s nuclear ambitions and said […]
Israel’s hardliner Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman admitted Monday a "conflict of interest" with the United States over a settlement freeze as Israel arrested a Palestinian on charges of setting up armed cells in the occupied […]
By Cynthia McKinney This is Cynthia McKinney and I’m speaking from an Israeli prison cellblock in Ramle. [I am one of] the Free Gaza 21, human rights activists currently imprisoned for trying to take medical […]
By Franklin Lamb – Beirut Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney returned home today after 6 days being held by the government of Israel while attempting with 21 colleagues to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza on the […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Israel’s housing minister called for strict segregation between the country’s Jewish and Arab populations last week as he unveiled plans to move large numbers of fundamentalist religious Jews to Israel’s north […]
By Belen Fernandez A June 23 article in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera entitled "Berlusconi: ‘Rapporti con Iran? Solo se condivisi con Usa e Israele’" registers the Italian premier’s pledge to tailor his country’s […]
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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