By Saree Makdisi To judge by the next day’s headlines, Benjamin Netanyahu’s policy speech last month was a great success. "Israeli Premier Backs State for Palestinians," declared the New York Times. "Israel Endorses Two-State Goal," […]
Cynthia McKinney was captured by Israeli forces aboard a relief boat en route to Gaza. Former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney and several other human rights activists remain in an Israeli prison after refusing to sign […]
Manal’s dreams of a vacation were not a luxurious summer camp or a first-class resort, but a dip in the water on the Gaza beach, regardless of pollution risks. "It’s not that bad if the […]
An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defense sources said on Friday, as an Israeli minister warned against the expanding population of Arab […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London On Tuesday the Israeli navy, in a blatant act of piracy on the high seas, assaulted the vessel ‘Spirit of Humanity’ and abducted six British nationals who were taking part […]
By Franklin Lamb – Beirut Amnon Kapeliouk, an Israeli Jew, was an extraordinary journalist. Sadly, he died on June 26 at the age of 78 and was buried near his birthplace in West Jerusalem. For […]
By Mohamed Khodr "Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it." — Abraham Lincoln “Right and wrong are the same in Palestine […]
By Belen Fernandez On a visit to the website of the US State Department yesterday, I was greeted with a map of Honduras superimposed with an invitation to "[s]upport UN efforts to aid Pakistani refugees. […]
Aijaz Zaka Syed – Hyderabad, India A dear friend who lost more than his heart to a dusky damsel from the Indian state often celebrated as ‘God’s own country’ gifted a deliciously readable book, Chasing […]
Deliberate killing of children, wanton destruction of homes and the bombing of a civilian population with white phosphorus were some of the war crimes Israel committed during its 22-day Gaza war, Amnesty International said in […]
Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border opened briefly on 25, 26 and 27 June allowing Gaza patients in need of emergency care, students, and foreign visa holders to exit. Rafah has been almost completely closed […]
A seventeen-year-old Palestinian girl has reportedly been killed and four others have suffered wounds in Israeli tank fire in the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinians who said they witnessed the incident, Hyam Ayash lost […]
Israeli soldiers have arrested head of the Palestinian Workers Union Yasser Taha in a pre-dawn raid in the occupied West Bank town of Bidya. The prominent member of the Fatah movement was snatched after Israeli […]
By Dan Lieberman – Jerusalem Three huge granite stones rest comfortably on the top of Midbar Sinai Street, in Givat Havatzim, Jerusalem’s northernmost district. Cut to specification, the imposing stones represent one of several preparations […]
By Ramzy Baroud Much can be said to explain, or even justify Hamas’ recent political concessions, where its top leaders in Gaza and Damascus agreed in principle with a political settlement on the basis of […]
Nearly a day after the detention of former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney by Israeli forces, Washington has yet to make a reaction. Israeli Navy detained former US congresswoman and Nobel Prize laureate Cynthia McKinney and […]
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak downplays the differences between the US and Israel over the issue of settlements as "only one component" in the peace process. "We must put this issue in perspective, bearing in […]
The Palestinian Authority’s minister for Jerusalem (al-Quds) affairs stepped down over the government’s failure to defend Palestinian interests. Hatem Abdel Qader said Wednesday that he had decided to resign from his post in protest to […]
By Art Young The movement to call Israel to account for its crimes against the Palestinian people is growing, it is "invading the mainstream discourse, becoming part of the constant and unrelenting drumbeat against Israel." […]
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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