Lebanon’s envoy to the United Nations has warned of an imminent Israeli attack on his country, condemning the regime’s recent artillery attack on the southern village of Houla. Ambassador Noaf Salaam relayed a message to […]
US House of Representative will vote a pro-Israeli resolution calling on the President to reject a UN report saying Israel committed war crimes in the Gaza war. The harshly worded resolution calls on President Barack […]
During a meeting with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, Mahmoud Abbas rejected her request to resume peace talks with Israel, senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said. "We are witnessing […]
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago In an October 22 press release, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced another victory in its Global War on Terrorism, renamed the Overseas Contingency Operation to continue its jihad on […]
By George S. Hishmeh Top aides of the Obama administration have this month been quietly stoking the peace process fire, raising expectations that the American president, whose popularity remains relatively high, may now be willing […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London If there’s one thing the Israelis are good at it’s making war on women and children. They killed 952 Palestinian children in their homeland between 2000 and the start of […]
The celebrated American scientist charged with spying for Israel had asked for $2 million for his secrets, federal prosecutors has revealed. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Stewart D. Nozette on Oct. 19 as […]
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says a draft accord presented by the IAEA would lead to recognition of Iran’s nuclear enrichment program. "If this agreement is implemented, it will take them back a year, but […]
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has welcomed US President Barack Obama’s new approach, expressing willingness to hold talks with the United States. Haniyeh, who was speaking to a American medical delegation on Wednesday, was quoted by […]
Israeli soldiers demolish two Palestinian residents in East Jerusalem Al-Quds, while illegal settlers destroy olive groves as part of efforts to Judaize the city. Israeli authorities claim that the houses were built without permits, but […]
By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai Turkey’s Ottoman Empire died an unwept death nearly a century ago. But the country continues to enjoy a unique eminence of leadership across the Middle East and in much of […]
By Aditya Ganapathiraju Why are people on Gaza so unhappy? Well, if you had to live in a prison, wouldn’t you be unhappy?— Former CIA officer Robert Baer It’s the most terrifying place I’ve ever […]
By Jim Miles In The Jaws of the Dragon- America’s Fate in the Coming Era of Chinese Dominance. Eamonn Fingleton. Thomas Dunne Books (St. Martin’s Press), New York, 2008. A book about the future published […]
Israel is denying Palestinians adequate access to clean, safe water while allowing almost unlimited supplies to Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, human rights group Amnesty International has said. "Swimming pools, well-watered lawns and […]
The UN General Assembly has said it will meet next week to consider a UN report that accused both Israeli forces and the Palestinian group Hamas of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity during […]
Israel has criticized a UN report which accuses Tel Aviv of involvement in illegal diamond trade from the Ivory Coast that could be helping re-arm rebels there. Israel’s Diamond Controller Shmuel Morderchai dismissed the accusations […]
Bahrain’s parliament on Tuesday approved legislation penalizing contacts with Israel, a move which could complicate Gulf Arab leaders’ efforts to promote peace talks with Israel. "Whoever holds any communication or official talks with Israeli officials […]
Hamas told Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday they should not take part in January elections called by Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the rival Fatah movement. The move raised doubts about whether […]
Iran has "strongly condemned" Israel’s constant desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is the third-holiest site in Islam. "The Islamic Republic of Iran strongly condemns the acts of desecration by the Israeli military and the Israeli […]
By Jeff Gates Israeli officials are right to worry. Gazans too. Yet Americans should worry even more. Israel’s "legitimacy" will not last. Of course, that assumes its legitimacy was deserved. That issue also is now […]
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago Post-9/11, Muslims have been victimized, vilified, and persecuted for their faith, ethnicity, prominence, activism, and charity. They’ve been targeted, hunted down, rounded up, held in detention, kept in isolation, denied […]
The Swedish journalist, who caused controversy by accusing Israeli troops of killing Palestinians for their organs, has criticized Arab countries for their lack of action regarding the humanitarian tragedy. Donald Bostrom said on Saturday that […]
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has urged Arab and Muslim leaders to take practical steps to end the Israeli assaults on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem (al-Quds). On Sunday, Haniyeh, who is the democratically elected […]
The Israeli Education Ministry plans to omit a passage in their history books that tells the story of the expulsion of Palestinians in 1948, describing it as ‘ethnic cleansing.’ The ministry announced that it has […]
Acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to resign because he expects no concrete outcome in the peace process with hawkish Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. During a telephone conversation last week, Abbas told […]
A senior Hamas leader has warned that Israel plans to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds to build a new temple in its place. On Sunday, the mosque compound was the scene of violent clashes for […]
By Uri Avnery – Israel According a Chinese saying, if someone in the street tells you that you are drunk, you can laugh. If a second person tells you that you are drunk, start to […]
By Franklin Lamb – Lebanon Known simply as the ‘General’ Michel Naim Aoun was born in a peaceful mixed Christian-Shia area of Haret Hreik, now a core Hezbollah area. He rose from poverty to become […]
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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