Month: October 2009
Qatar: 100 Palestinian Students to Get Scholarships
Al-Fakhoora launched the first phase of their education initiatives to develop the potential of Palestinian students, recently. The 10-year project in the form of a comprehensive scholarship programme for the Palestinian students in Gaza will […]
Travel Restrictions Hit Gaza Students
Some 838 students formally offered places and/or enrolled at foreign universities are unable to leave Gaza, according to the Palestinian interior ministry and Gisha, an NGO campaigning for freedom of movement. Of the 1,983 Gazan […]
Abbas Sets Palestinian Poll Date
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has announced presidential and legislative elections will be held on January 24. The announcement on Friday said elections will be held across the Palestinian territories including the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. […]
Israeli Police Clash With Protestors in West Bank
Israeli police have resorted to force as hundreds of Palestinians and international peace activists held a demonstration to protest the regime’s settlement activity on occupied lands in the West Bank. Police clashed with the protestors […]
Robert Bernstein: Human Shield for Criticism of Israel
By Max Kantar Earlier this week the New York Times published an op-ed article, Rights Watchdog, ‘Lost in the Mideast’ written by Robert L. Bernstein, the founding chairman emeritus of Human Rights Watch. The editorial […]
Hamas Sounds Optimism for Inter-Palestinian Talks
The deputy head of Hamas political bureau, Moussa Abu Marzouq, says the Islamic Resistance Movement is awaiting an invitation by Cairo to discuss a reconciliation pact with the rival Fatah party. "Hamas wants to open […]
Outraged Israel Calls Goldstone Report ‘Ridiculous’
Goldstone’s report on Israel’s war crimes is a ‘bunch of lies’, Peres told the United States’ envoy to the United Nations, Susan Rice, on Thursday. Harshly condemning the report, he said the UN is assisting […]
Goldstone Dares US On Gaza Report
Richard Goldstone, the jurist who authored a UN report accusing Israel of war crimes and crimes against humanity during its war on Gaza, has challenged the US to justify its claims that his findings are […]
Deal or No Deal in Palestine
By James Gundun Washington D.C. The Middle East has a new game to play. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, plagued by internal and external pressure, issued a peace call for the ages during his opening […]
US Takes Sides with Israel Over Goldstone Report
The US envoy to the UN has taken sides with Israel against a UN report concluding that Israeli troops committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip during its recent offensive. "Member states must once and […]
Israel-US Settlements Deal ‘Close’
Israel is close to reaching a deal with the United States that will accommodate the so-called "natural growth" of settlements in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, the Israeli ambassador to Washington has told Al Jazeera. Michael […]
US-Israeli Missile War Games Begin
The United States and Israel have begun more than two weeks of tests to simulate missile attacks on the only country in the Middle East to possess nuclear weapons. According to the Yediot Aharonot newspaper […]
The Return of Jeremiah Wright
By William A. Cook ‘There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices, more shocking and bloody than are the people of these United States, at this very hour.’ (Frederick Douglass, ‘What to […]
Israeli Police Don Arab Disguise
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Civil rights groups in Israel have expressed outrage at the announcement last week that a special undercover unit of the police has been infiltrating and collecting intelligence on Israel’s Arab minority by […]
Netanyahu Needs to Explain His Intentions
By George Hishmeh This was clearly illustrated at the recent meeting in Geneva of the UN Human Rights Council which endorsed a report that details evidence of war crimes committed by the Israeli army (and Hamas) during […]
War, Negation and Muslim Identity Revisited
By Ramzy Baroud A Muslim writer begins an article with, ‘who says the campaign for animal rights was started in the West ..’ She goes on to argue that Islam provided the original treatise on […]
Israel Aerospace Giant ‘Hired’ Espionage Scientist
Israeli sources have confirmed that an American scientist who worked for the US government and was arrested for attempted espionage has had deals with Israel Aerospace Industries. Stewart David Nozette, 52, was detained on Monday […]
Israel Backs ‘Carte Blanche’ to Kill
The Israeli war minister advocates operational latitude for its army amid mounting condemnation of the Zionist regime’s massacre of the Palestinians. "We must give the IDF (Israeli army) the full backing to have the freedom […]
Israeli Spying Violates UN Resolution 1701: Suleiman
Lebanon’s president says Israel’s espionage activities in his country are a clear violation of UN Resolution 1701, which calls for peace between the two countries. Michel Suleiman told reporters late Tuesday during his state visit […]
A Country of Sacred Cows and Ten Commandments
By Ershad Abubacker – Chennai, India ‘The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.’ -Stephen Hawking The media portrays the Middle East violence as though it is inherent part […]
Can International Law Forestall a Golanian Intifada
By Franklin Lamb – Beirut Nationals from nearly one-third of the 192 member states of the United Nations met in Damascus last week to discuss the Return/Liberation of the Golan Heights. An estimated 5000 researchers, […]
Zionism: An Anti-Semite’s Dream
By John V. Whitbeck In a commentary published in the Arab News (Jeddah) on October 17, the British journalist Neil Berry focuses on a reality which is rarely mentioned in polite society: that Zionism is, […]
America Confronts the Middle East – A Book Review
By Jim Miles A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle East. Lawrence Freedman. Anchor Canada (Random House). 2009. The subtitle to this text carries an interesting choice of active verb, ‘confronts’. It signifies ‘coming […]
UN: Israel Planted Spy Devices in Lebanon
A UN investigation into explosions in southern Lebanon says that Israel denoted spy devices it planted on Lebanese after their discovery by Hezbollah resistance movement. The two explosions over weekend occurred after Lebanon’s Hezbollah discovered […]
Israel Negotiates to Import Water from Turkey
Israel has recently launched a new round of talks with Ankara to import water from Turkey, amid worries over its dwindling local reserves. Israel’s Foreign Ministry, which is tasked with conducting the negotiations, had held […]
Israel Plans to Devour the World: Hungarian MP
A Hungarian lawmaker has voiced worry over Israel’s expansionist policies, saying Israel is trying to take over the world. "I’m a Hungarian nationalist. I love my homeland, love the Hungarians and give primacy to Hungarian […]
Iran: Israelis Should Stand Trial Over War Crimes
In light of the Goldstone report on Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip, Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki calls for legal action against the Tel Aviv leadership. "The perpetrators of the Gaza war should […]
Abbas Defends Decision to ‘Defer’ Gaza Report
The acting Palestinian authority chief defends his decision for the deferment of a vote on a UN report condemning the bloody Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip. Quoted by the Palestinian Ma’an news agency, Mahmoud […]
