By Stuart Littlewood – London Hamas marked the 92nd anniversary of the infamous Balfour Declaration by recalling the misery of the 1948 Nakba (Catastrophe) and insisting that European states in general and Britain in particular […]
The London-based publisher, Pluto Press has decided to move forward the date of a book about Gaza to coincide with the first anniversary of the Israeli war on the Strip, which began on December 27, […]
By William A. Cook ‘Even the most perfect of Golem, risen to life to protect us, can easily change into a destructive force. Therefore let us treat carefully that which is strong, just as we bow […]
By James Gundun – Washington DC Like a room filled with methane, the combustible element of failure waited silently for a spark. Neither special envoy George Mitchell nor President Obama could budge the Palestinians from […]
Amnesty International has called for an independent investigation into war crimes in the Gaza Strip and Israel ahead of a General Assembly meeting on Goldstone report. In an open letter to the United Nations General […]
Hamas says remarks about its possessing weapons is a mere ‘fabrication’ to mobilize world opinion against the movement ahead of the UN General Assembly’s vote on a Gaza war crimes report. Israeli Military Intelligence chief […]
Israel’s Military Intelligence warns about Hamas’ growing military power, saying the movement has recently test fired a missile capable of reaching targets in Tel Aviv. Military Intelligence chief Major-General Amos Yadlin told the weekly cabinet […]
The US House of Representatives has condemned the UN Goldstone report, which accused Israel of committing war crimes in its 22-day war against the Palestinians in Gaza. By a vote of 344 to 36, the […]
By Ramzy Baroud When the first Arab Human Development Report (AHDR) was published in 2002, a star glistened in a vast, gloomy sky. The fact that a UN-sponsored report, authored by independent Arab scholars would […]
By Mamoon Alabbasi – London As people across the world breathed a sigh of relief to see the back of former US president George W. Bush, top American intellectual Noam Chomsky warned against assuming or […]
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago On October 28, New York Times writer Nick Bunkley wrote the following: "Federal agents (today) fatally shot a man they described as the leader of a violent Sunni Muslim separatist […]
By Jim Miles The thrift in me allowed me to wait until Michael Moore’s "Capitalism – A Love Story" came out on second run theatres – it was well worth the wait. The powerful effect […]
Israeli authorities have torn down several Palestinian houses in occupied east Jerusalem, defying international calls to halt the demolitions in the occupied city. Gidi Schmerling, a Jerusalem municipality spokesman, said the houses in the Shuafat, Zur […]
Arab foreign ministers on Monday are likely to tell United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton they are disappointed she backed down to Israel over the call for a complete freeze of settlements, the head […]
A senior Israeli internal security service official has said that there are still ‘Jewish terrorists’ at large in Israel, who may be planning future attacks. The comments by the Shin Bet follow the announcement on […]
By Ali Jawad Over recent days, cries of "Al-Aqsa fi khatar" (the Al-Aqsa Mosque is in danger) have crammed the vestigial, all-too-narrow public space in the Arab world. Despite the iron-fist policies of unpopular Arab leaders—buttressed […]
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 […]
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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