UN Sets Date for Gaza Report Debate
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 […]
Year: 2009
Israel Denies Illegal Diamond Trade
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 Votes to Stop Contacts with Israel
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 to Ban January Election in Gaza
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 […]
Israeli Raids on Al-Aqsa Have ‘Severe Consequences’
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 […]
‘Nuke Gaza’
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 […]
Tariq Mehanna: Obama’s Latest Muslim Target
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 […]
Arab Inaction Over ‘Organ Theft’ Shocks Journalist
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 […]
‘Defend Al-Aqsa’: Haniyeh
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 […]
Israel to Drop ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ from Schoolbooks
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 […]
Abbas Threatens to Resign Over Peace Talks Impasse
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 […]
Meshaal: Israel Plans to Destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque
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 […]
‘Where Have All the Friendships Gone
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 […]
A Rare Victory for Lebanon’s Palestinians
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 […]
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 […]
