By Abid Mustafa On October 9 2009, US President Barack Obama was awarded Nobel Peace Prize for astounding services in the name of world peace. In its statement, the Nobel Committee said he had "created […]
By Nicola Nasser The report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, which the head of the mission, Judge Richard Goldstone, presented to the Human Rights Council (HRC) on September 29, […]
By Ramzy Baroud Latin America stands at the threshold of a new era: one that promises a return to political uncertainty, violence and chaos or one of political stability and economic prosperity. Honduras is a […]
The Israeli Foreign Ministry’s documents suggest Tel Aviv is not after a real peace deal but rather a shelter from international frustration and Palestinian armed response. An unapproved document outlining Israel’s future foreign policy states […]
An Israeli media tycoon has offered to buy the pan-Arab Al-Jazeera satellite television network from the government of Qatar. Haim Saban, has submitted an offer to the Qatari government in a bid to purchase half […]
The United Nations has expressed concerns over the situation at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem (Al-Quds), caused by ongoing Israeli aggression. The UN’s special Middle East coordinator, Robert Serry, said on Thursday that he was […]
By Jeff Gates Tel Aviv long ago proved its mastery at waging war “by way of deception” – the operative credo of the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence and foreign operations directorate. Yet its latest operation reveals […]
By Jeff Gates Tel Aviv long ago proved its mastery at waging war “by way of deception” – the operative credo of the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence and foreign operations directorate. Yet its latest operation reveals […]
By Sherri Muzher There is a famous Arabic expression: ‘he who doesn’t respect himself shall not be respected.’ Apparently, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas doesn’t believe in this. At least, he didn’t until now. The decision […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Tension over control of the Haram al Sharif compound of mosques in Jerusalem’s Old City has reached a pitch unseen since clashes at the site sparked the second intifada nine years […]
The UN Security Council has met to consider a UN report by Richard Goldstone on the recent Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip. After the meeting diplomats said that the UN report which blasts the […]
Members of Israel’s Likud party say US President Barack Obama has no ‘jurisdiction’ to put pressure on the regime to halt construction work in the occupied Palestinian territories. Supporters of the right-wing faction held a […]
Hamas says Mahmoud Abbas’ controversial decision to withdraw support for a motion that could result in the trial of Israeli war criminals, had a negative impact on reconciliation talks. The democratically-elected government of the Gaza […]
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights’ (PCHR) new report, titled "Through Women’s Eyes," highlights "the Gender-Specific Impact and Consequences of Operation Cast Lead" and the ongoing siege, including 12 case […]
Fatah has accepted Egypt’s invitation for Palestinian factions to sign a reconciliation agreement this month. But rival Hamas says Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas’s smothering of a UN report on Israel’s Gaza war conduct could prove […]
A senior member of Hamas has demanded that the Palestinian president resign for supporting the postponement of a UN vote which could have led to the prosecution of Israel for war crimes during its campaign in […]
Israeli Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi and his American counterpart Admiral Mike Mullen have held secret talks in France with a special focus on Iran. The two officials, who met in the […]
Tel Aviv is going to construct some 800 new housing units across the occupied West Bank despite international calls for a halt to all settlement activities. "The settlers are working fast to produce as many […]
By Dan Lieberman As Israel’s democratic posture becomes more questioned, its mystique becomes more exaggerated. To prove the validity of its actions, Israel’s supporters focus on three components of Israel’s drive to an accomplished nation: The […]
By Jeff Gates The lead-up to the first U.S.-Iran talks in three decades saw a replay of the same modus operandi that induced the U.S. and its allies to invade Iraq in March 2003. Then […]
By Stephen Lendman The FBI’s top six news stories for the week ending September 25 were about arrests and/or indictments of suspected Muslim terrorists. Combined, they became the latest national security targets in America’s war […]
The Palestinian Authority has come under fire from other factions including Hamas over its request from the UN Human Rights Council to defer a UN vote over Israeli war crimes in Gaza. Taher Al-Nouno, a […]
The democratically-elected premier of Hamas government in Gaza has lambasted the Palestinian Authority over its decision to delay a vote on a report about the Israeli war crimes in Gaza. Ismail Haniya also slammed as […]
By Omar Barghouti Palestinian civil society has strongly and almost unanimously condemned the Palestinian Authority’s latest decision to delay adoption by the UN Human Rights Council of the report prepared by the UN Fact-Finding Mission, […]
By James Gundun While the international community shuttles from one meeting to the next, jets from one city to the next, Gazans idle their time or keep their minds distracted from the past and future. […]
By Ira Glunts Let me make one thing perfectly clear: President Barack Obama definitively demonstrated at the trilateral summit in New York that he will not contribute anything significant to peacemaking between Israelis and Palestinians. […]
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, urged the Palestinian Authority (PA) not to accept the findings of a UN report into Israel’s war on Gaza because of fears it might scupper attempts to restart […]
‘Israeli troops have been deployed outside the structure since late Friday evening and designated the area for the exclusive use of Jewish settlers until Monday,’ Head of the Endowment and Religious Affairs Department in al-Khalil […]
The military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement known as the Al-Quds Brigades says that Tel Aviv is mulling over another round of attacks on the Gaza Strip. "The ongoing status quo has […]
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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