Year: 2009
Khaled Mashall: Israel ‘Destined’ to Fall
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal hails the release of 19 Palestinian detainees, describing the prisoner swap as a prelude to liberation of all Palestinians in Israeli prisons. In a televised speech late on Friday in Damascus, […]
Israel Frees Other Captives in Shalit Video Swap
Israel has set free the remaining nineteen Palestinian female captives in exchange for a one-minute video showing the fate of a captured IDF soldier, Gilad Shalit. Eighteen of the women crossed into the West Bank […]
Obama Agrees to Cover Up Israel’s Nukes
Israel has reportedly received an assurance by US President Barack Obama that it would not be pressured into accounting for its alleged nuclear arsenal or signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). In a meeting with, […]
Should Obama Back Goldstone Report?
By George Bisharat President Obama has placed restoration of the stature of the United States among his primary foreign policy goals. He has already achieved substantial progress in Europe, where polls indicate that he is […]
Sinking the Goldstone Report
By James Gundun They had no one else to turn to. Yesterday PLO Ambassador to the UN in Geneva Ibrahim Khraishi claimed ‘we have enough votes’ to pass Richard Goldstone’s Gaza report in the UN […]
Carter Says Iran Nuclear Program ‘Legal’
Former US president Jimmy Carter says Iran’s nuclear program is "legal," urging Washington and Tel Aviv to stop making threats against Iran. "I hope and pray that Iran will be induced to permit international inspectors […]
Israel to Seal Off West Bank Border for 9 Days
Israel has announced plans to shut down the West Bank border for almost ten days so that Jewish Israelis can celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot). The closure will begin on Thursday, October 1 and […]
Israel Lobbying to Expunge UN Report, Avoid Prosecution
Tel Aviv is lobbying Western powers to prevent a UN report, attesting to Israel’s war crimes during the Gaza carnage, from being adopted by the UN Human Rights Council. After a three-month investigation, former South […]
The Comic Genius of Netanyahu
By Stuart Littlewood – London Knowing that Iran won’t surrender its right to civil nuclear power, the schemers in Tel Aviv and Washington were bound to mount a hysterical campaign to scare the rest of the […]
Mizrahi Jews Reach Out to the Arab World
By Sherri Muzher When the late Egyptian president and Pan-Arabist Gamal Abdel Nasser led the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, it may surprise people to know that it was the Egyptian singer and Mizrahi Jew Leila […]
On Palestinian Civil Disobedience
By Neve Gordon Sometime in 1846, Henry David Thoreau spent a night in jail because he refused to pay his taxes. This was his way of opposing the Mexican-American War as well as the institution […]
Iran’s Nuclear Theater Meant to Divert Attention
By Ramzy Baroud World events have taken an interesting turn recently, with the Goldstone report, which wreaked havoc in the beginning of the week being nearly completely overshadowed by Iran’s revelation of another nuclear facility, […]
UN Investigator Defends Gaza Report
A United Nations investigator has defended a report published earlier this month that accuses Israel and Palestinian fighters of war crimes following the Israeli offensive in Gaza earlier this year. Addressing the UN Human Rights […]
UK Protesters Call for Arrest of Israeli Minister
British lawmakers and pro-Palestinian activists have pilloried the governing Labour Party for entertaining Israeli War Minister Ehud Barak at their annual conference instead of calling for his arrest for war crimes committed against the Palestinians. […]
Hamas PM: Palestinian Unity Agreement is Near
The elected prime minister of Palestine, Ismail Haniyeh, says his party Hamas has approved the framework of the Egyptian peace agreement and that signing it ‘is near.’ In an interview aired on September 29, Haniyeh […]
Gaza Peace Protester is Prisoner in Own Home
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Nine months after he helped to organise protests against Israel’s attack on Gaza, Samih Jabareen is a prisoner in his home in Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, an electronic bracelet around […]
Make Love or Make War: Two Sides of the Israeli Coin
By Jim Miles That Israel exists and has the power to continue existing is very much a fact. With a sophisticated military establishment including more than 200 nuclear weapons (at lowest estimates) there is no way […]
Jewish Author: Time to Boycott Israel
By Stu Harrison ‘The war could have finished the day before I arrived’, independent journalist and author Antony Loewenstein told ‘Green Left Weekly’ of his recent trip to the besieged Palestinian territory of Gaza. His […]
Riyadh ‘Offers Airspace’ for Israel Attack on Iran
Israeli fighter jets have been allowed to use Saudi airspace to launch go-it-alone air strikes on Iranian nuclear installations, says a recent report. The issue has been discussed in a closed-door meeting in London, where […]
Israel Obstacle to Nuke-Free Mideast, Says Syria
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem urges Israel to yield to the demands pressed by the UN nuclear watchdog and open its nuclear sites to inspection. The Syrian diplomat said on Monday that the Israeli regime […]
Muslims Condemn Israel’s al-Aqsa Break-in
Palestinian factions have joined the Islamic Conference Organization to condemn the Israeli troops’ breaking into the al-Aqsa mosque. The Palestinian Authority, in a statement issued on Monday evening, condemned Sunday’s Israeli infringement on the al-Aqsa […]
Israel’s Ofra Settlement on Unauthorized Palestinian Land
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago Israel’s 130 West Bank settlements are illegal under international law, including Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention that states: "Individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of […]
Israel’s Palestinian Soldiers
By Jonathan Cook – Arrabeh Demands from Israel’s chief commander this month that all Israeli citizens should be required to perform national service has turned the spotlight on a rarely discussed group of soldiers: members […]
Gunshots Disrupt Gaza Funeral
Five people have been injured after shots were fired at a funeral in Gaza City for two of three Palestinians killed in an Israeli air raid, Palestinian medical sources have said. The gunshots rang out […]
Clinton Urges Arabs on Israel Ties
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has called on Arab nations to take steps towards normalising ties with Israel, in an effort to restart stalled Middle East peace talks. Cinton made her case with […]
Palestinians Injured in Aqsa Clash
Four Palestinians have been injured and another seven detained after Israeli police stormed the al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli security forces on Sunday fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at Palestinians who […]
Palestinian Factions Warn of New Intifada
Several Palestinian factions, including the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and the Hamas resistance movement have warned of a new Intifada, or uprising. The warning by the Palestinian groups came after Israeli police beat up Palestinian […]
Israel’s Fear of Jewish Girls Dating Arabs
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth A local authority in Israel has announced that it is establishing a special team of youth counsellors and psychologists whose job it will be to identify young Jewish women who are dating […]
