A World Without Law
By William A. Cook Consider the consequences of the Israeli PR blitz that is now blanketing the world as its defiant answer to the United Nations’ authorized investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity by […]
Year: 2009
Obama’s Choice
By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai Why do I have this feeling that we have been here and done all this before? I know, I know. This US President is different, as different from his […]
Netanyahu Urges UN Action on Iran
Israel’s prime minister has told the United Nations it must prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons – and accused the world body of bias towards the Palestinians. In an address to the UN General Assembly […]
Settlers, Troops Break into Ibrahimi Mosque
Zeid al-Ja’bary, Head of the Waqf and Endowment department, said on Thursday that this was the first time the settlers had entered the mosque since the massacre carried out by Baroach Goldstein in 1994, killing […]
US Bends Again on Israeli Settlement Freeze
During the trilateral meeting in New York, beyond a cool handshake, there were no signs of progress toward restarting peace talks. Facing strong Israeli resistance over its demand for a full settlement freeze, the US […]
Israel Defies Calls for Halt in Settlement Work
Israel has given the go ahead to the construction of more houses in the occupied West Bank amid the world’s calls for a complete freeze in such activities. The Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has […]
Israeli Army Storms Gaza Shores, 5 Fishermen Arrested
Official sources reported that five Palestinian fishermen were arrested on Wednesday morning. Israeli forces seized their boats near the coast of Gaza City. Sources added that the fishing boats were surrounded by Israeli gunboats, the […]
How Israel Suppresses Opposition to Its Annexation Wall
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago Established in 1992, the Addameer (Arabic for conscience) Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association helps Palestinian prisoners, and works to end torture, arbitrary arrests and detentions, other forms of abuse, […]
Max Boot: Apologist for War Crimes
By Max Kantar The recent publication of the UNHRC’s report on Israel’s December-January assault on the Gaza Strip, also known as the Goldstone Report, has elicited some rather hysterical reactions from Israel’s leading apologists. Perhaps […]
Obama and Netanyahu: The Drama and the Farce
By Uri Avnery – Israel No point denying it: in the first round of the match between Barack Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu, Obama was beaten. Obama demanded a freeze of all settlement activity, including East […]
Settlements Strain US-Israel Ties
When Barack Obama was campaigning to be the US president in late 2008, he said that achieving a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would become a focus of his administration if elected. Shortly after […]
Time to Break Free from Partition Straightjacket
By John V. Whitbeck The desperate and desultory New York ‘summit’ among Barack Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas and the evident capitulation of Obama to Israeli defiance of even his minimalist effort to achieve mere […]
Tripartite Threats: Obama’s Obstacles in the Middle East
By James Gundun With expectations building to unrealistic proportions, American, Israeli, and Palestinians officials have started downplaying the looming tripartite summit on the UN sidelines. All sides insist the meeting isn’t a resumption of negotiations, […]
‘Free Yourselves from the Shackles of Israeli Pressure’, the Man Said
By Stuart Littlewood – London When the former mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, interviewed Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal last week he was immediately attacked by Britain’s Foreign Office Minister, Ivan Lewis. Lewis said: ‘It is […]
Palestinians Eye Role on Trade Body
Palestinians could soon get a boost to their hopes for a sovereign state as their officials redouble efforts in a decade-long bid to join the World Trade Organisation. A delegation headed by Basem Khouri, the […]
Israeli Guards ‘Humiliated Inmates’
A group of female former Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails have accused prison guards of carrying out "humiliating" internal body searches in violation of Israel’s prison code. In an exclusive report, former detainee Sabreen […]
Goldstone Commission Gaza Findings, Reactions
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago On April 3, 2009, a UN press release stated: "The Human Rights Council (HRC) today announced the appointment of Richard J. Goldstone….to lead an independent (four-person) fact-finding mission to investigate international […]
Will Israel Fall in Five Years?
By Jeff Gates ‘The undersigned therefore take this means of publicly presenting a few salient facts concerning Begin and his party; and of urging all concerned not to support this latest manifestation of fascism.’ — […]
They Like to Call it a War
By Miko Peled 48 hours after I landed the reality of this land, a land that people like to call holy, began taking its toll on me. The movie ‘Boy In Stripped Pajamas’ came to mind […]
Road to Peace with Israel is Blocked: Abbas
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday that the failure by United States envoy George Mitchell to a secure a deal on Jewish settlements means the resumption of peace talks with Israel is on hold. […]
Israeli Tanks Kill Two Palestinians
The Israeli military has killed two Palestinians, including a Hamas member, alleging the resistance fighters were responsible for carrying out rocket attacks against Israel. The bombardment, which targeted eastern Gaza on Sunday, killed a fighter […]
Israel, US Hold Military Drill as Part of Obama Strategy
The US and Israel are planning to hold a drill to simulate what they call possible missile strikes on Israel from Iran, Syria, Lebanon or Gaza. The exercise will be carried out as part of […]
Enough – A Poem
By Jehan Bseiso For Abu Ali Mahdi, whoAfter 20 years in Israeli prisonsDied of heartbreak in his own bed,In Beirut.For Du’aa, and Ala’a and Mohammed,Who spoke to the Al Jazeera reporters aboutMama dead and baba […]
Israel Pressured on Nuclear Sites
The UN nuclear assembly has called for Israel to open its nuclear facilities to UN inspection and sign up to the non-proliferation treaty. The resolution, which was passed narrowly on Friday, marked a surprise victory […]
Israel Wants Iran Free of S-300 for ‘Future Operations’
Amidst Iran’s quest for acquiring the advanced S-300 air defense system, an Israeli military official says every effort should be made to stop the defense system from reaching countries where Israeli air force may need […]
Obama, Netanyahu, Abbas to Hold Talks in New York
US President Barack Obama is going to hold talks with Israel’s Prime Minister and the acting Palestinian Authority Chief in an attempt to revive the stalled peace talks in the Middle East. The meeting would […]
Rail Firm Pays Price for Link to Settlements
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth An ill-fated light railway under construction in Jerusalem was originally heralded by Israeli officials as a way to cement the city’s "unification" four decades after the city’s Palestinian half was illegally […]
Justice This Time Around: Will Goldstone’s Report Deliver?
By Ramzy Baroud ‘We may be witnessing the beginning of the end of the era of impunity,’ Nadia Hijab, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Institute for Palestine Studies, was quoted by IPS in response […]
US Criticizes UN Report on Gaza War Crimes
The United States has criticized a United Nations investigator’s report on war crimes which were committed during the Gaza war. "The United States is reviewing very carefully what is a very lengthy document," Reuters quoted […]
Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon: From Deprivation to Violence
By Dalal Mawad In 1948, one hundred thousand Palestinians fled from Palestine to find refuge in Lebanon. Provisional camps were built at that time to provide them with shelter. Their number has increased over the […]
