By Stuart Littlewood – London Outgoing United Nations General Assembly President Miguel d’Escoto Brockman says he was obstructed by leading UN members from trying to improve the lives of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. "My […]
By James Gundun How many organizations must sound alarm before Israel gets the message? Ignoring Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International is easy, but B’Tselem and the UN too? Is it possible that all these […]
By Remi Kanazi Every time I think of 9/11I see burning flesh dripping off the bones of Iraqi children in FallujahNow GazaI tend to memorialize the forgottenThe collateral damage eclipsing our unpunished crimes Maybe it’s […]
As Tel Aviv struggles to contain the international aftermath of the UN damning report over the deadly offensive in Gaza Strip, an inner storm is evolving with Israeli rights and political activists slamming their own […]
The head of the UN Human Rights Council commission on Gaza war has expressed disappointment at the accusations of bias hurled against the investigative panel’s report. "I’m not surprised but disappointed for not seeing any […]
In an interview with Yediot Aharonot published on Thursday, Barak said that in his eyes ‘Iran does not constitute an existential threat to Israel’s existence’. He said Israel was ‘strong’ and he did not ‘see […]
In a landmark decision, Britain’s trade unions have voted overwhelmingly to commit to build a mass boycott movement, disinvestment and sanctions on Israel for a negotiated settlement based on justice for Palestinians. The motion was […]
By Franklin Lamb – Martyr’s Square, Shatila Camp ‘Our lives in Palestinian Refugee camps, now 27 years after the Massacre at Sabra-Shatila, sometimes becomes nearly impossible to endure. Circumstances may change for the worse, our livelihoods […]
A US ‘bipartisan think-tank’ has urged President Obama to prepare sanctions against Iran and announce publicly that a military strike is likely. “If biting sanctions do not persuade the Islamic Republic to… give up its […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London ‘The Israel Project’, a US media advocacy group, has produced a revised training manual to help the worldwide Zionist movement win the propaganda war, keep their ill-gotten territorial gains and […]
By Ramzy Baroud The anniversary of the infamous tragedy of 9/11, 2001, and the subsequent ramifications indeed induce, throughout the world, a plethora of feelings of sorrow. The 9/11 event should have never taken place. […]
Israel has fiercely attacked a report by the UN Human Rights Council commission on war crimes during the Gaza war for being slanted toward the Islamic Hamas movement. The four-member panel, led by former South […]
Israeli forces committed war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity during their three-week war on the Gaza Strip, UN fact-finding rights mission concluded on Tuesday, September 15, hinting to a possible referral of the case […]
Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi reporter who was arrested for throwing his shoes at former US President George W. Bush, has been released. Iraqi reporter Muntadhar al-Zaidi shocked the world last December by hurling not one […]
The Israeli Knesset is working on a bill to grant more immunity to Israeli soldiers as the number of Palestinian lawsuits against the Israeli army hits a record high. The bill –an amendment to the […]
Unless urgent action is taken, the supply of water fit for human use in the Gaza Strip will be depleted in 5-10 years, according to the Gaza Coastal Municipal Water Utility (CMWU) and UN agencies […]
By Jeff Gates On September 24th, U.S. President Barack Obama will preside over a U.N. Security Council session on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. In March 2010, Moscow will host a Global Nuclear Summit that the […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Israeli peace activists are planning to ratchet up their campaign against groups in the United States that raise money for settlers by highlighting how tax exemptions are helping to fund the […]
By M. Shahid Alam The time has come, the Walrus said,To talk of many things:Of shoes—and ships—and sealing wax—Of cabbages—and kings… — Lewis Carroll These kleptocrats throw themselves at the feetof Western plutocracies: they spurnthe […]
By Dan Lieberman Decades of resolutions, arguments, and negotiations have maintained the Middle East struggle as a Middle East struggle. A major thrust attempts to resolve the crisis by negotiations leading to two independent states […]
Under pressure from rights activists and investors, the US Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) divested from an Israeli company involved in settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian land. "TIAA-CREF no […]
Palestinians hold Israel responsible for the death of a 25-year-old Hebron (al-Khalil) resident injured by Israeli bullets last month. Israeli soldiers had shot Ubayda Dweik several times on his chest and feet on Aug. 26 […]
A single-seat Israeli fighter jet has crashed in the occupied West Bank, killing its pilot, officials say. Israeli police started searching in southern West Bank after receiving reports that a small aircraft may have crashed […]
By Eileen Fleming The wind from Iran changed on September 12, 2009, when Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki announced that he welcomes broad talks with the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council [America, Russia, […]
The controversy triggered by a Swedish newspaper report about Israel’s harvesting of Palestinian organs has salted the wounds of many Palestinian families haunted by the memories of loved ones who suffered the same fate. “They […]
Two Palestinians have been shot and wounded by an Israeli man in occupied East Jerusalem. The man opened fire late on Friday after Palestinians began throwing stones in the Silwan neighbourhood of Jerusalem, police said. […]
As part of the international campaign of boycott against Israel, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign today launched an action against Dead Sea Products, an Israeli cosmetics firm which has a stall in Jervis Centre in […]
By Dr. Salman Abu Sitta While the news headlines were occupied with the freeze or suspension of Jewish settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories or with the competition for positions in the sixth Fateh conference in […]
By Jim Miles A Canadian polling company, the Angus Reid Global Monitor, [1] indicates that the majority of the world’s citizens express concerns about their countries’ role in the war, and the majority wishes the […]
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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