By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth The hyperventilating by Israel’s leaders [1] over a story published in a Swedish newspaper last month [2] suggesting that the Israeli army assisted in organ theft from Palestinians has distracted attention […]
Norway has decided to divest from the Israeli arms firm Elbit over its role in the construction of the West Bank separation wall. Norway’s finance minister, Kristin Halvorsen, made the announcement at a press conference […]
On a visit to Damascus, the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has labeled Israel as a ‘genocidal’ and ‘killer’ state, while calling for the return of the Golan Heights to Syria. "The state of Israel has […]
Israeli warplanes have launched an attack on the city of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian and Israeli officials say. An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed the early Friday airstrike, saying that the Israeli fighter […]
Israeli tanks and bulldozers have invaded the eastern border areas of the Gaza Strip, destroying cultivated agricultural Palestinian land. Palestinian fighters retaliated by firing home-made shells at the invading forces. No injuries were reported from […]
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) says that in August, a total number of 63 Palestinians have been kidnapped from the West Bank by Israeli soldiers. Most of the kidnappings took place in the southern West […]
By Jim Miles Kite flying activities go well beyond the physical phenomenon of wind blown materials flying tethered to their earth bound launchers. It is an activity including local knowledge of winds and landscapes, knowledge […]
By George S. Hishmeh As the stage has reportedly been set for US President Barack Obama to spell out his much-awaited ideas on a Palestinian-Israeli settlement at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly […]
By Najwa Sheikh – Gaza The month of Ramadan has come this year to the people of Gaza along with the new school year reminding them of the hard living conditions they have endured with the crushing […]
Israeli soldiers have shot a Palestinian youth dead outside a West Bank refugee camp near the town of Ramallah. Palestinian police identified the teenager as Muhammad Nayif on Tuesday. Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Centre confirmed the […]
The family of a Palestinian at the center of the organ-theft story in the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet has called for a probe into the death of their son. The family of Bilal Ahmed Ghanem–the 19-year-old […]
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago In August 2009, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) published a special report titled: "Locked In: The Humanitarian Impact of Two Years of Blockade on the […]
By Ayman Quader – Gaza Everyday in the news, I hear about the suffering of the Gaza fishermen – one was killed, others wounded, and the Israelis are firing on still others. And I wanted […]
The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee called on the Israeli government to freeze and begin to dismantle settlements in occupied Palestinian territories. It also encouraged a commitment to non-violence and peace negotiations, and […]
The Palestinian Media Coalition has expressed grave concern over Israel’s arrest of Palestinian journalists. The PMC condemned the Zionist action after Israeli soldiers kidnapped journalist Seri Sammour on August 31 in a raid on his […]
A female Palestinian detainee has recounted how she was under continuous interrogation, intimidation, and abuse for 14 days by Israeli soldiers and interrogators. Najwa Awni Abdul-Ghani told a Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) lawyer that on […]
The Islamic Hamas Movement says Israeli forces artillery bombardment kills two of its members in the city of Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip. The two men – Faraj an-Najjar and Ismat Muhra – were […]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday ruled out holding any peace talks with Israel until a full and lasting freeze in Jewish settlements, which EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Tel Aviv may agree […]
By Jeremy Salt – Ankara In the Guardian recently , Carlo Strenger launched yet another defence of Israel as the democracy in the Middle East. His defence of himself is that he opposes ‘many of […]
By Dr. Elias Akleh Since 2003 Iran has been coerced into playing a nuclear chess game against US and Israel. Western media outlets have been playing the part of cheer leaders for the American Israeli […]
By Yacov Ben Efrat On Tuesday, August 25, 2009, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad presented his plan to establish a Palestinian state within two years. He stressed the internal changes that must be made in […]
Ramadan, a festive time in many parts of the Muslim world, is bleak in Gaza because basic and traditional foodstuffs are unavailable due to the Israeli blockade, or out of reach due to soaring prices […]
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has reportedly released at least 12 members of the Islamic Hamas movement in the West Bank. The Monday move brought to 40 the number of Hamas-affiliated prisoners who have been released. […]
At least one person has been hurt in an Israeli navy attack on fishing boats off the coast of Gaza The navy opened fire on the fishermen off the coast at Beit Lahiya, setting one […]
Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, has urged Israel to stop settlement construction in the occupied Palestinian territories and resume the Middle East peace process. At a conference with Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, in Berlin […]
By Ramzy Baroud The US has decided to be ‘flexible’ regarding its once touted call for a total Israeli freeze on the expansion of its occupied territories’ settlements, all illegal under international law. A senior […]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has finally been indicted over a corruption case that involved dealings during his career before taking office as the premier. "The attorney general… has decided to press charges against […]
Hamas has denied reports that the group is close to finalising a deal with Israel over the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian fighters more than three years ago. Speaking on […]
After the release of a recent IAEA report, Israel accuses the International Atomic Energy Agency of withholding information on Iran’s nuclear program. In a Sunday statement, Israel’s foreign ministry said the latest report on Iran’s […]
By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai What did Jaswant Singh expect? You can’t be in a party that thrives on the demonization of Muslims and shower fulsome praise on the founding father of Pakistan as […]
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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