By Eileen Fleming ‘There comes a time comes when silence is betrayal…History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, […]
By Dr. Mustafa Barghouti Irrespective of what political settlement is ultimately embraced, Palestinians need a unified strategy for confronting and overcoming Israeli racism, apartheid and oppression. Palestinians have only two choices before them: 1) either […]
By Dan LiebermanNegotiators have continually debated the Middle East crisis without regarding the elephant in the room – the Palestinian displaced persons. Rather than being portrayed as victims, these dispossessed persons are often perceived as […]
Former US President Jimmy Carter and his wife fasted in solidarity with the people of the Gaza Strip who are living under siege. About going without for day Carter laughed it off and said, “I […]
South African cleric and activist, Desmond Mpilo Tutu, stressed that Israel and other parties have no choice but to talk to the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas. "You don’t make peace with friends," he told the […]
Crowds thronged Jerusalem as tens of thousands of Muslim faithful headed for the first Friday prayers of Ramadan at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City. Israeli authorities eased access restrictions for Palestinians from […]
By Jeff Gates Barack Hussein Obama’s June 4th speech in Cairo was awaited with keen anticipation by a global population of 1.3 billion Muslims outraged at the abuse that Zionism has long inflicted on its […]
Unknown assailants have attacked the office of a human rights group in the Gaza Strip, incurring damage and stealing personal laptops, a statement says. The Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights organization said that the […]
Arafat Hamdona, 20, has been confined to the cancer unit of As-Shifa, Gaza’s primary hospital, since he was diagnosed with maxillary skin tumours in June 2008. Red lesions protrude from his face, his features are […]
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for ‘crippling sanctions’ against Iran to halt the country’s nuclear program. "There is not much time" to halt Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, Netanyahu told reporters after talks with […]
By Jim Miles Syria and Iran: Diplomatic Alliance and Power Politics in the Middle East. Jubin M. Goodarzi. I.B. Taurus & Co. New York/London. 2009 In a well structured academic work, Jubin M. Goodarzi details […]
By Ramzy Baroud Gaza’s troubles have somehow been relegated, if not completely dropped from the mainstream media’s radar, and subsequently the world’s conscience and consciousness. Weaning the public from the sadness there conveys the false […]
The US and Israel have once again failed to end a public row over Tel Aviv’s illegal settlement activity in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. During a four-hour meeting with US President Barack […]
As part of Israel’s anti-Iran campaign, Tel Aviv has apparently agreed with a partial freeze on its illegal construction of settlements on Palestinian land in return for tougher sanctions against Tehran. Ahead of a meeting […]
By Jonathan Cook – Amra The inhabitants of the Bedouin village of Amra have good reason to fear that the harsh tactics used by the Israeli army against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been […]
By George S. Hishmeh The extended honeymoon that Barack Obama had enjoyed on assuming office at the White House last January is now over. The American president is expected to unveil several important decisions next month on various domestic and […]
By Frank Barat Benjamin Pogrund piece (See Guardian, August 24), arguing that "Boycotts only harden Israeli opinion", is a groundbreaking work of distortion of history, denial of facts, propaganda, disinformation and could have been written […]
Israeli troops have killed one Palestinian and injured two others in the north sector of Gaza in yet another violation of a truce signed after Israel’s 22-day war on the strip. Israeli forces opened fire […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is close to concluding a prisoner swap deal with Hamas to free Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, say Israeli media reports. According to Ha’aretz, after a long disagreement over prisoner exchange between […]
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayad says the Authority will create a de facto Palestinian state without waiting for the result of peace talks with Israel. Fayad said during a press conference in Ramallah on Tuesday […]
British police have heightened security outside the premiers’ office as hundreds of demonstrators protested the Israeli prime minister’s visit to the country. Hundreds of people attended the demonstration on Tuesday to protest the Israeli occupation […]
Several Palestinians in the West Bank have called for an international inquiry into a Swedish newspaper report that suggests members of the Israeli army stole body organs from Palestinians. The report, published last week in […]
Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has said that his government is prepared to negotiate over the issue of illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. However, when speaking in London where he was meeting Gordon […]
A Ben-Gurion University professor called for a boycott of Israel for being an ‘apartheid state,’ causing a stir in Israel. "The most accurate way to describe Israel today is as an apartheid state," Neve Gordon, […]
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan Nations and organizations reward success. They elect and re-elect leaders who deliver and advance the interests of their constituency and they terminate the tenure of the failure, the incompetent and the […]
By Jonathan Cook – Beersheva The walls have been freshly plastered and painted white, the sculpted stone window frames are filled with frosted glass and the builders are hanging spotlights from the ceiling. The municipality of […]
By M. Shahid Alam ‘The ultimate goal…is, in time, to take over the Land of Israel and to restore to the Jews the political independence they have been deprived of for these two thousand years…The […]
Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip have returned to school after their summer break, with a shortage of school supplies and overcrowded classrooms posing a threat to the quality of their education. Nearly 300 schools […]
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan has begun for most of the world’s 1.2 billion Muslims. Ramadan, the month when Muslims traditionally fast from sunrise to sunset, began on Saturday for most in the Middle […]
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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