George Mitchell, the US envoy to the Middle East, has said he has made "good progress" in talks with Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, on Israeli settlement building. "We look forward to continuing our […]
Israeli far right factions have staged a rally in Jerusalem against US President Barack Obama amid growing signs of dissension between the two allies. Nearly 1,500 people held a demonstration at a Jerusalem (al-Quds) square […]
Top United Nations officials have warned that Israeli settlement activities in Palestine threaten the fragile hope of a two-state solution. Senior UN officials on Monday condemned Israel’s illegal building of new homes across the West […]
George Mitchell, the US envoy to the Middle East, says that he has not reached a deal with Israel on halting settlement activities in the occupied West Bank. In a Monday meeting with the acting […]
The Israeli military has invaded Palestinian towns in the West Bank, forcibly entering homes and ransacking them while arresting scores of civilians. Targeting West Bank communities, Israeli troops on Sunday searched and raided homes in […]
By Jeff Gates Unless President Barack Obama resolves to expunge ‘special’ from the U.S.-Israeli ‘special relationship,’ this entangled alliance will continue to ensure that the U.S. is portrayed as guilty by its association with Tel […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth A leading Arab educator in Israel has denounced the decision of Gideon Saar, the education minister, to require schools to study the Israeli national anthem. Officials announced last week that they were […]
Iran’s foreign ministry has said the United States should concentrate on getting Israel to dismantle its nuclear arsenal, instead of criticizing Tehran’s nuclear program. The comments came after Hillary Clinton last week said the US […]
By Gilad Atzmon – London Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest invention is a grotesque Austrian gay celebrity who comes to America to try to boost the ratings of his fashion television program. Bruno is one of the […]
By Ali Jawad For analysts and observers of Middle Eastern politics, the prominence of ‘sectarianism’ in any post-Iraq invasion discourse has been one of the major developments in a region otherwise defined – according to […]
United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates held talks with Jordan’s King Abdullah on Monday amid a push by Washington to jumpstart Middle East peace talks that saw both him and Mideast envoy George Mitchell in […]
By Uri Avnery First, an honest disclosure: I loved the Shepherd hotel very much. In the first years after the Six-Day War, I was a frequent guest there. My work in the Knesset demanded that […]
By Belen Fernandez After producing only one column during his recent visit to Iraq, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has already churned out two in Afghanistan, the next stop on his tour of areas […]
Brazilian football star Ronaldo will star as himself in an Iranian movie based on the true story of a Palestinian girl who was killed before realizing her dream of meeting him, according to press reports […]
In one of the biggest bribery and corruption scandals in the US, dozens of politicians and rabbis have been arrested for money laundering, extortion, bribery and human organ trafficking, reported the Washington Post on Friday, […]
Israelis sources have confirmed a "resounding failure" for a crucial series of live firing tests for the Arrow missile-defense system. The attempted firings took place in California last week and were intended to assess the […]
The White House has dismissed speculations that the US is considering economic sanctions to force Israel into freezing its West Bank settlement activity. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said on Thursday that a remark made […]
By Ramzy Baroud Who killed Yasser Arafat? When the Palestinian leader was declared dead in a French hospital on Nov. 11, 2004, there was no way of knowing how questions related to his death […]
By Jonathan Cook – Jerusalem No one would have been more surprised than Fawziya Khurd by the recent pronouncement of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, that Israel operates an “open city” policy in Jerusalem. Mr. Netanyahu […]
By Steve Breyman A poll conducted for The Israel Project found that American voters’ support for Israel plunged 20 percent in the past nine months. Now, less than half the electorate (49%) call themselves supporters […]
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago "Breaking the Silence is an organization of veteran Israeli soldiers that collects anonymous testimonies of soldiers who served in the Occupied Territories during the Second Intifada." They recount experiences that […]
By George S. Hishmeh Six months have passed since Barack Obama settled in the White House, a precedent-setting achievement for an African-American, and yet he now seems inexplicably hesitant to follow up his initial and commendable […]
By Herman Jones Book Review: Nathaniel Mehr, ‘Constructive Bloodbath’ in Indonesia: The United States, Britain and the Mass Killings of 1965-66 (Spokesman Books, £15) The purge of the Indonesian Communist Party undertaken by General Suharto […]
By Dan Lieberman Defined characteristics steer history to an eventual climax. Unless a dramatic intervention occurs, similar historical characteristics forecast similar results. If an earlier historical event has a narrative that is comparable with the […]
The UN Secretary General condemns Tel Aviv’s settlement activity on the Palestinian land, saying the illegal move violates international law. "I urge the government of Israel to commit fully to its obligations, including to freeze […]
Israeli settlers are continuing their latest spate of attacks against Palestinians and their properties in the occupied West Bank. Starting Monday, the settlers have attacked Palestinians’ cars in the West Bank cities of Ramallah and […]
An Arabic term used to describe the creation of Israel as a "catastrophe" will be banned from school books for Arab Israelis, Education Minister Gideon Saar said Tuesday. The term "Nakba" is used in relation […]
By Flora Nicoletta – Gaza It was just the beginning. The first day of the war launched by Israeli Occupation Forces against the Gaza Strip, was Saturday 27 December 2008. In Gaza City, many targets […]
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago On July 6, co-founders Lori Lowenthal Marcus and Allyson Rowen Taylor announced: "Z Street is launched, Will end J Street Treason." Continuing they said: "welcome to Z street! No more […]
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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