US President Barack Obama has assured the leaders of 16 American Jewish groups about America’s unbreakable relations with Israel, asserting that he is applying equal pressure on Arab countries and Palestinian leaders to achieve peace. […]
Two Israeli navy ships made a rare crossing of Egypt’s Suez Canal Tuesday, headed from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea in the latest of "unusual" navy drills spotted in Suez over the past month, […]
Reacting to EU remarks about creating a Palestinian state without Israel’s consent, Tel Aviv claims the EU Foreign Policy Chief made the comments for his own personal gain. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday […]
A senior official in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) says the ‘assassination’ of the late Authority Chief Yasser Arafat was the result of an Israeli-Palestinian plot. Farouk Qaddumi, head of PLO’s political department, said in […]
Britain has revoked licenses for the sale of military components to Israel after conducting an export review in the wake of Israel’s war on Gaza, officials have said. Five arms-export licenses have been cancelled out […]
English and Arabic names for cities and towns on road signs will be scrapped in favor of only the Hebrew terms, the Israeli transport ministry said Monday. In its latest efforts to enforce the ‘Jewish […]
By Gilad Atzmon – London "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people." — Karl Marx […]
By Ira Glunts Dr. Uzi ‘Strangeglovitch’ Arad mocked proponents of a Palestinian state and taunted advocates of an Israeli/Palestinian peace process this week in a revealing interview published (1) on Friday, July 10 in the […]
By Shafiq Morton – Cape Town When the most recent Goldstone Commission, appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, announced its intentions to probe human rights violations and the possibility of war crimes during […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London I thought I would share this with you. Britain’s foreign secretary David Miliband – or rather, someone on his behalf – has written to me about the government’s response to […]
By Uri Avnery Every German child knows the story of the Captain of Koepenick. The scene is 1908 Germany, with the Second Reich at the peak of its power, ruled by a Kaiser who is […]
By Nate George – Beirut Bias and selective reporting in favor of Israel is nothing new. We have come to expect sins of omission and commission from the media, and recent weeks proved to be […]
By Dan Lieberman The modern Israeli city of Ashkelon, 20 kilometers north of the Gaza border, presents a picturesque setting along the Mediterranean coast. Sparkling white beaches matched by white-faced apartment buildings, green lawns and […]
By Jim Miles After America: Narratives for the Next Global Age. Paul Starobin. Viking (Penguin), New York, 2009. After a half decade of books on the ‘American empire’ and many more on the politics, military, religion, […]
Israel is ready to withdraw from areas of the Golan Heights, but it will not give up large parts of the occupied territory in any peace deal with Syria, a top aide to Israeli Prime […]
A United Nations human rights investigator calls on the Israeli leadership to cease the construction of the now 7-year old Apartheid Wall in the West Bank. "Tear down that wall, Mr. Netanyahu," said the UN […]
By George S. Hishmeh Why are Barak Obama and his senior colleagues in the US administration weak kneed in confronting Israeli shenanigans, whether over Israeli colonialist policies in the occupied Palestinian territories or its regional […]
A senior European Commission official told Israel’s envoy that an EU official’s critical statement issued earlier this week on Israeli settlements does not reflect the opinion of the commission, Israeli newspapers reported Thursday. The original […]
Egypt has sent high-ranking security officials to the West Bank to prepare for what Cairo hopes to be the last session of inter-Palestinian reconciliation talks, sources said on Thursday. The delegations, headed by intelligence deputy […]
Crowds in Paris protesting an attack on a French bookstore have called on officials to dismantle the allegedly responsible Jewish militant group. Four members of the Jewish Defense League were arrested on Sunday for breaking […]
By James Petras The recent events in Honduras and Iran, which pit democratically elected regimes against pro-US military and civilian actors intent on overthrowing them can best be understood as part of a larger White […]
By Jonathan Cook – Ramallah Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has been much criticized in Israel, as well as abroad, for failing to present his own diplomatic initiative on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process to forestall US […]
By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Hyderabad One is not sure what had been the context of William Gladstone’s prophetic warning that justice delayed is justice denied. But it’s as though the British politician had India’s […]
By Ramzy Baroud As US combat troops redeployed to the outskirts of Iraqi cities on June 30, well-staged celebrations commenced. The pro-US Iraqi government declared “independence day” as police vehicles roamed the streets of war-weary […]
The Obama administration has reportedly back-down on its earlier demand for a full freeze of Jewish settlement activities, allowing Israel to continue building 2500 settlement units in the occupied Palestinian territories and linking the freeze […]
A UN team investigating possible war crimes in Gaza describes testimonies presented to the mission as "difficult to hear" after holding public hearings with the victims of the conflict. On Tuesday, The fact-finding mission ended […]
Summer Games organized by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) at 152 camp locations throughout the Gaza Strip are helping many children get over the trauma of the 23-day Israeli offensive which ended on […]
Israeli intelligence services are trying to sabotage Iran’s military and nuclear programs through tainted equipment and cyber attacks, a recent report says. Israeli officials, weary of Iran’s achievements in the nuclear field, have turned to […]
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan President Obama said his administration was committed to pursuing lasting peace and stability in the Middle East, but there is doubt as to whether he will be willing to pressure Israel […]
By Anthony Gregory I used to love Franken on Saturday Night Live. Although his Stuart Smally character got old very quickly, he did a wonderful Paul Tsongas impression. I’d link to an example on YouTube, […]
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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