Gaza from a Distance, but on the Horizon
By Dr. Mona El Farra It has been too long since I have been in contact with all of you. During this time, I have been incredibly busy and my situation has been constantly changing. […]
Year: 2009
UN Holds 2nd Round of Public Hearings on Gaza
A UN human rights mission investigating possible war crimes in the Gaza Strip has resumed its public hearings with the victims of Israel’s deadly offensive. The two-day session at the UN’s human rights headquarters in […]
Israel Has a Right to Deal with Nuclear Iran: Biden
A senior Iranian official slammed Monday statements by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden that Israel has a sovereign right to decide what is in its best interest in dealing with Iran’s nuclear ambitions and said […]
Israel Charges Palestinian ‘Terror Infiltrator’ in West Bank
Israel’s hardliner Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman admitted Monday a "conflict of interest" with the United States over a settlement freeze as Israel arrested a Palestinian on charges of setting up armed cells in the occupied […]
Prisoner No. 88794 – Message from Israeli Jail
By Cynthia McKinney This is Cynthia McKinney and I’m speaking from an Israeli prison cellblock in Ramle. [I am one of] the Free Gaza 21, human rights activists currently imprisoned for trying to take medical […]
How Cynthia McKinney Honored America
By Franklin Lamb – Beirut Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney returned home today after 6 days being held by the government of Israel while attempting with 21 colleagues to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza on the […]
Israel Calls on Jewish Fanatics to ‘Save’ Galilee
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Israel’s housing minister called for strict segregation between the country’s Jewish and Arab populations last week as he unveiled plans to move large numbers of fundamentalist religious Jews to Israel’s north […]
France Risks Return to Old Europe
By Belen Fernandez A June 23 article in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera entitled "Berlusconi: ‘Rapporti con Iran? Solo se condivisi con Usa e Israele’" registers the Italian premier’s pledge to tailor his country’s […]
The Israeli Idea of a ‘Palestinian State’
By Saree Makdisi To judge by the next day’s headlines, Benjamin Netanyahu’s policy speech last month was a great success. "Israeli Premier Backs State for Palestinians," declared the New York Times. "Israel Endorses Two-State Goal," […]
In Israel, Former US Lawmaker Remains Imprisoned
Cynthia McKinney was captured by Israeli forces aboard a relief boat en route to Gaza. Former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney and several other human rights activists remain in an Israeli prison after refusing to sign […]
Gaza’s Sewage Beaches
Manal’s dreams of a vacation were not a luxurious summer camp or a first-class resort, but a dip in the water on the Gaza beach, regardless of pollution risks. "It’s not that bad if the […]
Israeli Navy Performs ‘Unusual’ Drill in Suez
An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defense sources said on Friday, as an Israeli minister warned against the expanding population of Arab […]
Israel Insults Britain (Again)
By Stuart Littlewood – London On Tuesday the Israeli navy, in a blatant act of piracy on the high seas, assaulted the vessel ‘Spirit of Humanity’ and abducted six British nationals who were taking part […]
Remembering Fearless Israeli Journalist Kapeliouk
By Franklin Lamb – Beirut Amnon Kapeliouk, an Israeli Jew, was an extraordinary journalist. Sadly, he died on June 26 at the age of 78 and was buried near his birthplace in West Jerusalem. For […]
President Obama: Why Are We Supporting Israel’s War Crimes?
By Mohamed Khodr "Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it." — Abraham Lincoln “Right and wrong are the same in Palestine […]
One and Two Explain Situation in Honduras
By Belen Fernandez On a visit to the website of the US State Department yesterday, I was greeted with a map of Honduras superimposed with an invitation to "[s]upport UN efforts to aid Pakistani refugees. […]
Monsoon Revolution for Muslims
Aijaz Zaka Syed – Hyderabad, India A dear friend who lost more than his heart to a dusky damsel from the Indian state often celebrated as ‘God’s own country’ gifted a deliciously readable book, Chasing […]
‘Wanton’ Israeli War Crimes in Gaza: AI
Deliberate killing of children, wanton destruction of homes and the bombing of a civilian population with white phosphorus were some of the war crimes Israel committed during its 22-day Gaza war, Amnesty International said in […]
Gaza-Egypt Crossing to Open Three Days a Month
Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border opened briefly on 25, 26 and 27 June allowing Gaza patients in need of emergency care, students, and foreign visa holders to exit. Rafah has been almost completely closed […]
In Blockaded Gaza, Israeli Tanks Kill Again
A seventeen-year-old Palestinian girl has reportedly been killed and four others have suffered wounds in Israeli tank fire in the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinians who said they witnessed the incident, Hyam Ayash lost […]
Israel Arrests Fatah Figure in West Bank
Israeli soldiers have arrested head of the Palestinian Workers Union Yasser Taha in a pre-dawn raid in the occupied West Bank town of Bidya. The prominent member of the Fatah movement was snatched after Israeli […]
Why Jerusalem? – Israel’s Hidden Agenda
By Dan Lieberman – Jerusalem Three huge granite stones rest comfortably on the top of Midbar Sinai Street, in Givat Havatzim, Jerusalem’s northernmost district. Cut to specification, the imposing stones represent one of several preparations […]
Hamas’ Political Impasse: Between Principal and Necessity
By Ramzy Baroud Much can be said to explain, or even justify Hamas’ recent political concessions, where its top leaders in Gaza and Damascus agreed in principle with a political settlement on the basis of […]
US Remains Silent over McKinney Arrest by Israel
Nearly a day after the detention of former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney by Israeli forces, Washington has yet to make a reaction. Israeli Navy detained former US congresswoman and Nobel Prize laureate Cynthia McKinney and […]
Barak Downplays US-Israeli Settlement Row
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak downplays the differences between the US and Israel over the issue of settlements as "only one component" in the peace process. "We must put this issue in perspective, bearing in […]
PA Minister Resigns over Government Failure
The Palestinian Authority’s minister for Jerusalem (al-Quds) affairs stepped down over the government’s failure to defend Palestinian interests. Hatem Abdel Qader said Wednesday that he had decided to resign from his post in protest to […]
Pro-Israel Lobby Alarmed by Growth of Boycott, Divestment Movement
By Art Young The movement to call Israel to account for its crimes against the Palestinian people is growing, it is "invading the mainstream discourse, becoming part of the constant and unrelenting drumbeat against Israel." […]
Israel Holds Gaza Boat, Foreign Dignitaries
Israeli navy troops seized on Tuesday, June 30, a Gaza blockade-defying boat loaded with humanitarian aid and detained 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. […]
Sarkozy Urged Israel to ‘Get Rid of’ Lieberman
Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman issued a tough rebuke following remarks in which France’s president urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "to get rid of" the ultranationalist Israeli official, Israeli media reports said on Tuesday. […]
