Hamas says it will rebuild the beleaguered Gaza Strip despite an almost two-year-long Israeli-imposed blockade on the coastal sliver. Hamas Deputy Prime Minister Ziad al-Zaza said on Saturday that the movement would resort to mud […]
Israeli hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declares that Tel Aviv will never return the occupied Golan Heights to Syria. Benjamin Netanyahu made the remarks in an interview with Russian-language reporters on Friday, saying "remaining on […]
The United States has renewed its economic and diplomatic sanctions against Syria, despite the White House sending two senior diplomats to Damascus in an effort to improve ties. In a letter to Congress notifying it […]
Decades after Israel wiped out a village in the Holy Land, Christians there remain determined to preserve its heritage by keeping alive the language that Jesus spoke. "Shlomo malfonito" — "Hello teacher"– intone some 20 […]
By John Pilger The BBC’s American television soap Mad Men offers a rare glimpse of the power of corporate advertising. The promotion of smoking half a century ago by the “smart” people of Madison Avenue, who […]
By Uri Avnery – Israel First of all, I want to apologize to all the good women who are engaged in the world’s oldest profession. I recently described Shimon Peres as a political prostitute. One […]
By Dr. Haidar Eid – Gaza Gaza has returned to its pre-massacre state of siege, confronted with the usual, conspiratorial, "international" indifference after 22 long days and dark nights, during which its brave people were […]
Israeli restrictions, separation wall and settlements are virtually suffocating the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, restricting its growth, undermining its economy and compromising its future, the UN has warned. […]
An extraordinary meeting of Arab foreign ministers has concluded at the headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo. The meeting on Thursday discussed means of adopting a unified approach to the Middle East peace process […]
The United States told the Syrian government on Thursday it was committed to seeking a peace deal between Syria and Israel, a main objective for Damascus in its rapprochement with Washington. "We conveyed … President […]
By Ramzy Baroud From a distance, the struggle between Hamas and Fatah appears commonplace, a typical third world country’s political scuffle over interpretation of democracy that went out of control, or simply a ‘power struggle’ […]
By Joharah Baker – Jerusalem When Likud Party leader and right-wing politician Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as Israel’s new prime minister, nobody on this side of the fence broke out the bubbly. In the […]
By Iqbal Jassat – Pretoria The Last Resistance. Jacqueline Rose. (London: Verso: 2007) A regular contributor to the London Review of Books, Jacqueline Rose has authored a compelling new book which Sarah Roy of Harvard University correctly […]
By Neve Gordon – Israel Ezra Nawi was ridiculed and arrested for trying to protect people’s homes. Only international attention can help him now Without international intervention, Israeli human rights activist Ezra Nawi will most […]
By George S. Hishmeh The revelation that harsh interrogation methods, including torture, were used against detainees during the US-led war in Iraq by the George W. Bush administration, continues to reverberate here and overseas. The […]
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan The ‘two-state solution’ phrase was first coined in the 1947 UN General Assembly Resolution 181 to create two independent states in historical Palestine. Israel has been created and recognized within undefined […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday gave in to pressure from Israel by rejecting a U.N. report that accused Israel of "gross negligence and recklessness" in its 22-day assault of the Gaza strip, even […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London I hear that Fr Manuel Musallam, the Catholic priest in Gaza, has finally retired at 71. His is a hard act to follow. Many of us feared that ill health had […]
Shimon Peres, the Israeli president, has condemned a UN investigation into attacks on its facilities in Gaza as "outrageous" and "one-sided". Peres said Israel doesn’t "accept one word" of the report, which found that Israel […]
By Mohamed El Mokhtar Engaging in non-violent acts as a means of resistance to tyranny and injustice is certainly a noble and dignifying attitude. It is historically best epitomized by the Christ’s attitude of offering […]
Israel has dismissed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty as "ineffective" after a US official urged it to sign up to the pact. "This treaty has proven its ineffectiveness, it did not prevent countries like India, Pakistan […]
By Kevin Zeese Yesterday morning, eight doctors, lawyers and other activists stood up for single payer health care. We stood up during a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. The hearing was only to hear […]
The United Nations Headquarters Board of Inquiry on Tuesday, May 5, accused Israel of deliberately targeting its facilities and civilians taking shelter under UN flags during its recent three-week war on the Gaza Strip. "In […]
United States Vice President Joe Biden addressed the closing session of the leading American pro-Israeli lobby on Tuesday and called on Israel to accept a two-state solution and allow Palestinians "freedom of movement" but not […]
The Israeli prime minister has said his government wants peace with the Palestinians, but not at the cost of Israeli security. Speaking by satellite from Jerusalem, Binyamin Netanyahu outlined his "triple track" approach to the […]
By Shafiq Morton – Cape Town Those who criticize Israel or those who interrogate Zionism (the ism that gave birth to Israel) are often labeled “anti-Semitic” by the Zionist lobby. This lobby, a world-wide movement, […]
A Spanish judge decided Monday, May 4, to press ahead with a probe into Israeli crimes against humanity by a senior officials in the Gaza Strip in 2002. "No criminal investigation which could lead to […]
Lebanon dismissed on Monday Israeli plans to withdraw from parts of a divided border village as a ploy to divert attention from uncovered Jewish state’s spying activities in the Arab state. "This shrewd propaganda by […]
The UN’s Committee against Torture is investigating Israel’s interrogation of Palestinian patients, who sought treatment outside the Gaza Strip. The move by the UN committee comes as several rights groups have condemned the way Israel […]
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday he will tell U.S. President Barack Obama later this month that resuming peace talks with Israel hinges on its approval of a two-state solution. "We will go the […]
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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