The Holocaust Connection
By Joharah Baker As Israel jubilantly celebrates 61 years of existence, the Palestinians continue to wonder what the future holds for them. Their dream of a two-state solution seems to wane with each passing day […]
Year: 2009
Death Verdict over West Bank Land Sale
A Palestinian man has been sentenced to death by hanging for selling land in the West Bank to Israelis. Prosecutors at the Palestinian court in Hebron said on Wednesday the man had sold land that […]
Global Research: Media As It Should Be
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago Self-promotion? Fair enough, but for a good purpose – to introduce more people to what the Global Research News Hour (GRNH) provides: — real democracy advocacy live, on-air, daily; — an […]
Israel in Massive West Bank Land Grab
Israel is planning a huge West Bank land grab that would further isolate Al-Quds (occupied East Jerusalem) and leave a future Palestinian state unviable, the Israeli Peace Now group has revealed. "What they have in […]
UN Survey Highlights Psychological Trauma in Gaza
The UN Inter-Agency Gender Task Force (IAGTF), a mechanism for integrating gender concerns into UN policies and programmes, on 23 April published the results of a household survey on the needs and perceptions of men […]
Venezuelan-Palestinian Ties Forged
Venezuela and the Palestinian Authority have established diplomatic relations. Nicolas Maduro, the Venezuelan foreign minister, and Riyad al-Maliki, his Palestinian counterpart, signed agreements creating diplomatic ties on Monday in Caracas. "The people of Palestine can […]
Israeli Use of Palestinians As Human Shields
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights is a Gaza-based Palestinian NGO mandated "to promote, protect and prevent violations of human rights in general, and economic, social and cultural rights […]
US Rep. Traded Favors with Jewish lobby: Report
A California Democratic congresswoman long involved in intelligence issues has come under fire after she allegedly promised to trade favors with the Jewish lobby in a phone conversation with suspected Israeli spies that was recorded […]
Myth of Sectarianism in the ‘New Middle East’
By Ali Jawad One of the lasting legacies of the failed US-led war on Iraq is without doubt the rise of sectarianism in the general discourse on Middle Eastern politics. Sectarianism has been pitched as […]
Efforts to Track Communicable Diseases in Gaza
UN agencies and the health ministry in Gaza are working to strengthen communicable disease surveillance systems in Gaza, in light of the fact that leaking sewage may be contaminating drinking water. The fragile water and […]
Israel Split as Syria Sees No Peace Talks Soon
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Sunday insisted on the return of the Golan Heights but said he could not foresee peace talks with Israel anytime soon as Israel’s foreign minister said that he could not see […]
Iran Arrests Bombers Linked to Israel: Minister
Iran said on Sunday it has arrested members of a terrorist network linked to Israel who planned a number of bombings in the capital ahead of the June presidential election, even as Iranian President Mahmoud […]
Clinton Urges ‘Free’ Lebanon Vote
The US secretary of state has called on Lebanon to hold an open and free election in June, as she made an unannounced visit to the country. Hillary Clinton travelled to the Lebanese capital Beirut […]
The Problem Isn’t Avigdor Lieberman
By Ellen Cantarow No one doubts that Avigdor Lieberman is a thug. His ultimata ("Those who think that through concessions they will gain respect and peace are wrong," etc, New York Times Thursday, April 2, […]
Why Did Hillary Clinton Come to Beirut?
By Franklin Lamb – Beirut On June 17, 2008, then Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice set a remarkable American and World Record for the shortest visit to Lebanon ever recorded by a serving US Secretary […]
Emanuel Trumpets the Coming of the Drummer
By William A. Cook "It is not merely of some importance but is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly beseen to be done." — Lord Hewart, […]
Terror and Torture
By Jim Miles The current media frenzy concerning Obama’s coming release of more information on U.S. torture between 2000 and 2005 is a political storm conveniently kept out of context. There are two aspects to […]
Israel Raps EU for Linking Ties to Peace
Israel has taken a swipe at the EU for linking closer relations with the new Israeli government to commitment to a two-state solution. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Tel Aviv does not […]
Withdraw From West Bank: Israeli Diplomat
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s nominee for ambassador to the US has called for unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and dismantle settlements to help establish peace with the Palestinians, Haaretz reported on Friday, […]
Palestine and the Tactic of Non-Violence
By Ray Zwarich Response to Ramzy Baroud’s article Non-Violence in Palestine: Timing and Intentions – The Palestine Chronicle and CounterPunch. The tactic of non-violence has certainly been highly propagandized, to the point that many of […]
Middle East ‘Spies’: A New Front for Gaza’s Conflict
By Ramzy Baroud The reverberations of the Israeli war on Gaza are still felt throughout the Middle East. One could in fact speak of a silent war being waged in the region. Now that Israel’s […]
How Much Israeli Arrogance Will the US Take?
By Joharah Baker The UN Conference on Racism which just closed in Geneva was one of the many instances that Israel was able to enforce its dictates on the United States (and others, obviously). After […]
Mubarak’s Expanding Enemies List
By Rannie Amiri A telltale sign of a dictator’s waning influence is increasing paranoia. And this is exactly what Egypt’s U.S.-backed dictator, President Hosni Mubarak, is suffering from. At a time when criticism over Egypt’s […]
Israel Covering Up Gaza Crimes: HRW
Human Rights Watch on Thursday, April 23, branded Israeli probes into the recent Gaza war as an attempt to covering up Israeli war crimes perpetrated in the densely-populated coastal enclave. "The conclusions are an apparent […]
Egypt’s Mubarak Invites Israeli PM without FM
President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday confirmed an invitation to Israel’s right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to come to Egypt, but without his firebrand Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. "The Israeli prime minister might come to see […]
Ex-chief Rabbi Invites Ahmadinejad to Israel
Israel’s former chief rabbi invited Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s to visit Jerusalem to see proof of the Holocaust with his own eyes as the Israeli tourism ministry urged the Pope Wednesday to cancel a meeting with […]
Israel Defends Army’s Gaza Conduct
An internal Israeli investigation has concluded that the country’s military acted in accordance with international law during the recent war in Gaza. Reporting its findings on Wednesday, the military rejected allegations of war crimes from […]
Norway Examines Israel’s Gaza War Crimes
Norway’s public prosecutors confirmed on Wednesday, April 22, they would study a complaint filed by a group of lawyers accusing Israeli leaders of war crimes against the civilian population in the Gaza Strip. "We received […]
Lebanese Ex-general Charged with Spying for Israel
A Lebanese prosecutor on Thursday charged a former general and three other people with spying for Israel and referred them to the military court. Adeeb al-Alam, a retired brigadier general of the prominent General Security […]
