By George S. Hishmeh Many a Palestinian finds it inexplicable, if not unbelievable, that Israelis – most of whom came from Europe, where some of their relatives or ancestors suffered shocking atrocities at the hands […]
By Gilad Atzmon Heroic ex Cabinet Minister Clare Short was criticized today over the Parliament’s invitation of Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal to address MPs and Peers via a video-link up. Needless to say, Short’s initiative […]
By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai Danny Boyle couldn’t have come up with a more perfect cast and production to bring Vikas Swarup’s obscure novel to life in Slumdog Millionaire. The movie celebrating the rags-to-riches […]
By Miko Peled United States envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, kicked off a visit to Israel restating the US commitment to the Road Map and the Two State Solution. However, both of these […]
The British government is being accused of hindering attempts by human rights lawyers to access to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip to document Israel’s war crimes by refusing to provide the needed entry letters. "All the […]
By Motasem Dalloul – Gaza City Christians in the bombed-out, Israel-closed Gaza Strip feel abandoned because Pope Benedict XVI of the Vatican will snub their coastal enclave during his upcoming several-day visit to the Holy […]
Te UN’s first global racism conference in eight years adopted on Tuesday, April 20, a final declaration against racism, xenophobia and intolerance. "Ladies and gentlemen, you have taken a momentous decision to adopt the document," […]
Rising poverty, unemployment and food insecurity in Gaza, compounded by the recent 23-day Israeli offensive, have increased the threat of child malnutrition, say UN agencies, health ministry officials and healthcare NGOs in Gaza. UN World […]
Rafah crossing, Gaza’s only official border crossing into Egypt, opened to a limited number of Gazans on 18-21 April. Some 1,600 medical patients, students and business people crossed into Egypt. Some 400 were turned back […]
By Sayed Dhansay He stands on a small sandy hilltop wearing a bright yellow t-shirt, cigarette in hand. He is calling out to the soldiers on the other side of the fence “Do not shoot, […]
By Samah Sabawi Three months ago, the world stood still for one rare moment of absolute clarity as it grasped the implication of Israel’s imprisonment of a civilian population and its use of aid and […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London The truth never suits Israel’s flag-wavers and stooges. They have to twist it or strangulate it. When Mr. Ahmadjinedad got up to speak at the UN racism conference the British […]
The following is the speech of the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Durban Review Conference on racism in Geneva on April 20, 2009. Mr. Chairman, honorable secretary general of the United Nations, honorable United […]
By Jim Miles The Predator State – How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too. James K. Galbraith. Free Press, New York, 2008. Not too many economists make much clarity these days, and […]
By Lise Brouillette A field blasted in the middle a tree the last one standing casting a shadow still At every hour of the day another grave it will highlight by its darkening grant it […]
By Gaither Stewart – Rome – Paris Four parties and movements of the quarrelsome and divided Italian Left have allied for the European parliamentary elections next June. That is good news. Communist Refoundation, Party of […]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized on Monday, April 20, Israel’s racist practices against the Palestinian people, sparking a walkout by European delegates from the UN conference on racism. "In fact, in compensation for the dire […]
Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman will visit Israel this week and meet Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, an official said Sunday, despite Cairo’s unease with the far-right politician. "General Suleiman will meet minister Lieberman during his […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not setting recognition of Israel as a state for the Jewish people as a condition for restarting peace talks with the Palestinians but said it would be impossible to make […]
Human Rights Watch has accused Hamas of killing at least 32 members of rival political factions and people accused of collaborating with Israel during the Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip earlier this year. A […]
By Frank Barat On April the 17th, like any Fridays afternoon for the last 4 years, the small village of Bil’in, north of Ramallah, was preparing for the usual demonstration against Israel’s annexation wall (some […]
By Joharah Baker Today, April 20, the United Nations’ global conference on racism opens in Geneva. There will be a few empty seats though, namely those reserved for the United States, Israel, Canada, Italy, Holland, […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London April 23 is when we in England celebrate our patron saint, George. St George and the Dragon are to be seen everywhere in Bethlehem, especially in and around the ancient Church […]
By Annie O’Gara – Manchester, UK On Friday, April 17th, a group of protesters from Manchester, York and Halifax Palestinian Solidarity groups gathered outside the Co-op headquarters in Balloon Street, Manchester. They were challenging the […]
By Sam Bahour – The West Bank Though hawkish Benjamin Netanyahu came in second in Israel’s last elections, he was tapped by Israel’s president to form a new government. With his coalition now in place, […]
Three Palestinians were killed and seven others wounded on Friday in clashes and violence with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, Palestinian medics and witnesses said. Medics said that Israeli soldiers shot dead a 16-year-old […]
By Uri Avnery – Israel Perhaps Avigdor Lieberman is only a passing episode in the annals of the State of Israel. Perhaps the fire he is trying to ignite will flicker briefly and go out […]
Israel’s military is preparing so it could launch major aerial attacks on Iranian nuclear sites if ordered to, a British newspaper said Saturday, as Iran marked its armed forces’ day with a parade that appeared […]
By Mazin Qumsiyeh – Bethlehem We now know how Nothingyahoo (Netanyahu) intends to pursue the classic Israeli policy of engaging in endless "Peace Talks" without the intention of reaching any peace based on International law. He […]
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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