By Dina Jadallah-Taschler The adjectives weak and ineffectual come to mind when describing the military capability of most Arab regimes to exert internal and external territorial defense, a necessary component of sovereignty. We often hear […]
By Edward Mast The sand is frozen.Each particle fixed in place.Salt sparkles on solid wavesthat lift and crest unmoving and do notreach the frozen shoreline.Inland broken weeds stand bent, unfalling undying leaning on air.Jagged stones […]
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah confirmed on Friday that a man Egypt is holding on suspicion of planning attacks there is a member of the Lebanese Shiite movement, but denied seeking to destabilize the country. He […]
Egyptian security forces detained 15 people on Friday over accusations they helped in smuggling rockets into the Hamas-run Gaza Strip via border tunnels, security sources claimed. The sources said authorities had confiscated the outer shells […]
The rift between the two main Palestinian movements – Fatah which controls the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank and Hamas which controls Gaza – has impeded the availability of health care in Gaza, […]
Thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world poured into the Holy City of Jerusalem under sunny skies on Friday to pray along the traditional route they believe Jesus took to his crucifixion. As part […]
By Ali Jawad Arab League summits have become renowned in the Gulf region as venues for the annual ‘diplomatic circus’. Circus performers, in the shape of diplomats, who display immense dexterity at word-juggling, and in […]
[After attending a reading of Seven Jewish Children, A Play for Gaza, by Caryl Churchill, New York Theatre Workshop, March 26, 2009.] By Rafiq Kathwari Dear Tony, I am a hyphenated –American born and raised […]
By Ramzy Baroud Any variation of the words ‘Palestine’ and ‘massacre’ are sure to yield millions of results on major search engines on the World Wide Web. These results are largely in reference to hundreds […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Obstacles to Israel’s Arab minority participating in higher education have resulted in a record number of Arab students taking up places at universities in neighboring Jordan, a new report reveals. Figures […]
By Physicians for Human Rights-Israel Independent fact-finding mission of medical experts commissioned by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel and the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) published today (April 6) its special report on the Israeli offensive […]
By Nasir Khan On February 27, 2009 President Barack Obama delivered his much-anticipated policy speech on Iraq. The important point in his announcement was the withdrawal of some U.S. troops from Iraq by August 31, […]
By Dan Lieberman Academic symposiums usually clarify history and knowledge to a select group who absorb the history and knowledge in order to impart the history and knowledge to others. The 2009 Annual Symposium of […]
Egyptian prosecutors are interrogating about 50 people on suspicion of belonging to Hezbollah and supporting Hamas. Security forces began questioning the group of Egyptians, Palestinians and Lebanese on Saturday, legal sources told Al Jazeera on […]
At least eight people have been injured in a rampage by Jewish settlers through an Arab village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, residents have said. The settlers from Bat Ayin, where a Palestinian killed a […]
US President Barack Obama’s team is engaged in preemptive discussions with Democratic congressmen in anticipation of a face-off with Israel’s new far-right government on the two-state peace solution. "In an unprecedented move, the Obama administration […]
By Natalie Abou Shakra – Gaza "Look, look! It’s him! It’s him!" screamed Shaymaa from the bus, as a group of 18 family members descended from it to walk closer to the border between Rafah […]
By Guy Gabriel While a hero in the Arab world, in the West the position of Iraqi journalist Muntadher al-Zaidi was more ambiguous. Few people seemed to mind that such a bold statement as throwing […]
By Joharah Baker For Palestinians, it is hard to figure out what all the commotion is about. True, newly sworn in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is clearly not the most sympathetic person to the […]
By Muhammed Qasim – Washington Sensing a genuine desire on his part to turn a new leaf in America’s relations with the world, particularly Muslims, experts and community activists believe President Barack Obama needs to […]
By Ira Glunts This weekend the Israeli daily, Ma’ariv, published an interview in Hebrew with Professor Ben Zion Netanyahu, the 99-year-old father of the new Israeli prime minister. The elder Netanyahu is known for his […]
Over 150,000 Palestinians in Gaza (around 10 percent of the population) are struggling without tap water as a result of the damage caused to wells, pipes and waste water facilities during the recent 23-day Israeli […]
The West need to end the Hamas isolation policy if it really wants to achieve peace in the troubled Middle East, 2008 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Marrti Ahtisaari believes. "We have to start, I think, […]
Israeli police have shot dead a Palestinian motorist they say tried to drive into them during the demolition of the home of a digger driver who killed three Israelis last year. Micky Rosenfeld, an Israeli […]
By Dima Omar – London Well, not much really .. Just that when you invite people who don’t consider each other to be ‘within the pale’, as British columnist David Aaronovitch said, then the discussion on […]
By IRIN – Baghdad The remaining estimated 14,000 Palestinians in Iraq or holed up in camps on the Iraqi-Syrian border still face a precarious existence, despite a slowly improving security situation, say observers. During a […]
By Jim Miles – Canada It was only a short news item, and it probably received much more commentary in the U.S. but on Canwest Global’s evening news (Sunday, April 05, Vancouver, Canada) was an […]
Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish, a Palestinian doctor who lost his three daughters in the Israeli war on Gaza Strip, has been nominated for the Nobel peace prize in recognition of his efforts to promote peace between […]
Israel’s army violated codes of ethics and international law during the war in Gaza by attacking medics and refusing to allow the treatment of wounded, a human-rights group says. In a report published on Monday, […]
Benyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s new prime minister, has presided over his cabinet’s first meeting, stressing the need for urgent measures to tackle the country’s security and economic challenges. Sworn in as the prime minister on Tuesday, […]
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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