US Not at War With Islam: Obama
US President Barack Obama on Monday, April 6, seized upon his first visit to a Muslim country to bridge the gap between his country and the Muslim world, praising Muslim contributions to the world over […]
Year: 2009
‘Hebrew Labor’ Lives on: Israel Railways Fires Arab Guards
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth A decision by Israel’s state-owned railway company to sack 150 Arab workers because they have not served in the army has been denounced as "unlawful" and "racist" this week by […]
Unholy Intentions in God’s Holy City
By Joharah Baker – Jerusalem I have lived in the Old City of Jerusalem for almost 11 years now and this time of year has never ceased to amaze and disturb me all at once. […]
Israel on Trial
By George Bisharat – San Francisco Chilling testimony by Israeli soldiers substantiates charges that Israel’s Gaza Strip assault entailed grave violations of international law. The emergence of a predominantly right-wing, nationalist government in Israel suggests […]
UN Tracks Rising Violence Against Women in Gaza
The UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in Gaza, local Palestinian NGOs and mental health professionals are reporting increased incidents of domestic violence and sexual assault against women in Gaza since the beginning of 2009. […]
Student Foils Israeli Bid to Wreck Family’s Hopes
By Stuart Littlewood – London Bethlehem University has been closed a dozen times by Israeli storm-troopers and shelled by their tanks, but it remains one of those magical places in the Holy Land where you […]
Israeli Police Kill Armed Woman and Two Gunmen
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian woman who fired at a police base in southern Israel Saturday, and also killed two militants in a separate incident in the Gaza Strip, medics and Israeli army official […]
It’s a Lieberman Government
By Uri Avnery – Israel On the first day of the new Israeli government, the fog cleared: it’s a Lieberman government. The day started with a celebration at the President’s office. All the members of […]
Israel Slams UN Probe into Gaza as ‘Demonizing’
Israel on Friday slammed a United Nations investigation into alleged war crimes committed during its recent 22-day assault of Gaza following the appointment of a former international prosecutor to head the mission. "This is not […]
UN Appoints Gaza War Investigator
The United Nations has appointed a former war crimes prosecutor to investigate offences allegedly committed by Israeli and Palestinian fighters during Israel’s war on Gaza. Richard Goldstone, a Jewish judge from South Africa, will lead […]
Arab ‘Reconciliation’ Summit a Bust
By Rannie Amiri The 21st Arab League summit held this week in Doha, Qatar ended up being little more than a summit of egos. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir – just indicted for war crimes in […]
Robots with Missiles: A Closer Look
By Kathy Kelly It’s one thing to study online articles describing the MQ-9 Reapers and MQ-1 Predators. It’s quite another to identify these drones as they take off from runways at Nevada’s Creech Air Force […]
Palestine and the Arab World: Raping Sovereignty
By Dina Jadallah-Taschler Proclamations (and delusions) of sovereignty in the Arab world create and necessitate resistance. As a political concept, sovereignty means the independence and power to exercise control over a political and territorial entity […]
FAO: Access to Buffer Zone Key to Agricultural Recovery in Gaza
Gaza’s battered agricultural sector has the capacity to recover but only if there is access to the buffer zone, and only if Gaza’s commercial crossings are fully opened, according to a recent UN Food and […]
Hawkish Lieberman Ruffles Feathers
Showing off his hardline positions, new Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman rejected Thursday, April 2, any Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. "There is no cabinet resolution regarding negotiations with Syria," Lieberman told […]
Israeli Settlers Seize Muslim House in Jerusalem
Israeli settlers seized a house in the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem Old City’s, the owner’s family and witnesses said on Thursday, the same day an axe-wielding Palestinian man rampaged through a Jewish settlement in the […]
Iraqi Shoes Revisited: A Pair of Narratives
By Ramzy Baroud It’s remarkable how some in the media can cleverly manipulate a story by avoiding its essence and focusing on marginal details. The chucking of a pair of shoes at former President George […]
Avigdor and Netanyahu: an Evil Marriage
By Mohamed El Mokhtar Sidi Haiba Taking office as Israel’s new leader Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu promised to supposedly seek ‘full peace’ with the Arab and Muslim world while deliberately avoiding to even mention the only […]
Changing the Rules of War
By George Bisharat The extent of Israel’s brutality against Palestinian civilians in its 22-day pounding of the Gaza Strip is gradually surfacing. Israeli soldiers are testifying to lax rules of engagement tantamount to a license […]
State of the Nations – The Environment
By Jim Miles – Canada The first part of this series looked at the overall context of the economy, the war on terror, and the environment. The previous section focused on the military with its […]
UK Ready for Talks if Hamas Change Stance on Israel
A senior British official on Wednesday called on the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas to reject violence, during a visit to Damascus where the group’s leader is based in exile. "Hamas needs to move tangibly, in […]
Israeli FM Dismisses Annapolis Deal
Israel’s new foreign minister has said that the government is not bound by the agreement reached at the Annapolis conference in the US in 2007, which provides for a Palestinian state. Avigdor Lieberman, leader of […]
Gaza Orphans in the Spotlight
An estimated 1,346 children were left without one or more of their parents as a result of the recent 23-day Israeli assault on Gaza, according to Islamic Relief in Gaza. An orphan is defined by […]
Israel New Gov’t Not for Peace: Analysts
Israel’s new Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unlikely to pursue a comprehensive solution in the peace process with the Palestinians and will lead a government more into settlement expansion than concessions for peace, analysts believe. […]
UN Agency Warns Palestinian Staff
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency UNRWA has warned Palestinian employees that they could be sacked if they become involved with political factions in the Gaza Strip, reports say. UNRWA, which provides food aid, […]
Gaza Sea: Bullet for Each Fish
By Shaimaa Mustafa – Gaza City The sea has always been Ibrahim Shahada’s life. For years he used to join fellow fishermen heading to the shores with the first sun beams. Today, the 50-year old […]
Olmert Will Be Remembered for Little but Scandal
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Ehud Olmert, who handed over the Israeli premiership to Benjamin Netanyahu after three years heading the government, suffered a slow and public political demise. The eight lame-duck months since his resignation […]
Israel’s Illegal Annexation of East Jerusalem
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago So says a confidential EU report revealed on March 7 by The London Guardian’s Rory McCarthy. It accuses Israel "of using settlement expansion, house demolitions, discriminatory housing policies and the […]
Procuring Academics for Empire
By James Petras The Pentagon’s military strategists have recognized that they have suffered political losses, with strategic consequences in their recent military invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. US military support for the Israeli invasions of […]
