By Stuart Littlewood – London The Viva Palestina convoy’s arrival in Gaza has worked wonders. It will be seen as a landmark achievement in the struggle for liberty. Thank you, George, for making us British […]

By Joharah Baker It seems to be business as usual for the Palestinians following the whirlwind resignation of Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad last week. No major ripples in internal politics have taken shape even though […]

By Dom Martin CoexistenceIs humanity’s Title DeedTo survival! In human greedComes the revivalOf  belligerence. There’s protectorateIn the electorateTo incorporate error With powerAnd powerWith terror! Death is aimedThe mother framedThe cradle claimed! Survival is maimedExistence walledJustice […]

By Jonathan Cook – Canada Park As spring sets in early, Israelis have been pouring into one of the country’s most popular leisure spots. Visitors to Canada Park, a few kilometres north-west of Jerusalem, enjoy its […]

By Ludwig Watzal Israel’s Occupation, Neve Gordon, University of California Press, Berkeley 2008. Israel has used Gaza as a free fire zone for 22 days and nights. Inevitably, the question arises how could Israel’s occupation […]

By Mohamed el-Sawwaf – Rafah To the ovation of thousands of jubilant Palestinians, an aid convoy led by British lawmaker George Galloway arrived in the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday, March 9. "(I’m here) to […]

By Ahmad Barqawi Something happened in Gaza that shook the very core of my foundation and being. If this is what the ‘progress’ and ‘evolution’ of the human species have yielded so far, then I […]

By IRIN News UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Ann M. Veneman recently paid a visit to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory to assess the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, with special focus on children. […]

By Joharah Baker It has been almost two years since the fabric of Palestinian unity was torn down the seam. For almost two years Hamas and Fatah have duked it out on the ground and […]

By Stephen Lendman – Chicago As The New York Times reported on January 22, Barack Obama signed Executive Orders (EOs) banning torture and "directing the CIA to shut what remains of its network of secret […]

By Sonja Karkar An epic journey across eight countries is nearing its end. Gaza is almost within sights of the weary drivers and their navigators. On Day 21, the British convoy leaders decided to by-pass […]

By Uri Avnery – Israel This week I had a nostalgic experience. I met a parliamentary delegation from one of the European countries. What turned this meeting into a special occasion for me was its […]

By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai This is a strange world. All those who stood around and stared while Israel pounded Gaza for three weeks have now come together apparently to rebuild it. From UN […]

By Natalie Abou Shakra – Gaza City There is a limit to the sea, and there is a limit to the land. To a Palestinian’s life in Gaza, there is a limit that is not […]

By Dina Jadallah-Taschler Recent developments in the aftermath of Israel’s attack on Gaza have once again called into question basic definitions of words and categories used to describe and/or hide events, conditions, demands, and agendas. […]

By Mohamed El Mokhtar Haiba Although George W. Bush is universally recognized for his right-wing leaning, he is not so well-known, at least publicly, for upholding some of the most fundamentalist apocalyptic thoughts underpinning the […]

By Stephen Lendman – Chicago Called human trafficking or forced labor, modern slavery thrives in America, largely below the radar. A 2004 UC Berkeley study cites it mainly in five sectors: — prostitution and sex […]

By Ramzy Baroud While various Western governments are struggling to define a possible relationship with the Palestinian movement Hamas, some progressive and leftist circles are also uneasy regarding their own perception of the Islamic movement. […]

By Franklin lamb – South Beirut Part I: Village Updates: Lebanon’s ‘International’ Election ‘We do not consider the coming elections as fateful, but rather as important. If the opposition wins the elections it is normal for […]