By Franklin Lamb – Beirut "It is the right of the Lebanese people, Army and the (Hezbollah led-) resistance to liberate the Shebaa Farms, the Kfar Shuba Hills and the northern part of the village […]
Israel says the Palestinian dismay at the partial halt of settlement expansions should be the last issue of concern. Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said that Israel disregards Palestinians’ opposition to its offer for […]
Talks on a prisoner swap for hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails in exchange for a captured Israeli soldier will resume after Eid al-Adha, Palestinian officials say. Hamas deputy chief Mussa Abu Marzuk said on […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London The recent Channel 4 TV Dispatches programme, which probed the antics of the pro-Israel lobby in British politics, has opened up this hitherto forbidden subject to public debate. Basic questions […]
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington A new bright star seems to have risen above the Arab world, heralding new relationships that could benefit the region as a whole. The Arab change of heart towards […]
By Bernard Avishai During the first night of the J Street conference, when delegates were just getting settled, a half dozen speakers—activists, rabbis and students—unexpectedly poured their hearts out. The 1,500 people in the hall, […]
As Palestinians have rejected an Israeli proposal for a temporary freeze on settlement activity, Britain says the offer should revive the Middle East peace talks. "Britain wants today’s announcement by Israel to become a step […]
The Palestinian Authority has strongly rejected Israel’s proposed settlement freeze as the temporary move does not include Jerusalem Al-Quds. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said his government approved a 10-month halt to the […]
Israel says it will impose a temporary freeze on settlement construction in the occupied West Bank in a bid to resume peace talks with the Palestinians. "Israel today has taken a far-reaching step toward peace; […]
By Ramzy Baroud This week Americans will observe ‘Thanksgiving’ commemorating a romanticized era in their nations record, celebrating the supposed solidarity and brotherhood enjoyed by the first settlers and the indigenous people of what is […]
By Stephen Lendman On November 20, New York Times writer Colin Moynihan broke the news headlining: "Radical Lawyer Convicted of Aiding Terrorist Is Jailed," then saying: "Defiant to the end as she embraced supporters outside […]
By Uri Avnery – Israel 25 November 2009 I recall my last conversation with Yasser Arafat in his Ramallah compound a few weeks before his death. It was he who brought up the idea of […]
By Ramzy Baroud Like scores of journalists, I attentively listened as Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivering his closing remarks, and for the last time answering journalists’ questions. It was the conclusion of 17th […]
Several Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip have denied Hamas claims that an agreement has been brokered among them to stop firing rockets across the border into Israel. The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing […]
Shimon Peres, Israel’s president, has said there has been "progress" in efforts to free Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier captured by Hamas three years ago. The disclosure by Peres, was made after he met Hosni […]
At least two Palestinians have been killed and four others wounded in an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip. Gaza hospital sources announced the reception of two bodies late on Monday, along with four other […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth South Africa deported an Israeli airline official last week following allegations that Israel’s secret police, the Shin Bet, had infiltrated Johannesburg international airport in an effort to gather information on South […]
By Deepak Sarkar Dedicated to all victims who have been silenced depriving them from Rule of Law and Proof of Conviction Welcome to Guantanimo Bay Cuba! We specialize in converting innocent people to Al-Qaeda!Headquartered in […]
By Stephen Lendman – Chicago In a December 2008 article, this writer explained that the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) was the largest American Muslim charity until the Bush administration bogusly […]
Hamas’s armed wing on Sunday announced that armed groups in its Gaza Strip stronghold had finalized a deal to stop firing rockets into Israel, but said they would respond to Israeli raids, one of which […]
"The water is no longer fit for human consumption, with analysis and international studies showing that just 10 percent of water in the Gaza Strip is potable… threatening the lives of Palestinians," AFP quoted Munzir […]
Israel‘s president has downplayed the construction of settlements in the occupied Palestinian land as a ‘marginal’ issue blocking the resumption of peace talks. "Unfortunately, it’s a marginal issue, it is some building of houses that […]
By Gilad Atzmon – London ‘Israel is the light onto the nations’ says the Torah. Indeed it is, and not just because the Torah says so. Israel is ahead of everyone else in many fronts. Take for […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth A plan by right-wing legislators in Israel to commemorate the anniversary this month of the death of Meir Kahane, whose banned anti-Arab movement is classified as a terrorist organisation, risks further […]
Fearing loss of life and money, Palestinians are abandoning tunnels that supply the blockaded Gaza Strip with everything from food to fridges to weapons. On the Gaza side of the border with Egypt, there is […]
The school dropout rate among Palestinian refugees in Lebanon is alarmingly high with 50 percent of 17-year-olds and 40 percent of 16-year-olds receiving no education, United Nations officials warned on Friday. "We are sounding the […]
More international community members condemn Israel over plans to authorize construction of 900 new housing units at Gilo, a settlement built illegally on Palestinian land occupied in the 1967 war. China criticized the Israeli government’s […]
By Nicholas Noe Four and a half years after Syrian troops were unexpectedly cajoled out of Lebanon, and more than three years after the end of a (nearly) "open" war with Israel, the Shi’ite movement […]
A British documentary argues that UK’s pro-Israeli lobby has grown so powerful to the extent that it would inescapably influence any future Conservative government in the country. Channel 4’s Dispatches program entitled ‘Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby,’ […]
Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal vows of planning a new political initiative that would discard vain negotiations and instead adopt resistance to redress Palestinian rights. "Not much hope could be upheld for a future Palestinian […]
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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