A roadside bomb has detonated near a secured convoy carrying Israeli diplomatic staff as the cars were making their way to Amman, Jordan. The blast occurred at around 5 p.m. (1500 GMT) close to the Allenby […]
The Egyptian government is building a dock at the Rafah border in an attempt to tighten up and make the blockade on Gaza stricter. “The new anchorage will enhance the work of the Egyptian patrol […]
By Stephen Lendman An October 2007 Haaretz editorial titled "Democracy or hypocrisy" contrasted the "occupying Land of Israel to the democratic Israel" in calling for a "debate about Israel’s control over the lives of Palestinians […]
By Ramzy Baroud The recent actions of people from around the world in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza have arguably represented the closest manifestation of international solidarity since the International Brigades against fascism […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Israel unveiled ‘Iron Dome’ last week, a missile-defence system that is designed to strike a knock-out blow against short-range rockets of the variety fired into Israel by Hamas and Hizbullah. In […]
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, has made a formal apology to Ankara over his ‘discourteous’ conduct during a meeting with Turkey’s ambassador to Tel Aviv in a row over a Turkish TV series. "It […]
Bianca Zammit – Gaza On December 28th 2008 mid-term examinations had been scheduled to take place at the University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS) in Gaza. When the day arrived, however, the University College’s rooms, […]
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh calls on all Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip to unify and to protect Gazans from any possible Israeli aggression. "We call upon Palestinian factions to intensify their meetings in order […]
By Tammy Obeidallah Sometimes it is not sufficient to know that our elected leaders simply ‘support’ Israel. We must read their own words in order to understand how deeply ingrained are the lies, the false […]
The Palestinian Resistance Movement (Hamas) says that the Egyptian soldier shot dead during the recent skirmishes in Rafah border crossing was not killed by Palestinian fire. According to the Palestinian Information Center, Hamas spokesman Sami […]
By PACBI – Occupied Ramallah Dear Bono, The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) was deeply disturbed to learn that that you are scheduled to perform in Israel this coming […]
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad says Israel is mounting a fierce media campaign against the resistance before an intended military aggression on the Gaza Strip. Islamic Jihad spokesman, Davoud Shihab, in a statement on Monday called […]
By Stephen Lendman Adalah is the legal center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel advocating on their behalf in a nation affording rights only to Jews. In September 2009, its report titled "Prohibited Protest" exposed […]
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington D.C. So Barrack Obama does not want to use his stick, much as this approach has been effective in the past especially in settling Arab-Israeli disputes. This was clearly pointed out […]
By Jim Miles Israel and Palestine – Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations. Avi Shlaim. Verso, London, 2009. This is a thought provoking if not fully developed work on the ongoing situation in Palestine/Israel. Avi Shlaim has compiled […]
A high-profile Jewish settler leader resigned on Monday, January 11, protesting what he described as growing extremism among settlers’ rank and deafening silence over brutal settler attacks on Palestinians, the Jerusalem Post reported on Monday, […]
Israel says it will not show any flexibility in the prisoner swap talks with the Palestinians as tensions between the two sides grow amid Israeli air raids on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister […]
Israeli warplanes have attacked the central Gaza Strip, killing three Palestinians in the area. Palestinian medics said the Israeli airstrike killed the three, AFP reported. Muawiya Hassanein, the head of Gaza emergency services, announced that […]
An Israeli official said Friday the separation wall in Jerusalem Al-Quds is being built with the aim of forcing out tens of thousands of Palestinians living in the occupied territory. "The fence was built on […]
Cross-border gunfire by Israeli soldiers has killed two Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical workers say. The medical workers said they had been asked by Israeli authorities to retrieve two bodies from a […]
Palestinian sources say Israeli military forces began to demolish their homes in the northern West Bank after evacuating some 40 families from the area. Five Israeli bulldozers and more than 15 military jeeps stormed the […]
Israel has launched a new military recruitment program targeting high schools to encourage students to sign up for combat duty. 350 officers will visit some 270 high schools during the three-week program that kicked off […]
By Ershad Abubacker ‘Today, we bear witness to an extraordinary act in one of history’s defining dramas,’ said the then US president Bill Clinton as a prelude to Oslo Peace Process, ‘a drama that began […]
By Uri Avnery The quiet American was the hero of Graham Greene’s novel about the first Vietnam War, the one fought by the French. He was a young and naïve American, a professor’s son who […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London Mere words cannot express my admiration for Viva Palestina and those who devote their efforts to it. I love the way they shamed – and not for the first time […]
By Iqbal Jassat As the media focus fades away from Egypt and the unprecedented brawl that occurred in the streets of Cairo, it is likely that the world will yet again be treated to Mubarak’s […]
By James Gundun Last summer a heated debate probed whether Dennis Ross had been forced out as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Special Adviser for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia, with special emphasis on […]
By Joshua Brollier When I traveled to Cairo to participate in the Gaza Freedom March, I hoped to enter Gaza to contribute toward ending the siege and preventing future air assaults and invasions, such as […]
George Galloway, the British MP leading the Viva Palestina international aid convoy to the Gaza Strip, has been declared ‘person non grata’ by the Egyptian government and deported from the country. The politician was picked […]
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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