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Month: February 2010

Dubai Calls for Netanyahu Prosecution over Terror
Dubai police say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must be prosecuted should it be determined that the regime had been behind the assassination of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. The emirates’ police Chief Gen. Dhahi Khalfan […]

The White Lie of Herzl
By Uri Avnery This coming Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Israel will consider an application by a group of Israeli citizens to compel the Interior Ministry to register them as belonging to the “Israeli nation”. […]

UN, Russia Slam Israel Heritage Scheme
The UN and Russia join world symphony slamming Israel’s decision to include the West Bank holly sites in its national heritage list. "We have repeatedly said that we are categorically against any steps and actions […]

Israel OKs Another 600 Homes in E Al-Quds
Israel approves the building of 600 new homes in East Jerusalem (Al-Quds), the latest in a series of projects Tel Aviv has given the go-ahead to despite a 10-month construction freeze. The new housing units […]

US-Israel Relations Sail into Icy Waters
By James Gundun – Washington D.C. It would be foolish conclude that America and Israel’s special relationship is charted for divorce. Any long-lasting marriage hits a few cold spells, and tough times often unite. But […]

Settlements Goods Not Israeli: EU Court
In a landmark verdict, the European Court of Justice ruled on Thursday, February 25, that goods produced in Jewish settlements cannot benefit from EU trade privileges because the West Bank is an occupied Palestinian territory. […]

Australia Had Warned Israel about Forged Passports
A report says long before the Dubai assassination of a senior Hamas commander, Australia had warned Israel not to use forged Australian passports for secret operations. The Australian daily said that Former Australian foreign minister […]

Irish Delegation Examines Gaza Misery
An Irish delegation led by Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin has paid a visit to Gaza to better understand the kind of agony people endure daily in the impoverished coastal sliver. The 10-member […]

Israeli Forces Wound Protestors in Al-Khalil Clashes
Several Palestinian have been injured as clashes broke out between the Palestinians and Israeli forces in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil in a protest to Israel’s decision to designate two shrines as Jewish […]

Challenging History: Why the Oppressed Must Tell Their Own Story
By Ramzy Baroud When American historian Howard Zinn passed away recently, he left behind a legacy that redefined our relationship to history altogether. Professor Zinn dared to challenge the way history was told and written. […]

Efforts Underway to ‘Bury’ UN Gaza Report
A United Nations expert warns of efforts to "bury" a report by the world body’s fact-finding commission on the Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip last January. Ahead of a Friday vote in the UN […]

US: Israel’s National Heritage Plan ‘Provocative’
The US has bashed Israel for jeopardizing the Middle East peace process by designating two shrines in the occupied West Bank as Israeli "national heritage sites." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that Tel […]

Australia Summons Israeli Envoy over Dubai Case
Australia has summoned the Israeli ambassador over forged Australian documents used by a terror team that assassinated a senior Hamas commander in Dubai last month. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Thursday that Australia "will not […]

NYT, Ethan Bronner and Conflicts of Interest
By Jonathan Cook A recent assignment of mine covering Israel’s presumed links to the assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh provoked some more thoughts about the New York Times reporter Ethan Bronner. He is the Jerusalem […]

Dubai Names 15 More Suspects in Mabhouh Hit
Security forces in Dubai have released the names and photos of 15 more people, whom they believe were involved in the assassination of a senior Hamas official at a luxury hotel. Six of those believed […]

Family of Killed US Activist to Sue Israel
The family of an American activist who was killed after an Israeli army bulldozer ran over her in 2003 in the Gaza Strip is intended to sue Israel. Rachel Corrie was run over by an […]

Israeli Denial: Suppressing the Practice of Torture
By Stephen Lendman The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PACTI – stoptorture.org) "believes that torture and ill-treatment of any kind and under all circumstances is incompatible with the moral values of democracy and the […]

Jenny Tonge: A ‘Woman of Substance’
By Felicity Arbuthnot – London "Unrespited, unpitied, unreprieved,Ages of hopeless end." (John Milton, 1608-1674.) Politicians with backbone are a rarity. (UK) Liberal Democrat M.P., Jenny Tonge (The Rt. Hon., The Baroness Tonge of Kew) has […]

My Land, My Rights, My Freedoms
By Nicola Jones The Witness – South Africa It’s not easy pinning down veteran U.S.-Arab journalist and author Ramzy Baroud. In South Africa to launch his new book, My Father was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s […]

What Next for Bibi and Obama?
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington There is increasing doubt in the Arab World and elsewhere that Israel is seriously interested in negotiating peace with its neighbors the Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. That doubt has […]

Israel Says Needs ‘Proof’ to Break Silence on Dubai Hit
Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says there has been "no proof" that the regime was involved in the assassination of a senior Hamas official by a hit squad, using fake European documents. "There is no […]

Clashes in Hebron, Demo in Gaza over Israeli Provocation
Hundreds of Palestinians have staged a rally in Gaza to condemn Israel’s decision to add two shrines in the occupied West Bank to its list of heritage sites. On Monday, supporters of the Islamic Jihad […]

Footnotes in Gaza
By Robin Yassin-Kassab Footnotes in Gaza: A Graphic Novel. Joe Sacco. Metropolitan Books, 2009. This is not what you expect: an accomplished and self-reflective work of history enclosed within a layer of war reportage – […]

Getting Away With Murder
By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai Check this out. Here’s a story of two countries from the Middle East. One is an ancient civilization with a rich history that goes back five thousand years. It’s a […]

Israeli Environmental Terrorism in the Holy Land
By Tammy Obeidallah Israelis have duped much of the Jewish and Christian religious communities into accepting their claim to Palestine is based on a belief that the land is holy—that their spiritual and emotional connection […]

Mossad’s Murderous Reach: The Larger Political Issues
By James Petras On January 19 Israel’s international secret police, the Mossad, sent an eighteen member death squad to Dubai using European passports, supposedly ‘stolen’ from Israeli dual citizens and altered with fake photos and […]

Israel Annexes West Bank Mosques
The Israeli occupation authorities have decided to place two historic mosques in the occupied West Bank to a list of alleged Jewish heritage sites, drawing immediate rebuke from Palestinians and Israelis alike. "This announcement is […]

The Tide Turns against Israel
By Gilad Atzmon – London London is ‘angry’ over the use of stolen identities by the Dubai assassins and points its finger at the Jewish state and its notorious Mossad espionage agency. Israeli Ambassador to […]

‘Good Luck,’ Netanyahu Wished Assassins: Paper
Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly wished luck for the elements behind the recent assassination of senior Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. "The people of Israel trust you. Good luck," Netanyahu said at the end of […]

Dubious in Dubai
By Uri Avnery From time to time I ask myself: what would happen if the world’s governments decided to abolish all their spy agencies simultaneously? True, it would be a great blow to the authors […]