Israel has rejected the idea of foreign countries recognizing a Palestinian state, after France suggested the recognition could soon take place. "Imposing this kind of semblance of a partial solution from outside goes against the […]
Israel’s decision to add two West Bank locations to its national heritage sites lead to clashes between Palestinians and Israeli troops in the town of al-Khalil. The clashes erupted after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
By Santham Pillay – South Africa When journalist Ramzy Baroud was 14 years old, he began his career by writing opinions on the walls of the Gaza Strip. The award-winning journalist and author was in […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth The Israeli government and its right-wing supporters have been waging a ‘McCarthyite’ campaign against human-rights groups by blaming them for the barrage of international criticism that has followed Israel’s attack on […]
A Lebanese court on Thursday sentenced two men to death on charges of espionage and involvement in the killing of senior members of Lebanese and Palestinian resistance groups. A military tribunal convicted the former member […]
Hamas official, Mahmoud al-Zahar, warned western nations against allowing Israeli agents to operate from within their territories. "If the West will allow the Zionist enemy to turn its land into a place where Muslim Palestinians […]
Syrian chief executive Bashar al-Assad during the Friday meeting further pointed out that peace requires true will, which he said Israel lacks. Assad and French Prime Minister Francois Fillon discussed regional issues, especially occupied Palestinian […]
By Stephen Lendman B’Tselem is the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Hamoked is the Center for the Defence of the Individual, an Israeli human rights organization, aiding Palestinians whose rights […]
By George Hishmeh – Washington After lying low for almost five years, Syria is now standing tall, as is evident in its expanding relationships in the region and elsewhere. Even the Obama administration is now doing […]
The United Nations says Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are illegal and the stalemated peace process must commence. Under Secretary General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe, in a briefing to the Security […]
Israel plays down the diplomatic row shrouding the terror of Hamas commander Mahmud al-Mabhouh in Dubai which is largely blamed on the Israeli intelligence service, Mossad. "It is important to note that no one accuses […]
By Nicola Nasser US Ambassador Christopher Hill’s warning on February 18 that it could take months to form a new government in Baghdad after the Iraqi elections, scheduled for March 7, and that in turn […]
Hamas political chief Khaled Mashaal has called on Palestinian fighters to retaliate for Israel’s assassination of the movement’s top commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai last month. "The time for promises and talk of revenge is […]
Entangled in a cauldron of hate, Israel resorts to its ordinary citizens to help mend the regime’s image shattered by charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity during its last year Gaza onslaught. Tel […]
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has condemned a series of restrictions imposed by Israel on the occupied West Bank, saying they have made life extremely difficult for Palestinian residents. In a statement […]
By Henry Norr With President Obama’s Middle East peace plans so completely — and humiliatingly — shipwrecked on the rocks of Israeli intransigence, it’s time for him to consider a new approach, at least if […]
By William A. Cook Earlier this month, the Wiesel Foundation for Humanity published, as an advertisement, an open letter to the President of the United States and the leaders of France, Russia, Britain and Germany, […]
By Ramzy Baroud With the dreadful threat of yet another Israeli war in the Middle East looming, Israeli propaganda machine is likely to go into full gear. In fact, trial balloons have already been sent […]
A group of Arab MPs have embarked on a tour of the Gaza Strip to show solidarity with its people and help end the rift between rival Palestinian factions. The delegation from the Arab Parliamentary […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London In another blow to British free speech the parliamentarian Baroness Jenny Tonge, a good friend to Palestinians for many years, has been betrayed by her party colleagues and sacked. Jenny […]
By Jonathan Cook – Jaffa Over the past few days graffiti scrawled on walls around the mixed Jewish and Arab town of Jaffa in central Israel exclaims: "Settlers, keep out" and "Jaffa is not Hebron". Although […]
The mayor of Jerusalem Al-Quds is pushing through plans to raze dozens of Arab properties southeast of the city, claiming that the structures are ‘illegal.’ On the orders of Nir Barkat, the Israeli municipal staff […]
Baroness Jenny Tonge, who was sacked from the British House of Lords over the weekend for alleged ‘anti-Israeli comments,’has criticized ‘the Israeli attitude towards the Palestinians.’ The Liberal Democrat health spokeswoman, an outspoken critic of […]
Former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Dan Halutz says Tel Aviv is not able to launch a preemptive strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities. "We are taking upon ourselves a task that is bigger […]
By Deepak Tripathi My Father was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story. Ramzy Baroud. Pluto Press, London: 2010. In the foreword to Ramzy Baroud’s book, Palestinian scholar Salman Abu Sitta refers to a bold assertion […]
By Stephanie Westbrook A "regional economic power." That’s how ANIMA, the Euro-Mediterranean Network of Investment Promotion Agencies encompassing 70 governmental agencies and international networks, described Israel in its January 2010 Mediterranean Investment Map. The report […]
By M. Shahid Alam Is the question of parallels between the USA and the USSR idle, even mischievous? Perhaps, it is neither, but, on the contrary, deserves our serious consideration. During the Cold War, the […]
Israel’s crime-stained image has been topped with internal disputes as right and left-wing advocacy groups brawl over a possible independent Gaza war probe. The New Israel Fund (NIF) has come under fire by rightists who […]
Israeli troops clashed with Palestinians and foreign activists protesting the ongoing construction of the illegal Israeli wall of separation on Friday. Israel has started rerouting the fence and concrete wall routes near the West Bank […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London ‘O wad some Power the giftie gie usTo see oursels as others see us!’ A few weeks ago, on the annual Robert Burns Night, these immortal lines from 1786 were […]
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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