Envoys Push for Middle East Peace
Palestinians have seen a flurry of diplomatic activity as major international powers struggle to get Middle East peace talks back on track. George Mitchell, the US envoy to the Middle East, is set to arrive […]
Month: March 2010
The Doomsday Weapon
By Uri Avnery It is already a commonplace to say that people who don’t learn from history are condemned to repeat their mistakes. Some 1942 years ago, the Jews in the province called Palaestina launched […]
This Palestinian Life
By Ben White In the interests of transparency, I should declare that Philip Rizk and I are personal friends. Having already seen his documentary, This Palestinian Life, before being asked to review it, I was […]
‘Settlement Freeze’ – Take It to the UN
By Jim Miles The political events and comments surrounding Joe Biden’s recent visit to Israel stand only to highlight the hypocrisy and arrogant ignorance of the United States command. There are two factors here: first […]
Minarets’ Saga in Switzerland
By Dr. Ahmed Yousef A call to Jihad is not the answer to banning minarets in Switzerland. Even after the vote last positive results such as the reaffirmation of religious freedom may still emerge. In […]
‘Why Do They Hate Us?’
By Felicity Arbuthnot – London ‘Do you not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?’ (Axel, Count Oxenstierna, 1583-1654. Letter to his son, 1648.) Seven years ago today, I wrote: "It […]
The Bases of Empire
By Jim Miles The Bases of Empire – The Global Struggle against U.S. Military Posts. Ed. Catherine Lutz. New York University Press, 2009. A book that detailed all the military posts around the world would […]
UN Chief Slams Israel Plan to Build New Settlements
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned Israel’s announcement of 1,600 new housing units on the occupied Palestinian lands. During a Thursday visit to Moscow, Ban Ki-moon told reporters that he was deeply concerned over […]
Israeli Fighter Jets Pound Gaza Strip
Israeli warplanes bombed Gaza Strip in the early hours of Friday, injuring at least two Palestinians. Palestinian security officials and eyewitnesses said that Israeli aircraft fired at several targets across the Gaza Strip injuring two […]
Ban, Ashton Condemn Gaza Rocket Attack
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned a retaliatory rocket attack from Gaza Strip which killed an Israeli civilian, stressing that all acts of violence are “totally unacceptable.” “All such acts of terror and violence […]
Israeli Soldiers Arrest Five Palestinian Children
Israeli soldiers detain five Palestinian children in the West Bank city of Hebron (al-Khalil) after clashes break out. The soldiers claim that the children were pelting stones at a building inside the Beit Romano settlement […]
Gazan Fisherman Struggle to Stay Afloat
By Rada Daniell and Bianca Zammit – Gaza Gazan 45 kilometers long, beautiful Mediterranean coast is fished by 3,500 professional fisherman. Many more people earn their daily bread doing jobs related to this trade, such […]
President Obama’s Personal Crisis
By James Gundun – Washington D.C. The display shouldn’t be so shocking. President Barack Obama was a professor before a politician, and that scholarly charm and cool helped get him elected. As if explaining a […]
Activism is Change, Not academic Squabbles and Bickering
By Ramzy Baroud An activist is a person who feels strongly about a cause and who is also willing to dedicate time and energy towards advancing and realizing this cause. This might be my own […]
Obama: ‘No Crisis’ in Israel Ties
Israeli plans to build more homes near East Jerusalem are not helpful for the Middle East peace process, but the recent row over the issue does not amount to a crisis in US-Israeli relations, Barack […]
Zionism’s Invented State: Book Review
By Sam Bahour Israeli Exceptionalism: The Destabilizing Logic of Zionism. by M. Shahid Alam. Palgrave Macmillan, 272 pp., £55.00 Israeli Exceptionalism: The Destabilizing Logic of Zionism arrived in the mail shortly after I completed sending […]
Terrorized for Stoning Israeli Troops
Al-Hasan Muhtaseb, 13, and his brother Amir,10, were returning from their aunt’s house in the West Bank town of Al-Khalil (Hebron) when they were stopped by Israeli occupation force on 27 February. "They took my […]
Hamas Warns of an Israeli Plot
Hamas has expressed concern over an Israeli conspiracy to empty Jerusalem al-Quds of its Palestinian residents after the inauguration of a synagogue in the Old City near the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Hamas deputy chief Moussa […]
‘Sarah’s Garden’: A Tribute to Sarah Meyer
By Felicity Arbuthnot – London "Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’ Vanity asks the question, ‘Is it popular?’ But, conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’ And […]
Israel Plans Massive Settlement Expansion
Repots say Israel planned to build hundreds of new housing units in occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds as tensions mount in the city over the regime’s settlement works. Citing the Israeli media, Ma’an news agency reported […]
Rachel Corrie’s Memory, Israel’s Image
By Neve Gordon Seven years ago, Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a Caterpillar D9R Israeli bulldozer while nonviolently protesting the demolition of Palestinian homes in Rafah, Gaza Strip, along with other members of […]
Selling Cell Phones with Soccer Balls and Criminal Walls
By William A. Cook "Kurt Zehmisch of the 134th Saxons recorded in his diary: ‘The English brought a soccer ball from the trenches, and pretty soon a lively game ensued. How marvellously wonderful, yet how strange it […]
Despite Lobby Pressure, Obama Still Can
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington, D.C. The pro-Israel lobby and its supporters elsewhere in the U.S. are unashamedly turning their guns on Barack Obama in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli clash over the construction of […]
EU Found Guilty at First Session of Russell Tribunal
By Ewa Jasiewicz and Frank Barat The first session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RTP) was heard in Barcelona, Spain earlier this month. The RTP is a peoples’ legal initiative designed to systematically try […]
Lula Refuses to Visit Grave of Founder of Zionism
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has refused to visit the grave of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism. In response to the rebuff, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman decided to boycott the […]
EU Raps Israel over ‘Illegal’ Settlement Expansion
The European Union’s top diplomat, Catherine Ashton, has criticized Israel for endangering the fragile Middle East peace process by announcing plans to expand “illegal settlements.” "Recent Israeli decisions to build new housing units in East […]
Israeli Forces Open Fire on Palestinian Students
Israeli forces open fire on Palestinian students demonstrating near a West Bank checkpoint, injuring seven people on Monday, medics say. According to a Palestinian security official, three of the seven were wounded by live rounds […]
Murdoch’s Kind of Arabs: Sleeping with the Enemy
By Jeremy Salt – Ankara Rupert Murdoch, perhaps the greatest defender of free speech and the free flow of communications in recorded human history, or so you would think to read his speeches, and the […]
‘Israel, US Relations at Lowest Level in 35 Years’
Israel’s envoy to Washington said ties between the two allies have hit "the most severe crisis since 1975" over Tel Aviv settlement plan that embarrassed the US administration at a time that it was promoting […]
‘Israel Uses Talks to Cover up Its Crimes’
Leaders of a number of Palestinian groups have called for a new Intifada and have said there should be no negotiations with Israel. Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Meshaal called for the cancellation of direct […]
