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Month: April 2010

Clinton in Middle East Warning
The US secretary of state has warned Syria and Iran of taking actions that threaten the security of Israel, saying that Washington’s commitment to its traditional ally is "unshakeable". Hillary Clinton said that the transfer […]

Insulting the Memory of an Anti-Apartheid Activist
By Vivian Tabar In recent years, the Jewish National Fund (JNF) has announced its plans to rebuild a section of the Birya forest, located in the Galilee, and to name it after the late Coretta […]

National Public Radio’s Pro-Israeli Bias
By Stephen Lendman Since established in 1970, NPR ignored its public trust in favor of privilege, corporatism, militarism, and Israel’s vilest crimes, including collective punishment, illegal occupation, targeted killings, land theft, dispossessions, home demolitions, crop […]

Why Mr. President? Open Letter to Mahmoud Abbas
By Nidal Azza (This open letter to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was first published in Arabic by Ma’an News, Palestine, in early March 2010.) Since the adoption of the strategy of the “peace of the […]

Palestine Youth Urge Israeli Boycott
Palestinian students and youth groups across West Bank and Gaza have signed a petition calling for a massive boycott of Israeli products and programs. The document, endorsed by more than 40 Palestinian university councils and […]

Al-Quds Mayor Denies Settlement Halt
Israeli authorities dismiss recent media reports announcing a settlement freeze had been ordered in East Jerusalem (al-Quds). The Israeli media reported earlier in the week a direct order from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against new […]

Hezbollah Slams US over Arms Claims
Hezbollah has sharply rejected US allegations about the Lebanese movement’s missiles, vowing to continue armed resistance against Israeli aggression. Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah in an article published on Wednesday scoffed at recent comments by US […]

Hamas Slams Egypt for Tunnel Deaths
The Hamas movement has criticised Egyptian security forces after four Palestinians were killed when a smuggling tunnel from the country’s Sinai desert region into the Gaza Strip was destroyed. Al Jazeera’s Ayman Mohyeldin said Egyptian […]

The South Reduced: How News Promotes Mistaken View of the World
By Ramzy Baroud I am not good at flying kites. But during a recent visit to the Olympic Village of Beijing, I felt compelled to do so. Despite the cold and late hour, there were […]

4 Die in Attack on Gaza Tunnels
Four Palestinians were killed and another 10 injured after Egyptian security forces blew up four tunnels under the border with Gaza. The Palestinian police blame the Egyptian security forces for killing the Palestinians by destroying […]

Palestinian Kids Killed by Israeli Jeep
Two Palestinian children have been killed in a collision between an Israeli army jeep and a tractor. In the incident, an Israeli army jeep hit the trailer of a tractor in the Jordan Valley of […]

Israeli Troops Kill Gazan Protester
Israeli soldiers have shot and killed a 20-year old Palestinian during a protest in the besieged Gaza Strip, along the heavily-guarded border with Israel. Ahmed Salim was shot on Wednesday morning as dozens of Palestinians […]

Abbas Not Fit for Prisoner Swap: Hamas
Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal says the acting Palestinian Authority (PA) chief lacks credibility to be involved in a prisoner exchange deal between Palestinians and Israelis. One day after Mahmoud Abbas expressed willingness to conclude […]

Time Running out for ME Peace: UN
A senior UN diplomat says neither Palestinians nor Israel has ‘the luxury of time’, warning it could get too late to establish a Palestinian state. "I’m afraid the two-state solution is fading if the parties […]

Hamas Warns of Israel Intel Offensive
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned of the ongoing Israeli hunt for intelligence which has begun entrapping the Gaza Strip’s residents. Hamas internal security service official Abu Abdullah said, “The occupation has begun to […]

Sarkozy Raps Foot-dragging Netanyahu
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has expressed disappointment with Israel’s Middle East policy, suggesting the Tel Aviv government is hindering the peace process. Sarkozy made the criticism at a meeting with his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres […]

The Price of Peace
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington Why has the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, accepted an invitation to come to Washington shortly to discuss ways to overcome the hurdle placed by Israel before Palestinian-Israeli negotiations can […]

Fomenting Armageddon: Jerusalem’s Colonization and Western Apathy
By Dr. Ahmad Yousef The Israelis are instigating a Jewish holy war staged in Jerusalem; and they are playing a superb game of propaganda painting the Palestinians as the “real” fundamentalists, despite the fact that […]

AIPAC Fundraiser Held Amid Protest
The most influential Israeli lobby group in the US has held a fundraising event in an Oregon city as nearby protesters held a mockery-ridden condemnation of the Israeli occupation. The annual meeting, which rallies the […]

Election Row Deepens in Palestine
Rival groups strongly oppose the Palestinian Authority’s decision to hold local council elections in the West Bank without the Gaza Strip’s participation. The Palestinian cabinet in the West Bank announced that the municipal vote will […]

Another Olmert Aide Nabbed
The bribery and fraud cases involving former Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert have most lately led to the arrest of his one-time bureau head. Known as a trusted aide to the former prime minister, Shula Zaken […]

Israel Jails Kin of Slain Fighter
Israeli forces have arrested four relatives of a Palestinian fighter killed in a raid on his house in the southern West Bank city of Hebron (al-Khalil). Chief of Al-Khalil’s Detainees Center, Amjad an-Najjar, identified the […]

Tony Blair, Very Close to Being Indicted for War Crimes
By Prof. Michel Chossudovsky While on a speaking engagement in Malaysia organized by "Success Resources Company", former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was the object of an articulate protest movement demanding his indictment for war crimes. […]

Imprisoning Palestinian Women
By Stephen Lendman A July 2008 Fact Sheet Series titled, "Behind the Bars: Palestinian Women in Israeli Prisons" was jointly prepared by the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, the Palestinian Counseling Center (PCC), […]

Born in Deception
By William A. Cook As Israel attempts today to gloss over the reality of its birth 62 years ago with a sweeping public relations campaign extolling the miraculous “resurrection” of ancient Zion in contemporary times, […]

Syria’s Scuds, Israel’s Security and One Big Smokescreen
By Ali Jawad In the self-sensationalising world of modern media, some truths are better witnessed than told. Over the past fortnight, major media outlets have converged on Syria’s alleged delivery of scud missiles to the Lebanese […]

Malta Condemns Israeli Fire on Activist
After the Israeli forces shot and injured a Maltese national during a pro-Palestinian protest in Gaza, Malta’s Foreign Ministry moves to condemn the attack. Twenty-eight-year-old Maltese activist Bianca Zimmit was wounded by a live Israeli […]

Israel May Legalize West Bank Settlement
Israel is considering legalizing a West Bank outpost slated to be demolished in a breach of its promise to refrain from creating any new West Bank settlement. The decision was announced on Sunday in response […]

Israel’s Big and Small Apartheids: Meaning of a Jewish State
By Jonathan Cook Below is the text of a talk delivered to the fifth Bilin international conference for Palestinian popular resistance, held in the West Bank village of Bilin on April 21. Israel’s apologists are […]

In the Name of Zionism
By Uri Avnery – Israel Israel is a Zionist State. Everybody knows that. There is no (Jewish) politician in Israel who misses an opportunity to repeat this. Last week, when we celebrated the 62nd Independence […]