By Stephen Lendman The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PACTI – stoptorture.org) calls ‘torture and ill treatment of any kind … incompatible with’ moral democratic values. It "advocates for all persons" in Israel and […]
Israel reportedly questions aspiring Islamic leaders on their political orientation, disqualifying those who would not suit the regime’s interests. One imam, who had failed to clear the hurdle, revealed that the Israeli Security Agency Shin […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London In the run-up to Britain’s general election we’ve heard next to nothing about Middle East policy from the three main party leaders in their much-publicized debates on TV. They have […]
Israeli tanks have shelled residential areas and agricultural lands in the Gaza Strip. Both incidents occurred on Tuesday, the International Middle East Media Center reported. In the first attack, houses close to Gaza City were […]
Extremist Israeli settlers have reportedly broken into a mosque in a village near the northern West Bank city of Nablus and set fire to the Muslim house of worship. A group of settlers entered the […]
Indonesia has urged Israel to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) voicing grave concern on the threat of nuclear proliferation across the globe. "We must prevail on Israel to come into the NPT fold," Indonesian […]
Israel’s defense minister has said it may be necessary to expand the hawkish government of Benjamin Netanyahu to make a breakthrough in the Middle East peace talks. Addressing Knesset (parliament) members on Monday, Ehud Barak […]
By Jonathan Cook – Jaffa Job interviews for the position of imam at mosques in Israel are conducted not by senior clerics but by the Shin Bet, Israel’s secret police, a labour tribunal has revealed. Sheikh Ahmed […]
By Rifat Audeh I have always marveled at the human spirit. How some people persevere, overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles against all odds, elevate themselves to new heights and maintain their hope and dignity when all […]
By Iqbal Jassat South African Deputy Minister of International Relations and Co-operation Ebrahim Ebrahim’s visit to Gaza will undoubtedly be characterized with the usual denunciations of Israeli policies. That this is to be expected is […]
By Dan Lieberman A question continually asked: Why has peace in the Middle East not been attainable? Clues to the answer are shunted from biased minds but are revealed in the Lebanese and Gaza conflagrations. […]
Thousands of European Jews, including a number of EU parliament members, have signed a petition warning against systematic support for Israeli policies. The petition, which was slated to be delivered to the European Parliament on […]
Palestinian caretaker prime minister has expressed doubt about the outcome of holding talks with Israel, accusing Tel Aviv of breaching its commitments. The Ramallah government has agreed to start US-mediated peace negotiations with Israel on […]
Tel Aviv has stepped up punitive measures against Palestinian demonstrators in a bid to crack down on protests against movement restrictions in the West Bank. An Israeli military court on Sunday sentenced a teenage boy […]
Hezbollah’s Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah says it will target Israeli infrastructure should the regime launch an attack on Lebanon. "If a war breaks out … we said we will attack their infrastructure. We are […]
By Dr. Ludwig Watzal ‘Not one refugee will return. The old will die. The young will forget.’ This prediction, uttered by David Ben-Gurion in 1948, did not come true. Not only the keys of the […]
By James Gundun – Washington D.C. The next several weeks will see a frenzied exchange of activity between America, Israel, the Palestinians, and Arab states. The Arab League has already approved a second attempt at […]
By Uri Avnery – Israel Everyone has the right to change his or her mind. Even Danny Tirzeh. Colonel Tirzeh was responsible for planning the wall that “envelopes” Jerusalem – the one that cuts the […]
By Stephen Lendman During a recent visit, a 50-person European Campaign to End the Siege of Gaza (ECESG) assessed conditions on the ground firsthand, one year after Operation Cast Lead: "to collect and document the […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London There’s another twist in the recent adventures of the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. This Christian Top Cat visited Gaza in February – a year late, let it be […]
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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