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By Denis G. Rancourt Surely the Israeli government would agree that the right of a nation state to exist is a question of international law. Under international law, no other country has ever demanded or […]
Turkey says the strain in its diplomatic ties with Israel will not heal unless it formally apologizes for the killing of Turkish nationals aboard a Gaza aid convoy. Nine Turkish citizens, including a Turkish-American teenager, […]
Amid new reports of Israeli espionage activities in Lebanon, a Hezbollah lawmaker has called on the Lebanese government to take immediate action. Speaking at a Tuesday press conference, Hezbollah member of the Lebanese parliament Hassan […]
Head of an Israeli commission which is probing the deadly attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla has threatened to resign unless the probe is given wider powers. Yaakov Tirkel, a retired Supreme Court judge, has […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has announced that Moscow will supply Palestinians with fifty Russian-made armored vehicles within days. "We have sent the Palestinians 50 armored vehicles, they have arrived in Jordan, and we hope […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Israeli human-rights groups and Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, have condemned a decision by Israel to expel four Palestinian politicians from East Jerusalem by the end of this […]
The committee in charge of Israel’s internal military inquiry into its Gaza Flotilla attack blamed the deadly onslaught on the army’s insufficient preparation. Retired Maj. Gen. Giora Eiland hinted on Monday that the army and […]
7,300 Palestinians, including 17 legislators and two former ministers, are currently detained in about 20 Israeli prisons, a report says. Hundreds of them have never been charged or put on trial. Among the detained are […]
At least one Palestinian has been killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the besieged Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources say. A Press TV correspondent from the coastal strip reported on Monday that at least […]
By Rifat Audeh In an outstanding article entitled ‘How Israeli propaganda shaped U.S. media coverage of the flotilla attack’, Glenn Greenwald makes the argument that is self-evident in the title. As someone who was on the […]
By Aisha Ghani Palestine in Pieces: Graphic Perspectives on the Israeli Occupation. Kathleen and Bill Christison. London: Pluto Press, 2010. (Order Here) "When you have seen the vast extent and permanence of Israeli settlements throughout […]
By Aisha Ghani Palestine in Pieces: Graphic Perspectives on the Israeli Occupation. Kathleen and Bill Christison. London: Pluto Press, 2010. (Order Here) "When you have seen the vast extent and permanence of Israeli settlements throughout […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s far-right foreign minister, set out last week what he called a ‘blueprint for a resolution to the conflict’ with the Palestinians that demands most of the country’s large […]
The parents of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held in the Gaza Strip since 2006, have begun a 12-day march from their home to the Israeli prime minister’s residence to press for a prisoner swap. […]
Dozens of Palestinians have been injured by Israeli forces who used force to stop angry protests in the East al-Quds (Jerusalem) against new Israeli demolition plans. Israeli troops clashed with Palestinian teenagers and youth late […]
By William A. Cook [Note: This is the second in a series as I wait for the Boat Brigade to leave from Tripoli, an event that may or may not happen as politics and legalities […]
By Miko Peled There is still doubt in the minds of serious people about Israel’s attack on the Free Gaza flotilla and the events that lead to the death of 9 of the activists aboard. […]
By Stuart Littlewood Letters from Palestine: Palestinians Speak Out about Their Lives, Their Country, and the Power of Nonviolence. Kenneth Ring and Ghassan Abdullah. Wheatmark, 2010. (Order Here) I seldom read books from cover to […]
The Group of Eight nations say Israel must lift the blockade of the Gaza Strip and allow aid through to its impoverished Palestinian population. "We urge all parties to work together to implement UN Security […]
Israel has confiscated seven oxygen machines bound for hospitals in the Gaza Strip, claiming that they might have non-medical applications. The Norwegian Development Agency had donated the machines to the besieged people of Gaza, Palestinian […]
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says Israel’s use of force against Palestinians would not help secure the release of captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit. In a letter to the Shalit family on Friday, President Sarkozy wrote […]
By Uri Avnery I am composing these lines while looking through the window at the blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea, and thinking about the young man who is being held not far from this […]
By William A. Cook [NOTE: On the 21st of June Haaretz published an article, ‘Lebanon allows Gaza-bound ship to sail to Cyprus.’ Two ships may be involved, one with a contingent of Americans, approximately 10, […]
By Stephen Lendman First the good news. On June 22, the International Middle East Media Center reported that the UN Human Rights Council (that established the Goldstone Commission) approved "forming an international committee to probe […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth As Israel this week declared the ‘easing’ of the four-year blockade of Gaza, an official explained the new guiding principle: ‘Civilian goods for civilian people.’ The severe and apparently arbitrary restrictions […]
Austria has urged Israel to put an end to a three-year-long blockade of the Gaza Strip, calling for improvement of living conditions in the coastal sliver. "We want Israel to end the embargo of the […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party approves a plan to continue illegal settlement expansion on occupied Palestinian lands. The approval came after hundreds of Likud’s Central Committee members debated the motion on Thursday that supports […]
At least one Palestinian has been wounded after Israeli warplanes launched three raids on the Gaza Strip, according to medical officials. The planes attacked the southern town of Rafah overnight, witnesses told AFP on Friday. […]
By Tom Compton After the Palestine Chronicle published my story, ‘Would Jesus Concur or Weep?’ just over a year ago, I assumed that people would probably respond in one of three ways: 1. They would agree […]
By Belen Fernandez – Istanbul A June 13 exclusive on Intelwire.com entitled ‘Gaza Flotilla Official Was Foreign Fighter in Bosnia War’ purports to reveal the history of Osman Atalay, executive board member of
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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