A Mother’s Message from Gaza: We Embrace Hope
(The following is an edited and translated version of a speech that was prepared to be delivered at an UNRWA event in Gaza, but was rejected by the UN organizer for being ‘too political’.) By […]
Month: June 2010
Israel’s ‘Final Solution’
By George Polley You live in a home your family has lived in for generations. On the edge of the village you own a plot of land on which you raise olives and grow vegetables […]
Israel to ‘Ease’ Gaza Blockade
Israel’s security cabinet has agreed to ease the land blockade imposed on Gaza following an international outcry over a deadly raid on an aid flotilla convoy. An official Israeli statement said on Thursday that "it […]
Top Ten Myths about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
By Jeremy R. Hammond Myth #1 – Jews and Arabs have always been in conflict in the region. Although Arabs were a majority in Palestine prior to the creation of the state of Israel, there […]
Turkey to Cut ‘All Ties’ with Israel
After an Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound flotilla that left nine Turkish citizens dead, Ankara has introduced a roadmap to "completely" cut its ties with Israel. After Israel failed to apologize or pay compensations for […]
What Sort of Christians become Zionists?
By Stuart Littlewood – London ‘We categorically reject Christian Zionist doctrines as a false teaching that corrupts the biblical message of love, justice and reconciliation.’ – The Jerusalem Declaration. Not all Jews are Zionists. Many […]
Hamas: Easing Gaza Siege Israeli Trick
Hamas says Israel’s decision to ease the Gaza blockade is a trick to deceive the international community, so that it can continue its siege of the impoverished sliver. "This is a new trick aiming at […]
Lebanon, Egypt Condemn Israeli Threat
The Lebanese and Egyptian premiers have condemned a new Israeli threat against Beirut, saying it "might have dire consequences” for Tel Aviv. Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Nazif took the […]
Anti-Palestinism is Hate Speech
By Ahmad Amr I bet you’ve never heard of anti-Palestinism? In Israel and the United States, defaming and delegitimizing the Palestinians is a national sport; but have you ever heard anybody complain about it? Why […]
Fleet of Freedom 2 to Set Sail in July
Human rights activists in Europe are planning to send a new aid flotilla to the Gaza Strip in another attempt to break the siege of the impoverished territory. The European Campaign to End the Siege […]
Turkey Accepts the Challenge; Middle East is Changing
By Ramzy Baroud ‘Even despots, gangsters and pirates have specific sensitiveness, (and) follow some specific morals.’ The claim was made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a recent speech, following the deadly commando […]
‘Situation in Gaza must Change’: Top UN Official
A top UN official has bristled at Israel’s "failed policy" toward Gaza-bound aid convoys and said the UN is ready to take responsibility for the safety and distribution of humanitarian assistance. In an open briefing, […]
Bloody Sunday, Bloody Monday
By David Halpin FRCS Six Londonderry men and seven teenagers were shot dead by soldiers of the British Parachute Regiment on Sunday 30 January 1972. Five of the wounded were shot in the back. The […]
IPU to Discuss Harassed Palestinian MP
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has expressed concern over the political censure and death threats against a Palestinian Israeli MP on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. The Geneva-based organization on Wednesday asked the Israeli parliament (Knesset) speaker […]
A Zionist State of Mind, A Dreamscape Of Ghosts
By Phil Rockstroh – New York Although my mother fled Nazi Germany, as a child, on a Kindertransport, with a few family valuables sown into her clothing, and I was brought up on the myths […]
EU Exploratory Mission to Visit Gaza
The EU foreign policy chief says a mission will be sent to the Gaza Strip to find initiatives to end the "bizarre" situation created by the Israeli blockade of the territory. In a speech to […]
Project for Pitiless Centuries
By Felicity Arbuthnot
End the Gaza Siege
By Stephen Lendman Millions worldwide demand it. So does the Arab League, according to an Al Jazeera June 13 report quoting Amr Moussa, Arab League secretary-general, saying: "This blockade….must be lifted and must be broken […]
Israel to Allow Aid Cargo into Gaza
Israel says an agreement has been reached with the United Nations to deliver thousands of tonnes of aid from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that was attacked by Israeli naval commandos, to the blockaded Strip. The […]
Pro-Gaza Fund to Sue Israel
A charity organization joins a campaign for the legal prosecution of Israeli authorities behind the recent bloodshed and mistreatment of Gaza-bound activists. Israeli forces on May 31 attacked the international Freedom Flotilla aid convoy which […]
Israel Trying to Prevent more Flotillas
Israel has reportedly contacted some Western states, urging them to warn their citizens against joining Gaza-bound humanitarian convoys. Tel Aviv has called on the nations to issue travel warnings against their country’s activists, Israeli government […]
Poll: More Aid Convoys for Gaza
An international opinion poll conducted by the Press TV website suggests Israel’s unprovoked attack on the Gaza-bound flotilla in international waters which left many dead and wounded should not hinder efforts to reach out to […]
OCHA’s Special Focus on Occupied Palestine
By Stephen Lendman On June 9, McClatchy and other publications revealed some of what’s rarely, if ever, acknowledged in the press – that Israel’s blockade of Gaza is "economic warfare," not for security as most […]
Israel’s ‘Friends’ Still Shamelessly Swinging
By Stuart Littlewood – London It’s been one atrocity after another, so you’d think that Israel’s cheer-leaders scattered about the upper echelons of the British Establishment would have the decency to keep quiet and “consider […]
OIC Members to Review Israeli Ties
The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has renewed a call on its member states with Israeli ties to reconsider their relations with the Tel Aviv regime. OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu made the call […]
Poland to Extradite Brodsky to Germany
Polish prosecutors say they plan to hand over to Germany an Israeli man thought to be involved in the January assassination of a Hamas official in Dubai. The individual identified as Uri Brodsky was arrested […]
UN Insists on Intl. Flotilla Probe
Despite Israel’s announcement of an internal probe of its deadly Gaza aid attack, the United Nations continues to push for a full international investigation. Israel’s cabinet approved on Monday an Israeli inquiry into the May […]
End the Siege of Gaza Now, EU Says
The EU has called Israel’s closure of Gaza’s crossings a politically incorrect move and repeated the 27-nation bloc’s call for Tel Aviv to immediately lift the blockade. At a meeting on Monday, the European Union […]
Castro Likens Israel to Nazis
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro’s commentary comparing Israeli treatment of Palestinians to the Nazi extermination of Jews has infuriated the Tel Aviv regime. Castro observed in one of his recent articles that the current treatment […]
