Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmud Abbas has blasted the Israeli move for an internal investigation of its deadly attack on a Gaza-bound aid convoy. Abbas said Monday that Israel’s planned internal committee could not meet […]
Israel has announced an internal inquiry into its attack on a Gaza-bound aid convoy and the deaths of a number of international activists onboard the fleet. The "independent public commission" by retired Supreme Court judge […]
A recent Israeli attack on a convoy of ships in the Mediterranean Sea is another indication that Israel kills Americans with a sense of immunity from prosecution. Furkan Dogan, a US citizen who lived in […]
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has demanded an end to Israel’s siege of the Gaza Strip, saying the move violates the Geneva Conventions. In an unprecedented criticism against Israel, the ICRC on […]
By Ahmad Amr By now, anyone paying attention understands the broad outlines of Israel’s notion of what constitutes an ‘impartial’ inquiry into the murder of nine activists on the Free Gaza Flotilla. Except for Netanyahu […]
By M. Shahid Alam Roger Cohen is the rare columnist at NYT who makes an occasional effort to bring some objectivity to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet, how far does his objectivity go? Consider his piece […]
By Yuram Abdullah Weiler ‘History has shown that as long as Israel is allowed to act with impunity, it will continue to violate international law. It is innocent Palestinian civilians who continue to suffer the […]
Former Malaysian Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohammad has disclosed a plan to send shipments of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip to break the Israeli blockade. Mahathir Mohammad, Head of Perdana Global Peace Organization (PGPO) has […]
Egyptian authorities have refused to allow an Algerian humanitarian aid convoy to enter into the Gaza Strip which has been under a crippling three-year Israeli blockade. The ship, carrying seven tons of medicine and two […]
Israel may allow Turkey to monitor the entrance of relief supplies into Gaza, according to a report in a Lebanese newspaper. Citing Arab diplomatic sources, the Lebanese daily newspaper Ad-Diyar said on Saturday that Ankara […]
Nearly six months after the assassination of senior Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai, Israel continues to pay the toll for staging the incident. The Haaretz reported Sunday that the Israel risks losing Poland, another […]
By Ron Forthofer The Israeli propaganda effort has been really active in spreading disinformation about Israel’s attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Deflection, distraction and disinformation are used to obfuscate about something that should be […]
By Uri Avnery If a real Commission of Inquiry had been set up (instead of the pathetic excuse for a commission), here are some of the questions it should have addressed: 1. What is the […]
By Jonathan Cook – Jerusalem Israeli authorities are pressing ahead with plans to build a courthouse complex on a large historic Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem that is already at the centre of protest over plans to […]
Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas has called for an end to three-year Israeli-imposed blockade on the Gaza Strip. "The Israeli blockade on the Palestinian crossings in Gaza should end once and for all," Abbas […]
Hamas says a decision by the Palestinian Authority to postpone local elections shows widening internal gaps in the Fatah party over a unified list of candidates. The reaction came after the cabinet, which is dominated […]
Arab nations have censured Israel at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board meeting, for preventing the Middle East from becoming a nuclear-free region. In the IAEA board session on Thursday, which addressed Israel’s nuclear […]
By Jennifer Loewenstein Imagine the media coverage that would have awaited us in our local and national newspapers, our radio, facebook, twitter and television news alerts and special bulletins had Iran or another ‘enemy’ nation […]
By Alison Weir Whenever Israel commits yet another atrocity, its defenders are quick to redirect public attention away from the grisly crime scene. Currently, there are headlines about allegedly anti-Semitic comments made by senior White […]
By Stephen Lendman The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) is "an umbrella body" of 34 European human rights and humanitarian organizations supporting the right of Palestinians "to live in peace and […]
An Israeli deputy prime minister has blamed the "failure" of the deadly attack on the Gaza Flotilla on the Defense Ministry for mishandling the issue. "In a place where citations should have been given, someone […]
The US president has said his nation will provide a $400m aid package for the Palestinians, as he called the situation in the Gaza Strip "unsustainable". Barack Obama made his pledge on Wednesday after meeting […]
While the Palestinian Hamas movement has welcomed a proposal for an international monitoring team at the Gaza-Israel border, Tel Aviv seems all the more reluctant. The European Union (EU) proposed to check Gaza-bound ships following […]
The Israeli government has admitted that its blockade of Gaza is not a security measure but actually an act of "economic warfare" against Hamas, an Israeli human rights group says. In response to a lawsuit […]
By Jonathan Cook The ostracism of Helen Thomas, the doyenne of the White House press corps, over her comment that Jews should ‘get the hell out of Palestine’ and ‘go home’ to Poland, Germany, America and […]
By James Gundun – Washington D.C. Somewhere underground Israel defense officials debated alternate strategies to handle future aid ships headed for the Gaza strip. ‘Nothing has been decided,’ but ‘there are a lot of ideas […]
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington, D.C Much as the Palestinian leadership would welcome the U.S. financial commitment to the tune of $400 million to alleviate, in part, the deplorable situation within Gaza, President Barak Obama’s […]
By Ahmad Amr At first glance, I thought I was reading a parody mocking the absurd list of the products that are banned from reaching Gaza. The Associated Press just published an article titled “Israel […]
By Jehan Bseiso No matter flag.No matter medicine.No matter civilian.No matter international community.No matter your international waters.No matter your sanctions, no matter your rhetoric and foreign policy.Only 62 years status quo, Everyday Nakba,Subsidized settlements,Even more […]
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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