Palestine Takes Center Stage in the Antiwar Movement
By Andrew Pollack – New York The United National Antiwar Conference, attended by 850 people from July 23 to 25, 2010 in Albany, New York, marked a sea change in the attitude of the antiwar […]
Month: July 2010
Israeli Airstrike Kills Hamas Commander
Hamas has pledged revenge after fresh Israeli attacks on Gaza left one of its members dead and 15 other people wounded. A young girl and an elderly man are among the injured. Hamas says Issa […]
All Quiet on the Eastern Front
By Uri Avnery – Israel People endowed with sensitive political ears were startled this week by two words, which, so it seemed, escaped from the mouth of Binyamin Netanyahu by accident: “Eastern front”. Once upon […]
End Gaza Blockade, UNHRC Tells Israel
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has told Israel to end the blockade of the Gaza Strip and to take action about its human rights violations. On Friday, the committee also told Israel to end […]
Hague Whitewashes Israeli Crimes on the High Seas
By Stuart Littlewood – London ‘We have to be steeped in the Middle East, way back to historical matters. Because you can’t understand it without the history.’ My MP, a Foreign Office minister in the […]
Hamas Calls Arab League ‘Ineffective’
Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal says the Arab League’s endorsement of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians indicates the body’s ineffective leadership. Describing the decision made by the Arab Peace Initiative committee as […]
In Palestine, Demolitions and Dispossessions
By Stephen Lendman Daily, Israeli oppression continues – demolishing homes, dispossessing occupants, and revoking residency rights, three of its many crimes under international law, Israel spurning it with impunity. On July 22, the Israeli Committee […]
Hamas Slams AL Support for Direct Talks
Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has rejected the Arab League’s support for resumption of direct peace talks between Israel and Palestinians. Ismail Radwan, a senior member of Hamas, said on Thursday that the movement rejects "any […]
Don’t Deny Our Rights: Open Letter to Mahmoud Abbas
By Various Undersigned (29 July 2010) The following open letter to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, whose elected mandate expired in July 2009 and who has remained in power under controversial emergency laws, was issued […]
Israel Plans Coup in Emirate, Report Says
Israel is aiding and abetting an exiled Arab sheikh in his efforts to stage a "coup" in the Persian Gulf emirate of Ras al-Khaimeh, which is part of the United Arab Emirates, a report says. […]
Netanyahu Fears Ouster over WB Freeze
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says succumbing to international pressures to maintain a 10 month settlement freeze could overthrow his cabinet. In November, Netanyahu announced a partial, 10-month moratorium on West Bank settlement expansions to […]
Israel Speeds up Work on Apartheid Wall
Israel speeds up the building of its West Bank separation barrier despite Palestinian protests against the project that devours hectares of their farmland. Residents in the Palestinian village of al-Walajeh said the Israeli army picked […]
Why Muslims Should Rethink Palestine
By Ramzy Baroud Thousands of faithful assiduously listened as I outlined the challenges facing Palestine and its people. Cries of ‘Allahu Akbar’ – God is Great – occasionally resounded from a corner of the giant […]
Investigating the Freedom Flotilla Attack
By Stephen Lendman On June 2, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) approved formation of an international committee (like the Goldstone Commission) to probe the Flotilla attack, saying it will include lawyers and international law and […]
Ethnic Cleansing in the Negev
By Neve Gordon A menacing convoy of bulldozers was heading back to Be’er Sheva as I drove towards al-Arakib, a Bedouin village located not more than 10 minutes from the city. Once I entered the […]
UK: Israel Acts Completely Unacceptable
British Prime Minister David Cameron has condemned Israel for attacking a humanitarian aid convoy in international waters and turning Gaza into a ‘prison camp.’ "The situation in Gaza has to change," Cameron said on Tuesday […]
Israel Renders 300 Bedouins Homeless
Hundreds of Israeli forces have attacked Bedouins living in the Negev desert, demolishing their village and leaving about 300 villagers homeless. According to rights activists, more than 1,500 Israeli police forces arrived at the al-Araqib […]
Netanyahu on Surprise Visit to Jordan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has traveled to Jordan as Tel Aviv and Washington seek to press the Palestinians to agree to direct peace talks. In a surprise visit to Amman on Tuesday, Netanyahu tried […]
Beirut Arrests German Spying for Israel
Lebanese security forces have arrested a German engineer on suspicion of spying for the notorious Israeli intelligence service, Mossad. The suspect, identified as Manfred Peter Mog, was captured in the eastern Lebanese town of Talia […]
US Vessel to Break Gaza Siege
A pro-Palestinian American group has reportedly initiated a humanitarian campaign to sail an aid vessel to the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip. The "US Boat to Gaza" has begun attracting funds for the purchase of the vessel, […]
‘Friends of Israel Initiative’ Launched
A group of pro-Israeli international politicians have launched the "Friends of Israel Initiative," a new project to counter mounting international pressure on Israel. The group, led by former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar, says […]
Officer Gets 30 Months for Killing Arab Driver
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth A decision by Israel’s Supreme Court to double a 15-month jail term for a policeman who shot dead an unarmed Palestinian driver suspected of stealing a car has provoked denunciations from […]
Lieberman: WB Settlement must Resume
Israeli foreign minister has voiced support for illegal settlements on Palestinian land, calling for the resumption of construction projects in the occupied West Bank. “From September we must resume normal life here,” Avigdor Lieberman said […]
Israeli MP Warns of Third Intifada
A Palestinian lawmaker in the Israeli parliament has warned Tel Aviv that its continued marginalization of Arab Israeli citizens could trigger a third intifada. An article published by the UK’s Guardian newspaper on Sunday, Hanin […]
Israel’s Secret Police Exposed
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth The arrest by Israel’s internal security service, the Shin Bet, of an Israeli Jew accused of killing at least four Palestinians has thrown a rare light on the secret police, including […]
Arab Oil, a Blessing and a Curse
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan While important transformations are taking place within the thinly populated oil producing Arab states (APC) due to their wealth, the capital-hungry nonoil producing Arab states are barely managing to feed their […]
Israeli Planes Pound Southern Gaza
Israel war planes have launched an airstrike on the southern Gaza Strip, targeting Palestinian tunnels across the border between the blockaded enclave and Egypt. Missiles from Israeli aircraft destructed two tunnels early on Monday, but […]
Israel Slams UNHRC Flotilla Probe
Israel has criticized the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for appointing what it calls a biased committee to probe Tel Aviv’s deadly attack on a Gaza-bound aid convoy. An unnamed Israeli official in an […]
‘US on Losing Streak against Hezbollah’
Hezbollah says the US machinations against the Lebanese resistance movement are invariably mired in failure, citing the Washington-waged armed and smear campaigns. "Ever since 1982…what was being written in America and in Europe and in […]
Gazans Denied Medical Care under Siege
By Stephen Lendman Two recent reports discuss it, a July Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHR-IL) one titled, "A Situation Report on Obstacles Facing Gaza Residents in Need of Medical Treatment," and a June […]
