Invention of the Jewish People
By George Polley (The Invention of the Jewish People. Shlomo Sand. Verso, New York, 2009.) Myths are powerful because they tell the story of origins – the origins of tribes and the origins of a […]
Year: 2010
Hamas, Fatah Hold Meeting in Damascus
The Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have begun the reconciliation process at a meeting during which most of their differences, including the issue of power sharing, were resolved. Delegations headed by Hamas political bureau chief […]
‘Israel to Use All Means in Next Gaza War’
A senior Israeli commander has threatened that the military would not hesitate to use any of its means of engagement in the next war against the Gaza Strip. "We have less performance constraints there than […]
‘Israel Nukes Will Spark ME Arms Race’
Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa has warned that the Middle East will head toward an arms race should Israel maintain its nuclear weaponry. Speaking at a press conference in New York on Friday, Moussa […]
Israeli Tank Fire Kills Palestinian
A Palestinian man has dies of his injuries sustained during an Israeli attack which took place near a village in the northern Gaza Strip, a report says. The military wing of the Islamic resistance movement […]
Clegg Now Singing off Zionist Hymn-sheet
By Stuart Littlewood – London In the space of a few short years Nick Clegg has shot from obscurity to stardom in British politics, joining Conservative leader David “I’m-a-Zionist” Cameron at the head of Britain’s […]
The Hesder Quiz: Where is Israel?
By Mahmoud El-Yousseph Here is something you’re not likely to see on evening newscasts or your home town newspapers: A July 28, 2010 survey of Israeli religious school teachers, designed to gauge their level of […]
Dismantling the Empire
By Jim Miles (Dismantling the Empire – America’s Last Best Hope. Chalmers Johnson. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, NY. 2010.) That the empire has caused much trouble and is in trouble itself has been […]
Hamas: Israel Spies Arrested
The Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, says it has discovered an Israeli-commissioned network of spies and collaborators, a senior official says. Some of the elements "were behind the assassination of leaders of the resistance," AFP quoted […]
Israel Threatens Russia over Syria
Israel threatens to decide against potential military cooperation with Russia, outraged at Moscow’s refusal to cancel its weapons sales to Syria. "We will have to reconsider all the proposed deals with Russia. Moscow did not […]
‘Israel Flotilla Raid was Unlawful’: UNHRC
The UN Human Rights Council’s fact-finding mission has accused Israeli forces of violating international law when they raided a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. The three UN-appointed human rights experts said in a report released on Wednesday […]
Obama Presses for Palestine at UN
The US president has made an impassioned plea at the United Nations General Assembly for international support for the beleaguered Middle East peace process. Soon after Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, opened the meeting on […]
Why Mitchell Said ‘No’: Hamas is Not Ready to be ‘Engaged’
By Ramzy Baroud One key difference between Hamas and its rival, the Fatah movement in the West Bank, is that Hamas is accountable to a much more complex set of priorities and expectations. While Fatah […]
Is the Mideast Peace Process a Charade?
By Mamoon Alabbasi – London A debate over the seriousness of the Middle East peace process was held in London, where six analysts argued for and against the motion that the current Israeli-Palestinian negotiations were […]
Abbas and Bibi Need Help
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington. D.C. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton must have been very disappointed when she returned home last week virtually empty handed. She was not able to announce that the Israeli and […]
Abbas Concedes Settlement Construction
The acting Palestinian Authority chief says direct talks with Tel Aviv will continue even if Israel resumes the construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Mahmoud Abbas had repeatedly threatened to walk away from […]
Israeli Forces Raid al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli forces have stormed the holy al-Aqsa Mosque in al-Quds (Jerusalem) to disperse Palestinians protesting against Israeli aggressions. Palestinian officials say the protests started after an Israeli guard shot and killed a 32-year old Palestinian […]
Iraq Surge in Neo-Con Imagination: The Myth That Kills
By Steve Breyman If you’re like me, you can barely make it through a David Brooks column. Should you arrive at the bitter end, your face is screwed up–like you were sucking lemons or whiffing […]
Israel Makes Meeting Another Arab a Crime
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth A vague security offence of ‘contact with a foreign agent’ is being used by Israel’s secret police, the Shin Bet, to lock up Arab political activists in Israel without evidence that […]
East Jerusalem Clash Turns Deadly
A Palestinian has been killed after a Jewish settlement guard opened fire at a group of men in an Arab neighbourhood of East Jerusalem. The incident occurred after clashes broke out between Jewish settlers and […]
Quartet Urges Settlement Freeze
The world sponsors of the Middle East peace process have called on Israel to extend its settlement moratorium, in a bid to map out a peace deal within the next year. According to a statement […]
Ahava Complicit in the Sins of Occupation
By Alex Kane Walk into any Ricky’s store, a beauty shop chain in New York, and you will find a shelf filled with Ahava products. For $28, you can buy mineral toning cleanser; for $22, […]
Best Option: Dignified Failure
By Sam Bahour, Al-Bireh, The West Bank The entire U.S. administration’s Middle East A-team–President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton, and Special Envoy Mitchell–is defying the mass majority of political analysts by dismissing the status quo […]
Holland Cancels Israeli Delegation’s Tour
The Netherlands has cancelled a tour by an Israeli delegation to the country after it discovered participant list includes Jewish settlers living in the West Bank. The Dutch Foreign Ministry decided on Sunday to cancel […]
Selling Land to Israel, Treason: PA
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has stressed preventing land sales to Israel by stating the ‘major offense’ is punishable with a death sentence. The PA reaffirmed the death penalty for Palestinians found guilty of selling land […]
‘Israeli Settlements will End Talks’
Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas has warned that direct talks with Israel would stop if Tel Aviv does not extend its settlement freeze. "The negotiations will continue as long as the settlement remains frozen, […]
Israel Makes Infantry ‘More Lethal’
The Israeli army has finished reviewing the structure of its infantry battalions in an effort to increase their "lethal" power in urban and guerrilla warfare. The review was ordered by Israeli army Chief of General […]
A Shared State in a Shared Homeland
By Miko Peled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently argued, ‘What is required is creative, novel thinking in order to resolve these complex [peacemaking] issues.’ Netanyahu has never been so right. The current Mideast peace talks […]
Did God Say: Let There Be Plagues and Wars?
By Dallas Darling You would not know it today by looking at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but in the Book of Genesis, never does it say: And God said, ‘Let there be plagues and wars.’ Instead, […]
Children of Catastrophe
By Jim Miles (Children of Catastrophe – Journey from a Palestinian Refugee Camp to America. Jamal Krayem Kanj. Garnet Publishing, Reading, UK. 2010.) Children of Catastrophe is a work of courage, love – of family, […]
