Ramadan Reflections from a Christian
By Tammy Obeidallah As of this writing, the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is coming to a close. The past month has been a time of unprecedented turbulence for Muslims around the world. While both […]
Year: 2010
Israeli Tanks Roll into Gaza Strip
Israeli tanks have attacked Palestinian refugee camp of al-Buraij in their second invasion of the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours. The Israeli military claimed Monday that the attack was in retaliation for mortar […]
Banning Slaughter
By Kathy Kelly In the early 1970’s, I spent two summers slinging pork loins in a Chicago meat-packing factory. Rose Packing Company paid a handful of college students $2.25 an hour to process pork. Donning […]
Washington Rules
By Jim Miles Washington Rules – America’s Path to Permanent War. Andrew J. Bacevich. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, New York. 2010. Andrew Bacevich has written another authoritative and well written book examining the […]
PA to Renew Israeli Talks without Freeze
Despite Israel’s refusal to extend its settlement freeze, the Palestinian Authority (PA) will still resume the second round of direct talks with Tel Aviv. The upcoming meeting will be held at Egypt’s Red Sea resort […]
Canadian Boat to Gaza: Get Behind the Flotilla
By Yves Engler A specter is haunting the Harper government and its pro-Israel allies. It’s been dubbed CBG and it stands for Canadian Boat to Gaza. Pro-Palestinian activists recently began raising $300,000 to send a […]
Censored: On Thought Control in Israel
By Stephen Lendman Since its 1948 establishment, IDF military censor authority banned or sanitized material potentially damaging to Israel’s security. Thereafter, voluntary media/government agreements prevailed, all domestic and foreign news organizations abiding by censorship rulings. […]
UN to Israel: Extend Settlement Freeze
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Israel to extend its partial settlement freeze, as Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) have resumed talks. The UN chief made the remarks on Thursday during his meeting […]
The Photo before the Storm: Peace Talks Already Failed
By Ramzy Baroud A picture is not always worth a thousand words. The recently released photographs of Palestinian and Israeli leaders in Washington during their first direct talks in many months certainly don’t say anything […]
Israel Closes All Gaza Border Crossings
The Israeli army has announced that all Gaza crossings will be closed to traffic and incoming goods for four days as the Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr. The army announced the closure on Thursday, the Israeli […]
‘Israeli Army Sexually Abuses Children’
Israeli soldiers have been accused of sexually and physically abusing Palestinian children detained by the military, a report says. Five Palestinian children detained over minor offences, including hurling stones, and held in detention illegally, were […]
Obama Endorses Gaza Siege
The United States President Barack Obama approves of the crippling blockade Israel has imposed on the Gaza Strip under the pretext of security. During a Tuesday meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Obama said […]
Israeli Jets Bomb Gaza as Tanks Line up
Israeli warplanes have bombed many targets in the besieged Gaza Strip, damaging several buildings and injuring two Palestinians. Sixteen Israeli warplanes have attacked the coastal strip a few hours before midnight on Thursday, firing at […]
Israel Releases Killer of British Activist
An Israeli soldier, found guilty of "manslaughter" in the death of a pro-Palestinian British activist, has been released after serving about three quarters of his sentence. Israeli prosecutors had warned the Israeli military in July […]
Hamas Accuses PA of Treason
Hamas has severely criticized the Palestinian Authority for arresting members of the resistance movement, accusing PA of "treason" and close collaboration with Israel. Over the past days, PA security forces have arrested a number of […]
HRW: Palestinian’s Conviction Unjust
A human rights group voices serious concern over Israel’s conviction of a Palestinian activist protesting against confiscation of his village’s land in the West Bank. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday that the conviction […]
Hamas Re-positioning Themselves?
By Stuart Littlewood – London ‘Negotiation today does not serve the Palestinian side… Just as there is currently no parity in the field of confrontation, there is also no parity around the negotiating table,’ says […]
Can Obama Outwit Netanyahu?
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington, D.C. In the wake of last week’s peace talks in Washington heralding the imminent start of face-to-face peace negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, will Benjamin Netanyahu now […]
Indefensible Drones: A Ground Zero Reflection
By Kathy Kelly Libby and Jerica are in the front seat of the Prius, and Mary and I are in back. We just left Oklahoma, we’re heading into Shamrock, Texas, and tomorrow we’ll be Indian […]
PA: Israel, No Jewish State
A week after the talks in Washington, a senior negotiator of Palestinian Authority (PA) says it will not recognize Israel as a “Jewish state.” Acting PA chief Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
Israel Urged to Halt Settlement Work
As Israel and the Palestinian Authority engage in a new US-led direct talks, Russia and France called on Tel Aviv not to resume settlement activities in the occupied territories. Moscow and Paris expressed concern that […]
Egypt Says ‘Jewish State’ Concerning
Egypt has expressed concern over Israel’s insistence on being recognized as a "Jewish state," saying this would endanger the fate of Israel’s Arab minority. "Israel wants to call itself a Jewish or Hebrew state. This […]
Israel Rearranging Occupation, Says Tibi
An Israeli Arab MP has raised doubts on the outcome of direct talks between the Palestinian Authority and Israel saying Tel Aviv’s rightist stance remains unchanged. "I don’t see signs Benjamin Netanyahu has changed. Therefore, […]
Kairos: Christian Advocacy in the ‘Holy Land’
By Timothy Seidel Much is said about Palestine-Israel. There is no shortage of reporting, analysis, and opinion. And there is no shortage of expressions of personal commitments to ‘peace’. One need only glance at recent […]
Misnomer of the Peace Talks
By John Chuckman I don’t know how anyone given the task could draw a map of Israel: it is likely the only country in the world with no defined borders, and it actually has worked […]
Why Negotiate, Again?
By Elias Akleh Another round of the Palestinian/Israeli bargaining negotiations started September 2nd despite all the predictions and expectations of miserable failure. The two parties had met for the nth time, within the last 17 years, […]
Global BDS against Israel Working
By Stephen Lendman In July 2005, a coalition of 171 Palestinian Civil Society organizations created the Global BDS movement for "Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel Until it Complies with International Law and Universal Principles […]
Israeli Security vs. Palestinian Economy
By Jamil Salman Following 17 years of failure under the Oslo regime and 2 years of stalemate since the last round of peace discussions (Annapolis), this week saw the commencement of renewed peace talks in […]
When Israeli Jews Lose Their Moral Compass
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan On the first day of the Palestinian-Israeli direct negotiations, I was reading a book by Avraham Burg on Israel. Avraham Burg, a man who once was at the heart of the […]
Israel FM Vows to Block Settlement Halt
Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says his far right Yisrael Beitenu party will block any attempt to extend Tel Aviv’s 10-month settlement freeze. "There is no need to extend the freeze," Lieberman said in an […]
