Thousands of US citizens, American groups and organizations have called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to pass a resolution against Israeli war crimes in Palestine. The move comes as the UNSC prepares to […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s second-in-command has strictly rejected the establishment of democracy in Egypt, alleging it could have dire consequences. Deputy Premier Silvan Shalom said attempts at promotion of democracy in Egypt could strengthen […]
In response to massive anti-government protests in neighboring Egypt, Israel has increased its military budget, local media report. The Knesset’s Finance Committee on Sunday approved an extra NIS 700 million (USD 190 million) for the […]
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington, D.C. Why is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (and many other Israelis) behaving like an ostrich? He is digging his head in the sand and wondering why the Egyptian […]
By Jeremy Salt – Ankara The news that Omar Sulaiman had a hot line to the Israeli government, that he was Israel’s choice as president, even over Mubarak, and that he invited Israel to invade […]
Israel is set to put up an electronic security barrier on the border with Egypt as the anti-Tel Aviv sentiment is on the rise in the North African nation. Israeli President Shimon Peres ordered the […]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked the United States to prevent Israel from meddling in the popular revolution in Egypt. "Israel must under no circumstance interfere" in what is happening in Egypt, Turkish […]
The US move to abandon Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak has alarmed Israeli leaders of a similar shift in Washington’s policy on its other old allies, including Tel Aviv. "One gets the impression that Washington was […]
International activists are planning to send an aid convoy to the blockaded Gaza Strip on the anniversary of Tel Aviv’s deadly attack on a humanitarian mission. The mission has been organized by Spanish activists Manuel […]
By James Petras To understand the Obama regime’s policy toward Egypt, the Mubarak dictatorship and the popular uprising it is essential to locate it in an historical context. The essential point is that Washington, after […]
By Ralph Nader Those politically savvy people who thought strongman, Hosni Mubarak would be out before the end of the first week of the Egyptian uprising better rethink the odds. For thirty years Mubarak has […]
By Ludwig Watzal (Ilan Pappé, Out of the Frame. The Struggle for Academic Freedom in Israel, Pluto Press, London-New York 2010, 246 pp, L 13.) In this intellectual autobiography, Ilan Pappé, Professor in the Institute […]
Palestinian activists and parliament members in Israel have voiced support for popular protests in Egypt, calling on President Hosni Mubarak to step down. Scores of people from Balad party held a demonstration on Saturday in […]
Activists across the world are preparing to hold “Israeli Apartheid Week” (IAW) next month, amid growing international outrage against Israeli actions. IAW organizers plan to hold the event in support of Palestinian Civil Society’s call […]
By Steve Breyman ‘By this time, like one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a region of smooth or idle dreams, our history now arrives on the confines, where […]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay is on a mission to find facts about the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip at the turn of 2009. Pillay, who arrived in al-Quds (Jerusalem) on […]
By Sam Bahour Current events in Egypt and Tunisia have the entire region and beyond glued to their television sets. The all-too-spoken-about Arab street has risen, seemingly from the dead. But while it is satisfying […]
Israeli bulldozers razing Palestinian homes Israel is planning to evict several Palestinian people from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East al-Quds (Jerusalem) and construct two new Jewish settlements in the area. The Jerusalem Municipal Committee […]
By Ahmed Amr – Cairo As hundreds of thousands of Egyptians entered Tahrir Square on Friday, they were welcomed by a human corridor of young men clapping and chanting ‘keep the faith countrymen – freedom […]
By Ron Forthofer Recent revolutionary events in Tunisia and Egypt reflect people’s strong desire for an end to repression, injustice and inequity. In effect, people are saying we are as mad as hell and we […]
Over the last three days, Gazans have been giving food to Egyptian soldiers isolated on the Gaza border since the beginning of the popular revolution. Underground tunnels, which were used to bring basic goods from […]
Hundreds of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip have taken to the streets to express their support for the ongoing Egyptian revolution. As anti-government protests in Egypt entered its 10th day, over 1,000 Gazans mainly […]
By Mohamed El Mokhtar What we are witnessing is no less than History in the making: a revolution is now underway on the shores of the Nile. Yes, a revolution and a real one. Under […]
Israeli troops have shot and injured two Palestinian men, who were reportedly collecting construction materials in the north parts of the Gaza Strip. The forces opened fire on the victims in east of Gaza City […]
Israel has released a Palestinian Authority (PA) politician, Abd al-Jaber Fuqaha, after he was held over false accusations in a prison in the Negev desert for 27 months. Fuqaha was released on Thursday at the […]
By James Gundun – Washington, D.C. Somewhere Gil Scott-Heron must be reveling in the scene at Tahrir Square. African-Americans may not be pouring into U.S. streets looking for a brighter day, but millions of Egyptian […]
By Uri Avnery – Israel We are in the middle of a geological event. An earthquake of epoch-making dimensions is changing the landscape of our region. Mountains turn into valleys, islands emerge from the sea, […]
By Susan Abulhawa Rightly proud of their history, Egyptians like to announce, especially to other Arabs, that Egypt is the world’s mother. The Arabic version is far more tender and poetic ‘Misr Um el Dounia’! Light-hearted […]
By Aijaz Zaka Syed – Dubai The magic of poetry is invariably lost in translation. Yet I must share these extraordinary lines by Faiz ahmed Faiz, South Asia’s revolutionary poet, with the readers, written for […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London Nima Shirazi’s recent article ‘How to Say Nothing without Really Trying’ nicely exposed the drivel spouted by US State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley in his attempt to block a draft […]
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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