It Was a Massacre
By Emanuel Stoakes As the miracles in Egypt and Tunisia enter the chronicles of recent history, and the uncertain fight for Libya rages on, drawing the media’s eye from struggles against oppression in Bahrain, Yemen, Syria […]
Month: April 2011
Mystery of Goldstone’s April Fool’s Message
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington It was definitely coincidental – but harboring many unclear scenarios – that Richard Goldstone’s infamous volte face came on April Fool’s day as when it appeared on the Web […]
Understanding Libya, Dispelling the Myths
By Shafiq Morton There are many things that are misunderstood about the so-called ‘civil war’ raging in the sands of Libya. Even if Gaddafi is stopped tomorrow and there is ceasefire, my fear is that […]
Israeli Isolation No Less than War, Says Gilad
A senior Israeli defense ministry official has warned that Israel could face isolation "no less severe than war" should the UN recognize Palestine as an independent state this September. "Israel’s isolation in September, the beginning […]
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian in Gaza
Israeli soldiers have shot dead one Palestinian and wounded another in the northern Gaza Strip near the Erez border crossing, witnesses say. The troops targeted the Palestinians while they were collecting gravel in the area, […]
Former Israeli Agents Present New Plan
Israel’s former security officials have proposed an initiative calling for the formation of a Palestinian state within 1967 borders, with East al-Quds (Jerusalem) as its capital. The former officials, including former heads of spying service […]
Goldstone’s Rethink: Cleansing of Israel’s War Crimes
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Israeli leaders have barely hidden their jubilation at an opinion article in last Friday’s Washington Post by the South African jurist Richard Goldstone reconsidering the findings of his United Nations-appointed inquiry […]
Silwan: A Shard of Glass
By Stephen Williams ‘Welcome to Palestine.’ ‘What is your name?’ ‘Where are you from?’ The questions came thick and fast, the handshakes frequent, as the teenagers crowded around me. I had been wandering the narrow streets […]
Darkness in the House of Hate
By Lillian Rosengarten It was a dark day last September 2010 when our little boat Irene was towed away from our destination. Our dream to reach the shores of Gaza only a few hours away […]
UK-Israel Mutual Admiration Provokes ‘Technicolor Yawn’
By Stuart Littlewood Last week a stomach-churning love-in was conducted between the British Government and the racist state of Israel at Chatham House, also known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs. The theme was […]
Israel Charges Kidnapped Palestinian
An Israeli court has charged a Palestinian engineer kidnapped by Mossad in Ukraine with developing rockets for the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas. The southern district prosecution filed an indictment against Dirar Abu Sisi on […]
Where U.S. Chooses to Back ‘Armed Struggle’
By Nicola Nasser Within a few days, the ‘Silmiya’ (peaceful) popular uprising against the 42-year old rule of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya had turned into an ‘armed struggle’ and in no time the U.S. administration […]
Israel Warns UN over Palestinian State
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has warned the United Nations against the international recognition of an independent Palestinian state. "It will destroy everything we have accomplished to date," Lieberman said on Monday without giving further […]
Miral: A Palestinian Disappointment
By Susan Abulhawa I didn’t get a sneak preview nor was I among the VIPs who attended the premier of Miral at the UN General Assembly. I had to wait for its release in a […]
Israel to Build more Al-Quds Settlements
Israel has planned to construct more houses in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), as the longtime illegal settlement activities across the Palestinian land increase. Israeli officials said on Monday that a committee was going to discuss plans […]
The Trials of Judge Goldstone
By Richard Irvine A year and a half ago Judge Richard Goldstone presented the findings of his Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict. Conveniently forgetting his condemnation of Hamas rocket fire opponents and supporters […]
Gaza’s Untold Story
By Roger Sheety ‘Not to know what happened before you were born is to remain forever a child.’ —Cicero ‘The Nakba is not a narrative. It is not a political attitude. It’s a historical fact.’ […]
US Boat to Gaza Leaders Respond to Netanyahu Threat
Human rights activists who are preparing to sail a U.S. ship in a 22-nation flotilla to Gaza at the end of May sharply criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon […]
Where Are the Palestinian Poets?
By Francis Oeser (An answer to W. J. Martin) Where are the Palestinian poetswho’ll tell us all dreams,dreams of quiet olive groves,villagers’ meetings, the rich quiet ofrain on straw grass and dust? Where are the […]
Israel: UN Must Cancel Goldstone Report
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on the UN to cancel a report that condemns Tel Aviv for war crimes during its offensive against the Gaza Strip. Following a Washington Post op-ed by Richard […]
Hundreds Mourn for 3 Palestinians
Hundreds of Palestinians have attended the funeral procession of three people killed by Israeli fighter jets in an overnight airstrike. The three lost their lives while driving in a car from the town of Khan […]
‘Israel Breaks Demolition Record’
The United Nations has warned that the demolition of the Palestinian residences by Israelis has been breaking the record for the past three months. "The number of Palestinian buildings in the West Bank demolished by […]
This Road Leads to Jerusalem
By Shahab Jafry – Dubai It no longer matters what jolted the Arab conscience into revolt — food inflation, political victimization, decades of brute puppet regimes — as the political calculus of US/EU backed family […]
Libya: Obama’s Defense of the ‘Rebel Uprising’
By James Petras Over the past two weeks Libya has been subjected to the most brutal imperial air, sea and land assault in its modern history. Thousands of bombs and missiles, launched from American and […]
Netanyahu Seeks to Stop Gaza Flotilla
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on the United Nations to stop a flotilla seeking to break Tel Aviv’s blockade of the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday that […]
Israeli Airstrike Kills 3 Palestinians
An Israeli airstrike has killed at least three Palestinians in the south of the Gaza Strip, medical staff and witnesses say. The target was a car in the area of Khan Younis town early Saturday, […]
Settlements, Racist Laws: Wrap around Apartheid
By Iqbal Jassat- Pretoria The final outcome of a protracted yet determined effort by the University of Johannesburg to sever links with Israel’s Ben Gurion University has been a resounding success for the Boycott, Sanctions […]
Palestinian Refugee Camps: ‘Perpetual Hell’
By Stuart Littlewood A delegation of parliamentarians has returned from a tour of the refugee camps in Lebanon and made its report. It was led by former British government minister Sir Gerald Kaufman MP and […]
