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Month: May 2011

Refugees to March from Lebanon on June 5
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon will march toward borders between Lebanon and the occupied territories on Sunday commemorating the mass dispossession of Palestinians in 1967. In Lebanon, two rallies will be held in Maron Ar-Ras and […]

Gaza Hospitals Face Health Crisis
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza says the coast of sliver is facing an imminent health crisis due to lack of fuel and shortage of medicine in hospitals. The ministry said the shortages are […]

The Six-Day War and a Possible Resolution
By Ron Forthofer President Obama’s recent statements about using the 1967 borders as the basis for a settlement of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict sparked strong reactions. These reactions also show that many people are terribly misinformed […]

Kidnapped in Gaza
(The following article was provided by Daniela Loffreda, a close friend of Vittorio Arrigoni. She writes: ‘This is a chilling account from Vittorio’s blog of what happened to him and other ISM activists when they […]

What’s the Next Step for Palestine?
By Tallha Abdulrazaq After Barack Obama’s recent pro-Israeli address to the world regarding the vision of the US for the Middle East in light of the ongoing events of the Arab Spring, and Israeli Prime […]

The U.S.-Israeli Train Wreck
By Jeff Gates President Obama hopes to head off a train wreck in September at the U.N. General Assembly. That’s when member nations plan to press for an independent Palestine. The Israel lobby is furious. […]

Hanging by a String of Lies
By Mohannad El-Khairy The smog over Los Angeles is thick. Having built a reputation for itself as one of the densest in the world, the masses live with its presence above them, as if having […]

Why Ban Ki-Moon Trying to Scupper Flotilla Plans?
By Stuart Littlewood ‘Intercepting the Mavi Marmara on the high seas… was clearly unlawful.’ The United Nations said so. It’s in the report of the UN fact-finding mission set up by the Human Rights Council […]

Egypt Opens Rafah Border with Gaza
Egypt has reopened its Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, allowing the coastal territory’s Palestinian residents to cross freely for the first time in four years – a sharp departure from the policies of […]

Hamas: No Need for Int’l Observers at Rafah
Palestinians have proven they are capable of operating the Gaza side of Egypt’s Rafah crossing, leading Hamas figure Ghazi Hamad told local radio on Sunday night, adding there was "no need for foreign observers." Speaking […]

Flotilla II to Sail for Gaza in June
International activists say the second Freedom Flotilla will set sail for Gaza in late June, challenging Israel’s deadly blockade of the Palestinian enclave. In a news conference held in Istanbul on the deck of the […]

Why June 5 Matters
By Joe Catron I gasped as the first bullet struck a young man standing a few paces ahead of me. Watching him crumple to the ground, I struggled for breath and fought my natural urge […]

Welcome to Gaza: Revolution and Change at the Rafah Border
By Ramzy Baroud The Palestinian security officer at the Rafah border was overly polite. He wore a black uniform and walked around self-assuredly, as he instructed weary travelers on their next moves before being allowed […]

Egypt to Open Rafah Border Permanently
Egypt will permanently open its Rafah border crossing starting from Saturday, the country’s official news agency reported, easing a four-year blockade on the Gaza Strip. The news agency MENA said on Wednesday that Egypt’s new […]

Top Fatah Official Arrives in Gaza
A top Fatah official arrived in Gaza on Thursday, to discuss with Hamas leaders, factions and other figures a response to the Israeli prime minister’s speech and implement a reconciliation agreement. Nabil Shaath’s visit was […]

Africa First Aid Convoy to Head for Gaza
A Palestinian man waits before crossing into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip on Thursday. Africa’s first land-based humanitarian aid relief convoy heads for the besieged Gaza Strip this June in an […]

Bibi and the Yo-Yos
By Uri Avnery It was all rather disgusting. There they were, the members of the highest legislative bodies of the world’s only superpower, flying up and down like so many yo-yos, applauding wildly, every few […]

Popular Resistance in Palestine
By Theresa Wolfwood (Qumsiyeh, Mazin B. Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment. 2010. Pluto Press. UK &USA) ‘…the reality is that popular resistance in Palestine developed indigenously, organically, naturally and beautifully. […]

Abbas: Palestine to Go to UN in September
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has said that without a renewal of peace talks with Israel, the Palestinians will seek UN recognition. Abbas’s comments, on Wednesday, came a day after a major speech by Benjamin […]

US Reaffirms Stance on Palestine Borders
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has reaffirmed the US stance that the borders of a Palestinian state should be based on the 1967 borders. During a joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary William […]

America’s Coming Nakba
By William A. Cook ‘From the moment we took on a role that included the permanent military domination of the world, we were on our own—feared, hated, corrupt and corrupting, maintaining ‘order’ through state terrorism […]

Obama’s Half-Step
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington, D.C. Why is Benjamin Netanyahu, the right-wing Israeli prime minister, so ungracious to the United Nations, which helped create the state of Israel, and to Barack Obama, the American president […]

AIPAC Demands US Partiality to Israel
The head of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has openly called on US President Barack Obama to avoid an “even-handed” approach to the issue of Palestine. "When the United States is even-handed, Israel […]

Some Names for New Palestinian Govt Selected
Several names have been agreed on for the new technocrat government being compiled by Fatah and Hamas officials in Cairo, a party member told Ma’an on Tuesday. From Gaza City, Fatah national relations official Diab […]

Netanyahu Rules out Return to 1967 Borders
Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has again ruled out accepting a settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on the 1967 borders. Addressing a conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committtee (AIPAC) in Washington late […]

Obama’s Hypocrisy: Insulting Our Intelligence
By Joe Catron Barack Obama wants it both ways. Like every United States president since Bill Clinton, who partially brokered the now-defunct Oslo Accords in 1993, he aspires to act as a trusted intermediary in […]

Netanyahu and the One-state Solution
By Neve Gordon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address US legislators on Tuesday. He will, no doubt, tell members of Congress that he supports a two-state solution, but his support will be predicated on four […]

Former PLO Negotiator: Israel ‘No Partner’
A former Palestinian peace negotiator has told Al Jazeera that Binyamin Netanyahu’s government is "no partner for peace", after the Israeli prime minister rejected US president Barack Obama’s call for a Middle Eastern settlement based […]

8 PLO Factions to Boycott Technocrat Government
Palestinian factions affiliated with the PLO will not nominate candidates for the government of technocrats proposed in a unity deal signed two and a half weeks ago in Cairo. The factions are protesting what is […]

8 PLO Factions to Boycott Technocrat Government
Palestinian factions affiliated with the PLO will not nominate candidates for the government of technocrats proposed in a unity deal signed two and a half weeks ago in Cairo. The factions are protesting what is […]