By Tamar Fleishman While attending a march of support of the establishment a Palestinian state, a reporter from the Canadian television interviewed me. He asked whether I thought the Palestinians should take a non-violent approach […]
Palestinian Authority presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh on Friday denied Israeli media reports that Saeb Erekat and Shimon Peres had been meeting in an attempt to relaunch peace talks. Abu Rudeineh described the reports as […]
Israel Will Not Apologize to Turkey, Says Yaalon Israel has said it will not apologize for killing nine Turkish activists onboard the Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international waters last year. Israel’s cabinet minister Moshe Yaalon […]
Palestinian police forces have raided the home of Mohammed Dahlan, a former influential member of the Fatah party. Witnesses in the Tirah neighbourhood of Ramallah, in the West Bank, said that a number of police […]
By Ali Younes From the Palestinian perspective, the absence of any meaningful effort to restart the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations that will eventually lead to the establishment of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders is the […]
By Uri Avnery The Nazi Propaganda Minister, Dr. Joseph Goebbels, calls his boss, Adolf Hitler, by hell-phone. ‘Mein Führer,’ he exclaims excitedly. ‘News from the world. It seems we were on the right track, after […]
By Ludwig Watzal (Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks, Pluto, London 2011, 165 p, L 14.99; $ 24,95.) Almost 60 years ago, Frantz Fanon published his groundbreaking book “Black Skin, White Masks”, in which he […]
By Belen Fernandez Five years ago, Israel waged a 34-day war on Lebanon that resulted in the elimination of approximately 1200 persons in the targeted country, most of them civilians, as well as 43 Israeli […]
The US is to oppose Palestine’s application to the UN for full membership status when the body’s General Assembly convenes in September. Rosemary DiCarlo, the US deputy ambassador to the UN, said that the US […]
China says Israel’s settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are a major obstacle to the resumption of stalled Palestinian-Israeli talks. Addressing a routine monthly UN Security Council (UNSC) session on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on Tuesday, […]
The political process to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in “profound and persistent” deadlock, a senior United Nations envoy warned today, calling on the parties to work towards a two-State solution and on the international […]
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan Western leaders and media label any Palestinian resistance to the Israeli occupation as terrorism, but it refuses to give Israel the same label when its military commits daily crimes against the […]
By Ramzy Baroud When President Ali Abdullah Saleh tried desperately to quell Yemen’s popular uprising, he appealed to tribalism, customs and traditions. All his efforts evidently failed, and the revolution continued unabated. When Saleh denounced […]
The Palestinian Authority (PA) may not be able to pay employees their salaries for the next two months because of a shortfall in foreign aid, Salam Fayyad, the prime minister, has said. Fayyad told a […]
The number of children with post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety disorders including depression has increased in the occupied Palestinian territory where conflict continues with Israel, according to Médecins Sans Frontières and Palestinian NGOs specializing […]
The government in the Gaza Strip announced Tuesday that two residents accused of collaborating with the Israeli occupation have been executed. Gaza’s Interior Ministry told Ma’an that execution orders were issued in 2004 and were […]
By Dallas Darling When it was reported that Picasso’s Buste de Femme arrived in occupied Ramallah, after crossing a number of heavily guarded Israeli checkpoints and road blocks, including concrete barriers armed with soldiers and […]
Press Release Freiburg, Germany – Freedom of speech and expression are recognised by many as primary human rights. However, when it comes to discussion on topics concerning Palestine, Israel and Germany we often face rigid […]
A political activist says the Scotland to Gaza aid convoy has been denied entry despite receiving legal permission from all venues to enter the Rafah crossing. In an interview with Press TV, Dr. Hasan Nowarah, […]
The United Nations has once again delayed the release of a report into Israel’s deadly attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in 2010. The UN’s findings about the incident, which left nine Turkish activists dead […]
After breaking the world record for the number of people dribbling soccer balls last week, children at the United Nations-organized summer games in Gaza today set another record by creating the largest ever hand painting, […]
By James Petras Empires are built through the promotion and backing of local collaborators who act at the behest of imperial rulers. They are rewarded with the outward symbols of authority and financial handouts, even […]
By Jamal Saad ‘The only way forward is as people, with all of us challenging the Israeli occupation and those have given away in a fit of distraction.’ — Edward Said. How far can we, […]
By Jim Miles (Fast Times in Palestine. Pamela J. Olson. Mason Hill Press, New York, 2011.) What can I say about such a well written book that has not already been said: well crafted, thought […]
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday that Israel must exert all efforts to avoid a confrontation with the Palestinian Authority over its plan to seek recognition at the United Nations in September. Barak told […]
Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas has said the Palestinians’ bid for membership in the United Nations was forced upon them by Israel’s refusal to halt settlement building and end its occupation. "We are going to […]
By Alexandra Robinson – Gaza ‘Complimentary tour of the Rafah tunnels.’ I received this offer a few weeks after arriving in Gaza. In a conversation I was having with my colleague, Joe Catron, it came up […]
By William A. Cook ‘The right to freedom of expression is a fundamental one, necessary to protect the exercise of all other human rights in democratic societies because it is essential for holding governments accountable […]
By Gilad Atzmon Though the number of critical voices concerning Israel, Zionism and Jewish power is growing steadily, a clear distinction can be made on the one hand between contributors who operate within the discourse […]
Palestinian firefighters have been battling blazes across the West Bank as Israeli settlers set fire to land in multiple locations on Thursday night. Reports earlier on Friday said that settlers had torched agricultural fields near […]
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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