Starving Gaza is Not Cricket
By Stuart Littlewood Setting sail with the Gaza Flotilla is no Sunday afternoon game of cricket. You’re suddenly in the blockade busting business and if you succeed in getting through you’ll put a lot of […]
Month: July 2011
UN Slams Israel over Nakba Violence
The United Nations has criticized Israel for killing several Palestinian demonstrators on Nakba Day, saying the Israeli army has used excessive force against unarmed protesters. In a report released by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon […]
Israel ups Security for Activists’ Visit
Israeli authorities have reinforced security at Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport ahead of the expected arrival of hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists. According to the pro-Palestinian "Welcome to Palestine" group, over 600 activists will fly to […]
UN Voice Concern over Situation in Gaza
By UN News Center The United Nations and its diplomatic partners in the search for peace in the Middle East today voiced concern about the continuing blockade of the Gaza Strip, saying that while efforts […]
Yemen Continues to Inspire Amid Great Odds
By Ramzy Baroud The Yemeni people are unrelenting in their demands for democracy. Millions continue to stage rallies across their country in a display of will that is proving the most robust out of all […]
Sabotage is Name of Israeli Game
By Stuart Reigeluth There is no lack of creativity, viciousness and connivance in Israeli and European attempts to dissuade and discourage the "Freedom Flotilla II" from leaving Greece for Gaza. The list is long, too […]
Israel Army Kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza Camp
Israeli artillery shelling has killed two Palestinians and injured another in the central besieged Gaza Strip, medics say. Palestinian emergency services spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said two people were killed and one was injured in […]
100s Plan Israel Flights on Way to Gaza
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists plan to fly to Israel before heading for Gaza after pressures by the Tel Aviv regime blocked other campaigners from reaching the impoverished enclave. "We have responded to a call from […]
Palestinian Authority Faces Cash Shortage
The Palestinian Authority can only pay employees half their salaries this month because of a shortfall in foreign aid which it needs for its financial survival, the prime minister said on Sunday. Salam Fayyad appealed […]
Barak Wants to Exclude Certain Bodies from Deal with PA
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday ordered the cancelation of the planned transfer of several Hamas members’ remains to the Palestinian Authority, Israeli media reported. The decision stemmed from the possibility that the remains […]
Palestine’s ‘Last Village’ Faces the Bulldozers
By Jonathan Cook – Lifta On a rocky slope dropping steeply away from the busy main road at the entrance to West Jerusalem is to be found a scattering of ancient stone houses, empty and clinging […]
Pipeline of Injustice: Greek Economy and Freedom Flotilla
By Charlotte Kates It has been widely reported and speculated that the reason for Greece’s participation in the suppression of Freedom Flotilla Two may be found in its own economic situation – that the government […]
Israel: Irrationality of ‘Everything Necessary’
By Dallas Darling Prior to yet another international freedom flotilla headed to Gaza, this one consisting of trying to deliver humanitarian aid and letters of solidarity, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared: ‘…we will not […]
Israel Confirms Deal to Hand over Palestinian Bodies Held Since 1967
Israel has approved the transfer of 84 bodies from a Jordan Valley "cemetery of enemy combatants" to the Palestinian Authority, officials said Monday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the request months earlier following "extensive staff […]
US Needs a Declaration of Independence – from Israel
By Henry Norr – Athens, Greece 235 years after the American colonies declared independence from Britain, the passenegers on the U.S. Boat to Gaza call for a new American Declaration of Independence, this time from […]
Greece Stops Gaza-bound Canadian Boat
Greek coast guards have intercepted a Canadian boat setting sail on a humanitarian mission to the besieged Gaza Strip, activists say. The Canadian "Tahrir" (Liberation) with at least 50 pro-Palestinian activists onboard left the Greek […]
Game Not Yet Over: Flotilla Considers Next Moves
By Richard Lightbown In order to set the context I would like to begin by stating a few facts about Gaza: – The UNRWA annual report for 2010 found that the unemployment rate in Gaza […]
Canada Activists Back Gaza Aid Convoy
Human rights activists have gathered in the Canadian capital of Ottawa to support the country’s aid convoy to the besieged Gaza Strip. The activists voiced support for the Canadian boat, Tahrir, a part of Freedom […]
Britain Arrests Respected Palestinian Leader
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth He is an Islamic ‘preacher of hate’ whose views reflect ‘virulent anti-Semitism’ and who has funded Hamas terror operations, according to much of the British media. The furore last week over […]
Greece Arrests Captain of US Gaza-bound Boat
The captain of a US ship bound for Gaza has been arrested by Greek authorities for a felony after being brought before a prosecutor, activists have told Al Jazeera. The boat, which is part of […]
Gaza Mobilizes for Freedom Flotilla
By Joe Catron An international flotilla of nine ships and hundreds of crew and passengers is a huge undertaking, in Gaza as much as anywhere. Mahmoud Elmadhoun knows this better than most. A member of […]
Nasrallah Implies Israel behind Hariri Murder
The leader of Hezbollah has implied that Israel was behind the killing of Rafik al-Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister who was murdered in 2005. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was speaking for the first time since […]
Israel Manipulating Greece over Gaza, Says Activist
The Greek government has been manipulated by Israel to block the aid ships carrying supplies to the besieged Gaza Strip from departing Greece, a peace activist says. Israel is "bent" on stopping the flotilla because […]
On Israel’s Mythic History
By George Polley From the beginning the official Israeli narrative has followed a very simple script: A homeless and persecuted people, the victims of pogroms and genocide, asked for and were granted a homeland in […]
Spain might Recognize Palestinian State
The PA has hailed the Spanish parliament for advising its government to recognize a Palestinian state in case talks between Israel and Palestine would not resume. Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat on Saturday called on […]
Flotilla II: Brave Activists, Spineless Politicians
By Stuart Littlwood It doesn’t look good. Our oh-so-moral international community, always poking its democracy-loving nose into any trouble spot that might threaten western security (whatever that means) and always eager to mobilize its mighty […]
Rabbi Lior: Unrelenting Extremism
By Uri Avnery The archbishop of New York announces that any Catholic who rents out an apartment to a Jew commits a mortal sin and runs the risk of excommunication. A protestant priest in Berlin […]
Imagine if America Had an Arab Spring
By Aurangzeb Qureshi Having had the luxury of being brought up in the West, I consider myself fortunate to not have lived under brutal dictators, self-serving monarchs, repressive laws and bloody conflicts. I always had […]
Report: US to Offer Israel Incentives to Negotiate
The US is preparing to offer incentives to Israel in exchange for a return to negotiations based on 1967 borders, Israel’s Maariv newspaper reported Friday. US special envoy for the Middle East David Hale is […]
US Gaza-bound Boat Returning to Greek Port
A boat carrying dozens of US activists seeking to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip has been towed back to port by a Greek coast guard after setting sail from a port in Greece. […]
