By Hasan Afif El-Hasan The Egyptian people aspire to fulfill their needs for individual emancipation, self assertion, the legitimate pursuit of their interests and the establishment of state institutions that enhance these interests. They expect […]
The top United Nations envoy to the Middle East today called on Israel and the Palestinians to refrain from provocations and submit concrete proposals to revive the peace process and engage in direct negotiations. “We […]
Israeli Knesset member Haneen Zoabi has described Israel as “a racist system with laws discriminating against Palestinians,” Press TV reports. Zoabi, who represents the Balad party in the Knesset (parliament), said in an exclusive interview […]
By Ramzy Baroud When Recep Tayyip Erdogan became Turkey’s prime minister in 2003, he seemed to be certain of the new direction his country would take. It would maintain cordial ties with Turkey’s old friends, […]
Dozens of Israeli settlers have attacked a house in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron in protest against the release of a man in the recent Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swap. Israeli soldiers on Saturday clashed […]
Israeli authorities shut down a radio station over claims that it sought to ‘incite’ public opinion against the Tel Aviv establishment, an official says. Danny Danon of the Israeli Likud Party, led by Prime Minister […]
President Mahmoud Abbas applauded King Abdullah II of Jordan’s visit to Ramallah on Monday, after a brief surprise trip by the royal. Abbas told reporters in Ramallah that King Abdullah’s visit was "great," after the […]
By Sarah Gillespie Herodotos is an historian who trains you as you read. It is a process of asking, searching, collecting, doubting, striving, testing, blaming, and above all standing amazed at the strange things humans do. […]
By Deepak Tripathi Popular uprisings that began with peaceful protests in Tunisia and Egypt nearly a year ago, and spread across the Arab world, have created a new reality, not only in countries to experience […]
By Jim Miles I have just watched the video of the University of California students at Davis against the heavily armed police that is becoming prominent on many internet sites and I am reminded, among […]
By Ludwig Watzal (Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, Popular Resistance in Palestine. A History of Hope and Empowerment, Pluto, London-New York 2011.) Palestinian resistance against an Israeli ‘belligerent occupation’ is mostly viewed as terrorism and rocket attacks. […]
By Ben Lorber – ISM, The West Bank ‘So the field of Ephron in Machpelah, which was to the east of Mamre, the field with the cave that was in it and all the trees […]
The United States may sanction the Palestinian Authority if Fatah and Hamas implement a reconciliation deal signed in May, an Israeli newspaper reported Friday. Israel HaYom reported that US deputy secretary of state Bill Burns […]
By Eric Walberg – Cairo As protesters fed up with the increasing injustices of the global economic system get chucked out of their latter-day Hoovervilles, Euro-American elites might consider when their turn will come. For […]
By Jeremy Salt – Ankara Possibly for the first time in the life of the Turkish republic, a Turkish government has adopted a policy of open, unprovoked confrontation with a neighboring country. The citizens of […]
By Neve Gordon Skimming the newspapers as I rushed to get my children ready for school, I suddenly understood that Israel might actually be preparing for a military attack against Iran. "[United States Secretary of […]
By Uri Avnery ‘You and your Weimar!’ a friend of mine once exclaimed in exasperation, ‘just because you experienced the collapse of the Weimar Republic as a child, you see Weimar behind every corner.’ The […]
Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, has reassured Israelis about his government’s resolve after he appeared to empathise with Iran’s alleged quest for nuclear weapons during a US television interview. Barak’s suggestion that, were he […]
The Israeli regime plans to displace thousands of Palestinian Bedouins of the Khan al-Ahmar community from the periphery of East Jerusalem (al-Quds). The Israeli plan to forcibly displace about 27,000 Bedouins from an area to […]
By Stuart Littlewood When new recruits join British Petroleum (BP) they are fed romantic tales about how the company came into being. William Knox D’Arcy, a Devon man, studied law and, after emigrating to Australia, […]
By Eric Walberg The ongoing Freedom Waves campaign to break the siege of Gaza hit the world headlines last week with the attempt by the Canadian Tahrir and the Irish Saoirse — Arab and Irish […]
France has summoned the Israeli ambassador to Paris to a meeting at the foreign ministry after an air strike wounded the French consul in Gaza, along with his wife and daughter. A spokesman for the […]
Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas has promised to speed up efforts to form a caretaker unity government with Hamas, and pave the way for elections. Speaking at a ceremony in the West Bank city […]
Israel’s Military Chief of General Staff Benny Gantz has threatened Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip with another large-scale war. Speaking at a meeting of the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday, Gantz […]
By Felicity Arbuthnot ‘The Public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.’ — Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, 1775. As the sabre rattling against Iran becomes more deafening, week on week, […]
By Ben Lorber – ISM, The West Bank Speaking to the American Congress in May, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remarked that Israel would maintain a long-term presence in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley. In […]
Palestinian activists boarded Israeli settler buses Tuesday in an action inspired by the American civil rights movement which resulted in several arrests. The activists headed toward the Kohav Yakov and Psagot settlement bus stops and […]
Israeli foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman said Tel Aviv will lift its siege on the Gaza Strip if France sends its colonial-era force, French Foreign Legion, to administer the coastal territory. Israel would end its blockade […]
The United Nations and its diplomatic partners called on Israel and the Palestinians to resume direct talks without delay or preconditions, following separate meetings with officials from both sides in Jerusalem. Today’s (November 14) discussions […]
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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