Several Palestinians have been injured by Israeli forces and in clashes with Israeli settlers who had attacked their village in the northern West Bank. A mob of about 100 armed Israeli settlers on Tuesday attacked […]
By Ramzy Baroud When Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas decided to go to the United Nations to request the admission of Palestine as a full member, he appeared to have had an epiphany. Had he […]
By Ahmed Amr – Cairo ‘This time we should reach for what’s best within ourselves. If we do, when we come back here next year, we can have an agreement that will lead to a […]
By Neve Gordon and Yinon Cohen US President Barack Obama’s decision to use the US’ veto prerogative if the United Nations votes to recognise a Palestinian state will constitute a blow to those seeking peace […]
Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, has told Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, that he will submit an application for Palestine’s full membership of the UN later this week. During a "constructive" […]
Former US President Jimmy Carter has called on the current American administration not to veto a UN Security Council vote for Palestinian statehood expected to take place next week. "If I were president, I’d be […]
Settlers opened fired on Palestinian homes late Sunday in the village of Burin in southern Nablus, Palestinian Authority officials said. PA settlement affairs official Ghassan Doughlas told Ma’an that armed settlers shot at the village […]
(Dedicated to the people of Palestine) By Nick Nash Dotted on a barren hillside, a group of flowers live,Spread in bright red families, they are always active.In the cold of winter they rise to life, […]
By Jim Miles This week at the UN – if the U.S. push to disable the process does not succeed – a vote will be taken on Palestinian statehood. The U.S. has already stated that […]
By Jeremy Salt – Ankara, Turkey In September, 2010, the UN General Assembly’s Human Rights Council issued a report on the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara. It concluded that the blockade of the Gaza […]
By William A. Cook ‘The Wandering Jew, like Cain, is Everyman. We are what we will to be: Cain or Abel, with a soul or without one, sympathetic to our fellows or indifferent, human or […]
By Vacy Vlazna There may be some truth in Israel’s squawking that the Palestinian bid for state membership in the UN will delegitimize Israel. A cursory look over the history of Israel’s creation reveals legal loopholes […]
By Ahmed Yousef The global balance of power is changing; and not just in ways commonly covered by the media. The obvious indicators are hard to dispute. The United States, racked with crippling “strategic” wars and […]
The British government has taken another measure in favor of Israel, as it announced legal reform, which would make it tougher to arrest the suspected war criminals. Britain, being under constant pressure from Israel, amended […]
President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday in a televised address from Ramallah that the Palestinians would seek full membership in the UN Security Council. "We are going to the United Nations to request our legitimate right, […]
Israel’s foreign ministry has called in the Egyptian ambassador to stress the importance of the two countries’ historic peace accord, an Israeli official has said, after Egypt’s prime minister said the treaty was not "sacred". […]
By Ahmed E. Souaiaia Starting in 2002, Turkey adopted a dual-purpose foreign policy aimed at increasing its chances of joining the EU and at strengthening its economy. Although Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan has the […]
By Jeremy Salt – Ankara, Turkey History is already being rewritten to accommodate the new reality in Libya – today’s reality, that is, because noone can tell what the country will look like in another […]
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has accomplished the tasks it set out to achieve two years ago to prepare its institutions for the responsibilities of statehood, but there remains a widening gap between that progress and […]
The United Nations today renewed its appeal to donors to provide $36 million in urgently-needed funds to support emergency assistance to Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip. “Our emergency programmes in Gaza face a critical […]
By Haidar Eid ‘The wolf is more merciful than my brothers.’ — Mahmoud Darwish Writing about the Rafah crossing, after the spectacular success of the Egyptian revolution in ousting Hosni Mubarak, brings back the horrific […]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the country’s navy will patrol the Mediterranean to prevent Israel from assaulting ships in the international waters. "Israel will no longer be able to do what it wants […]
By Lo Yuk Fai Below is my personal observation and experience as a foreigner who have tried entering the Gaza Strip through the official Rafah crossing, but had to go through one of the tunnels […]
The Israeli ambassador to Jordan has reportedly left the Jordanian capital of Amman amid fears of massive anti-Israel demonstrations near its embassy over the weekend. According to Israeli media outlets, Danny Navon and his staff […]
By Jeff Halper, ICAHD Director The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) has been one of the leading critical Israeli peace and human rights organizations struggling for Palestinian rights during its more than 14 years […]
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, has told Arab foreign ministers that Israel has isolated itself and must "pay the price" after refusing to apologise for its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last year. […]
By Ron Forthofer The issue of a Palestinian state is back on the radar due to Palestinians taking their cause to the UN next week. Israel and the U.S. strongly oppose the Palestinian effort. In […]
PLO central council member Nabil Amr said Tuesday that the Palestinian request for full UN membership is not a "bid" but rather a diplomatic activity. The former ambassador to Egypt expressed reservations over the plan […]
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has warned of what he calls harsh consequences if the Palestinian Authority goes ahead with its plan to seek UN membership as an independent state. Lieberman, who is known for […]
By Ramzy Baroud The UN Palmer Report, which largely exonerated Israel for murdering nine unarmed Turkish civilians in international waters on May 31, 2010, seemed in some ways like the last straw. Prior to its […]
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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