‘Abraham Day’: Extremists Celebrate ‘Purchase’ of Palestinian City
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 […]
Year: 2011
US Warns Palestinians on Unity Deal: Report
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 […]
Seething Anger: Euro-US Cold Winter
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 […]
Turkey’s Syrian Ambit: New War in the Making
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 […]
Is Israel Preparing an Assault against Iran?
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 […]
Weimar Revisited: Israel’s Anti-Democracy Campaign
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 […]
Barak Tries Damage Control after ‘Iran Gaffe’
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 […]
Israel Plans to Displace Bedouins
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 […]
No Apology for Iran, Just Demonization
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, […]
A Whiff of Egyptian Freedom for Gaza
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 Summons Israeli Envoy over Gaza Attack
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 […]
Abbas Vows to Form Govt. with Hamas
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 Threatens Gaza with New War
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 […]
Nuclear Madness: Iran, Kuwait, or the IAEA?
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, […]
Between Life and Death: Struggle in the Jordan Valley
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 […]
7 Arrested after Boarding Israeli Bus
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 […]
Israel Calls French Foreign Legion to Gaza
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 […]
UN Calls for Immediate Resumption of Talks
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 […]
Destroying Palestinian Solar Plant
By Stuart Reigeluth With international attention focusing on the Palestinian UN bid, the prisoner swap and the absurd US response to UNESCO accepting Palestine, a much smaller event but no less revealing has been largely […]
Syria Uprising Falls Victim to Power Plays
By Ramzy Baroud Syrians continue to be victimized, not only in violent clashes with the Syrian military, but also by regional and international players with various agendas. Protests in Syria began on January 26, and […]
Army Raids Homes of Prisoners Freed in Swap Deal
Israeli forces overnight Sunday raided the homes of seven prisoners freed as part of the Oct. 18 prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel, a Ma’an correspondent reported. Military vehicles entered the northern West Bank […]
Israeli Airstrike Kills Gaza Policeman, Injures Four
An Israeli airstrike on a Hamas naval base in the northern Gaza Strip has killed one Palestinian and injured four people. A fifth Palestinian is still missing, Reuters reported. The missing person was a member […]
Israel Not to Release PA Tax
Israel has said it will hold on the transfer of Palestinian tax collections as punishment for the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s successful membership admission to UNESCO. On Monday, Israeli Cabinet ministers decided not to release about […]
Playground Bullying of Palestine, Iran Must Stop
By Stuart Littlewood – UK Last Friday I had a 2-hour meeting with my MP Henry Bellingham, who is a minister in the Foreign Office. We spent much of the time discussing the Palestinian statehood […]
Detoxing Yemen’s UN Resolution 2014
By James Gundun – Washington, D.C. Over three weeks have elapsed since the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously passed resolution 2014. Addressing Yemen’s 10-month revolution, the resolution calls for Ali Abdullah Saleh to sign […]
Across the Wall
By Ludwig Watzal (Ilan Pappé/Jamil Hilal eds., Across The Wall. Narratives of Israeli-Palestinian History, I. B. Tauris, London-New York 2010, 462 pp.) ‘Across the Wall’ arose from collaboration between scholars from Israel and Palestine, seeking […]
US War Rhetoric: The Road to Sedition
By Ismail Salami Following the recent IAEA report released on Iran’s nuclear program which many observers found professionally faulty, Washington once again ratcheted up the ‘bomb, bomb Iran’ rhetoric. The rhetoric escalated even more in […]
No War on Iran? Think Again
By Richard Lightbown Uri Avnery in a considered assessment of the chances of an Israeli attack on Iran (Palestine Chronicle, November 03) stated categorically that it will not happen. I hope he is right, but I […]
