Israel has handed over the remains of scores of Palestinian fighters killed in attacks on Israel. Seventy-nine bodies were handed over to Palestinian officials in Ramallah on Thursday and another 12 were transferred to the […]
By Jamal Kanj It is ironic that Western nations seeking to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions are the same countries that sold nuclear technology to it in the first place. Iran worked with the US and […]
By Ralph Nader The rule of law is rapidly breaking down at the top levels of our government. As officers of the court, we have sworn to ‘support the Constitution,’ which clearly implies an affirmative commitment […]
A committee set up by President Mahmoud Abbas has found the union of public sector employees has no legal standing, six years after it first started representing government workers. The committee report, of which Ma’an […]
The arrest and imprisonment earlier this month of the head of Israel’s biggest trafficking ring of young women will deter some of those involved in sex slavery, but former victims and activists say much more […]
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Ya’alon has strongly hinted that Israel was involved in creating the computer virus Flame — a new Stuxnet-like espionage malware — to sabotage Iran’s nuclear plans. Speaking in an interview […]
The United Nations envoy for the Middle East peace process warned a session of the UN Security Council on Tuesday of the continuing diplomatic impasse between Israel and the PLO. Robert Serry told the council […]
An Israeli court has convicted two police officers of negligent homicide in the death of a Palestinian man who was left to die on the side of a road. On Monday, the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court convicted […]
Reviewed by Ludwig Watzal (Sarah Irving. Leila Khaled, Icon of Palestinian Liberation, Pluto Press, London 2012, 155 pp.) Western discourse about Palestine or Palestinians is peppered by stereotypes such as ‘terrorists’, ‘suicide bombers’, ‘irrational’ or […]
By Felicity Arbuthnot ‘We don’t need spectators to witness our suffering and tell us they feel with us. We need help to put a stop to it.’ – Raja Shehadeh, 1951, ‘When The Birds Stopped […]
By Ramzy Baroud Yemeni forces continue to push against fighters affiliated with al-Qaeda. Their major victories come on the heels of the inauguration of Abd Rabbuh Mansur al-Hadi, who is now entrusted with the task […]
By Franklin Lamb – Beirut The official results of the first round of the historic Egyptian presidential elections, the first ever in Mother Egypt where the results were not known in advance, present an encouraging snapshot […]
By Kathy Kelly -Kabul Here in Kabul, Voices co-coordinator Buddy Bell and I are guests at the home of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, (APV), where we’ve gotten to know four young boys who are being tutored […]
Gaza’s government agreed Monday to allow the Central Elections Commission to start work immediately to prepare for a vote. The chairman of the elections commission Hanna Nasser met Monday with Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. […]
By Ismail Salami While Iran and the world six powers wrapped up their talks on Thursday in an atmosphere apparently meant to resolve the nuclear issue, US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs and top […]
By Abdelrahman Rashdan Consider this a very opinionated piece and let me talk in the ‘I’ figure of speech because the presidential elections proved that not all Egyptians believe in what I believe in. ‘I’ […]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released the US State Dept.’s annual report on human rights Thursday, criticizing Palestinian security forces for abusing detainees and restricting civil liberties. The 2011 report’s sharpest criticism was leveled at […]
The father of a Palestinian soccer player on hunger strike for 67 days in an Israeli jail urged the sporting community to "show solidarity" with his son. Mahmoud al-Sarsak, a forward in Palestine’s national soccer […]
By Talgha Bendie – Gaza The Centre for Political and Development Studies (CPDS) had the privilege of having Harry Fear, a young independent film maker, present a lecture on the importance of short documentaries. Harry […]
By Ayah Bashir – Gaza Amid the focus on the economic hardships caused by Israel’s ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip, it has been easy for many to overlook the fact that the territory’s 1.6 […]
By Sami Zaatari For years we have heard pro-Israeli supporters talk about how Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East, well, that argument is no longer valid with the recent historical elections taking […]
By Mats Svensson Daniel has returned home. He had felt a lump in his stomach even before stepping on the plane in Mumbai. He felt sick when he saw all the young boys and girls […]
Israel will return the bodies of a number of Palestinians held in a cemetery in Israel within a week, the PA minister of civil affairs said Wednesday. Hasan al-Sheikh told Ma’an his ministry would ensure […]
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan Arab people are demanding democracy after living for decades under authoritarian regimes suffering systematic violations of their natural rights where injustice, impunity, police torture, battering and excessive use of deadly force […]
By Vacy Vlazna Every time Israel bans Palestinians from leaving Israel’s West Bank-Gaza Prison, and every time a well-meaning foreigner is refused entry to give humanitarian assistance to Palestinians, Israel is consolidating its reputation as […]
By Ramzy Baroud The age of revolutionary romance is over. Various Arab countries are now facing hard truths. Millions of Arabs merely want to live with a semblance of dignity, free from tyranny and continuous […]
Mahmoud al-Sarsak, a 25-year-old forward in Palestine’s national soccer team, has been on hunger strike in an Israeli jail for over two months, officials said Tuesday. Al-Sarsak and Akram al-Rekhawi, a diabetic who has refused […]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told Israeli officials that they must partition Jerusalem if they really want peace. "No Israeli government since 1967 has done even a smidgen of what was needed in […]
By Ramzy Baroud The commemoration of the Nakba needs to be more than a ritualistic event; the remembrance should be integrated into a clear and comprehensive national project aimed at offsetting the harm wrought to […]
Fatah and Hamas are meeting in the Gaza Strip to discuss a deal agreed in Cairo late Sunday, officials present said on Monday. Other factions will also attend the meeting, which is held regularly in […]
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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