The Palestine Nakba: The Past is Now
By Ludwig Watzal The establishment of the State of Israel in Palestine and the myth of Jewish return after two thousand years of exile to a ‘land without a people, for a people without a […]
Month: May 2012
Israel Sill Refusing to Hospitalize Long-term Hunger Strikers
Israel is still refusing to transfer Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahla to hospital after 73 days on hunger strike, the Prisoners Society said Friday. Diab, 27, and Halahla, 33, are being held in a prison […]
Palestine Nakba 64 Years Later
By Jamal Kanj Each year on May 15 Palestinians commemorate the Nakba or Catastrophe. On that May Day, Palestine ceased to exist from the world’s map and 85 percent of its natives were evicted from […]
Nuclear Israel: Image of Apocalyptic Horror
By Ismail Salami Imagine a world plunged in darkness and extreme cold with the sunlight screened off by a thick pall of dust cloud. Imagine a world flung back into chaos. This is an image […]
Operetta in 5 Acts: Netanyahu’s Own Theater
By Uri Avnery The master magician has drawn another rabbit from his top hat. A real and very lively rabbit. He has confounded everybody, including the leaders of all parties, the top political pundits and […]
Group: Hunger Strike Leaders Meet Israeli Authorities
A Palestinian prisoners rights group said Thursday that leaders of a hunger strike met with the Israeli prison administration inside Nafha jail. The Hussam organization said the administration indicated it was flexible about loosening the […]
UN Official to Israel: Resolve Palestinian Prisoners’ Issue
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees today urged the Israeli Government to find an acceptable solution to the issue of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, noting their demands are […]
Bean Counting States
By Sam Bahour As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict faces hunger strikes and the threat of renewed conflict, the question being tirelessly reiterated is whether a two-state solution is beyond us. The answer is "Yes" and "No." […]
Protesters Call for UN Action outside Ramallah Office
A group of protesters blocked the entrance to the United Nations office in Ramallah Wednesday morning, slamming the UN for not intervening to save hunger-striking prisoners. Around 50 Palestinian youth began the sit-in outside the […]
Ban Concerned at Plight of Palestinian Hunger Strikers
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the importance of averting any further deterioration in the condition of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody who are on hunger strike, and urged everyone concerned to reach a solution to […]
Parliament Approves Kadima-Likud Coalition Deal
The Israeli parliament has approved an agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and the opposition Kadima party to form a coalition cabinet. The coalition deal was approved on Wednesday by 71 votes to 23 […]
Prisoners Uphold Palestinian Cause
By Ramzy Baroud A critical shift in the Palestine-Israeli conflict is now underway. The shift promises an endgame for the Israeli plot in Palestine, and a possible collective response from the Palestinian people. Every Palestinian […]
Empty Stomachs, Palestinian Spring
By Patrick O. Strickland – Ramallah, The West Bank Following the examples of Khader Adnan and Hana Shalabi, 1,500 Palestinian prisoners have joined a mass hunger strike campaign inside Israeli military prisons. They are calling […]
Netanyahu Crowns Himself King of Israel: Will Israeli Left Finally Stir?
By Jonathan Cook Israelis barely had time to absorb the news that they were heading into a summer election when Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu yesterday pulled the rug from underneath the charade. Rancourous early electioneering […]
‘Back-to-Back’ Procedure: Patients at Checkpoints
By Tamar Fleishman – The West Bank The detainment of a person that is being transferred by an ambulance to one of the six Palestinian hospitals in East Jerusalem, until the completion of the bureaucratic […]
Long-term Hunger Striker Not Backing Down
A Palestinian hunger striker who has gone without food for 70 days said Tuesday he had no plans to back down despite suffering severe medical complications. Thaer Halahla, 33, from Hebron, wrote in a letter […]
Netanyahu in Surprise Coalition with Kadima
In a surprise move, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has called off plans for early elections and formed a unity government with the centrist Kadima party. The recently elected head of Kadima, Shaul Mofaz, will […]
West Bank Rally for Palestinian Prisoners
In a show of solidarity for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, hundreds of people have taken to the streets in the West Bank. Tuesday’s protests in Ramallah come as a hunger strike by almost 2,000 prisoners […]
ICRC Urges Hospitalization of Six Palestinian Hunger Strikers
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called for hospitalization of six Palestinian hunger strikers who are being held in Israeli prisons. "We urge the detaining authorities to transfer all six detainees without […]
Tumultuous Israeli Politics Will Not Usher Peace
By Ramzy Baroud Israel is currently experiencing the kind of turmoil that may or may not affect its political hierarchy following the next general election. However, there is little reason to believe that any major […]
Demographic Majority: At What Cost?
By Jamal Kanj In the US, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a Jewish Human Rights organization, prescribes racial integration, equality and multiculturalism for America society. ADL and other Jewish organizations work closely at local levels with school […]
Palestinian Hunger Strikers’ Appeal Rejected
Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by two Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in protest at being held without charge. But in its decision, released by the justice ministry on Monday, the court said security […]
Report: Undercover Israeli Forces Threw Stones in Bilin
Undercover Israeli forces threw stones at Israeli soldiers during a protest in the West Bank village of Bilin, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported Monday. Several officers in Israel’s Masada force — a unit in Israel’s […]
Israeli PM Calls for Early General Elections
Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has indicated that he would seek a new general election in September, a year ahead of schedule. In an address to his Likud party in Tel Aviv on Sunday evening, Netanyahu […]
Hamas PM Calls on Israel to Release Palestinian Prisoners
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh calls on Israel to release Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike to protest their detention. Describing the mass hunger strike by Palestinians in Israeli jails as a humanitarian struggle, Haniyeh on […]
Time for the Palestinian Oslo Team to Leave!
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan The current leaders of the West Bank Palestinians are physically, politically and financially taken hostages by the Oslo agreements that they negotiated, signed and promoted. Oslo City was the venue of […]
European Politics on Palestine: Interview with David Cronin
By Dan Freeman-Maloy David Cronin is one of the leading public critics of European policies on Palestine. He has written for a variety of publications across Europe, has served as European correspondent for The Sunday […]
Zionist History: A Short Quiz
By Neve Gordon Take this test to find out how much you know about the gradual shift in Israeli political thought over the decades. Not long after Israel celebrated its 64th Independence Day on April […]
This Year on Nakba, I Am Celebrating!
By Samah Sabawi The passengers’ names have finally appeared on the exit list and they have lined up to board the bus in the early hours of the morning. They were finally given permission to […]
Zionism, Israel, and Occupation
Reviewed by Ludwig Watzal (Speaking the Truth. Zionism, Israel, and Occupation, edited by Michael Prior, Interlink Publishing, Northampton, MA, 2005, 254 pp.) When the South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu paid his first visit to Palestine, […]
