How 60 Minutes Became a Terrorist Attack
By Lo Yuk Fai Bob Simon: Mr. Ambassador, I’ve been doing this a long time. And I’ve received lots of reactions from just about everyone I’ve done stories about. But I’ve never gotten a reaction […]
Month: May 2012
Palestinian Hunger Strikers in Prison Clinic
Ten Palestinian prisoners participating in a mass hunger strike in Israeli jails have been placed under medical supervision as their conditions worsen, officials said. A spokeswoman for Israel’s prison service said on Saturday that the 10 […]
Decision of the United Methodist Church Will Live in Ignominy
By Susan Abulhawa This week, amidst the incredible ongoing mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners, some of them on the brink of starvation, the Methodist Church failed to pass a resolution to divest from three […]
We Shall Return: The Story of Iqrit
By Fida Jiryis ‘I don’t want to open all my wounds…,’ says Maher Daoud, a descendent of Iqrit refugees, as we drive to the site where the village of his parents once stood. I wince […]
PA: Prisoners Review Israel Offer to End Strike
Israel’s prison administration has agreed to meet several demands made by Palestinian hunger-strikers, including allowing them to receive visitors and make phone calls, an official said Friday. Palestinian Authority prisoners minister Issa Qaraqe said a […]
Prisoners Review Israel Offer to End Strike
Israel’s prison administration has agreed to meet several demands made by Palestinian hunger-strikers, including allowing them to receive visitors and make phone calls, an official said Friday. Palestinian Authority prisoners minister Issa Qaraqe said a […]
Israel Releases Accomplice in Rabin Murder
The unrepentant brother of the man who killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was released from prison after serving 16 1/2 years for complicity in a murder that stunned Israel, and according to some destroyed […]
Israel Gets German-made Nuke-capable Submarine
Israel has taken delivery of its fourth German-made Dolphin-class submarine capable of carrying nuclear warheads with an operating range of 4,500 kilometers (2796 miles). The INS Tannin submarine was delivered to Israeli officials in Hamburg, […]
Solidarity and Realpolitik: My Response to Jeff Halper
By Susan Abulhawa Some years ago, I was on a panel with three men, Jeff Halper among them, at a Sabeel conference in Pennsylvania. Each panelist was asked to give their vision for a solution to […]
A Putsch against War
By Uri Avnery Generals and secret police chiefs get together for an attack on the politicians. In some countries, they arrest the president, occupy government offices and TV stations and annul the constitution. They then […]
Hamas, Fatah Meeting Produces Nothing New
A Palestinian official says a recent meeting between the major factions of Hamas and Fatah in Egypt ended inconclusively. Hamas Political Bureau chief Khaled Meshaal and his deputy Moussa Abu Marzouq met with senior Fatah official […]
Journalists Protest US Press Freedom Reception
Activists and journalists demonstrated outside a US-sponsored event marking World Press Freedom Day in Ramallah on Thursday, after the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate called for a boycott. The US Consulate organized the event at the Ceaser’s […]
United Methodists Call for Boycott
Adopting the ‘Kairos Palestine’ document, Methodists Elevate Palestinian Rights and Israel Divestment to Mainstream Prominence By Palestinian BDS National Committee “Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a […]
Gaza’s Energy Crisis: Blame Game Defers Solution
By IRIN From factories to the fishing industry, the Gaza Strip economy is being affected by more than two months of fuel shortages and power outages, taking a toll on the livelihoods of its 1.6 […]
Palestinian Prisoners Remembered
By Yousef M. Aljamal, CPDS On Wednesday 2nd May the Gaza Center for Political and Development Studies staged a ceremony to award a group of writers and activists addressing prisoners’ issues. The ceremony, sponsored by […]
Israel Closes File on Gaza Family Killing
Israel’s military has closed its probe into the 2009 shelling of a house in the Gaza Strip that killed 21 members of the Samouni family during Operation Cast Lead. It said on Tuesday that the […]
Two Palestinian Inmates in Critical Condition
A Palestinian human rights organization has expressed deep concern over the lives of two prisoners who have been on hunger strike for 63 consecutive days in Israeli jails to protest harsh prison conditions. Addameer Prisoner […]
Ex-Kadima Leader Livni Resigns as Israeli MP
Tzipi Livni, the former head of Israel’s biggest opposition party Kadima, has resigned from parliament, a month after she lost a primary battle for leadership of the centre-right party. Speculation about Livni’s political future had swirled […]
20 Palestinians Hurt at Prisoner Demo
Twenty Palestinians were injured Wednesday by rubber bullets during clashes with Israeli forces near the Ofer detention center, a Ma’an correspondent said. A student demonstration set out from Birzeit University toward Ofer to express solidarity […]
Illegal Settlements Bonanza: Israel Plots an Endgame
By Ramzy Baroud Israel’s colonization policies are entering an alarming new phase, comparable in historic magnitude to the original plans to colonize Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem following the war of 1967. On […]
Israeli Hawkademia in Australian Universities
By Vacy Vlazna The Israeli ‘defense’ industry is embedded in Israeli universities and in universities around the world including Australia. It plunders overseas intellectual property for Israel’s military research-and-development (R&D) programs while strategic bi-lateral research […]
Israel under Intelligence Fire over Iran
By Ismail Salami – Tehran Producing from his pocket a sheet of paper which contained a biblical quote from the Prophet Zachariah, former Shin Bet chief said, ‘I will tell you things that might be harsh. […]
Concern Grows for Prisoners on 63-day Hunger Strike
After 63 days on hunger-strike, two Palestinian prisoners face severe health deterioration and are at risk of death, lawyers said Tuesday. Bilal Diab, 27, from Jenin, and Thaer Halahla, 33, from Hebron, have been transferred […]
Israel Approves Plans for New Buildings in East Jerusalem
An Israeli official has said another step of plans to build 1,100 new hotel rooms in East Jerusalem (al-Quds) has been approved. Interior ministry spokeswoman Efrat Orbach said on Tuesday the plans were initially presented […]
Tunisian ‘Signs of Victory Caravan’ Heads to Gaza
A Tunisian group of 21 pro-Palestinian human rights activists has headed to the besieged Gaza Strip to express support for the Palestinian cause. Members of the Signs of Victory Caravan started the trip on Monday […]
Israel and the Power Struggle over Iran
By Ludwig Watzal Should Israel attack Iran’s nuclear installations? Over this question, a fierce dispute flared up among Israel’s security establishment. In the beginning of the year, the former chief of the Israeli Mossad, Meir […]
64 Years of Racism
By Jamal Kanj Much has been written on Israeli policies seizing Palestinian land and building illegal ‘Jewish only’ colonies in the West Bank. However the discrimination against the original natives, the non-Jewish Israeli citizens, has […]
Humanity, Pixels in a Shrinking Kill Chain
By Zaakir Ahmed Mayet In late 2002 an article entitled ‘The Changing World of Electronic Games’ appeared in a popular publication. The article proceeded to outline the disastrous effects of gaming. However it was the […]
