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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Ralph Nader (The imagined conversation between the Ghost of Osama bin Laden and President Barack Obama) The Ghost of Osama bin Laden swirled into the Oval Office where Barack Obama was spending the evening […]
The Co-Operative Group, a British supermarket chain, is extending a boycott of goods from illegal Israeli settlements and will now shun any supplier known to source from these areas, a statement has said. "Following an audit […]
President Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad have this week been discussing the details of a cabinet reshuffle, Palestinian Authority sources told Ma’an on Monday. Fayyad will reportedly remain prime minister but […]
Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khaled Meshaal says the case of the ongoing mass hunger strike by Palestinians in Israeli jails will be referred to the UN. Meshaal said in Cairo on Sunday that he had agreed […]
The Israeli military has begun building a wall along part of its border with Lebanon to avoid what it called ”frictions” in the area. According to Israeli sources, the cement wall would be several meters […]
By Stuart Littlewood Why is the United Methodist Church apparently making such heavy weather of voting for divestment from corporates – specifically Caterpillar, Motorola and Hewlett-Packard – that profiteer from the brutal Israeli occupation of […]
By Ali Younes When Jordan’s Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh took office six months ago, he was hailed as a much needed reformer with a clean slate in Jordanian politics after spending 10 years as a […]
By Felicity Arbuthnot ‘There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.’ (Madeleine Albright, 1937 – ) As the anniversary of probably one of the most infamous responses in broadcasting […]
By Samah Sabwai Peeling off the artificial sugar layers and the dazzling celebratory ornaments, Israel on its 64th birthday stands fragile, isolated and exposed in a way it has never been since its foundation. This […]
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan Prior to Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, the ancient City of Nablus had been a Palestinian principal trade and manufacturing center for centuries. Nablus natural beauty captured the imagination of […]
Palestinian prisoners continued their hunger strike for the 11th consecutive day in protest of Israeli policy. A mass march went out in Gaza City, which was called by Hamas and Islamic Jihad to support the […]
Russia has expressed concern over a recent Israeli decision to legalize three settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank. Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Thursday, saying Moscow is “treating this information with serious […]
The PLO ambassador at the United Nations on Wednesday condemned Israeli settlement activity in a series of letters to senior UN officials. "There have been confirmations by the UN Security Council and General Assembly, Human […]
Israel’s military chief has signalled a softening of his country’s line on Iran, saying that he does not believe Iran will decide to produce an atomic bomb and describing its leadership as "very rational". In the […]
By Shahira Amin – Cairo Tens of thousands of protesters returned to Cairo’s Tahrir Square in a massive demonstration Friday (April 20) demanding that the ruling military generals immediately hand over power to a civilian […]
By Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace What would you do with $1,738 billion (US dollars)? If you were told you had to spend it this year on making people safer, what would you spend it on? $1, […]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has criticized the Israeli government for legalizing the status of three illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. "All settlement activity is illegal under international law," said Ban on Tuesday, adding that […]
Non-violence activist Bassem Tamimi was released on bail late Tuesday after spending 13 months in prison, a popular committee said. Tamimi, from Ramallah-district village Nabi Saleh, has been recognized as a human rights defender by […]
By Ramzy Baroud In a statement published last July, Amnesty International called on UN member states to control arm shipments to both Sudan and South Sudan. It accused the US, Russia and China of fuelling […]
By Susan Abulhawa Roses are redand Israel is Semitizing: ApartheidSo Equality is anti-Semitic War crimesSo International Law is Anti-Semitic InjusticeSo Justice is anti-Semitic OccupationSo Freedom is anti-Semitic MilitarismSo Peace is anti-Semitic Violets are blue – Susan […]
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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