By Ramzy Baroud In life, some phenomena cannot be explained by ordinary logic or technical language, let alone official discourses. How did Gaza manage to fight back with such ferocity and undying vigor in quelling […]
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan Zionism is a nineteenth century European settlers’ movement presented its mission as a return to ‘an empty wasteland that has been waiting for them since thousands of years to make it […]
By Deepak Tripathi It is important to dismiss some fallacies surrounding the recent Gaza war before we examine the significance and fallout of Israel’s eight-day bombing campaign. One is that Hamas started the fighting by […]
By Stuart Littlewood Alistair Burt is the UK Foreign Office minister in charge of Middle East affairs. He is also a former officer of the Conservative Friends of Israel lobby group. He resigned from that […]
By Francis Oeser Medea is myth. Of course the Greeks were garralously self-conscious, naked and proud of it. Proud as gods (beyond the ordinary). Preposterous: no one murders kith and kin. Not even gods! Gods […]
By Zaakir Ahmed Mayet In 2008 the world was filled with hope as global attention centered on the first black president entering the White House. As the New Year approached, families, friends and loved ones […]
By Hussein Al-alak The Gaza Community Mental Health Programme is the leading Palestinian non-governmental organization which provides mental health services to the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip. In a recent statement, the U.N. Committee on […]
By William A. Cook ‘I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.’ — […]
By Eric Walberg At last Egyptian politics is moving. President Mohamed Morsi is slowly building on his summer ‘coup’, when he stared down Egypt’s generals and put his men in the top army and defence […]
Remains of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat are being exhumed to help determine the cause of his death. Al Jazeera’s Nadeem Baba, reporting from the West Bank capital, Ramallah, said that “according to Tawfiq al-Tirawi, the […]
Egyptian mediators have begun separate talks with Hamas and with Israel to flesh out details of a ceasefire agreed last week that ended eight days of fighting in the Gaza Strip. An Egyptian official told […]
Hamas chief-in-exile Khalid Mashaal telephoned President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday to confirm the Islamist movements’ support for the upcoming UN bid, the official news agency Wafa reported. Hamas reiterated Mashaal’s call in a statement stressing […]
By Ahmed G. Ferwana – Gaza Smiling out of exhaustion as I wished a nice weekend to my colleagues and students, I left the American International School of Gaza – AISG, where I work as […]
By Iqbal Jassat The defining moment that stood out in vindication of Hamas’ triumph over Israel was when its leader Khaled Meshal presided at a global press conference signaling Israel’s embarrassing defeat. That its a […]
(from my safe distance) By Nasser Barghouty In whose name they allow themselves to hurt you? To what end? To what beginning? Have they said as much to you? Have they counted your tears? Have […]
By Sarah Gillespie – London It is a rather curious time for Hollywood to launch a blockbuster movie based on the worst US/Iranian diplomatic fallout in history. Currently Iran is threatened with attack from the […]
By Stuart Littlewood Israel’s latest onslaught has spectacularly backfired. First, the courage and resilience of the Palestinians in Gaza has won the hearts and minds of the world. In Stephen Lendman’s words, “we’re all Gazans […]
By Felicity Arbuthnot – London “Light the fire so I can see my tears On the night of the massacre …” — Samih al-Qasim, 1939 – present It was that “pinpoint accuracy”, “surgical strike” stuff […]
A senior Hamas official in the Gaza Strip said on Saturday the group will continue to procure weapons after its ceasefire with Israel, and he expects support from Iran to the movement to grow further. […]
Gaza residents say that Israel has eased some border restrictions as part of its ceasefire with the Palestinian territory’s Hamas government, allowing farmers to visit land near its security fence and letting fishermen head further […]
By Richard Falk The Gaza Ceasefire, unlike a similar ceasefire achieved after Operation Cast Lead four years ago, is an event that has a likely significance far beyond ending the violence after eight days of […]
The Hamas government in Gaza has deployed security forces near the border with Israel after two shooting incidents in the aftermath of Wednesday’s ceasefire. A Reuters photographer and other witnesses said Hamas officials, coming closer […]
By Ayah Abubasheer – Gaza Since the beginning of Israel’s ‘Operation Pillar of Defence,’ the number of Palestinians killed or injured has risen dramatically. How harsh, I feel, to use the word “number” since we […]
One Palestinian has been killed and at least 10 others have been wounded after Israeli soldiers, stationed at the border line between the Gaza Strip and Israel, opened fire on them, medical sources say. Health […]
By Shafiq Morton – Cape Town, South Africa Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defence in Gaza may be over, but the biggest issue of all – the Palestinian-Israeli conflict – still remains unresolved. With the Oslo […]
By Ershad Abubacker The first casualty in any war is Truth, and the latest escalation in violence between Israel and Gaza was no different. Israel and the mainstream media fed by it repeated the rhetoric […]
By Dina Jadallah The war on Gaza combines the characteristic drastic brutality towards Palestinians and Arabs that Israel periodically demonstrates with the lack of effectiveness in achieving its stated goals that those who follow and […]
By Ismail Salami – Tehran At a time when the beleaguered Gaza became haunted by Israeli bombs and the innocent women and children were brutally killed by Israelis, US President Barrack Obama together with Secretary […]
Home Sick By Hamzeh Ibrahim In pursuit of my true home, the green earth I roam, the dirt that lies beneath my feet doesn’t feel like home. I roam, I roam for a better path, […]
Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian man east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip late Thursday after he approached a fence on the border, medics said. The incident occurred less than 24 […]
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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