An Israeli air strike killed three Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip, medics said, with Palestinian security sources confirming they were Hamas fighters. Saturday’s deaths raised the overall death toll in Gaza to 33 as […]
n Israeli airstrike on Rafah has killed one Palestinian and seriously injured two others, bringing the death toll to 29 in the Gaza Strip. The strike hit three men riding a motorcycle, killing Khalid Khalil […]
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip has struck an uninhabited area outside of Jerusalem, causing no damage or injuries, the Israeli army has said, shortly after air raid sirens wailed across the city. Israeli […]
Interview by Neve Gordon (Niza Yanay is the author of The Ideology of Hatred: The Psychic Power of Discourse.) After 9/11, hate began colonizing new spheres, operating as a social and political force that manipulates […]
By Dan Freeman-Maloy “What I am trying to say to you, my friends, comrades, brothers and sisters, is that what we are facing with Israel is a two-headed monster: it is both an imperialist monster, […]
By Stuart Littlewood After yesterday’s dismal performance by the BBC’s flagship ‘Today’ news programme in quizzing the Israeli ambassador over the latest bloody assault on Gaza, this morning’s effort was a little better but still […]
By Adie Mormech – Gaza City I’m writing this from near the Gaza seaport from where I can see smoke rising around me from the bombs that fall down on the Gaza Strip from the […]
By Jamal Kanj On November 15, 1988, the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s (PLO) National Council, a supreme body representing all Palestinians, declared an independent Palestinian state. The metaphoric gesture did not change life for Palestinians under […]
By Ismail Salami – Tehran In an apparent volte-face, Obama has revealed that the US has decided to resolve the so-called Iranian nuclear dispute by means of diplomacy. “With respect to Iran, I very much […]
Senior Hamas military commander Ahmed al-Jabari has been killed in an Israeli air strike on a car in Gaza City, Israeli and Palestinian officials say. “The martyr is Ahmed al-Jabari and his bodyguard was injured,” […]
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak warned that a flare-up in violence with Gaza was “not over,” after new rocket fire in the morning and Israeli strikes overnight. The violence that began on Saturday appeared to […]
By James Gundun – Washington, D.C. Last Friday David Petraeus, a former commander at CENTCOM and senior general in Afghanistan, bowed to the quintessential American scandal and exited his post at the CIA’s Directorship. That […]
By Uri Avnery Binyamin Netanyahu and his patron, Sheldon Adelson, betted on Mitt Romney, with the State of Israel as their chip. They lost. For Adelson, the betting tycoon, that doesn’t amount to much. Some […]
By Ramzy Baroud Europe is different, as we are often reminded. The general wisdom is unlike the United States’ unconditional support for Israel. European countries tend to be more balanced in their approach to the […]
By Cathy Breen – Baghdad Yesterday was a beautiful autumn day in Baghdad. As I was visiting two families in widely different neighborhoods, I was able to traverse a large part of the city. I […]
By Patrick O. Strickland – Ramallah For liberal America, it is becoming harder and harder to sell the almost painfully trite and stale cliché that one must pick “the lesser of two evils.” The simple […]
By Ramzy Baroud In Malaysia, a small group of community activists are busy at work developing projects that benefit most vulnerable members of Palestinian society in Gaza. Working under the umbrella of Viva Palestina Malaysia […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Six and a half years go, shortly after Hamas won the Palestinian national elections and took charge of Gaza, a senior Israeli official described Israel’s planned response. “The idea,” he […]
Reviewed by Ludwig Watzal – Bonn In 1997, a tragedy struck the family of Israeli-American Miko Peled. His 13-year-old niece Smadar was killed by suicide bombers in Jerusalem. Born into a prominent Zionist military family, […]
By Jamal Kanj The US State Department is circulating a confidential letter urging European Union (EU) members and other “friendly” countries to help block Palestinian attempts to secure non-member Observer State status at the United […]
Israel is preparing to counter a Palestinian bid for enhanced United Nations status later this month, the AFP news agency has reported. “Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman convened Israel’s 27 ambassadors in Europe for an urgent […]
By Richard Falk Around the world even more than in the United States there is an audible sigh of relief the day after Obama won a clear mandate for a second term as president. Deconstructed […]
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli conflict. "America now has… zero influence on either […]
Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources say. Both strikes took place on Sunday around the northern […]
By Dr. Mohsen Moh’d Saleh The existence of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) is an achievement to be proud of. It expressed the Palestinians’ spirit to liberate the land and not see their cause subsumed in […]
The emir of Qatar on Tuesday called on rival Palestinian groups to reconcile during his historic visit to the Gaza Strip. ‘‘Why are you staying divided?" Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani said during a speech […]
By Vacy Vlazna ANZAC, a single word so powerful in the Australian vocabulary that it can bring a tear to the eye, a lump in the throat and a feeling of pride, just to be an […]
By Mohammad Aslam The 19-month-old conflict that’s been raging in Syria between the government and rebel forces has certainly gone on far longer than most people predicted and witnessed a dangerously unforeseen cocktail of events. The […]
By Tamar Fleishman – The West Bank Munir Naim Hamed can no longer be seen near the checkpoint or at his parents’ home at the refugee camp. Fifteen year old Munir hasn’t been back since […]
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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