By Ludwig Watzal Chuck Hagel’s performance before the Senate Armed Services Committee was very shameful. He disappointed down the line. Hagel apologized for every truth he had said before about the Lobby’s bullying on the […]
By Franklin Lamb – Damascus There are more than 9000 of them. Predominately young but of all ages. Volunteers everyone. Often risking their lives just to come for a twelve hour work-shift, as many as […]
By Francis Oeser Do we all have a decent roof overhead, well paid jobs, food of well being and the chance of knowledge – of gaining wisdom, of skills, of articulating dreams— do we all […]
Arab Student Aid International (ASAI) is a non-profit, non-religious and tax exempt educational organization that develops human resources and highly specialized and qualified scholars with the objective of aiding the progression of the social infrastructure […]
An Arabic-language newspaper reported Friday that the UK was hosting talks between Palestinians and Israeli officials to discuss possible ways of resuming the peace process. Al-Quds al-Arabi quoted unidentified Palestinian sources as saying that the […]
By Uri Avnery “Vae victis!” was the Roman cry. Woe to the vanquished. I would alter it slightly: “Vae Victori”, Woe to the victor! The outstanding example is the astounding victory Israel won in June, […]
By Steve Breyman It’s 2013 and Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen is still conflicted about torture. Why? The proximate cause is that he went to the movies, and saw “Zero Dark Thirty,” which impressed upon […]
By Ramzy Baroud (To a refugee from Mali) My hands tremble But when I held yours I felt mightier Than the whisper Of a passing refugee At the end of a journey And the start […]
Israeli settlements in the Occupied West Bank violate international law, and the country must “immediately” withdraw all settlers from such areas, UN human rights investigators have said. Israel has not co-operated with the inquiry, set […]
Syria has threatened to retaliate for an Israeli air attack while Iran says there will be repercussions for Israel over the attack. Ali Abdul-Karim Ali, Syrian ambassador to Lebanon, said in Damascus on Thursday that […]
A Palestinian prisoner who went on hunger strike for 100 days last year has resumed his action after Israel reneged on a deal to release him, a prisoners’ rights group said. Akram al-Rekhawi re-started his […]
By Deepak Tripathi The bloodshed at the In Amenas gas facility in Algeria has brought into focus the deteriorating situation in north and west Africa and the role of France in the region. The […]
By Jamal Kanj Syrian President Bashar Al Assad has a penchant for blaming outside conspirators for the troubles in Syria. While plausible, he is mistaken in linking public demands for political reform with presumed plots […]
By Felicity Arbuthnot – London The usual suspects have embarked on another mass butchery – sorry “training exercise” – in mega-resource-rich Mali, and are meddling, with lethality, in Algeria. The UK, ever keen to kill, […]
By Ahmad Barqawi – Amman From the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi to the immolation of Syria. From the euphoric scenes of Tahrir Square to the ungodly sight of a sword-wielding 12 year old kid beheading […]
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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