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Month: April 2013

Issawi Calls for ‘Rage and Solidarity’ on Prisoners Day
Long-term hunger striker Samer Issawi on Wednesday called for “rage and solidarity” to mark Palestinian Prisoners Day. “Greetings to all without exception. I urge all the noble people of our Arab and Muslim nation as […]

A Hundred Deir Yassin and Counting: Beit Daras and the Buried History of Massacres
By Ramzy Baroud Few with any sense of intellectual or historical integrity would still question the bloody massacre that took place in the village of Deir Yassin 65 years ago, claiming the lives of over […]

Open Letter to Roger Waters: Don’t Drop Your Boycott Call
By Tariq Shadid Dear Roger, I feel fortunate that I don’t need to explain to you what the devastating effects of Israel’s expansionist policies have been, and continue to be. You are very well informed, […]

Israel Bans Family Visits for Gaza Prisoners for 5th Week
Israel on Monday prevented Palestinians in Gaza from visiting their relatives in Israeli jails for the fifth consecutive week, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. Israel informed the ICRC that prisoners from Gaza […]

‘No Surprises’ in Palestinian Prime Minister Resignation
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has handed in his resignation, officials have said. President Mahmoud Abbas accepted the resignation on Saturday and asked Fayyad to head the caretaker government, officials told the Palestinian WAFA news […]

Fraudulent ‘Peace Process’: Success Requires Consequence for Failure
By John V. Whitbeck For almost two decades, the seemingly perpetual Middle East “peace process” has been like a hamster-wheel for Palestinians and a merry-go-round for Israelis All the movement has been a form of […]

Rumors Swirl about Palestinian PM Resignation
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is facing Western pressure not to allow his prime minister, Salam Fayyad, to resign at a time when the United States is trying to restart peace talks between Israel and the […]

G8 and Abbas Still Block Road to Middle East Peace
By Stuart Littlewood Yesterday the G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in London issued the following statement on the British government’s website: Middle East Peace Process “G8 Foreign Ministers confirmed their commitment to a just, lasting, and […]

Two Obamas, Two Classes of Children
By Ralph Nader A photograph brought the horror of little children lying dead outside of their home to an American Audience. At least 10 Afghan children and some of their mothers were struck down by […]

To Throw or Not to Throw a Stone
By William A. Cook A debate rages in Israel today on the truth of Amira Hass’s words “Throwing a stone is the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule. Throwing stones is an […]

Israel Detains Women over Prayer Practices
Israeli police have arrested five women at the Western Wall, one of Judaism’s holiest sites, for wearing prayer shawls and amulets – observances which Orthodox tradition sees as solely for men. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld […]

Israeli Troops ‘Shoot Disabled Palestinian’
Israeli troops have shot and wounded a physically disabled Palestinian man during an arrest operation in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, according to a prisoners’ rights group. Motazz Obeidu, 32, was “seriously wounded […]

Counting the Cost of War
By Jamal Kanj On October 10, 2002 I was driving the family during a short vacation at Yosemite National Park. Indifferent to the family’s holiday disposition, I scanned the radio for the best AM reception […]

UN ‘Concerned’ over Gaza Border Closure
The UN humanitarian coordinator on Wednesday warned that Israel’s increased restrictions on the Gaza Strip will seriously effect the civilian population. Israel closed the Kerem Shalom and Erez crossings on Monday after militants fired a […]

UNRWA Reopens Food Distribution Centers in Gaza
By IRIN – GAZA UN-run relief and distribution centres in Gaza, which provide food to around 25,000 people a day, reopened today after guarantees were given about the security of staff. “UNRWA was forced to […]

Kerry Promises to Help Palestinian Economy
US secretary of state John Kerry has wrapped up three days of high-level Middle East diplomacy on a positive note, saying he held “very constructive talks” with Israeli and Palestinian leaders but offering few specifics. […]

Gaza’s Siege Intensifies: The Plan to ‘Moderate’ Hamas, Control Gaza
By Ramzy Baroud On September 17, 2012, Ismail Haniyeh, Prime Minister of the Hamas government in Gaza, made another appeal to his Egyptian counterpart Hisham Kandil to consider setting up a free trade area between […]

Film: Deir Yassin – The Agony
‘Since the arrival of the first Zionist to Palestine, hundreds of massacres have been committed against unarmed Palestinian civilians in the name of “Israel”, making this entity synonym to death and destruction. One of the […]

Barghouti: Deir Yassin Massacre Has Not Ended
The massacre at Deir Yassin in 1948 is still going on today, lawmaker Mustafa Barghouti said Tuesday, as Palestinians mark the 65th year since Jewish militias murdered over 100 Palestinian villagers. “What happened 65 years […]

Video: Palestinians Advocate One State
The Real News: Palestinians Advocate One State Solution

Zionist Herods and the Massacre of the Innocents
By Vacy Vlazna “Everything depends on our propelling force. And what is that force? The misery of the Jews” (Theodor Herzl , father of Zionism) “If you combine three elements: the idea that we are […]

Kerry Suggests Palestinians Change Arab Peace Initiative to Suit Israelis
By Ira Glunts Various news sources report that the Obama administration has notified the Palestinian Authority that the new U.S. approach to peace negotiations will be based on the Arab Peace Initiative (API) of 2002. […]

Why I’m Supporting a Cultural Boycott of Israel
(This week writer Iain Banks announced he has cancer and may have just months to live. Here he explains why, in 2010, he decided his novels would no longer be published in Israel.) By Iain […]

Kerry Urges Abbas to Restart Peace Talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry has met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as part of a fresh US bid to restart negotiations between Israel and Palestine. Kerry is on a 10-day tour, which will also […]

Hackers Target Israeli Government Websites
A weekend cyberattack campaign has targeted Israeli government websites. Yitzhak Ben Yisrael, of the government’s National Cyber Bureau, claimed on Sunday that hackers had mostly failed to shut down key sites. “So far it is […]

Issawi Family Delivers Letter to EU Demanding His Release
The family of hunger striker Samer Issawi handed a letter to EU officials on Monday demanding his release from Israeli prison custody, a Palestinian official said. Issawi’s family handed the letter to the Office of […]

Palestinian Academics, Teachers and Writers Welcome TUI Boycott Israel Call
Palestinian unions representing lecturers, university employees, teachers and writers have praised the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) for its endorsement of an academic boycott of Israel. In a letter saluting the TUI, the Palestinians said […]

UNRWA to Resume Food Aid in Gaza
UNRWA will resume distributing food aid to refugees in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said. The UN agency stopped food deliveries after dozens of protesters forced their way into […]

Generation Palestine – Highly Recommended
By June Rugh I highly recommend the new collection of essays, Generation Palestine: Voices from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, ed. Rich Wiles, Pluto Press, London, 2013. With an impressive range of contributors–Palestinian author […]

Palestine and the ICC
By John V. Whitbeck An article published on April 4 by the leading Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz has reported that “President Mahmoud Abbas is to suspend all unilateral measures vis-à-vis the United Nations agencies to give […]