Maids for Sale: Child Exploitation Bonanza
By Ramzy Baroud Last night at the hotel lobby of an Arab Gulf country, a family walked in aiming for the westernized café that sells everything but Arabic coffee. The mother seemed distant as she […]
Month: June 2013
In Palestine, Peace is Not Just Absence of Violence, But Presence of Justice
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan Members of the messianic Jewish settler groups Gush Emunim explain the 1967 Israeli victory as the work of ‘God’. They insist that they were rectifying a world-historical wrong by uniting the […]
Walker Tells the Truth, the ADL Avoids It
By William A. Cook “… the ADL blasted Walker for describing Israel’s actions toward the Palestinians as ‘genocide,’ ‘ethnic cleansing,’ ‘crimes against humanity,’ and “cruelty and diabolical torture.” (Haaretz June 18, 2013). Alice Walker’s new […]
Hamas to Hezbollah: Keep Your Weapons Aimed at Israel
Hamas on Monday called on Hezbollah to withdraw from Syria and to keep its weapons aimed at Israel. The Lebanese Shiite movement’s involvement in the Syrian conflict has increased sectarian strife in the region, Hamas […]
Sapping Assad’s Strength: Israel Stirs the Pot in Syria
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth For much of the past two years Israel stood sphinx-like on the sidelines of Syria’s civil war. Did it want Bashar al-Assad’s regime toppled? Did it favor military intervention to […]
Man Assaults 2 Palestinian Women in Jerusalem
Two Palestinian women are pressing charges against an Israeli man after being assaulted in Jerusalem on Friday. Layali al-Sayyad, 23, and Anwar Abu Rmooz, 21, told Ma’an that they were attacked by an Israeli man […]
‘Don’t Be Deluded’: Israeli PM Flies in Face of Intl Welcome for Iran’s New Dawn
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the international community not to ease pressure on Iran in order to curb its nuclear program. This comes in contrast with the international welcome to the election of a […]
PA Finance Minister Meets Israeli Counterpart
Newly-appointed Palestinian Authority finance minister Shukri Bishara met his Israeli counterpart Yaer Lapid in Jerusalem, the PA announced Sunday. The two discussed reactivating the specialized joint technical committees which Israel unilaterally suspended in November 2012, […]
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and the Challenge of the Renaissance Dam
By Nath Aldalala’a Not since its foundation in 1928, has the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt been beset with difficulties such as those it now faces. The primary challenge now confronting the movement results from the […]
Ban Terms Israeli Settlement Push Illegal
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, has termed Israeli plans to press ahead with the construction of more than 1,000 homes in two occupied West Bank settlements “a violation of international law”, according to his spokesperson. […]
PA Official: Settlers Burn 300 Olive Trees Near Nablus
A group of settlers set fire to over 300 olive trees on Saturday in a Nablus village, a Palestinian Authority official said. Ghassan Daghlas, a PA official who monitors settlement activities, told Ma’an that settlers […]
The Deeper Meaning of Mass Spying in America
By James Petras The exposure of the Obama regime’s use of the National Security Agency to secretly spy on the communications of hundreds of millions of US and overseas citizens has provoked world-wide denunciations. In […]
‘Keeping the Population in a State of Constant Uncertainty’
By Tamar Fleishman “Ten minutes of standing in the line leading to the soldiers’ post and three more minutes of standing in the inspection zone, were enough to grasp how they implement the declared objective […]
Palestine Decries Israel’s New Outposts Plan
An Israeli settlement push in the occupied West Bank, involving the building of 1,000 new homes in two new settlements, is “killing the two state solution”, Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has said. Hamdallah was […]
Israeli Army: No West Bank Tunnels Uncovered
The Israeli army dismissed a newspaper report Friday claiming its soldiers uncovered two tunnels underneath the separation wall used by Palestinians to infiltrate Israel. Hebrew-language daily Maariv reported that two tunnels were found under the […]
Palestine Game-changers
By Vacy Vlazna Swaggering precariously on his defunct divine right of peace-broker at the American Jewish Committee annual love-fest for Israel, US Secretary of State Kerry, regurgitated with braggart aplomb the tiresome ultimatum on the […]
The Painted Frog of Palestine
By Jeremy Salt The good news from Palestine is that the ‘painted frog’ of the Huleh valley is not extinct after all. Recently it turned up again after not having been seen for the past […]
Modern Day Slave Trade
By Jamal Kanj Last summer I purchased trousers from a well-known US fashion designer in San Diego. I liked the fit and the price, so I paid and walked away not knowing where they were […]
Abbas Rejects Calls to Fire Official Who Praised Settler’s Killer
The Palestinian Authority has rejected calls from a group of US congressmen to fire a Fatah official who praised the killer of an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank, an official said Wednesday. Five […]
‘Made in Gaza’: Breaking the Siege
By Eric Walberg The builders of Gaza’s Ark hope to bring Gazan goods to the world. The latest plan to try to break the illegal siege of Gaza, according to organizer Michael Coleman at Sunday’s […]
State of Denial: Occupation? What Occupation?
By Uri Avnery Every person is endowed with a certain denial mechanism they can use to avoid the shame, fear, guilt and pain involved in coping with their improper actions. Instead of facing their failure, […]
PCHR: Assault during Boycott Talk Must Be Investigated
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights on Monday urged the Palestinian Authority attorney-general to investigate the assault of a man during a recent Boycott talk in Bethlehem. “Nizar Khalil Banat, 34, from Hebron, was violently […]
Sectarianism and the Irrational New Discourse: Why Arabs Must Worry
By Ramzy Baroud My friend Hanna is Syrian and also happens to be Christian. The latter fact was rarely of consequence, except whenever he wished to boast about the contributions of Arab Christians to Middle […]
Israel ‘Not Getting Involved’ in Syria War
Israel aims to stay out of Syria’s civil war, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said, despite its recent attacks on targets inside the country. “Israel is not getting involved in the civil war in Syria, […]
FM: Abbas to Meet Kerry in Coming Days
President Mahmoud Abbas will meet US Secretary of State John Kerry within the next two days, the Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister said Sunday. “The president will meet Kerry either in Ramallah or Jordan,” Riyad al-Malki […]
Israeli Forces Destroy Palestinian Protest Village
Israeli forces destroyed the Palestinian protest village of Canaan on Saturday for the third time, a local committee said. Yousef Abu Maria, spokesman for Beit Ummar’s committee against the wall, told Ma’an that Palestinian and […]
Gaza’s Ark is Different
By Ehab Lotayef – Montreal November 2011: Two boats sail out of Turkey quietly heading to Gaza: the Tahrir and the Saoirse. Once in international waters they announce their destination and their challenge to the […]
New Palestinian Authority Cabinet Sworn in
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has sworn in a new government headed by prime minister Rami Hamdallah. “This is my government and you have all my trust and protection,” Abbas said to the new cabinet members […]
USS Liberty: US-Israel Irrational Relationship
By Jamal Kanj When signing up for the military, US soldiers swear to serve their country and defend the constitution with their life. They march in harm’s way to the end of earth and sail […]
The Wall by William Sutcliffe – Book Review
By Susan Abulhawa Writing a novel that depicts an oppressed society when you are not a member of that society is a risky undertaking in my estimation. When it comes to the Palestinian narrative, the […]
