Fatah MP Warns of Hamas Crackdown in Gaza
A Fatah MP warned of an impending security campaign by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, after its security forces raided the homes of several Fatah leaders in the enclave. Majed Abu Shamallah said Hamas forces […]
Month: August 2013
Date Set for More Israeli-Palestinian Talks
Palestinian and Israeli negotiators will resume talks on ending their long-standing conflict on August 14 in Jerusalem, the US State Department has said. The sides held their first peace negotiations in nearly three years in […]
Israel Okays More Homes in Illegal West Bank Settlements
Israel has given preliminary approval for the construction of more than 800 new homes in illegal Jewish settlements on the occupied West Bank, an Israeli official has said. Guy Inbar, the spokesman for Israel’s military-run […]
Hamas Urged to Halt Planned Gaza Executions
Amnesty International on Thursday urged Gaza Strip rulers Hamas to halt prisoner executions planned for after the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday, which is celebrated until Sunday. “The Hamas authorities in Gaza must halt several executions […]
Clashes in Jenin as Israeli Forces Detain Jihad Leader
Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces in Jenin early Wednesday as soldiers detained an Islamic Jihad leader in the northern West Bank city. Around 12 Israeli army jeeps entered Jenin before dawn and detained Abed al-Halim […]
Israeli Soldiers Wounded in Lebanon Incursion
Four Israeli soldiers have been wounded in a landmine explosion inside Lebanese territory, the Lebanese army says. The incursion occurred just after 12:00am local time on Wednesday (21:00 GMT on Tuesday) near the town of […]
Kerry’s Success Worse than His Failure
By Nicola Nasser The critical issue of the ever expanding illegal Israeli colonial settlements on the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) in the West Bank (WB), which are peace killing in eastern Jerusalem in particular, will […]
Illegal Settlement Population Growing Rapidly in West Bank
The population in Israel’s illegal West Bank settlements has grown twice as much as in Israel itself, military radio said on Tuesday, quoting official statistics. The figures released by the interior ministry are likely to […]
Poll: Most Israelis Shun Deal on 1967 Borders
Most Israelis would oppose any peace deal with the Palestinians that involved withdrawing to pre-1967 ceasefire lines, even with swaps that would allow Israel to keep illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to […]
The Arab Turmoil: Where Do We Stand?
By Ramzy Baroud Seasons come and go, yet Arab countries are in ongoing turmoil. They called it an ‘Arab Spring’, but even if that ‘spring’ had ever existed in the shape and form that the […]
The Palestinians, Too Weak to Say No to the US
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan For two decades of futile negotiations and three years of secret contacts with the Israelis, the Ramallah Palestinian Authority (PA) has been repeatedly declaring its refusal to engage in direct negotiations […]
What happened after a coup: A lesson from Mauritania for Egypt
By Ahmed Meiloud In early August of 2005, senior military officials in Mauritania carried out a coup while the president was on a visit to Saudi Arabia to attend the funeral of King Fahd. The […]
PA: Settlement Plans Impede Negotiations
President Mahmoud Abbas’ spokesman on Sunday criticized Israel’s decision to add 20 settlements to a list for government spending, saying the move impedes peace talks. “We condemn this Israeli decision and the continuing Israeli policy […]
Egypt: Coups Modern and Postmodern
By Eric Walberg Already the early enthusiasm for Egypt’s 3 July coup is waning, as EU leaders demand President Morsi’s release and US President Obama prevaricates. Senator John McCain, who soon after the coup called […]
Report: Egypt Cancels Erdogan Visit to Gaza
Egyptian authorities have canceled a planned visit to Gaza by the Turkish Prime Minister, a popular Egyptian news site said Sunday. Youm7, or the seventh day, quoted Egyptian diplomatic sources as saying that Tayyip Erdogan’s […]
Israel to Release 26 Palestinian Prisoners
Saeb Erakat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, says that Israel will free the first batch of a promised 104 long-serving Palestinian and Palestinian-Israeli prisoners on August 13. “The release of veteran prisoners will be in four […]
Israel Expands West Bank Settlement Subsidies
The Israeli cabinet has voted to expand the list of illegal West Bank settlements eligible for government subsidies, just days after the resumption of talks with the Palestinian Authority in which settlements are a major […]
An Israeli Civil War?
By Uri Avnery It is now fashionable to say that “the two-state solution is dead”. Or: “Time for the two-state solution is running out”. Why dead? How dead? It’s one of those things that need […]
Egyptian Revolution Derailed, Contained
By Nicola Nasser A fourth wave of the Egyptian revolution seems inevitable, until the revolution changes the regime or the regime emerges victorious, pending another revolution. The January 25 revolution in Egypt, which removed the […]
Palestinian Woman Gives Birth from Smuggled Sperm
A Palestinian woman who was inseminated using sperm smuggled from her jailed husband has given birth, Ma’an news agency reported on Thursday. Her husband, Abdul Kareem al-Rimawi, is currently serving a 25-year jail sentence. He […]
Israel Lashes out at Alleged Rouhani Remarks
Israel’s PM has slammed Iran’s presidential elect, Hassan Rouhani, after reports emerged that he called Israel a “wound that must be removed.” Iranian state news contradicted the reports and said international press had distorted Rouhani’s […]
Hundreds Rally in Negev against Israeli Plan to Displace Bedouins
Hundreds of Palestinian residents of Israel rallied Thursday afternoon against Israel’s Prawer Plan which could displace thousands of Bedouin residents of the Negev from their land. The protestors gathered near al-Arakib village where Israeli forces […]
Once More into the Peace Process Dead End
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth It may not have reached the level of fevered expectation unleashed by that famous handshake between Israeli and Palestinian leaders on the White House lawn in 1993, but the sense […]
Reviving the Israel-Palestine Negotiations: The Indyk Appointment
By Richard Falk It was to be expected. It was signaled in advance. And yet it is revealing. The only other candidates considered for the job were equally known as Israeli partisans: Daniel Kurtzer, former […]
