By William A. Cook It occurred to me as I was rereading Nathaniel Hawthorne’s unfinished novel, Dr. Grimshawe’s Secret, that the good Doctor’s grim reflection on the human condition, delivered to his adopted child, Ned, […]
By Eric Walberg The process of shaping post-revolutionary Egypt to conform to the postmodern imperial world is proceeding apace. Egypt’s long history of invasion and occupation by first France (under Napoleon) and then Britain, and […]
By Tom Wright and Therese Saliba ‘Parents can be awakened by their children.’ — Cindy Corrie, 2003 Commencement address Ten years have now passed since we received the terrible phone call telling us our young […]
By James Petras President Hugo Chavez was unique in multiple areas of political, social and economic life. He made significant contributions to the advancement of humanity. The depth, scope and popularity of his accomplishments mark […]
By Uri Avnery In the days following the recent Israeli elections, Ya’ir Lapid, the major winner, let it be known that he wanted to be the next Foreign Minister. No wonder. It’s the hell of […]
A Palestinian who had been in a coma since inhaling tear gas at a protest last month died in hospital in the West Bank city of Ramallah, a medical official says. Muayad Nazih Ghazawneh, 35, […]
Major political parties have signed coalition agreements with Israeli Prime Minister Binjamin Netanyahu, clearing the way for him to inform President Shimon Peres that a new government has been formed, according to a statement from […]
By IRIN – Jerusalem Palestine, now upgraded to a non-member observer state at the UN General Assembly, recently threatened to ask the International Criminal Court to investigate Israel if it moves forward with E-1 (Palestine […]
By Jamal Kanj Failing to agree on ways to reduce the deficit, the US president was forced earlier this month to enact the Budget Control Act (BCA) into law. The debt ceiling compromise was originally […]
Hamas’ military wing says it will sue the editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram Al-Arabi magazine over a report Thursday accusing Hamas leaders of killing Egyptian soldiers in the northern Sinai. “We will file legal proceedings against the […]
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has reached a deal for a governing coalition in which a new centrist party will serve as his main partner, a spokeswoman for his right-wing Likud party has said. “There […]
A short film by Birzeit University students – the right to education campaign.
Israeli troops have killed a Palestinian and injured at least eight others during clashes in a flashpoint district of the occupied West Bank. Twenty two-year-old Mahmoud AlTiti was killed after Israeli forces broke into a […]
Hamas on Wednesday denied claims by Israel’s Shin Bet security agency that it is planning operations against Israel in the West Bank. Shin Bet said Wednesday that Gaza’s Interior Minister Fathi Hammad was behind efforts […]
By Ramzy Baroud More bad news emerged from Israel in recent weeks. Indeed, good news is seldom associated with Israel and its military occupation and institutionalized discrimination and mistreatment of Palestinians. But now even those […]
Israeli restrictions and closures coupled with the worsening fiscal situation of the Palestinian Authority is causing “lasting damage” to the competitiveness of the Palestinian economy, the World Bank warns. In a report issued on Tuesday […]
Gaza’s Hamas government has launched a month-long campaign urging alleged Palestinian “collaborators” with Israel to turn themselves in return for leniency. “We announce the opening of the door to repentance for remaining collaborators and for […]
Hunger striking detainee Samer Issawi has stopped drinking water in an escalation of his 223-day protest, his lawyer said Tuesday. Jawad Bulous told Ma’an that Issawi started refusing all liquid on Monday in protest at […]
By IRIN – Tel Aviv Testimonies of jailed Eritrean migrants and asylum seekers (collected by a local NGO) say officials at Saharonim prison in Israel’s Southern Negev desert are coercing them to sign “voluntary repatriation” […]
By Stuart Littlewood I have to admit, I was only dimly aware of the Dalet Plan before reading Alan Hart’s latest article ’The green light for Zionism’s ethnic cleansing of Palestine’. The Dalet Plan, or […]
By Ramzy Baroud Al Qaida-linked groups are wreaking havoc in Iraq, with deaths reported almost on a daily basis as a result of their ever-innovative killing tactics. The rise of militant violence throughout the country […]
By James Gundun – Washington, D.C. In early January 2011, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton landed in Sana’a to manage the autocratic habits of a useful ally in the war against al-Qaeda. Having […]
An Israeli military court on Monday rejected an appeal to release jailed Palestinian cartoonist Muhammad Sabanah, a lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoners Society said. A judge at Ofer military court ordered Sabanah to be detained […]
Dozens of Palestinians were injured during clashes across the West Bank on Friday, as tensions rose just weeks before a visit by US President Barack Obama. Eleven people were injured in the Ramallah village of […]
By Uri Avnery This does not happen every day: a Minister of Culture publicly rejoices because a film from her country has not been awarded an Oscar. And not just one film, but two. It […]
A Palestinian who was hit in the head by a rubber bullet during a protest which erupted after a prisoner died in Israeli custody has died of his wounds, medical officials say. “Mohammed Asfour died […]
By Jamal Kanj A leaked report commissioned by the European Union (EU) has concluded that Israeli settlement construction “remains the single biggest threat” to peace in the Middle East. The confidential, 15-page report outlines 10 […]
Hamas would not oppose a visit by US President Barack Obama to the Gaza Strip, a party leader said Wednesday. “Hamas refuses to negotiate with Israel, but wouldn’t oppose Obama visiting Gaza with the hope […]
By Jim Miles Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister, John Baird, was in comfortable territory at the current AIPAC policy conference meeting in Washington, D.C. I have deconstructed his arguments before, as he reiterates the current Harper […]
The results of a probe into claims that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned by polonium will not be known until the end of May, the Swiss lab carrying out the tests has said. The […]
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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