Reflection on Mandela and Palestine
By Iqbal Jassat – Johannesburg As South Africa and the world comes to grips with the sad reality of the passing of Nelson Mandela, tributes and messages of condolences pour in at a remarkably frantic […]
Year: 2013
Palestinian Knesset Members Urge Kerry to Oppose Prawer Plan
Four Palestinian members of the Israeli Knesset on Thursday sent a message to US Secretary of State John Kerry urging him to pressure Israel to stop its so-called Prawer Plan to uproot Bedouin villages. Knesset […]
Swiss Expert: Arafat Poisoning Likely Despite France Finding
A French report ruling out poisoning in Yasser Arafat’s 2004 death has a glaring inconsistency, the co-author of a Swiss probe said Thursday, sticking by his team’s conclusion that the Palestinian leader was likely killed. […]
Burden of Pain
By Tamar Fleishman I know that the only thing a person who has just been released from hospital wants and need is to crawl into bed. But according to the logic of the occupation, a […]
36 Aid Groups Demand End to House Demolitions by Israel
Thirty-six international charities and human rights groups on Wednesday released a statement calling for an immediate end to the demolition of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. The groups — among […]
Hezbollah Blames Israel for Murder of Top Commander
Hezbollah accused Israel of assassinating one of its top leaders near Beirut Wednesday at a time of soaring sectarian tensions in Lebanon linked to the civil war in neighboring Syria. The slain leader, identified as […]
Impossible Dialogue: The Choice in Yemen
By Ramzy Baroud Chances are dim that elections will be held in Yemen next February. Yet without elections, the push for reforms and change that were inspired by the Yemeni revolution would become devoid of […]
With Leaders Like These: Yet a New Threshold for Gaza’s Misery
By Ramzy Baroud It is impossible to predict the future. But one can state with a degree of certainty that little good can possibly be awaiting Palestinians when their political leadership seems to value their […]
Palestinian Lost Opportunities
By Jamal Kanj Just over a week ago Palestine had a chance to cast its first vote at the UN General Assembly appointing a Judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Palestinian […]
‘Palestinian Struggle is Not about Independence – It is about Liberation’ – Interview with Dr. Haidar Eid
By David Letwin David Letwin (Jews for Palestinian Right of Return) interviews Dr. Haidar Eid, Associate Professor, Department of English Literature, Al-Aqsa University, Gaza Strip, Palestine. Dr. Eid is also a one-state activist and a […]
Hamas Cancels Anniversary Rally in Gaza
The Gaza Strip’s ruling Hamas movement has cancelled its upcoming anniversary celebrations, for the first time since it came to power six years ago, as the territory grapples with economic woes. Hamas said it would […]
A Narcissistic US, an Anxious Saudi Arabia and a Hysterical Israel
By Amal Saad-Ghorayeb For far too long now, members of the Resistance Axis (Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas) have been the objects of the West’s psychopathologizsing gaze, as I have documented on my blog, ASG’s […]
Press Body Accuses Israel Army of Targeting Journalists
The Foreign Press Association on Sunday accused the Israeli army of “deliberately targeting” journalists after soldiers fired rubber bullets and threw stun grenades at photojournalists clearly identified as press. In a statement, the Tel Aviv-based […]
Palestinian Family Forced to Demolish 3 Apartments in Jerusalem
A Palestinian family in East Jerusalem had to demolish three apartments they had been building on Saturday after an Israeli court threatened the structures with demolition by the municipality. The family chose to demolish the […]
Israel’s Bedouin Eviction Plan Opposed
Thousands of protesters are expected to demonstrate during a Day of Rage against an Israeli government plan that would evict up to 40,000 Bedouin citizens from their homes and force them into impoverished townships. The […]
Underneath the Washed White Wall of Cynicism and Hope
By Ramzy Baroud – Outpost Magazine (Lebanon) The houses in my old refugee camp felt enormous. My neighbors’ homes had grown into strange dimensions because they had to make use of every inch of available […]
The Iran Debacle: Israel’s Loss is Incalculable
By Uri Avnery The greatest danger to Israel is not the putative Iranian nuclear bomb. The greatest danger is the stupidity of our leaders. This is not a uniquely Israeli phenomenon. A great many of […]
Palestinian Man Succumbs to Israeli-inflicted Bullet Wounds
A man who was injured by Israeli forces several months ago succumbed to his wounds Thursday, a Ma’an reporter said. Mahmoud Wajeeh Awwad, 28, died Thursday in an Israeli hospital from months-old bullet wounds inflicted […]
Obama’s Middle East Gamble
By Deepak Tripathi President Obama is on a diplomatic offensive on several fronts in the Middle East. The six-month interim agreement between the major world powers, five permanent members of the UN Security Council and […]
On Israel’s Collective Amnesia: ‘Could We Kill an Arab?’
By Belen Fernandez A few years ago, the Israeli Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs unveiled an English-language website with the aim of repairing Israel’s image, which was said to be under unfair attack […]
Clashes in Hebron after Funeral for Three Men Killed by Israel
Clashes broke out across the Hebron district on Wednesday as thousands of mourners gathered to take part in funeral processions for three Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces a day earlier. In Hebron’s Old City, […]
Israel Approves New Settlements in West Bank
Israeli authorities have green-lighted the construction of 800 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank. Israel’s Defence Ministry said on Monday it had approved a planning stage for the housing earlier this month – […]
The Plot Thickens: Gaza is Flooded with Sewage and Conspiracies
By Ramzy Baroud The latest punishment of Gaza may seem like another familiar plot to humiliate the strip to the satisfaction of Israel, Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority, and the military-controlled Egyptian government. But something far […]
Obama’s ‘Big Prize’ to Earn Nobel Peace Prize
By Nicola Nasser Indeed, US President Barak Obama has gone a long way to earn his Nobel Peace Prize, which was prospectively and in advance awarded in 2009 to the 44th president of the United […]
In A World of Chaos: Gaza’s Watar Band Seeking Love, Peace and Freedom
By Samah Sabawi Gaza’s new music sensation Watar Band has just released their latest song and it is making a lot of noise! The song Dawsha which literally translates to noise is a reminder to […]
Please Do Not Train Them and Here is Why
By Mustafa Fetouri Mr. Ali Zeidan, Libya’s prime minister, is seeking help from different countries to train Libyan would be military and police officers in order to solve his country’s security problem. Dozen countries have […]
The War of Narratives: Bringing Truth to Middle East Crisis
By Dan Lieberman The Narrative Challenge The war of narratives shaped as a “slam dunk” win for the Palestinian people, and had the potential to change the lineup of forces in the struggle for a […]
NGO: Israel Okays 829 New Settler Homes in West Bank
Israeli authorities have given the go-ahead for the construction of 829 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, settlement watchdog Peace Now said on Monday. “The construction of 829 homes has been approved by […]
A Dent in the ‘Special Relationship’
By Jeremy Salt – Ankara The agreement between the US and Iran is the best news coming out of the Middle East for some time. As Iran is not developing nuclear weapons it is not […]
Video: Truth about Palestine in Response to Danny Ayalon
Two Palestinian ladies respond to Israel’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Danny Ayalon’s video titled “Israel Palestinian Conflict: The Truth About the West Bank”.
