Iraq near Implosion: The ‘Bad Years’ Are Back
By Ramzy Baroud As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hurried to his helicopter ready to take off at the end of a visit to Iraq last year, it was becoming clearer that the Americans […]
Month: February 2014
Cornering a ‘Brave Palestinian Man of Peace’
By Nicola Nasser – Bir Zeit, West Bank Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stands now at a crossroads of his people’s national struggle for liberation and independence as well as of his political life career, cornered […]
Re-Emerging Islamic Civilization – Book Review
Review by Jim Miles (From Postmodernism to Postsecularism – Re-Emerging Islamic Civilization. Eric Walberg. Clarity Press, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. 2013.) In his introduction, Eric Walberg states, “The main purpose of this book is to help […]
More Aid Allowed into Damascus Camp
The UN agency for Palestine refugees on Sunday distributed 715 food parcels in a refugee camp in Damascus, adding to the thousands distributed since gaining access to Yarmouk camp in January. UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry Lambasted by Israel for ‘Amplifying’ Boycott
By Richard Irvine Poor US Secretary of State John Kerry. He tries to defend Israel, even to save Israel; he tries to legitimize its illegal occupation and have the Palestinians accept their dispossession, and in […]
Between Normal and Abnormal: A Day in Aida Camp
By Kholoud Al-Ajarma – Aida Refugee Camp, West Bank “This is normal, we got used to it!” Salah, the Director of Lajee Center responded to me when I comment that the center smells like […]
Pete Seeger – Character, Personality, Intuition and Focus
By Ralph Nader After 94 years, on January 27, 2014, the world lost Pete Seeger. The world is the lesser for that loss. The accolades for this giant of folk songs and herald of all […]
Why the Boycott Movement Scares Israel
By Omar Barghouti If Secretary of State John Kerry’s attempts to revive talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority fail because of Israel’s continuing construction of illegal settlements, the Israeli government will likely face an […]
How would Arafat and Habash React to Events in Yarmouk?
By Omar Chaaban There is this damning obsession with how would certain dead leaders behave in current circumstances. Perhaps this obsession is borne out of an understandable yearning for a charismatic political figure that would […]
