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Month: September 2014

PLO: Netanyahu UN Speech ‘Blatant Manipulation of Facts’
The Palestine Liberation Organization said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blatantly manipulated the facts when he compared Hamas with the Islamic State group in a UN speech on Monday. “Netanyahu’s speech at the UN was […]

Israeli Settlers ‘Occupy 23 Homes’ in East Jerusalem Neighborhood
Israeli settlers early Tuesday occupied 23 houses in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan south of the Old City of Jerusalem, a local information center said. Wadi Hilweh Information Center said in a statement that “settlers […]

What if ‘Islamic State’ Didn’t Exist?
By Ramzy Baroud What if the so-called Islamic State (IS) didn’t exist? In order to answer this question, one has to liberate the argument from its geopolitical and ideological confines. Flexible language Many in the […]

Hamas: Govt has Agreed to Pay all Salaries without ‘Discrimination’
A senior Hamas official said on Saturday that the Palestinian consensus government had agreed to cover the salaries of all employees of the former Hamas government in Gaza without “discrimination.” The statements came only hours […]

Netanyahu’s Chutzpa: Lying with a Smile
By Jamal Kanj I have followed the megalomaniac performance of Benjamin Netanyahu since he was Israel’s representative at the UN in the mid-1980s. I watched with keen interest his debates, and must confess I was […]

Gazans Displaced by Israel Offensive still Waiting Solutions
Palestinians in Gaza displaced by Israel’s military offensive on the besieged enclave are still waiting for solutions as winter approaches. Israel’s military assault left over 110,000 Palestinians homeless and the displaced are traveling from one […]

Why Obama Must Bomb ISIS
By Steve Breyman Every national peace group (large and small, new and old, religious and secular) opposes Barack Obama’s war against ISIS in Iraq, and its recent extension to Syria. Their opposition extends to Obama’s […]

Fatah, Hamas Reach Comprehensive Agreement on Gaza Affairs
Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah reached a “comprehensive” agreement Thursday for the return of their unity government in Gaza after two days of talks in Cairo, negotiators from both sides said. Egyptian sources told […]

Sharmouta: Names Games in Israel
By Hatim Kanaaneh The Name Games are on in Israel. On the eve of the 5775 Jewish New Year the Israeli Population, Immigration and Border Authority announced the winning first name most commonly given to […]

Hamas, Fatah Unity Talks in Cairo ‘Positive’
Talks in Cairo between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah on strengthening the Palestinian unity government were taking place in a “positive atmosphere” on Wednesday, officials said. The two-day talks, which began early Wednesday, come […]

The Girl with the Doll
By Tamar Fleishman The girl with the doll, her mother and her two sisters, one of which was burning up with fever and kept crying each time she saw a soldier, weren’t permitted to pass […]

Nakhwa without Borders: Gaza and the End of ‘Arab Gallantry’
By Ramzy Baroud On its own the Arabic word al-Nakhwa, means “gallantry.” Combined with the word “al-Arabiya” – “Arab gallantry” – the term becomes loaded with meanings, cultural and even political implications and subtext. But […]

Official: Cairo Ceasefire Talks still on
Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Zahhar said Tuesday that the Palestinian delegation decided to go ahead with indirect ceasefire talks in Cairo despite deadly violence overnight. “After consultations between the delegation and Hamas officials both in […]

Thousands Attend Funeral of Killed Palestinians
Thousands of mourners attended the funeral for two Palestinian men killed by Israeli forces overnight during an ambush in the Hebron area. The funeral for Amer Abu Aisha and Marwan al-Qawasmeh, suspects in the kidnapping […]

Israeli Refuseniks: Occupation’s Dark Underbelly Exposed
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth A letter signed by 43 veterans of an elite Israeli military intelligence unit declaring their refusal to continue serving the occupation has sent shockwaves through Israeli society. But not in […]

Fatah, Hamas to Meet before Indirect Talks with Israel
Fatah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad officials will meet on Monday in Cairo before indirect talks a day later with Israel, Egyptian sources told Ma’an. A meeting will be held at the Egyptian intelligence headquarters to […]

Rearrested Shalit Deal Prisoners Announce Hunger Strike
Prisoners who were rearrested this year after being released in the 2011 Shalit deal announced they would go on hunger strike Tuesday to pressure the Palestinian delegation in Cairo to negotiate with Israel for their […]

Gaza Families Mourn amid Failure to Find Missing Shipwreck Victims
More than two weeks after a boat carrying migrants to Europe sunk off the coast of Malta, none of the bodies of Palestinians who are thought to have drowned at sea have been recovered by […]

Gaza: History May Repeat Itself!
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan Since the First World War, life of the Palestinians has been routinely impacted by wars, and unfortunately, they were always the losers including the wars that they could have been won. […]

Gaza’s Incremental Genocide
By Jamal Kanj It goes without saying that Gaza has taught the Israeli military a new lesson: the days of swift Israeli wars are over. While mostly one-sided, Israel has never before fought a war […]

Damaging Our Country from Wars of Choice
By Ralph Nader The drums of war are beating once again with the vanguard of U.S. bombers already over Iraq (and soon Syria) to, in President Obama’s words, “degrade and destroy ISIS.” The Republican Party, […]

Donors will Fail Gaza again
By Nicola Nasser On 12 October, Cairo is due to host a conference, sponsored and chaired by Egypt and Norway, of international and Arab donors for the reconstruction of Gaza. This is their ostensible aim. […]

Lessons Learned in the Bucca Camp
By Kathy Kelly In January of 2004 I visited “Bucca Camp,” a U.S.-run POW camp named for a firefighter lost in the 2001 collapse of New York’s World Trade Center. Located near the isolated port city of […]

2 Killed, 3 Injured by Unexploded Israeli Ordnance in Shujaiyya
Two Palestinians were killed and three were injured on Friday when an unexploded Israeli bomb blew up in the al-Shujaiyya neighborhood of eastern Gaza City. A Ma’an reporter in Gaza said that a huge explosion […]

US Guilty of War Crimes in Palestine
By Sam Bahour The U.S. is not a neutral mediator in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict; it is an active participant and is guilty of the crimes being committed by Israel against Palestinians, most recently, the mass […]

Quartet: Delay in Gaza Rebuilding could Threaten Truce
The Middle East Quartet of peacemakers on Wednesday joined calls for a quick start to the rebuilding of war-ravaged Gaza before the current truce with Israel ends in renewed violence. “The precarious situation in Gaza […]

Convenient Genocide: Another Failed War to Re-Arrange the Middle East
By Ramzy Baroud A few months ago, not many Americans, in fact Europeans as well, knew that a Yazidi sect in fact existed in northwest Iraq. Even in the Middle East itself, the Yazidis and […]

Unpaid Hospital Cleaning Workers Strike in Gaza
Cleaning workers at hospitals in the Gaza Strip declared a 24-hour strike on Wednesday in protest of not being paid their salaries, a union official said. Sami al-Amsi, president of the Federation of Palestine trade […]

Army: Mortar Fired at Israel from Gaza for First Time since Truce
Palestinians fired a mortar round into southern Israel Tuesday in the first attack since an Aug. 26 ceasefire, without causing any casualties, the Israeli army said. “For the first time since operation Protective Edge, a […]

PCHR: Gaza Detainees Underwent Torture in Israeli Custody
The Palestinian Center for Human rights said Tuesday that its lawyers confirmed that at least four Palestinians who were arrested during Israel’s assault on Gaza were subjected to “torture” during their detention period. PCHR lawyers […]