50 Days of War in Gaza Likely to Cost Israel Dearly
Israel may be painting a victorious picture of the war in Gaza, but 50 days of fighting looks set to cost it dearly on the political, economic and diplomatic fronts. Under attack by hawks in […]
Year: 2014
Palestinians Slowly Return to Familiar Routines in Gaza
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are slowly returning to their normal routines as residents mark the first Friday without fighting for 51 days. The familiar rituals of waking up early to go shopping, preparing for […]
Gaza Fishermen Reap Rewards as Restrictions Eased
Palestinian fishermen in Gaza say they are already seeing the benefits of an extended fishing zone, with thousands of kilograms of fresh produce caught only days after Tuesday’s ceasefire agreement. Fishermen say they have brought […]
Gaza’s Pyrrhic Victory is a Lesson for the Occupier
By Tariq Shadid Among Palestinians, many consider the recent cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians to be a victory for the resistance. For those looking on from the outside, this response may be quite puzzling. […]
Gaza Victory Moves Palestine Closer to Overcome Apartheid Israel
By Iqbal Jassat Finally what appears to be a long term truce agreed upon between Israel and Palestine’s resistance movements, Gaza is able to celebrate victoriously. The Netanyahu regime will claim that Hamas has been […]
Flying Out of Our Cages
By Samah Jabr “I used to fly, but you broke my wings and locked me back in my cage.” This was the reproach of a patient who had just recovered from a manic episode during which […]
Gaza’s Epic Battle: ‘On Resistance and Modernity’
By Monir Birouk Is there any relationship between modernity and resistance? Is every act of resistance necessarily modern? I entrust these questions to the wisdom of the philosophers. Here, my claim is rather modest: to […]
‘Never again’?: The US and the Palestinian/Israeli issue
By Ron Forthofer Many Americans may think this foreign policy issue doesn’t concern them. If they think about this issue at all, many say that it’s not our business and we should just let them […]
Skies Calm over Gaza as Truce Takes Hold
The skies over the Gaza Strip were calm Wednesday as a long-term ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians took hold after 50 days of the deadliest violence in a decade. Millions in and around the […]
Senior Hamas Official: Israel Agreed to Open Gaza Crossings
Israel has agreed to open Gaza crossings to allow the flow of humanitarian aid and construction material, senior Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouq said Tuesday. Speaking to Ma’an, Abu Marzouq added that three more Gaza […]
Abbas Set to Announce Ceasefire
President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday will declare a long-term ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip, Ma’an has learned. Sources told Ma’an that Abbas would declare a long-term ceasefire agreement at […]
Welcome to the ‘New’ Middle East
By Jeremy Salt – Ankara, Turkey The ‘birth pangs’ of which Condoleeza Rice spoke in 2006 during Israel’s onslaught on Lebanon have finally produced her ‘new’ Middle East, wrapped up in the black flags of […]
Fearing Political Islam: Why Arabs Betrayed Gaza
By Ramzy Baroud Ask any Arab ruler, and they will tell you of the great sacrifices their countries have made for Palestine and the Palestinians. However, both history and present reality are testaments, not only […]
Israeli War on Gaza: Deafening Silence of the World
By Dr. Siri Gamage – Armidale, Australia On again and off again ceasefires, rocket launches, bombings and killings involving Israel and Gaza dominate television news at this time. When the indirect talks between the two […]
All the Masks Have been Removed
By Tamar Fleishman During each and every one of the Fridays on the Ramadan month, the authorities of the Israeli occupation implement rules for the sake of appearances: The appearance of alleviations. The appearance of […]
12 Palestinians Killed as Israel Continues Gaza Assault
Twelve Palestinians were killed on Monday as Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, medics said. Ahmad al-Dali and brothers Bassem and Ahmad Hijazi were killed when an airstrike targeted their car in Gaza City, […]
Hamas Signs Palestinian Application for ICC Membership
Hamas has signed a proposal for the Palestinians to apply to join the International Criminal Court at which legal action could be taken against Israel, a senior official of the movement said Saturday. “Hamas signed […]
Israel Strikes Kill 10 in Gaza
Israel pounded Gaza on Saturday with scores of airstrikes, killing 10 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and bringing down a 12-story apartment building as Egypt called for new truce talks. Since a previous round of […]
Six Years Ago We Sailed into Gaza
By Free Gaza Movement In August 2008, our two ramshackle boats, Free Gaza and Liberty, were hiding out somewhere in the Mediterranean, battling mechanical problems and bad weather as they slowly and furtively made their […]
Israeli Airstrikes kill 5 Palestinians in Gaza
Airstrikes killed five Palestinians in Gaza early Friday as Israel’s military assault on the besieged enclave continued. Yassin Hamed Abu Hamda and Mahmoud Qashlan were killed by strikes in al-Nuseirat refugee camp while Mahmoud Talaat […]
European Push for New UN Resolution on Gaza
Britain, France and Germany have launched a fresh bid at the UN to end six weeks of violence in Gaza, after Israeli warplanes killed three top Hamas commanders, inflicting a heavy blow on the movement’s […]
Before Our Eyes – A Poem
By Ramona Wadi membrane mired in melancholy seizing silent slivers of stone escaping the eruption of missiles divesting eyes of light a distorted symphony of deranged dust describing deliberate deconstruction of dwellings succumbing to asymmetry […]
Can Happen Down Under
By Denis A. Conroy – Ballarat, Australia Where is Australian multiculturalism going? Are we to remain a subaltern people, too remote in every sense from historic definition to be able to infuse our national identity […]
Gaza Changed Everything: Things Cannot Stay the Same after Israeli Genocide
By Ramzy Baroud After every bloody episode of violence perpetrated by Israel, media spin doctors are often deployed with one grand mission: to absolve Israel of any responsibility in their acts of carnage. Not only […]
4 Killed by Airstrikes while Burying Relatives in Gaza Cemetery
Israeli forces killed four Palestinians in Gaza City on Thursday after targeting a cemetery in the Sheikh al-Radwan district, Gaza health official Ashraf al-Qidra said. The bodies of Muhammad Talal Abu Nahl, Rami Abu Nahl, […]
Israel Kills 3 Senior Hamas Commanders in Gaza
Israel killed three of Hamas’ most prominent military commanders early Thursday in airstrikes targeting a building in Rafah. The al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement that Muhammad Abu Shammala, Raed al-Attar and Muhammad Barhoum were […]
US Accuses Israel of Targeting Abu Khdeir Family
The United States on Wednesday claimed Israel had targeted members of a Palestinian family whose teenage son was kidnapped and killed in July. Tensions between Palestinians and Israelis in annexed East Jerusalem plunged to a […]
Palestinian Party unity is No Substitute for a Political System
By Sam Bahour Palestinian “unity”—reconciling tensions between Hamas and Fatah—is being revered as the foundation that can extract Gaza from the misery wrought upon it by yet another brutal Israeli military onslaught. The devastation from […]
Breaking the Gaza Stalemate
By John V. Whitbeck After the breakdown in the six-day “pause” to permit negotiations on a long-term Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire and the resumption of Israel’s onslaught against the caged people of Gaza, concerned people everywhere are […]
Gaza Running on 6 hours of Electricity per Day
Most of Gaza is currently operating on six hours of electricity per day, the Strip’s power authority said in a statement Saturday. The Palestinian Energy and Natural Resources Authority will be able to continue supplying […]
