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13 September 2007, by Phyllis Bennis
Nouvel article
The multiply-repeated statements from Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker almost sidelined the usually central Bush administration justification for th occupation of Iraq - the so-called "global (…) -
13 September 2007, by Michel Warschawski
David versus Goliath (David won again)
On the cover-page of Israel’s second largest daily, Maariv, was the following headline: "Bil’in Residents Have Won Against the IDF,” and the subtitle: "Three Years of Violent Demonstrations Led by (…) -
11 September 2007
On the Brink
On the political situation in Pakistan, religious extremism and the Left ALI Tariq, SAHI Aoun 9 September 2007 Eminent left-wing activist, writer, journalist and film-maker, Tariq Ali is in (…) -
10 September 2007, by Azmi BISHARA
Ignorant thieves
Arabism was not a slogan but a stage in Arab perception of looming danger before which current political darlings appear both ignorant and complicit, writes Azmi Bishara -
10 September 2007, by Mahmood Hamdani
What Role for the UN?
Mahmood Mamdani writes about the dangers of the UN’s new role in Darfur. The balance between the military and political dimensions is crucial, and the UN tends to privilege the military dimension. -
10 September 2007, by NAFTANA / OUR OIL
Oil Workers Strike Back
Opposition to Iraq’s controversial oil law intensifies this Sunday, as critics come together in a major conference in Basra, under the slogan “Oil wealth belongs to the Iraqi people.” Iraq’s oil (…) -
9 September 2007, by Michael Warschawski
Victory in Bil’in
On the cover-page of Israel’s second largest daily, Maariv, was the following headline: "Bil’in Residents Have Won Against the IDF,” and the subtitle: "Three Years of Violent Demonstrations Led by (…) -
7 September 2007, by PRAKASH KARAT
Left Parties Want to Stop Military Collaboration with the USA
The Left parties have decided to conduct two jathas (marches) from Kolkata and Chennai to Vishakapatnam on the eastern coast from September 4 to 8, 2007. On these dates, for the first time, (…) -
5 September 2007, by WILLIAM DALRYMPLE
A Country on the Brink
Sixty years after its birth, India faces a number of serious problems, but Pakistan’s problems are on a different scale; indeed the country finds itself at a fundamental crossroads. We are (…) -
4 September 2007, by Nassar Ibrahim and Michael Warschawski
The Case against Normalization
Last week at the United Nations sponsored NGO Network for a Palestinian-Israeli Peace, the key word was definitely “unity.” That call for unity is coming from the very core of Palestinian society (…) -
4 September 2007, by Jean Bricmont
Bush Still Preparing Attack Against Iran
Many people in the antiwar movement try to reassure themselves: Bush cannot possibly attack Iran. He does not have the means to do so, or, perhaps, even he is not foolish enough to engage in such (…) -
4 September 2007, by Azmi Bishara
Nouvel article
Ahead of this autumn’s projected peace conference, Israeli politicians are stumbling over themselves to set the shrewdest terms for negotiations. -
31 August 2007, by Labor for Palestine - Canada
Canadian Labour Activists Call for Boycott
In July 2007, a group of labour leaders from the US issued a statement opposing the growing international campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. The statement was (…) -
6 July 2007, by Ramzy Baroud
Palestinian Left: A Lost Opportunity
When Hamas members were elected as the majority bloc of the Palestinian Legislative Council, and as it became apparent that a US-led international embargo would be an adjoining price to that (…) -
6 July 2007
Israeli Policies Are Destroying the Palestinian Economy
Israeli latest policies, sealing off Gaza and barring the import of goods to the Strip, violate international law as they destroy Gaza’s industrial and commercial sectors and further impoverish (…) -
4 July 2007, by Gadi Algazi
Revisiting 1967
In June 1967, Israel broke through its temporary borders, and, under the auspices of a military conquest, embarked upon an extensive colonial project in the newly conquered territories. The (…) -
2 July 2007, by Ramzy Baroud
Finding Lessons in Gaza’s Bloodshed
The Hamas-Fatah clash that has culminated into a mini-civil war in recent weeks is both old and new, and while some of its elements are uniquely Palestinian, much of it was manufactured at the (…) -
30 June 2007, by Jeff Halper
Steady Course to Apartheid
Our governments have failed us. Unless we, the people worldwide, can mobilize grassroots opposition to the Israeli-US-European Occupation, a new apartheid regime, in the Holy Land no less, will (…) -
30 June 2007
Widespread Israeli Attacks and Arrests Expose Emptiness of Olmert’s ‘Goodwill Gesture’
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi said the latest Israeli attacks in Nablus and Gaza Strip which claimed the lives of 14 Palestinians is another signal that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s government (…) -
28 June 2007, by Nassar Ibrahim (Alternative Information Center )
The Trap of the Miserable Choices Leading to a Dead End
With the events of the Gaza Strip and the extent to which they reached, the Palestinian tragedy has moved to the level of farce. True, some may laugh at our situation now - the Palestinians have (…) -
28 June 2007, by Philip Rizk
Failing Gaza
The democratically elected Hamas government was doomed to failure when the world refused to recognize the last election outcome. Furthermore, as the former government dominated by Fatah was not (…) -
28 June 2007, by Gabriel Ash
Why Boycott Israel ?
The boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel’s Apartheid scored an important victory recently when the British University and College Union (UCU) decided to circulate “the (…) -
28 June 2007
B’Tselem appeals for Palestinian movement in the West Bank
The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem urged Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to remove roadblocks and obstructions in the West Bank and ease the movement of Palestinians in the area, (…) -
27 June 2007, by Jonathan Cook
Can the Arab world be turned into Gaza’s jailers?
Nazareth — The boycott by Israel and the international community of the Palestinian Authority finally blew up in their faces with Hamas’ recent bloody takeover of Gaza. Or so argues Gideon Levy, (…) -
26 June 2007, by Ali Abunimah
In search of justice in the Middle East
The US decision to back Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas in the recent turmoil virtually guarantees an escalation in violence. Abbas has installed an unelected "emergency" government (…) -
25 June 2007, by Laura Vail (AIC)
Precarious Situation in Gaza
Gaza Strip, the area’s residents now confront what could become a severe humanitarian crisis. The Strip is one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with around 1.5 million people (…) -
25 June 2007, by Azmi BISHARA
Reinventing the PLO
Without an organisation capable of representing all Palestinians, both in the occupied territories and the diaspora, the future can comprise little beyond internecine conflict, writes Azmi Bishara -
25 June 2007
«Israel does not want peace»
Legislator Mustafa Barghouthi, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, said that Israel does not want peace with Palestine because Israeli officials refuse to move forward with (…) -
23 June 2007, by Jonathan Steele
Hamas Acted on Fear of US-sponsored Coup
The document of US objectives outlined a $1.27bn programme that would add seven special battalions, totalling 4,700 men, to the 15,000 Abbas already has in his presidential guard and other (…) -
23 June 2007, by Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
A Democracy on Paper Only?
To mark forty years of occupation, ACRI produced a position paper examining the impact of the prolonged occupation on Israel`s democracy. -
21 June 2007, by Andreas Th. Müller
Israel’s Legal Responsibilities over Gaza
It must not be forgotten that under the international law of occupation, Israel is subject to a series of legal obligations, substantially limiting its legitimate political scope of action. -
20 June 2007
Early Elections are the Only Way
Legislator Mustafa Barghouthi, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, and the Minister of Information of the dissolved government, stated on in a press conference in Ramallah on (…) -
19 June 2007, by Jim Quilty
The «Collateral Damage» of Lebanese Sovereignty
Residents of Lebanon might be forgiven for wanting to forget the last 12 months. The month-long Israeli onslaught in the summer of 2006, economic stasis, sectarian street violence, political (…) -
18 June 2007, by Nassar Ibrahim and Sergio Yahni from the Alternative Information Center (AIC)
The Day After
From November 2006, Palestinian society has been pushed to the brink of civil war by immense pressures of the international community and Israel. These pressures, both economic and political, (…) -
18 June 2007, by Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Dialogue is Imperative
The Gaza Strip has recently witnessed unprecedented bloody fighting between Hamas and Fatah movement, which has peaked with Hamas’ decision to show down the conflict militarily and the takeover of (…) -
18 June 2007, by Michel Warshavsky
The Gaza Crisis: Made in Israel
The old dream of Ariel Sharon is becoming a reality: Palestinians are killing Palestinians, and Israel is counting the number of victims with great satisfaction. The tears of Israeli leaders are (…) -
18 June 2007, by Peter Beaumont
The Real Coup Plotters
The reality is that the only people who are really behind Salam Fayyad are the European and US diplomats who have long sung his praises behind the scenes to any journalist prepared to listen. -
18 June 2007, by Ahmed Rashid
The General in his Labyrinth
Pakistan is on the brink of disaster, and the Bush administration is continuing to back the man who dragged it there. As President Pervez Musharraf fights off the most serious challenge to his (…) -
17 June 2007
The tragedy of the occupation
Nurit Peled-Elhanan is recipient of the European Parliament’s 2001 Sakharov prize for her peace advocacy in the Middle East. She lost her daughter in the September 4, 1997 suicide bombing. She is (…) -
17 June 2007, by Nahla Chahal for the Alternative Information Center
Suicide Bombers Without a Cause: Fatah al-Islam
Despite the complete political silence of Fatah al-Islam indicating its purpose or vision of the world—save for a few empty and hastily composed statements—its fighters’ willingness to die so (…) -
16 June 2007, by Alberto Cruz
The United States’ New Strategy
A time-worn adage in journalism says that redundancy enables a better understanding of language, so here we go again: the tree of Iraq stops us seeing the Middle East wood. Absorbed in our (…) -
16 June 2007, by Ben White
After the War in Gaza
Dialogue is the only way forward for the Palestinians, but dialogue based on some fundamentals; respecting the will of the people, resistance to occupation and colonization. -
16 June 2007, by Naomi Klein
How war was turned into a brand
Political chaos means Israel is booming like it’s 1999 - and the boom is in defence exports field-tested on Palestinians -
16 June 2007, by Pierre Rousset
Appeal for the Release of Farooq Tariq
Farooq Tariq, general secretary of the Labour Party Pakistan (LPP), was arrested without a warrant on June 5, 2007 at his residence in Lahore. A posteriori, the Ministry of the Interior (…) -
15 June 2007, by Jonathan Steele
No military solution
The team that wrote President Bush’s Prague speech on democracy this week have clearly never visited Afghanistan. Otherwise they would not have had the president quoting a Soviet dissident who (…) -
14 June 2007, by Michel WARSCHAWSKI
Stand by your principles
Yesterday, I was asked by an Italian journalist why the Alternative Information Center (AIC) is not participating in the Florence conference entitled “Peace NGO Conference.” I gave her two (…) -
14 June 2007
Confrontation and Impasse
May was the worst month for US fatalities in Iraq since 2004, April the worst for British soldiers since the invasion. Sir Christopher Meyer, British ambassador to Washington in the run up to the (…) -
13 June 2007, by Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)
War in Gaza
For the 3rd consecutive day, Gaza City has witnessed unjustifiable violent internal fighting, and an atmosphere of tension has spread over Gaza that is not less violent than that which has spread (…) -
12 June 2007
The Crisis in Darfur as seen by the Communist Party
View of the Communist Party of Sudan on the causes of the conflict in Darfur: The conflict in Darfur is decades older than the date of its recognition by the media and the international (…) -
10 June 2007
Mustafa Barghouthi on the Latest Invasion of Rafah
Palestinian Information Minister, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, slammed on Saturday the Israeli invasion into Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and considered it an additional Israeli (…) -
9 June 2007
Barghouthi: “Israel is placing obstacle in front of a comprehensive truce”
Palestinian Minister of Information, the official spokesperson of the National Unity Government, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, stated on Friday that Israel insists on rejecting the initiative of the (…) -
8 June 2007, by Eric Rouleau
TERRORISM: THE CHOSEN TOOL OF THE WEAK AGAINST THE MIGHTY
Terrorism remains an abstract concept since the international community has never properly defined it. The League of Nations failed to adopt a convention for the prevention and repression of (…) -
8 June 2007, by Syed Saleem Shahzad
Insurgency Growing
HERAT - Most insurgency-related activity in Afghanistan over the past year, with the Taliban at the core, has been concentrated in the southwest and southeast of the country. However, trouble is (…) -
8 June 2007
"Stop the bleeding of Bethlehem"
Palestinian activists from Bethlehem city in the West Bank announced the construction of a framework to face Israeli occupation and to raise levels of international awareness and support the (…) -
7 June 2007, by The Association for Civil Rights in Israel
Ghost Town: Israel’s Separation Policy and Forced Eviction of Palestinians from the Center of Hebron
Over the years, Israel established a number of settlement points in and around the Old City of Hebron, which had traditionally served as the commercial center for the entire southern West Bank . (…) -
7 June 2007, by Middle East Report
Forty Years of Occupation: A Forum
An outpouring of retrospectives — good, bad and indifferent — has marked the fortieth anniversary of the June 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Predictably, and perhaps appropriately, most looks backward (…) -
7 June 2007
Day of Actions - June 9
All over Palestine people are gearing up to escalate their resistance against Israeli Apartheid in the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Occupation of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the (…) -
6 June 2007, by Mordecai Briemberg
40 years of Israeli occupation and the prospects for peace
Dr. Naseer Aruri, born in Jerusalem, is a renowned Palestinian intellectual, an author of several books on the Palestine-Israel conflict , and Emeritus Chancellor Professor at the University of (…) -
6 June 2007, by Nahla Chahal
"Harming the Country’s Reputation"
A few weeks ago, a five-year sentence was passed down in Syria to attorney Anwar al-Banni under the declared pretext of “harming the country’s reputation.” Under the same pretext, in a television (…) -
5 June 2007, by SHULAMIT ALONI
Yes there is apartheid
Jewish self-righteousness is taken for granted among ourselves to such an extent that we fail to see what’s right in front of our eyes. It’s simply inconceivable that the ultimate victims, the (…) -
4 June 2007
Amnesty: Israel killed more than 650 Palestinians in 2006
In May the human rights group Amnesty International released its 2007 report on “Israel and the Occupied Territories,” summarising 2006. During the year Israel killed more than 650 Palestinians, (…) -
4 June 2007
40 YEARS OF OCCUPATION IS ENOUGH!
June 2007 will mark the anniversary of Israel’s June 1967 occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, East Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan. This is the longest occupation in modern history. Given the (…) -
4 June 2007
Oil Workers on Strike
Workers from the Iraqi Pipelines Company in Basra are on strike today. Workers began the strike at 6.30 this morning by shutting two 14" pipelines carrying oil and gas products inside Iraq. (…) -
4 June 2007
Israeli army prevents Minister of information from reaching Jerusalem or Gaza Strip
The Palestinian Minister of Information, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, has indicated that the Israeli army has refused to allow him to enter Jerusalem or the Gaza Strip. Dr Barghouthi stated that he (…) -
4 June 2007
Amnesty report harshly criticizes 40 years of Israeli occupation
In a special report published on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories Monday, Amnesty International accused Israel of widespread human rights (…) -
3 June 2007, by Uri Avnery
50 Years Later
The bloody battles that have erupted around the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp near Tripoli in Lebanon remind us that the refugee problem has not disappeared. On the contrary, 60 years after the (…) -
2 June 2007
UK University and College Union Boycott Resolutions
On May 30th 2007, the UK University and College Union meeting at its first Annual Congress in Bournemouth passed the following resolutions. The final texts are the result of the approval of (…) -
2 June 2007
America’s jihad
It started in 1979 when the US wanted to undermine the Soviet Union — its enemy back then. Luring and funding tens of thousands of Muslims from across the Arab world to fight the "atheist" enemy — (…) -
2 June 2007, by Ramzy Baroud
Time to cut Israel off
For a boycott to be effective, an international coalition is indispensable, says Ramzy Baroud* -
2 June 2007, by Naomi Klein
Bahgdad burns, Calgary blooms
The invasion of Iraq has set off what could be the largest oil boom in history. All the signs are there: multinationals free to gobble up national firms at will, ship unlimited profits home, enjoy (…) -
2 June 2007
More British Trade Unions Call for Sanctions against Israel
UNISON, the union of public service officials in the UK, has suggested that it will consider a proposal to boycott Israel. -
31 May 2007, by Palestinian NGOs Network (PNGO)
SOS Gaza
The Palestinian NGOs Network (PNGO) calls on the United Nations and the International Community to immediately intervene to stop the war crimes committed by the Israeli occupational forces (IOF) (…) -
31 May 2007
British Teachers Against Israeli Occupation
British college teachers decided to boycott Israeli academic institutions and pressure the European Union to curtail educational and cultural programs with Israel in a vote last night in the (…) -
30 May 2007
Dr. Barghouthi rejects a proposal from Meretz party to place the Gaza Strip under the control of the Arab League
Palestinian Minister of Information, and the official spokesperson of the Palestinian National Unity Government, rejected a proposal of some Israeli leaders of the Meretz movement to place the (…) -
30 May 2007
MOBILIZATION CALL ON JUNE 9 & 10, 2007
On June 6, 1967, Israel launched an all-out offensive against all of surrounding Arab countries, occupying parts of their land, as well as completing its occupation of Palestine. -
30 May 2007
Report highlights widespread torture of Palestinian prisoners
In a report released on Wednesday, the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel accuses the Israeli intelligence services of the widespread torture of Palestinian detainees. -
29 May 2007
More Israeli Kidnappings
Sources in the camp reported that troops invaded the camp and ransacked homes, causing massive damage to Mohammad Sharay’ah’s house, who, alongside Rabe’e Abu Leil, Firas Al Rayan, Najeh Abu (…) -
29 May 2007, by John CHERIAN
Into Chaos
The country’s capital plunges into anarchy after the US-backed regime change, and the refugee crisis is worse than that in Iraq. -
28 May 2007, by Christopher Brown
Growing Crisis in Nahr el-Bared
For nearly a week the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared has been under siege by the Lebanese army, which claims it is battling militants from a previous unknown group named Fatah al Islam. (…) -
27 May 2007, by Graham Usher
Musharraf all alone
The killings in Karachi have left President Musharraf more isolated than ever before, writes Graham Usher in Islamabad -
27 May 2007, by Nicola Nasser
Shift in French Policy over the Middle East
The defensive and guarded Arab reaction to the self-pronounced and reported pro-Israel and pro-America statements of Nicolas Paul Stephane Sarkozy de Nagy-Bocsa, who was sworn in as the new (…) -
27 May 2007, by Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Dialogue amid rattling sabers
The new International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Iran has reconfirmed the country’s steady progress on its centrifuge technology, thus giving new impetus for a third round of United (…) -
27 May 2007, by Pierre BEAUDET
Hit and run
Assassinations in Somalia and Sudan bode ill for these two troubled northeastern African nations, writes Gamal Nkrumah -
27 May 2007, by Yossi Schwartz
Towards More Confrontation
Thousands of Palestinians have been fleeing Nahr al-Bared (Cold River), the refugee camp in northern Lebanon after several days of fighting between Fatah al-Islam and the Lebanese army, that has (…) -
26 May 2007
US War Games
HALA GORANI: Well, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reported back in March that in order to defeate Hezbollah, the Lebanese government supported a Sunni militant group, the same ones they’re (…) -
25 May 2007
Non violent protest crushed by Israeli army
At least two hundred Palestinians, accompanied by a number of Israeli and International peace activists marched to the confiscated land in Artas village, south of Bethlehem, on Friday after the (…) -
25 May 2007, by Robert Fisk
Innocent Victims Caught Up In A War Of Endless Revenge
It is a place of Palestinian fury - and almost as much Palestinian blood. The bandage-swaddled children whimpering in pain, frowning at the strange, unfatherly doctors, the middle-aged woman (…) -
25 May 2007, by Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Disaster in Gaza
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza published its weekly report on the Israeli violations against the Palestinians in the occupied territories in the period between May (…) -
24 May 2007
Palestinian Coalition Government Calls for Sanctions against Israel
The Palestinian coalition government called Thursday upon the international community to place sanctions on Israel after the Israeli army took prisoners earlier in the day 33 Hamas leaders (…) -
23 May 2007, by Robert Fisk
The Siege of Nahr el-Bared
There is something obscene about watching the siege of Nahr el-Bared. The old Palestinian camp—home to 30,000 lost souls who will never go "home"—basks in the Mediterranean sunlight beyond a (…) -
22 May 2007
“Israeli rejection to truce offer proves that Israel is responsible for escalation"
MC Palestinian Information Minister, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, stated on Tuesday that the Israeli government’s rejection of a truce offer from the Palestinian Government proves that Israel is (…) -
22 May 2007, by Seymour HERSH
A STRATEGIC SHIFT
In the past few months, as the situation in Iraq has deteriorated, the Bush Administration, in both its public diplomacy and its covert operations, has significantly shifted its Middle East strategy. -
21 May 2007
The Haifa Declaration
Over 50 years after the 1948 Palestinian Nakba, a group of Palestinian intellectuals, academics, and activists from different fields and political viewpoints has undertaken an effort to draft a (…) -
21 May 2007, by Pierre BEAUDET
Israeli Army Assaults Mustafa Barghouthi
Israeli soldiers attacked on Sunday the Palestinian Information Minister, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, after his participation in a nonviolent protest against the bulldozing of olive orchards in Ertas (…) -
21 May 2007, by Syed Saleem SHAHZAD
Running out of options
It is a debate that keeps Washington and Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf in a quandary: What system can be introduced to control the Pakistani armed forces, the Taliban and al-Qaeda, (…) -
20 May 2007, by Azmi BISHARA
Why Israel is after me
I AM A PALESTINIAN from Nazareth, a citizen of Israel and was, until last month, a member of the Israeli parliament. -
20 May 2007
Palestinian Left Protest against Hamas-Fateh clashes
Eyad Awadallah, Media spokesperson of the PFLP stated that both Fateh and Hamas must respect the signed agreements which aim at ending these violent clashes, and should withdraw their gunmen from (…) -
18 May 2007, by Nahla Chahal for the Alternative Information Center
The Battle is Running in Other Places
The Egyptian president allegedly said during the Sharm al-Sheikh conference on Iraq that if it did not serve Iraq, it would at least benefit tourism in Egypt! This was before the conference was (…) -
18 May 2007, by Stuart Reigeluth
East Jerusalem: no state in sight
The chances of a Palestinian state are fast diminishing, as Israel forges ahead with the Judaisation of East Jerusalem, writes Stuart Reigeluth -
18 May 2007, by Khaled Amayreh
SOS from Palestine
Gaza is on the verge of explosion once again as internecine fighting between Hamas and Fatah continues, reports Khaled AmayrehM from East Jerusalem As inter-Palestinian fighting in Gaza entered (…)