Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance
Mazin Qumsiyeh – What is said and what is not said
If Netanyahu can use the excuse of having a coalition that can break apart if he gave up an inch, then how can Abbas who is now ruling by Fiat and has already given up 78% of Palestine resist further pressure for further back-downs without rebuilding a representative PLO?
{More»} Mary's Choice
Belén Fernàndez – Terror attack by Lebanese army thwarts Israeli landscaping effort»
In the latest Israeli inversion of cause and effect relationships, the clash near the Lebanese border village of Adaisseh yesterday between Israeli and Lebanese soldiers—which resulted in the deaths of one of the former nationality and three of the latter—was characterized by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak as a “planned provocation”, by Kadima MK Shaul [...]
Haitham's Choice
A trip from Gaza to Eilat and back – by Omar Ghraieb»
By Omar Ghraieb* in Gaza
nder the hardships of living that camp in the small space of his modest bungalow, and hindered from providing a somewhat decent living to his seven little kids who depend on him like all children do on their fathers, M.K. -who is at in his mid thirties- decided to take off [...]
Kawther's Choice
Where Is The Sense of Decency? Video»
Al- Shuhada Street is the main street in Hebron in southern part of the occupied West Bank. Al-Shuhada Street is a major commercial street, is connects between the north and the south of Hebron. Al-Shuhada Street could be compared to any major Street in New York that links between East of [...]
Khalid Amayreh
Muslims have more reasons to hate the US than the other way around»
WRITTEN BY Khalid Amayreh
I don't think that most Muslims hate ordinary Americans who believe in the general principle of "live and let live." Moreover, I don't think that most Americans would unhesitatingly embrace Israeli Nazism if they had the slightest chance to know the truth about Israel, e.g. that it is a criminal state par excellence, [...]
Features
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Hasbara Deconstruction Site
Terrorism is certainly not a Muslim monopoly!»
WRITTEN BY SWAMINATHAN S ANKLESARIA AIYAR
"All Muslims may not be terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims." This comment, frequently heard after the Mumbai bomb blasts implies that terrorism is a Muslim specialty, if not a monopoly. The facts are very different.
[ALL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE ARE NOT BAD PEOPLE, BUT ALL CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE [...]
Action Alert
Mohammed Khatib denied exit despite valid Israeli-issued permission»
Coordinator of the Popular Struggle Committee denied exit at King Hussein's Bridge
WRITTEN BY IYAD BURNAT On August 4, 2010 about 1 PM, Mohammed Khatib from Bil'in was denied exit to Jordan via King Hussein Bridge. Khatib was on his way to Spain via Amman when Israeli border officials prevented him from crossing the border to [...]
Nakba and Right of Return
Raid Khoury – On Ramzy Baroud's "My Father was a Freedom Fighter"»
The last 100 years have been cruel to the Palestinians, their land selected for a colonial project unlike any other in its attempt to replace an entire population with a foreign colonial population and ethnically cleansed from a land in which they were the original inhabitants. Haphazard help from Arab regimes later turned to betrayal and abandonment, and as Gaza is witnessing today, eventually developed into open collaboration with the usurping Zionist state. While the betrayal and abandonment of Palestine by Arab regimes has become official policy, the liberation of Palestine remains the demand of an entire Arab people who refuse to turn their backs on Palestine and the Palestinians.
Video
VIDEOS "the Anti-Semite trick", "Meet the Settlers", " by Mozafar Najafzadeh & "Occupation, Inc."»
Former Israeli Education Minister, in a radio interview states precisely what "the trick we always use" is when dealing with critics of Israel and Zionism. She should know. Then, Mozahafar Najafzadeh presents a slideshow on the Settlers. It's not only robbing Palestinian and Arab land and building on it, it's an uncontrollable taste for violence and racism. Lastly, an IMEMC video, "Occupation, Inc.", where we see how the permanent checkpoints, over 90% of them stationed beyond "the Green Line" and thus, in land that even in the most rosy perspective of "two States" would be land stolen from Palestinians meant for "their State", and serving as permanent border crossings, are not manned by the IDF (so the soldiers can be used in combat); but instead are outsourced to private contractors who run it for profit, with zero accountability.
Grassroots Activism
Israel's Freedom Flotilla Massacre underlines the urgency of intensifying BDS»
Occupied Palestine, 08 June 2010 — In light of Israel’s massacre of humanitarian relief workers and activists aboard the Freedom Flotilla on 31 May 2010 and its insistence to continue its illegal siege on Gaza, pressuring Israel to comply with its obligations under international law has become of undeniable urgency. Drunk with power and impunity, Israel has ignored recent appeals by the UN Secretary General as well as a near consensus among world governments to end its deadly siege, putting the onus on international civil society to shoulder the moral responsibility of holding Israel accountable to international law and ending its criminal impunity. The Palestinian-led global campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel has shown the most effective way of achieving this. Detailed information on how to do it, Italian and French copies also available courtesy Gulagnik.
Human Rights
Peace Talks in the Shadow of Demolitions – BADIL press statement»
According to OCHA, July and August have marked the highest number of demolitions this year. As of the end of July, OCHA reports Israeli forces have destroyed over 230 structures effectively displacing and/or affecting over 1100 Palestinians, including 400 children since the beginning of 2010. Over 50% of said destruction has taken place in July alone. OCHA further comments that the Israeli Civil Administration will be stepping up demolitions in the West Bank per orders by the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
Children's Corner
Israel's war against children»
WRITTEN BY Shadi Salman AlQarra
Naseem Jawad Abu Dakka, 14, was playing in front of his grandfather’s house, under the lemon tree in the front of the house, 800 metres from the area where Israeli army the made an incursion, firing tanks shells and bullets. One medium calibre bullet entered his back and exited from his [...]
Middle East Issues
Kourosh Ziabari – Israel will attack Iran: Will Israel attack Iran?!»
Those who mastermind the U.S.-directed psychological operation against Iran have obliviously forgotten that we're now accustomed to seeing the uninteresting, exhausting charade of "will attack Iran"; you put the subject for it, either the United States or Israel.
Over the past five years, Iran has been recurrently under the threat of an imminent war which the [...]
Internet and Communication
Kawther Salam – The Fog of Smear»
Yesterday was a special day in the history of the criticism of my journalistic work. In the morning I received an email which included some information about a writer who had criticized previous reports which I had posted on PTT defending Palestinian human rights, in which I clearly wrote about honor killings, the execution of people without fair trials, the corruption and the misuse of foreign financial aid given to Palestinian institutions. These are issues which always appeared in the Palestinian daily newspapers, which were written about despite the censorship from several sides. The person who criticizes me, who lives in a house of glass and is surrounded by all the contradictions and the suspicions in regards to their personal affairs and their relation to an American revert, has reached in their criticism of my writing the level of the Israeli military censorship while at the same time claiming their commitment to the interests of the Palestinian struggle factions. The analysis which this critical writer made of my past essays reached a filthy level of smear, slander and personal insults while she disregarded in her writing the laws of the European Union and UK where she lives since decades while calling me "westernized" in a way which I perceive as lacking the basic respect which is normally extended to strangers. Besides that, it is incompatible with ethics of Islam, to slander others. This is expressly forbidden in the Quran and considered as a major sin. (Al-Nur: 23, Al-Ahzab: 58).
Website of the Week
DesertPeace»
This week's site is a very special site. DesertPeace is run by Steve Amsel, (who also happens to be a dear and loyal friend) who is that rare bird known as an Israeli citizen who is doing all he can to redress the balance of lies and falsehood told about what Israel is, who the [...]
Arabian Coffee House
Sahar Hamzeh, (with Adib Kawar) – To break the Gaza Siege»
A gift for those who are doing all they can to break the inhumane siege on Gaza. This poem was written to express the joy of the arrival of internationals to the shores of Palestine on the Freedom Flotilla, but the translator Adib Kawar added a verse after the tragic events of the martyrdom of more people for the love of the people and land of Palestine. (Also in Arabic)
