Palestine Think Tank

WRITTEN BY Ramzy Baroud 
'We may be witnessing the beginning of the end of the era of impunity,' Nadia Hijab, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Institute for Palestine Studies, was quoted by IPS in response to the findings of a 574-page report by a four-member United Nations Fact finding mission. The mission, led by internationally-renowned [...]

(art by Carlos Latuff) Israel is unusually furious over the publication this week of the Goldstone commission report which accuses the apartheid regime of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip during the bloody blitz against the coastal Palestinian territory nearly nine months ago. 
Israeli officials and hasbara doctors have been railing against Goldstone, [...]

One of the main goals of PTT has been to debunk, uncover and counter the ways that Israel and its advocates use the tools of propaganda. They are very good at their propaganda, especially because they have the economic possibilities to exploit it to its maximum potential. PTT (and Peacepalestine blog before it) has been analysing the Hasbara [...]

On Thursday Sep. 10 2009, GOC Central Command Gadi Shamni said during the mock trial of First Lt. Adam Malul of the Kfir gang, one of the IDF criminals who smashed, tortured and hit a Palestinian victim while he was under arrest, which was held for the media, that “the IDF soldiers were not authorized [...]

the average number of Palestinian children held in Israeli detention in 2009 remains high, at 375 per month

I strongly reject and condemn the “work” of the Israeli military censorship imposed on the work of journalists and the publications of the Palestinian in the West Bank. I also strongly condemn the continuous restrictions which the Israeli military censorship imposes on the foreign journalists, monitoring their reports, banning and censoring them in the office of [...]

Ramallah / PNN – A new “plan for peace” is coming out of Washington that many consider to be disturbing at best. It includes keeping major Israeli settlement blocs in the West Bank.
The plan keeps the Israelis as occupiers, but with a few twists like in Oslo, such as political prisoners should be released. It [...]

(photo by Eva Bartlett, see link below) Al-Haq, a Palestinian NGO based in the West Bank, conducted statistical research on the most recent Israeli war against Gaza, named "Operation Cast Lead". They have released the results of their investigation, with listing of loss of lives, property, jobs, infrastructures, agricultural property and a listing of the [...]

 
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UNITED NATIONS FACT FINDING MISSION ON THE GAZA CONFLICT
Fax: (41-22) 928 9003, Telephone: (41 22) 928 9205, E-mail: factfindinggaza@ohchr.org

 
 
Call for Submissions
 
            Pursuant to Resolution S-9/1 of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), adopted on 12 January 2009 at the conclusion of the 9th Special Session of the Council,  the President of [...]

Is Peace Out of Reach? is the title of this absolutely fundamental video which presents facts, information and some interviews which show to the world public what things really are like regarding the chances for peace in Israel. I cannot recommend this video more than I do. It is an important document that I believe should be seen by everyone.