Palestine Think Tank

This article, which I only found yesterday, thanks to my friend Susanne, is slightly dated by a few weeks, but it is an absolutely astonishing document revealing the behind-the-scenes goings on prior to the current cease-fire in Gaza. Italian journalists of Arabmonitor, the first portal of the Arab World in Italy, have interviewed several of [...]

In the US and the West, we are able and free to debate God and HIS/HER existence, debate Jesus, Moses, Mohamed, debate America, its failures and its successes, debate our constitution and its interpretations. We are free to debate George Bush and his stupidity, his crimes against America and the world, and his many failures. [...]

The rebuilding of Gaza has become the latest siege weapon. The Israeli occupation, the US that had backed its offensive, and the EU which did nothing to stop it are conspiring to turn the reconstruction process into a means to produce a suitable "peace partner" while the Arab summit in Kuwait hopes to use it [...]

Soon after we had seen a unilateral ceasefire from Israel followed by the withdrawal of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) after a 22-day assault on the Gaza Strip, we hear the usual two sides of the story, from both Israel and Hamas, each one claiming that Victory was on its Side and all goals were achieved. [...]

"What thou hast done to thyself none else did,
Thou has caused pain to the spirit of the Prophet
Ignorant of the witchery of the Frank (the west),
Behold the mischief hidden in his sleeve!
By his diplomacy all nations prostrate,
Unity of the Arabs crushed to pieces,
As long as they are caught in his vicious trap,
The Arabs shall not [...]

As always, when I read the Israel Foreign Affairs Ministry Press Briefing, I can't help but wonder how they do it. They lie through their teeth so much, that I hope the Ministry provides a really excellent Dental Care Program to its staff. In "Behind the Headlines: Israel continues prisoner release policy" we see the [...]

Barack Obama is studying the recipe for peace
Michele Giorgio (il manifesto, 18/11/08)
JERUSALEM – The US is denying claims made by the “Sunday Times”. Two days ago the British weekly reported that President-elect Barack Obama, during the talks which took place last July with the Palestinian leader Abu Mazen, had openly expressed himself in favour of [...]

 
In the picture, two of the generals who are arranging military actions with Fatah military leaders and the new Prime Minister of Israel…
 
These same generals met with top Fatah military leaders to plan Jenin 2…
From www.xpis.ps WRITTEN BY KHALID AMAYREH FROM OCCUPIED PALESTINE
Nahum Barnea is a prominent Israeli journalist and regular columnist at the mass-circulation newspaper, Yedioth [...]

WRITTEN by Khalid Amayreh in occupied Palestine
Jockeying for an advantageous public posture vis-à-vis Hamas, the Fatah movement has been calling for the organization of presidential and parliamentary elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The proposal is being touted as the only way to resolve the enduring crisis between Fatah and Hamas, following the latter’s [...]

Haniyeh and Abbas to each other, "please be my guest, you go (to lift the burden of the Israeli occupation) first!"