Palestine Think Tank

Israeli official Television broadcasted footage of the settlements hit by Gazan fighters and ironically ignored what's happening in Gaza. The television stated that today's military operations is the start of a long-term massive war action against Gaza. Israeli army named the operation in Gaza "Lead Pouring Out" which entirely means surprisingly decapitation of Palestinian factions in Gaza.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak declared the 20 square kilometers of Gaza a "special military zone." The classification is one degree below a declaration of total war against an enemy state. The announcement was made Saturday morning. (read the full article by clicking the headline)

[Author’s note:  Just after this article was written, it became evident that Israel is likely to launch at least a limited attack on Gaza, which only heightens the sense of urgency for action that is advocated here.]

The baby is crying again.  You wake up.  Cold.  There is no electricity in the house; it went off [...]

I received a message from the photojournalist and peace activist Sameh Habeeb from Gaza while I was looking at the news in the Austrian TV, which pierced my ears with talk about the rockets which Hamas supposedly shoots at the "innocent Israeli occupation" which has jailed one and half million in Gaza since before Al-Aqsa [...]

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 [...]

(photo, the Italian Pisa football supporters show their solidarity during a match!) An Italian rights activist with a history of involvement in Parliamentary Leftist parties sends an open letter to the Chairman of the largest political party in Italy that still carries the name "Communist" (which has a different meaning in Italy, as it is [...]

Hamas and the Palestinian Authority (PA) have been trading harsh accusations as to who bears responsibility for the open-ended postponement of Egyptian-sponsored national reconciliation talks that were due to take place in Cairo earlier this week.
Citing Hamas's decision to boycott the much-heralded talks, PA and Fatah leaders and spokespersons denounced the Islamic movement for being [...]

I am writing this article after I escaped from the criminal action of Israelis on November 1, 2008, who came to Vienna to watch and to harass me. I wonder if the mission of these criminals to terrorize me in exile was coordinated between the Israelis and the Palestinian "security" team, just like what is [...]

Barring last-minute glitches, Palestinian political factions will meet in Cairo Saturday in a last ditch-effort to end the two-year rift between the Islamic group Hamas and the American-backed and financed Fatah organization. (It has been announced that the talks will be postponed indefinitely).
 
The Egyptian-mediated reconciliation talks are being closely monitored by the Palestinian masses whose [...]

GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haneyya has stressed on Tuesday that the Hamas Movement was going to the Palestinian national dialogue with open heart and mind, and that the hand of Hamas was and still is open for national reconciliation.
"We look at the upcoming Palestinian national dialogue in Cairo with [...]