Palestine Think Tank

A referential drafting extracted from the Human Rights Covenants and human principles and the laws related to it based on the basis that Palestinian Arabs should have the same human rights as the rest of the peoples of the world. Also included in English are excerpts from relevant Covenants.
Translated from Arabic by: Adib S. Kawar, revised [...]

Can anyone see some ethical flaws with that?
I have no authority to talk in the name of all Palestinians, but I have previously stated that I DO NOT wish the zionist murderers, those of whom were directly or indirectly involved in massacres, theft of land, subjugation and oppression, to remain in Palestine after its liberation [...]

Palestinians are waiting to return home
Jerusalem – Ma’an News Agency, 20 July 2009 Senior Hamas and Fatah officials stated their objections on Sunday to what they said were US suggestions that Palestinians accept a land swap with Israel and give up the right of return.
The officials said that the US is pushing for a final [...]

Today, May 15th marks the 61st anniversary of the Nakba, or Exile of Palestinians from their homes, villages and farms: driven out by the raging Jewish terrorist groups in their mission to establish the State of Israel. 45 years also passed since the establishment of the PLO as the Palestinian Liberation Organization dedicated to the [...]

The surge in the "Pro-Palestinian" activities in the United States after the Zionist massacre in the Gaza Strip is at least suspicious if not alarming. I am not saying this because I do not want the support for our people to be the norm in this country, but because I see who is riding this [...]

Black Agenda Report special feature
The former congresswoman and Green Party presidential candidate charges that "Israel's lockdown of Gaza is keeping food, fuel, and medicine from civilians." But that's just the most recent atrocity in a human rights catastrophe that began 60 years ago, in Palestine, the same year that birthed the Universal Declaration of Human [...]

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 [...]

(artwork by Carlos Latuff) The debate on the Palestinian refugee problem has been confused and badly mishandled. While Israel maintains a consistent position, the Palestinians and the Arabs are often contradictory, vague and inconsistent.
For some unclear reason, the refugee problem has, with time, been limited to only one aspect: the right of return. This narrowed [...]

The announcement below was received today from Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights (Palestine)

Begin Forward:

The following letter was presented to President Mahmoud Abbas's office on behalf of 78 Palestinian organizations on Wednesday September 22, 2008. Note that ALL Palestinian political factions have signed on as well.

Please distribute widely.

Open Letter to President [...]

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 [...]