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UN Incites Israel and Europe Against Syria

By Kawther Salam • Jun 19th, 2008 • Category: Middle East Issues, Newswire

Is it permissible for UN officials to express their partiality with Israel against Syria, or to incite one side of the Arab-Israeli conflict against the other? Was Terje Rød-Larsen expressing his personal opinion on this, or was he stating the official position of the UN ?
Terje Rød-Larsen, a.k.a. “Terry Larson”, the special envoy of the [...]



Kawther Salam - US and Britain Host Investment Conference in Bethlehem

By Kawther Salam • May 24th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Features, Israel, Palestine, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance

Where will the Bethlehem Investors Conference lead the Palestinians? Who planned and hosted this conference, and why? What role does Israel play in this Investors Conference in Bethlehem? Who decides who is not allowed, and who is allowed, to attend the Investors Conference: Israel or the PA? Will the Investors Conference discuss the proposed joint [...]



Lost Palestinian Refugee Camps on UN-Google Earth Map

By Haitham Sabbah • Apr 11th, 2008 • Category: Features, Palestine, Petitions

However, my happiness did not last for long when I discovered that NONE of the Palestinian refugee camps within the Occupied Palestinian Territories are published there (see map below). So, even if you “Sit in front of your computer“, with a few clicks you can “see, hear and develop an emotional understanding of what it is like to be a refugee“, but not the Palestinian refugees’ experience. They don’t exist!