Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by MAROUF Laith
In the past few months, Palestinians in the Diaspora have watched with horror the latest developments in their homeland. There has been a flurry of articles about what to do, but overall there is a feeling that they are helpless to affect the situation on the ground. What has been missing is an (…)
, by WARSCHAWSKI Michael
Who are the victims of Zionism? Evidently, the Palestinians. But are they the only victims of this colonial movement? To this question, Ella Shohat responds clearly in the negative, by asserting that Zionism has also produced Jewish victims . An academic of Israeli origin, Shohat has taught in (…)
, by BISHARA Azmi
Without an organisation capable of representing all Palestinians, both in the occupied territories and the diaspora, the future can comprise little beyond internecine conflict, writes Azmi Bishara
The US and its Western followers revealed what democratisation of the Arab world actually means (…)
, by AMAYREH Khaled, BAHAA Sherine
Palestinians across the sectarian divide and from opposing political parties give their take on the crisis facing Gaza and the West Bank
Professor Ali Al-Jerbawi is a leading Palestinian intellectual who has been critical of the Oslo process from its very inception. Considered a leading (…)
, by WARSCHAWSKI Michael
The old dream of Ariel Sharon is becoming a reality: Palestinians are killing Palestinians, and Israel is counting the number of victims with great satisfaction. The tears of Israeli leaders are crocodile tears, and their claims that they are sorry for the tragic developments in Gaza are mere (…)
, by IBRAHIM Nasser, YAHNI Sergio
From November 2006, Palestinian society has been pushed to the brink of civil war by immense pressures of the international community and Israel. These pressures, both economic and political, succeeded in dividing Palestinian society, generating bloody civil confrontations and now creating two (…)
, by LCR (France)
The confrontations between Palestinians in Gaza are the direct consequence of the Israeli occupation and the transformation of the Gaza Strip into a ghetto. Locked up, hungry, without work and freedom of travel and without vital resources, the population is constantly harassed and threatened by (…)
, by KARON Tony
There’s something a little misleading in the media reports that routinely describe the fighting in Gaza as pitting Hamas against Fatah forces or security personnel “loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas.” That characterization suggests somehow that this catastrophic civil war that has killed (…)
, by Al Jazeera
At least four Palestinians have been killed in a series of air strikes across the Gaza Strip.
Two people died when Israeli aircraft targeted a car in Khan Yunis in the south of the territory.
Earlier, a car carrying members of the armed wing of Hamas was hit, killing one man, while another (…)
, by AMAYREH Khaled
Gaza is on the verge of explosion once again as internecine fighting between Hamas and Fatah continues, reports Khaled AmayrehM from East Jerusalem
As inter-Palestinian fighting in Gaza entered its fourth day, Israeli aircraft targeted the southern town of Rafah with missiles, killing four (…)
, by WARSCHAWSKI Michael
The Israeli national commission of enquiry into the war in Lebanon has just published an intermediate report. The final document is expected only some months from now. It is already clear that, for the Vinograd commission – so-called from the name of the judge who chairs it - the second Lebanon (…)
, by HOWEIDY Amira
Arab-Palestinian Knesset member Azmi Bishara explains to Amira Howeidy the motives behind the Israeli media’s campaign against him and how it affects the Arab community
Israel, it seems, is at war with one man. The Israeli media and politicians from across the political spectrum are up in (…)
, by BISHARA Azmi
Tempted by the trappings of statehood, Palestinian leaders forgot they had yet to build a state, writes Azmi Bishara
From the moment the Palestinian struggle was referred to as the Arabs’ first cause, one of liberation and return, of a nation usurped, to the time an Arab diplomat first used (…)
, by CLANCY Emma
Tanya Reinhart, the Israeli linguistics professor and champion of Palestinian rights, died of a stroke in her sleep on March 17 in New York at the age of 63. Palestinian organisations issued a statement from Gaza on March 19, describing Reinhart as “a great indefatigable activist against the (…)
, by Aswat
Dear friend of Aswat;
We are two weeks away from our special and great day for Aswat. “Five Years for Aswat Conference”, to be held the 28th of March 2007 in Haifa, is a celebration of Five years to Aswat existence and contribution to the Palestinian community.
In this celebration we launch (…)
, by HAMMAD Ahmad
The gruesome incident in which a husband inflicted near fatal wounds to his wife and killed his little baby, in small village near to Nablus, underlines the plight of women in Palestine. In another incident a few days ago, a woman in her twenties was found dead in the Gaza Strip, suspected to (…)
, by MIFTAH
Based on the initiative put forth by Saudi King Abdullah Ben Abdul Aziz and under his sponsorship, Fateh and Hamas met in Mecca on February 6-8, 2007 to hold a dialogue on Palestinian conciliation, which fortunately ended in success; an agreement was reached on the following:
First: a ban on (…)
, by BISHARA Azmi
Azmi Bishara, an Arab MP in the Israeli Knesset, commented in the February 8 issue of Al Hayat, an independent Saudi owned newspaper, on the ongoing negotiations between the Palestinian factions. Bishara wrote: “The Palestinians presented more political initiatives than are necessary for a (…)
, by CHAHAL Nahla
The Madrid 15th Anniversary Conference began as if it were held specifically to foment the elimination of Hamas. The number 15 is strange, anyway and does not coincide with any memorable point in time. There was a one-time jump of over 15 years without prior warning, for an event that had (…)
, by EL HADDAD Laila
On January 26, 2006, Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president and leader of Fatah, told a press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos that talks with Hamas, the ruling party, on the formation of a national unity government ought to conclude within three weeks.
He reiterated his call (…)
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