Israel and the Palestine Problem
The degree of importance and urgency to be attributed to the Palestine problem, specifically what to do about the West Bank and Gaza which Israel occupied in 1967, has itself become a problem. Arabs…
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Does Israel Meet The Quartet Conditions?
A viable peace process does not require either party to embrace or even recognize the legitimacy of the other’s narrative. It requires that both have an informed and non-reductionist understanding of what this narrative consists…
Jenny Tonge’s speech as part of a debate at Oxford Union
Baroness Jenny Tonge, was one of four speakers at the Oxford Union on 31 January, who opposed the motion: “This house believes that Israel is a force for good in the Middle East” Those speaking…
Understanding Hamas after Khaled Meshaal’s Gaza speech
In the aftermath of Khaled Meshaal’s emotional visit to Gaza in celebration of Hamas’ 25th anniversary, commentary in Israel and the West has focused on his remarks at a rally as “defiant” and confirming “the…
Why did Israel kill Jabari?
The real story behind Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza has not yet been investigated, but now that the explosions have stopped, we are obligated to delve into the truth. The decision to kill Hamas…
NICK CLEGG IS LOBBYING WITHIN THE COALITION FOR BRITAIN TO SUPPORT THE PALESTINIAN BID FOR UN RECOGNITION – DO ALL YOU CAN TO SUPPORT HIM
103 of the 158 people killed in Gaza by Israeli military action this month were civilians. 30 were children, 12 of whom were under the age of 10. Even if Israel’s self-defence argument is accepted,…
2,279 calories per person: How Israel made sure Gaza didn’t starve
State forced to release ‘red lines’ document for food consumption in the coastal Strip following legal battle; official: state has right to determine who it assists. After a three-and-a-half-year legal battle waged by the Gisha…
The documentary that should make every decent Israeli ashamed
The soldiers arrive in the dead of night. They kick, they smash, they destroy. They break in, rudely awakening an entire house and its inhabitants, including children and babies. One officer pulls out a detailed…
Salam Fayyad, the World Bank and the Oslo game
Triggered by gas-price increases, tens of thousands of Palestinian taxi, truck and bus drivers in the West Bank observed a one-day strike, effectively shutting down cities. This, as Al Jazeera reported, was the culmination of…
Baroness Tonge on aid to the Occupied Territories
Available at: http://www.epolitix.com/latestnews/article-detail/newsarticle/baroness-tonge-giving-aid-to-gaza-money-well-spent/ In giving aid to the occupied territories of Palestine, in the West Bank and Gaza, is the UK government supporting the illegal occupation of Palestine, asks Baroness Tonge. In the forward to a…
Dear Mr Netanyahu, this does not accord with the truth
Open Letter to Netanyahu from German Jewish Forum posted at JfJfP: http://jfjfp.com/?p=26579 Press Release 09.11.11 To the Prime Minister of the State of Israel, Mr. Benyamin Netanyahu Shalom, dear Prime Minister, In your address to the General…
Pick of the Week: The future is now
The future is now. The revolution is in progress; just wait for what’s to come. By Gideon Levy at Haaretz: http://bit.ly/tLph41 One day not long from now we will wake up to a different kind…
Jonathan Fryer: Palestine, UNESCO and the US
Via Jonathan Fryer’s blog: http://jonathanfryer.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/palestine-unesco-and-the-us/ The vote to accord Palestine member status at UNESCO means that the Palestinians now have their foot in the door of the United Nations and this must now make it easier…
Pick of the Week: Bedouins get mobilized as Israel pushes them off their land
Via Palestine Monitor: http://www.palestinemonitor.org/?p=2780 Author: Silvia Boarini Al-Araqib and the Bedouins At the break of dawn on 27 July 2010, the unrecognized Bedouin village of al-Araqib, home to the Turi tribe, was surrounded by 1,500 police…
Why Britain Should Recognise a Palestinian State – Jonathan Fryer
Tomorrow, the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, is expected to ask the United Nations Security Council for the world body to recognise Palestinian statehood. At least 130 of the 193 members of the…