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How Lebanon’s Palestinians Are Being Pulled Into Syria’s War

With the remaining 70 minutes, the Resistance-dominated Parliament could reach out to the Sunni and Christian communities, as noted above, and grant Palestinian refugees in Lebanon the same right to…

On Political Precondition

On Political Precondition

Understanding the relevance of political preconditions is crucial to rational behavior in seeking solutions to long festering problems.…

Israel, Hawking and the Pressing Question of Boycott

Israel, Hawking and the Pressing Question of Boycott

It is an event “of cosmic proportions”, said one Palestinian academic, a befitting description of Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott an Israeli academic conference slated for next June. …

Al-Nakba (Documentary on the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine)

A documentary on the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.…

Lebanon Greets the Special Rapporteur for Palestine, Richard Falk, With an Ear Full

Lebanon Greets the Special Rapporteur for Palestine, Richard Falk, With an Ear Full

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Professor Richard Falk, came to Lebanon last week on an unofficial visit…

Israel’s Illegal Use of White Phosphorus During ‘Operation Cast Lead’

Israel’s Illegal Use of White Phosphorus During ‘Operation Cast Lead’

How the U.S. Media Tries to Cover Up Israeli War Crimes…

Clarifying My Boston Marathon Post

My only effort was to suggest that in addition to grieving and bringing the perpetrators to justice, this could also become an occasion for collective self-scrutiny as a nation and…

The Demonization of Richard Falk

The Demonization of Richard Falk

It is clear from the hysterical reactions to Mr. Falk’s commentary on the Boston bombings that his own sin is in speaking uncomfortable truths many Americans don’t want to hear…

A Hundred Deir Yassin and Counting: Beit Daras and the Buried History of Massacres

Few with any sense of intellectual or historical integrity would still question the bloody massacre that took place in the village of Deir Yassin 65 years ago, claiming the lives…

Moving Toward Divestment from Corporations Profiting from Israeli Militarism, Occupation, and Settlements

Moving Toward Divestment from Corporations Profiting from Israeli Militarism, Occupation, and Settlements

Israel has been consistently defiant in relation to international law and the UN, and has refused to uphold Palestinian rights under international law.…

Gaza’s Siege Intensifies: The Plan to ‘Moderate’ Hamas, Control Gaza

Gaza’s Siege Intensifies: The Plan to ‘Moderate’ Hamas, Control Gaza

When Israel imposed a siege on Gaza following Hamas’ election victory in 2006, it mattered little that Egypt and Gaza had a shared border. …

Gaza Water Initiative Supported By Israel, May Receive Funding From Gulf

Last month, Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian officials convened at a MEDCR water strategy session at a Jordanian resort. …

When Yarmouk Camp Fled to Shatila

Palestinian refugees are being severely punished in Syria out of revenge by jihadst factions and others for not becoming involved in the current Syrian civil war, as they insist on…

Turkey’s Unsustainable Politics in the Middle East: Israel vs. The Rest

Turkey’s Unsustainable Politics in the Middle East: Israel vs. The Rest

It is likely that Ankara will try to maintain a balanced position, but, as Erdogan himself knows, in issues of morality and justice, middle stances are simply untenable.…

Reading Palestinian Prison Diaries

Reading Palestinian Prison Diaries

I believe it to be a moral obligation of all of us who care about human rights and freedom to read this book, and share it with others.…

Obama’s Peace Antics in Israel – Four More Years of This?

Obama’s Peace Antics in Israel – Four More Years of This?

At the precise moment US President Barack Obama’s Air Force One touched down at Ben Gurion Airport on March 20, persisting illusions quickly began to shatter. …

What Was Wrong with Obama’s Speech in Jerusalem

What Was Wrong with Obama’s Speech in Jerusalem

It is perverse to heap praise on the oppressive occupier and then call on both peoples to move forward toward peace by building relations of trust with one another. On…

Of Hope and Pain: Rachel Corrie’s Rafah Legacy

Of Hope and Pain: Rachel Corrie’s Rafah Legacy

Ten years after Rachel Corrie’s death, the US government is yet to hold Israel to account. Neither is justice expected anytime soon.…

A Zionist Smear Campaign: Setting the Record Straight

In April 2012, Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT), a Zionist organization headed by Charles Jacobs, began a smear campaign against Muslim students, the staff of Spiritual Life Center,…

On tenth anniversary, Israel partisans behind Iraq War still at large

On tenth anniversary, Israel partisans behind Iraq War still at large

As the tenth anniversary approaches, there is no excuse for anyone genuinely interested in the facts to deny the ultimate responsibility of Tel Aviv and its foreign agents for the…

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