The Palestine Monitor, A PNGO Information Clearinghouse The current closure and curfew imposed on all the major cities in the West Bank have severe implications on all different aspects of life in the West Bank. Most imminent is the humanitarian crisis that arises from the fact that patients are denied medical treatment. Medical personnel and [...]
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By Ruhi Khan YellowTimes.org Guest Columnist (United States) (YellowTimes.org) – “What’s the world coming to?” I often heard grownups mumble. “Whatz with the world,” the kids always grumble. We all seem to have some problem with this world. But how often do we ponder on our part in shaping the world. It takes just a [...]
By Catman According to separate reports in the Israeli daily Ha’aretz, both officials from Hamas and the Israeli government agree that President Bush’s speech on the Middle East was taken directly from talking points given him by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Political columnist Nahum Barnea, wrote in the mass circulation daily Yediot Ahronot that [...]
When grandpa gasped his last breath, all of his friends and family stood by muttering verses from the Quran as many tears were shed that day. I too stood near to him, frightened of confronting my first experience with death.
By Ahmed Amr Editor of NileMedia.com About 500 days ago, Sharon came to power in Israel promising to ‘let the Army win’. He deluded enough Israelis with a hundred-day plan to make the Palestinians ‘quiet’. The Bush administration signed on for Sharon’s military ‘solution’ and gave him repeated 100 day extensions. According to Robert Novak, [...]
Announcement submission The American Federation of Ramallah Palestine is holding its annual convention next week in chicago. It is open to all arabs so please notify everyone. There are many events planned. for details please visit afrp.org or afrpchicago.org for all the details. or you can email me at rtm830@hotmail.com
I post the following scenario for everyone’s consideration and comment: 1. The situation can only grow worse: Israel acting more imperiously and violently, land grabbing under the guise of “preventing terror”, ever-expanding control of the Palestine people, destruction of economy and infrastructure, military control of all Palestine, and demonization of the Arab minority.
I left the West Bank the night before Operation Determined Path took place, it was 2 weeks of eye awakening experiences. Occupation has taken on a new face, the words humiliation, degradation and frustration have all come to life in vivid form. As I read and watch CNN’s weeklong special on ‘victims of terror’ I [...]
By Israel Shamir “President Bush should be declared a Distinguished Zionist”, – quipped Tsahi HaNegbi, an Israeli thug-turned-Minister, when the words of the American president ceased to reverberate in the end-of-June heat of Middle East. “No, Bush should be co-opted into Likud caucus”, – parried the opposition leader, Yossi Sarid. Israeli Labour leader, Shimon Peres, [...]
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