By Tanya Reinhart* In April 2002, following the Israel’s “operation” in Jenin, first calls for institutional academic boycott of Israeli universities appeared in England and in France. The British petition called to freeze European Union contracts with Israeli university as long as Israel continues its present policy. What started as the individual voice of concerned [...]
By Ramzy Baroud* Mahmoud Amer Turkman is a friend of mine. He never spoke a word to me. He couldn’t. A bullet left a hole in his throat wide open. He only gestured, but between his hands and eyes, he could do miracles.
By Prof. Robert Jensen * What is the definition of a “real” massacre? Imagine that troops from a country that is illegally occupying another land move into an occupied town, where there are some resistance fighters among the civilian population. The occupying power uses helicopter gunships, tanks, missiles, and troops in its attack. Some prisoners [...]
By R. Brady Long Bush, Blair and their subordinates, single out individuals and countries that they consider being the perpetrators of war crimes. In Russia, the war criminals are Chechens. In the Middle East, the war criminals are Iraqis, Syrians, Iranians, and Palestinians. Where are the Israelis? Where are the Americans, the British, and other [...]
(alt. title: “Double Schmitz”) (Jan. 21, 2003) The German SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG today printed a text by Thorsten Schmitz with the title “The Double Sharon” on page 4, which starts as follows: “The attempt of the Palestinians to attain a state by violent means bestowed upon Israel a prime minister who without this violence would never [...]
The Palestine Monitor A PNGO Information Clearinghouse A curfew was imposed on Ramallah today, extending the Israeli-imposed system of closure and curfew currently in place in the West Bank. “Although the world is more likely to pay attention to a curfew imposed on Ramallah due to its proximity to the major media centre of Jerusalem, [...]
By Dr. Lev Grinberg* For a whole week the liberal factions in Israel were anxious about the fate of democracy. This followed the central election’s committee’s decision to disqualify one Palestinian party and two Palestinian parliament members from the elections. The Israeli Supreme Court’s decision the following week, to allow their participation, released a sigh [...]
By Anne Gwynne in Nablus NABLUS, West Bank (PalestineChronicle.com) – If crossing Kalandia and on to Ramallah brought tears, then travelling to Nablus from Ramallah by UPMRC ambulance is beyond tears, beyond words, beyond description, beyond anything I could have imagined experiencing. All senses are numbed; you ride on a sea of despair.
Directed by Elia Suleiman Palestinian director and performer Elia Suleiman delivers a darkly comic masterpiece. Suleiman utilizes irreverence, wit, mysticism and insight to craft an intense, hallucinogenic and extremely adept exploration of the dreams and nightmares of Palestinians and Israelis living in uncertain times.
By Ramzy Baroud* SEATTLE (PalestineChronicle.com) – Two Palestinians blew themselves up in a crowded Tel Aviv street on Sunday, Jan 05. As a result, many people lost their lives. Some of the casualties had little or nothing to do with the bitter Middle East conflict altogether; they were foreign workers.
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