By Sam Bahour and Dr. Michael Dahan* Without even watching the news (our satellite dishes were buried in the snow 48 hours ago) we can imagine that newspapers and TV stations around the world are running pictures of a snowy Jerusalem and Ramallah. Pastoral pictures of a snow covered Dome of the Rock and Wailing [...]
By Uri Avnery “Don’t eat Belgian chocolate,” the Israel consul in Florida ordered the large Jewish community there. In Israel, anti-Belgian curses reached an ear-splitting new crescendo. Miserable Belgium! Mad Belgium! Megalomaniac Belgium! And again and again, Anti-Semitic Belgium! Neo-Nazi Belgium!
By Ramzy Baroud* PalestineChronicle True, the Palestinian uprising (Intifada) of 2002 is a continuation of the Palestinian people’s decades-long revolt against the Israeli military occupation of their land, which was carried out at several stages, most prominently in 1948 and ’67. But one can hardly ignore that the present Intifada is uniquely different from the [...]
NABLUS – 16th February 2003 By Anne Gwynne* writes from Nablus “3 Palestinians killed and 25 injured in Nablus” say the headlines. Tells you nothing at all… I have just come from Raffidia Hospital on the North Mountain in Nablus, formerly the most beautiful and prosperous city in the ancient, cultured and peaceful land of [...]
The Palestine Monitor, A PNGO Information Clearinghouse 17 February 2003 Yesterday, Mohammad Al Kaabi, a volunteer in the Medical Care Committee was shot in the abdomen by Israeli live ammunition while he was in a UPMRC (Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees) ambulance. The incident occurred as, Al Kaabi, 19, was attempting to assist victims [...]
WE HAVE THREE MORE MARTYRS IN NABLUS THIS MORNING Anne Gwynne writes from Nablus, Occupied Palestine. The Lockdown Intensifies The situation here in Nablus today is the worst it has been since I came here six weeks ago. This city of 186,000 people is completely closed to the outside world – sealed off. We are [...]
By Uri Avnery A great, civilized nation democratically elected a fanatic demagogue, who preached war. Actually, he did not really receive the majority of votes, but, somehow, his ascent to power was arranged nevertheless. Soon after assuming power, he manipulated a dramatic incident in order to tighten his grip upon the country and prepare for [...]
By Anis Hamadeh The German press does not have an easy time these days. How did it struggle over the solidarity with our liberating power shortly after September 11. The USA? Heroes that were. For months this rumor was being reported. Not only was the self-censorship of the US press openly talked about, it was [...]
By Ali Abunimah The Electronic Intifada 14 February 2003 The decision of the Belgian Supreme Court that Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon can stand trial under that country’s “universal jurisdiction” law for war crimes, once he is no longer in office, has caused a storm of outrage in Israel. The case was brought by survivors [...]
Anne Gwynne* writes from Nablus in Occupied Palestine. Destruction and barriers, the biggest and deepest holes in the torn-up road I have yet seen: this is the Beit Iba Roadblock, which the Israelis call a ‘checkpoint’ – what misuse of a word! No words can convey the situation here – we are in acres of [...]
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