By Uri Avnery Gush-Shalom This slogan was born spontaneously, opposite the Wall in Qalqilya, at the place where it becomes a fence and turns east, penetrating deep into Palestinian territory. On the other side of the wall the Palestinians were demonstrating. We were looking for a short rhyme to broadcast by megaphone. A common effort [...]
Source the Shalom Center’s articles online. Avraham Burg, former Speaker, Knesset * | 08/29/2003 The Zionist revolution has always rested on two pillars: a just path and an ethical leadership. Neither of these is operative any longer. The Israeli nation today rests on a scaffolding of corruption, and on foundations of oppression and injustice. As [...]
Please read the following article Drawing the line at Ha’aretz.com and send letters of support for Malcolm Evans in New Zealand. Link to The New Zealand Herald
By Ramzy Baroud courtesy of The Palestine Chronicle People often refer to the Arab-Israeli conflict as the “Arab-Jewish conflict”. The basis for such an assumption is simple: Israel is a “Jewish-state”, and most of world Jewry backs Israel. As a result, stretching the boundaries of the conflict may not seem to be geopolitical exaggeration.
By Edward W. Said courtesy of Media Monitors Network During the last days of July, Representative Tom Delay (Republican) of Texas, the House majority leader described routinely as one of the three or four most powerful men in Washington, delivered himself of his opinions regarding the roadmap and the future of peace in the Middle [...]
Fareed Zakaria’s recent article in Newsweek, “Suicide Bombers Can Be Stopped” states that we treat suicide bombers as brainwashed, delusional figures while, in fact, they are products of political realities. The author ignores the political realities of the Palestinians and instead relects on Chechens and Kurds. However, in Palestine the thorn in the side of [...]
by Ghassan Khatib The Palestinian account of the rise and fall of the roadmap is simple and straightforward. Israel was first dragged to accept the plan, and then conditioned its acceptance on 14 reservations, and then tried all tactics possible to escape having to comply with its roadmap obligations in the first phase. Basically, Israel [...]
by Yossi Alpher An Israeli View As the roadmap process teeters near collapse, it is tempting to analyze the crisis in terms of the mistakes of recent weeks: why did Palestinian Prime Minister Abbas (Abu Mazen) and security chief Dahlan not act in time; should Israeli Prime Minister Sharon have waited another day or two [...]
By Baha Abushaqra (Al-Awda) & Barbara Bakewell (IWPS)* It is being referred to as apartheid wall, transfer wall, separation wall and security fence. It is the physical barricade Israel began constructing in earnest in June 2002 to separate Jews and Palestinians in the West Bank, creating new “realities” on the ground –very disconcerting ones. This [...]
The Palestine Monitor A PNGO Information Clearinghouse Whilst attention remains focused on efforts to prevent completion of the Apartheid wall in the West Bank, residents of Gaza are afraid that there, the subtle construction of a similar structure will pass unnoticed. Already stretching a distance of seven kilometers and like the West Bank wall, reaching [...]
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