Archive for: February, 2004

Israel’s Brutal Treatment of Palestine is not Upheld by Those of Conscience

Genevieve Cora Fraser, Ramallah Online Columnist In an article by Senator John Kerry for a Brown University magazine, the Senator refers to Israel as the only true democracy in the Middle East and concludes, “the cause of Israel must be the cause of America–and the cause of people of conscience everywhere.”

IOF Break into al-Aqsa Mosque / Destroy Dozens of Shops in Northern Gaza Strip

Palestinian Centre for Human Right, Ref: 32/2004 & 33/2004 Israeli Occupying Forces Destroy Dozens of Shops in Northern Gaza Strip Town of Beit Hanoun In the latest Israeli violation of international law directed against Palestinian civilians and property, Israeli occupying forces destroyed 84 shops in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun on Friday [...]

Three Palestinians Killed in Biddu Demonstration against the Wall

PENGON/Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign The Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign is both outraged, and saddened to report the first martyrs to be killed during a demonstration against the Apartheid Wall. In a single day Occupation forces killed three men from Biddu village, who were attempting to protect their lands from destruction and annexation by the Wall, currently being [...]

The Dancing Bear

Uri Avnery, Ramallah Online Columnist Once upon a time there was a popular kind of street show: a bear would dance for the amusement of passers by, who would throw coins into his box. The bear was big and frightening, but his clumsy movements made people laugh. He was much stronger than his master, who [...]

Palestinians and Nonviolence

Sherri Muzher, Ramallah Online Columnist If the Palestinians would just halt their attacks, the Israelis will finally end the occupation, I am told often. That assumes that Palestinians have never tried nonviolence tactics. But the reality is that Satyagraha, or the movement of nonviolence resistance inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1919 to gain social and [...]

ISRAEL’S ARMED ROBBERY OF PALESTINIAN BANKS NET MILLLIONS

Israel Banks Palestinian Money Genevieve Cora Fraser, Ramallah Online Columnist Israel robbed the banks today Storm trooped into Branches Incased them in razor wire Confined bank staff and customers Blocked security cams in sacks Like common thieves Stashed millions In cash and absconded An anti-terror raid Humanitarian aid Loudspeakers declared The curfew

IOF Stage Armed Robbery of $7-9m from 400 Palestinian Accounts

Palestine Media Center – PMC In a “Mafia-like” robbery, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Wednesday morning raided Palestinian bank branches in the West Bank city of Ramallah, confiscating around $7-9 million from 400 Palestinian accounts, in a raid condemned by the Palestinian government and criticized by the United States.

Bush has found Weapons of Mass Destruction…. Should the World be concerned Ask Palestine

Bush has found Weapons of Mass Destruction…. Should the World be concerned? Ask Palestine! Part Three / Three Brady R. Long, Ramallah Online Columnist “Bush’s infamous challenge to the world is “You are with us or against us”. Oh, if could be that simple! For this man and his fundamentalist supporters, it is that simple. [...]

John Kerry’s Words have inflamed the Arab Community throughout the World

Genevieve Cora Fraser, Ramallah Online Columnist Just when I thought John Kerry would be fair to both sides… this article appears…”The Cause of Israel is the Cause of America,” by Senator John F. Kerry. He has lost his credibility as an honest broker! This statement flies in the face of his balancing the concerns of [...]

FEATURE: In the shadow of Sharon’s wall

Israel must tear down its ring of concrete, razor wire and watchtowers around my town Marouf Zahran, mayor of the Palestinian town of Qalqilya My town and its people are slowly suffocating. The government of the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, is building a grotesque wall. He is building it on land that belongs to [...]

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