Ghassan Khatib, Bitter Lemons There are three different possible reasons for this dramatic, unprecedented and unprovoked escalation in Gaza, which began in Zeitun neighborhood in Gaza City and continued in Rafah.
Genevieve Cora Fraser, Ramallah Online Columnist Peering through a tank Shelled portal The young Semite Boy searched For the remains Of his life Scattered Amid the ruins Of a Rafah Neighborhood A ragged archway Blew unsettled In the wind Framed the bright Blue sky too Intense to bear If not for the puffy Clouds draping [...]
Report, Oxfam International, 26 May 2004 A new report by Oxfam International today calls for the protection of Israeli and Palestinian civilians to be put at the top of the international agenda. The report calls for the Government of Israel, the Palestinian National Authority and the international community, through the Quartet (EU, Russia, UN, US) [...]
Josh Ruebner, The Electronic Intifada, 24 May 2004 On Thursday I set fire to my Israeli military deferral papers across the street from the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC. This act of civil disobedience took place during a protest organized by a Jewish American peace organization against the atrocities that Israel is committing in the [...]
Report, MEZAN, 23 May 2004 Today 23 May 2004, the IOF “Operation Rainbow” in Rafah has entered its seventh day. Israeli tanks are still blocking the streets leading to the Tel Al Sultan neighborhood and are present inside the Al Brazil neighborhood by the borderline, as well as the main street connecting Rafah and Khan [...]
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 22 May 2004 Things must be bad in Palestine when the United States allows a resolution to pass in the UN Security Council, as it did late on 19 May condemning Israeli actions. By 14-0, with the United States abstaining, the Council adopted Resolution 1544 “expressing its grave concern at [...]
Israeli Arms Embargo Urged as Operation Rainbow Continues under the Black Flag of Illegality Genevieve Cora Fraser, Ramallah Online Columnist One day after the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution condemning Israel for killing Palestinian civilians and demolishing houses in Rafah, a United Nations Human Rights official expressed his horror and concern regarding Israel’s military [...]
New York, Dec. 2, 1948 TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES: Among the most disturbing political phenomena of our time is the emergence in the newly created state of Israel of the “Freedom Party” (Tnuat Haherut), a political party closely akin in its organization, methods, political philosophy and social appeal to the Nazi [...]
Mark Glenn, Ramallah Online Columnist visit him every day on the internet before logging off. His name is Amir Ayyad. He is a Palestinian, and lived his whole life in the Khan Younis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. I met him about a year ago, as I, (like many people at the time) found [...]
Israel Swings Wrecking Ball at Peace Genevieve Cora Fraser, Ramallah Online Columnist Panic fueled the exodus Israeli offensive Ministers Pronounced regrets Hardships unavoidable Thousands fled Into the white tented City as Israel’s Mad Dogs Of War tore into terrified Crowds Rafah refugees Re-assaulted made homeless
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