2004 December | RamallahOnline.com

Arafat’s Ghost Rattles Israel Caged

Genevieve Cora Fraser, RamallahOnline Columnist Arafat’s ghost is with us Tonight as the world Implodes as chaos Unfolds Arafat Points to a hand

Dec 30 2004 | Posted in Historical | Read More »

The Mountain and the Mouse

Uri Avnery, Ramallah Online Columnist Ariel Sharon’s speech at the “Herzliya Conference”, an annual gathering of Israel’s financial, political and academic aristocracy, proved again his wondrous ability to conjure up an imaginary world and divert attention away from the real one. Like every successful con-man, he knows that the audience desperately wants to believe good [...]

Dec 28 2004 | Posted in Historical | Read More »

Peace Doesn’t Have to Be Elusive in the Holy Land

Sherri Muzhe, Ramallah Online Columnist As Christians around the world prepare to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ, it is tragic that His birthplace continues to be a place of turmoil. In recent weeks, President George Bush and others have expressed hope that now that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has died, [...]

Dec 28 2004 | Posted in Historical | Read More »

Elections without Democracy

Sam Bahour and Prof. Todd May * During the 1970′s, the apartheid government of South Africa sought to bolster its claims to legitimacy by allowing elections in the Bantustans – the equivalent to today’s walled in Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The thought was that if people elected local officials, even [...]

Dec 27 2004 | Posted in Historical,Sam Bahour | Read More »

First Palestinian Municipal Elections in 28 Years Hindered by Israeli Arrests of Candidates, Checkpo

Palestinians in 26 municipalities across the West Bank will head to the polls today to vote for local councilors for the first time in three decades.

Dec 23 2004 | Posted in Historical | Read More »

“Christmas has been Shot”

Interviews with Mayor Hanna Nasser and Bishop Riah Abu El-Assal, on Pacifica Radio, December 15th 2004 “I want to call on the people of the world not only to pray for peace or to pass another Resolution on issues of peace and justice. The time is for action. If God kept saying ‘I will send [...]

Dec 21 2004 | Posted in Historical | Read More »

Palestine on Christmas Day in Mourning

Genevieve Cora Fraser, Ramallah Online Columnist Splinters from the manger Woods of cedar, cypress And pine intermingle In the dust of time

Dec 20 2004 | Posted in Historical | Read More »

WANTED: Middle East Mediator

Sam Bahour, Ramallah Online Columnist The steady flow of international dignitaries to Israel and Palestine following the confirmation of the new transitional Palestinian leadership has been rather impressive. Outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell, outgoing UN envoy for the Middle East Terje Roed-Larsen, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, German [...]

Dec 17 2004 | Posted in Historical,Sam Bahour | Read More »

Presidential Candidate Attacked by Israeli Forces

Presidential Candidate Attacked by Israeli Forces Wednesday 8th December 2004 Dr Mustafa Barghouthi, prominent democratic candidate in the upcoming Palestinian presidential election, is tonight receiving medical care in Ramallah’s Sheikh Zayed Hospital after being beaten to the ground by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint outside Jenin.

Dec 13 2004 | Posted in Historical | Read More »

Reshaping History

Noam Chomsky, Al-Ahram Weekly, 18 – 24 November 2004, Issue No. 717. The fundamental principle is that “we are good” — “we” being the state we serve — and what “we” do is dedicated to the highest principles, though there may be errors in practice. In a typical illustration, according to the retrospective version at [...]

Dec 13 2004 | Posted in Historical | Read More »