The Apartheid Wall (Updated 29/03/05) The Apartheid Wall, a massive land grab which is causing the forced expulsion of Palestinians, is tearing apart the West Bank and isolating hundreds of thousands into ghettos. This fact sheet provides basic information on the Apartheid Wall including its length, path, and implications for life in Palestine
Linda Heard, Arab News In the Middle East hardly anything is what it seems, and never more so than in the case of the Israeli premier’s seeming new willingness to work toward a Palestinian state in the face of vehement opposition from Jewish extremists.
Sonia Nettnin, Ramallah Online Columnist “Testimonies from Falluja,” is a collection of testimonies from Iraqis who experienced the U.S.-attack on Falluja in October and November 2004.
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, No. 11/2005 17- 23 Mar. 2005 Despite the Palestinian commitment to cease hostilities, which was further emphasized by Palestinian resistance groups in Cairo last week, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have disregarded understandings concluded with the Palestinian side and launched more attacks against Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).
Tanya Reinhart, Yediot Aharonot, March 23, 2005. Translated from Hebrew by Mark Marshall To judge by the political discourse, being a leftist today means supporting Sharon. Even when his government decides yet again to postpone the evacuation of the illegal outposts to an unknown future date, the pundits explain that the mere fact that he [...]
Yossi Alpher, BitterLemons.org Considering the impact of recent “democratizing” events in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine, the contrast between Lebanese and Palestinian public opinion is instructive. Despite awesome obstacles and the threat of civil war, around half the Lebanese are ecstatic about ridding themselves of Syrian occupation and rebuilding their democracy. The other half, led by [...]
Ghassan Khatib, BitterLemons.org The recent dramatic developments in Lebanon have brought both hope and fear to the Arabs in general, but especially to Palestinians. The hope stems from the democratic performance of the Lebanese people on the one hand and the international community’s insistence on international legality on the other, while fear arises from the [...]
Genevieve Cora Fraser, Ramallah Online Columnist In the marketplace Museum of antiquities The Old City in Jerusalem Crowded with sightseers Soothsayers, charlatans
Uri Avnery, Ramallah Online Columnist The concept of the exclusiveness of the Holocaust can lead to despicable perversions. Many among us argue that no moral restraints apply to us, because “after what they did to us” nobody can teach us what is or is not permitted… 60 years after the end of the Holocaust, it [...]
Ramzy Baroud, PalestineChronicle.com The main fallacy of the so-called Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in the last 12 years has been the complete omission or the indefinite postponement of fundamental Palestinian demands — demands sustained and cemented by international law and most recently by the July 2004 ruling of the International Court of Justice.
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