Archive for: September, 2005

Arab-Jewish Partnership for Peace

Sonia Nettnin, Ramallah Online Columnist Yigal Bronner spoke about Ta’ayush, a grassroots, political movement in Israel that responds to the military occupation of Palestinians through nonviolent resistance and humanitarian relief.

Aerial Attacks against Palestinian Activists and Civilian Property and a Total Siege Imposed on the

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Press Release Ref: 113/2005 Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have continued their aggression on the Gaza Strip for the third day. On Saturday and Sunday, 24 and 25 September 2005, IOF launched 10 aerial attacks that extra-judicially killed 4 Palestinians, injured at least 20 others and destroyed a number of civilian [...]

Joha’s Nail

Uri Avnery, Ramallah Online Columnist One day Joha, the hero of popular Arab humor, sold his home. The price he demanded was ridiculously low and he had only one condition: “on one of the walls there is a nail that I am much attached to. I don’t want to sell it.” The buyer readily agreed. [...]

Perils of Normalization With Israel

Ramzy Baroud, PalestineChronicle.com There should be no doubt regarding the centrality and intensity of the relationship between the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the internal and external politics of Arab and Muslim nations, regardless of their geographic immediacy and level of involvement. By ignoring this intrinsic connection, one also forfeits a chief component in fathoming, thus remedying [...]

Fadi Madi and the Suppression of Muslim and Arab Thought

Genevieve Cora Fraser, Ramallah Online Columnist He resides in Lebanon, deported from his adopted home in Germany. Though the injustice of his arrest and deportation has been cleared by a German Court, he continues to live in a forced separation from his German wife. He once was a prosperous businessman, today his resources are dwindling [...]

Poem: Children of Shatila

Angels live in Lebanon, where dreams are green grass playgrounds. Eyes wake to fields

Jerusalem Stronghold Assaulted

Genevieve Cora Fraser, Ramallah Online Columnist Caught in the struggle Lost in the cause Destiny trudges Enduring Vines spindle And fruit die Of the root Cause Anchored

Old Aunt Israel 2-2

Mark Glenn, Ramallah Online Columnist Continued article of Old Aunt Israel.

Approximate Freedom—the Joys and Ironies of the Israel Army Departure from Gaza

Mohammed Omer, www.rafahtoday.org, Neve Dakalim, Occupied Palestine The sun seemed brighter when it rose Monday morning, minutes after the last Israeli soldiers left Gaza. All the towns, villages, and refugee camps were bright with Palestinian flags, along with flags of all the militant factions. Instead of going to school, hundreds of children—and many of their [...]

Poem: Sabra and Shatila Massacre

For victims and survivors Faces flash their eyes wide open a sea of bodies on the ground. Around wrists ropes taut, swelled hands palms face the sky is a cracked egg shells, fragments of

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