Ismail Haniyeh, Palestinian prime minister Do policymakers in Washington and Europe ever feel ashamed of their scandalous double standards? Before and since the Palestinian elections in January, they have continually insisted that Hamas comply with certain demands. They want us to recognise Israel, call off our resistance, and commit ourselves to whatever deals Israel and [...]
Leigh Brady, Ramallah Online On 18 March 2006, I visited a grieving family in Al Yamun, a town in the northern West Bank. Their 7-year old daughter had been murdered the night previously by Israeli Border Police, who had entered the town to arrest “wanted” Palestinian militants in a raid led by Israeli Defence Forces [...]
Uri Avnery, Gush Shalom What the hell has happened? THE MOST dramatic and the most boring election campaign in our history has mercifully come to an end. Israel looks in the mirror and asks itself: What the hell has happened?
Dr. Mary Ethridge Peace, a wonderful dream,sought after, desired,and fought forPeace, to die for, pray for,write for, and evenperchance negotiate forPeace, an elusive thing,ethereal in substance,always just out of reachPeace, blasted awayby an uncaring bullyor occupying forcePeace, a part of the dreamof every man, woman and child
Staughton Lynd, Ramallah Online I attended a private high school in New York City during World War II. I was one of a very few students who were not Jewish. One of my closest friends was Daniel Lourie, son of Arthur Lourie, who prior to the creation of the State of Israel represented the "Jewish [...]
Sonia Nettnin, Ramallah Online At the Chicago-Kent College of Law, Dr. Rashad Zayadan spoke about the situation in Iraq since the US-led invasion over three years ago. She asked a group of lawyers and law students to inform their families and friends about Iraqi suffering because of the war. She talked about justice and peace [...]
Genevieve Cora Fraser, Ramallah Online When the Nazis implemented the Warsaw Ghetto they withheld food and medicine for periods of time and the same was done in concentration camps. The pogroms used violent assaults on Jews similar to the non-stop assaults on Palestinian villages, towns and cities by settlers and the Israeli Occupation Forces.
Rifat Odeh Kassis, Ramallah Online Creating the Palestinian National Congress I used to provoke my Fatah affiliated friends and prison mates that revolution led by Fatah will not achieve its goals and yet, there is no revolution without Fatah. In these simple and cynical words I understood Fatah, the long leading faction within PLO and [...]
Mary Atalla, Ramallah Online Dear President Carter, Your article "Colonization of Palestine Precludes Peace" published in The Jordan Times makes a well-reasoned and welcome exposition of the salient facts regarding the Palestinian situation. In particular, it underscores the real problem to peace and stability in the area, namely Israel’s colonization and occupation of Palestine. Your [...]
Ira Glunts, Ramallah Online The furious barrage of unjustified and vituperative criticism leveled at John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt over the recent publication of “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy*”, is the latest and arguably the most troubling in a series of recent events which indicate that it has become extremely difficult [...]
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