Gaza: Give people the right to choose
Jan 16,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab Just in case people forget, there is a territory in the Middle East called the Gaza Strip, where nearly 2 million Palestinians live […]
Judge Richard Goldstone suffered for turning his back on Gaza – but not as much as the Palestinians he betrayed
Friends of Goldstone told me that he had been painfully pressured to recant, and was in a state of great personal distress Robert Fisk Beirut @indyvoices The Independent Voices When […]
Making ‘the Guardians’ Time person of the year is courageous – but it ignores America’s relationship with power
The osmotic-parasitic relationship which still exists between power and the American media is as powerful as ever – it’s merely more discreet under the Trump regime Robert Fisk @indyvoices The […]
Gazans defy violent response to their attempts to end Israeli blockade
HAZEM BALOUSHA December 09, 2018 Residents of besieged strip defy violent response to their attempts to end long-standing blockade The international humanitarian organization said this week that most of […]
On Armistice Day, we had the luxury of remembering the Great War – while Palestinians are still living its consequences
For those refugees, still in their hovels and shacks as a result of the Balfour Declaration, the First World War never ended Robert Fisk, The Independent There was something gruesomely […]
Israel only thrives on aggression
I Nov 13,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah Two days ago, there was an Israeli military incursion into Gaza. An assassination squad crossed the border into southern Gaza in […]
Israel-Gaza border falls quiet after botched Israeli operation
Reuters International Nov 12, 2018 A Palestinian man and his son ride a motorcycle past the debris of a building destroyed in an Israeli air strike, in Khan Younis in […]
Izzeldin Abuelaish’s three daughters were killed in Gaza – but he still clings to hope for the Middle East
‘I will never forget my daughters. I believe one day I will meet them and I am accountable to God and to them and they will ask me: what did you do for us?’ Robert Fisk Toronto @indyvoices The Independent Voices Rarely can history have dictated that the blood […]
Palestinians strike in protest against Jewish state law
By Reuters – Oct 01,2018 – JORDAN TIMES An Israeli soldier runs during confrontations with Palestinians in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on Monday (Reuters photo) RAMALLAH — Palestinians across the […]
End deepening conflict
Sep 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The World Bank (WB) says that the economy of Gaza is collapsing and has cited the well-known reasons that most, if not all, of […]
‘Seven Palestinians killed in new border confrontations’
New crime raises Palestinian death toll to 193 since March By AFP – Sep 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Relatives of Mohammed Al Houm, 14, who was killed during a protest […]
The world cannot stand idly by while Israel’s blockade on Gaza continues to disrupt countless innocent lives
Voices https://players.brightcove.net/624246174001/BJXA5Px6f_default/index.html?videoId=5811871017001&customParams=videoID%253D5811871017001%2526articleId%253D8525796%2526gs_channels%253Desi_safe%2Cshadow9hu7_safe_from_nestle_blacklist%2Csafe_from_harvey_weinstein%2Cshadow9hu7_safe_from_asda%2Cshadow9hu7_safe_from_essence_blacklist%2Csafe_from_emirates_blacklist%2Csafe_from_emirates_crew_incident%2Csafe_from_facebook_blacklist%2Csafe_from_fas_blacklist%2Cgv_arms%2526playertype%253Dautoplay%2526topictags%253Disrael%2Cpalestine%2Cgazablockade&customTargeting=%2F71347885%2F_main_independent%2Fin_voices%2Fin_voices_article&playsinline=true In Gaza, young people’s lives are not their own. At any point they could be taken by lethal force, and every day is defined by restrictions of their […]
Changing the rules of the game
What lies beneath: The US-Israeli plot to ‘save’ Gaza Sep 04,2018 – JORDAN TIMES –Ramzy Baroud Israel wants to change the rules of the game entirely. With unconditional support from […]
Testimonies of Flotilla activists: Israel was trying to break us
The Israeli navy illegally boarded the 2018 Freedom Flotilla sailing to Gaza to break the blockade imposed on the territory since 2007 August 16, 2018 People greet the Freedom Flotilla […]
Israel lets food, goods back into Gaza as Egypt pushes truce
Reuters International This content was published on August 15, 2018 A truck carrying goods arrives at Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 15, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem […]
Israeli minister says Egypt bears equal responsibility for Gaza
By Reuters – Aug 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian worker carries a cylinder to be filled with cooking gas imported from Egypt in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Monday […]
UNRWA’s defunding is the dismantling of the Palestinian question
Osama Al Sharif July 31, 2018 In war and peace, the beleaguered Gaza Strip features as a hot trigger for both. The United States and Israel are trying to change […]
Israel navy intercepts activists trying to break Gaza blockade
By AFP – Jul 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Activists escort a boat carrying Palestinians injured during confrontations along the Gaza security fence as it tries to break through Israel’s naval […]
Heat and power cuts force Gazans onto polluted beaches
By Reuters – Jul 16,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians swim to cool off in the Mediterranean Sea as others enjoy their time on a beach in the northern Gaza Strip […]
Palestinians may be united by US deal
Talmiz Ahmad July 15, 2018 A Hamas delegation last week arrived in Cairo in response to an Egyptian initiative to pursue reconciliation between the Palestinian factions — Fatah and Hamas […]