Guess who won’t be at Harvard this weekend?
Jersulem Post: This weekend, Harvard Kennedy School is hosting a controversial “Student Conference” that has been organized to promote the so-called “one-state solution” as the best option to end the […]
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian
International Middle East Media Monitor: In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 23 – 29 Feb. 2012, the Palestinian […]
Is It Late To Save East Jerusalem? – OpEd
Arab News: In the frustrating pursuit of Palestinian-Israeli peace settlement based on the concept of a two-state solution, one particular issue emerges as the most cumbersome and, in the view of most Israelis, non-negotiable. It is the fate of Arab East Jerusalem, occupied along with the rest of the West […]
Netanyahu: Government will maintain the holy places in Jerusalem to ensure freedom of worship for all religions.
Middle East Monitor: Netanyahu criticises Abbas and claims Jerusalem is the “eternal capital of the Jews” Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has attacked President Mahmoud Abbas for his speech at […]
Palestinians call for UN council visit to occupied territory
UNITED NATIONS/ NABLUS — The Palestinian leadership on Tuesday called on the UN Security Council to visit the occupied territories to see the impact of Israel’s settlement campaign. The Palestinian […]
Jordan highlights efforts to protect Jerusalem identity at conference
AMMAN — Jordan’s delegation to the Qatar-hosted International Conference for the Defence of Jerusalem on Sunday called for joint Arab, Islamic and international action to stop violations against the Arab […]
Peaceful protest can free Palestine
By Mustafa Barghouthi OVER the past 64 years, Palestinians have tried armed struggle; we have tried negotiations; and we have tried peace conferences. Yet all we have seen is more Israeli settlements, more loss of lives and resources, and the emergence of a horrifying system of segregation. Khader Adnan, a […]
PCHR Weekly Report: 25 Palestinians wounded, 21 abducted in 74 Israeli incursions
International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 16 – 22 Feb. 2012, […]
Cabinet Condemns Raid against Al-Aqsa Mosque, House Demolition
Wafa: Palestinian News Agency: RAMALLAH, February 21, 2012 (WAFA) – The Cabinet Tuesday condemned continuous attempts by Israeli settlers and extremists to raid Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City and […]
Turn Arab Spring into 10-year development plan — Prince Hassan
Petra | Feb 20,2012 | 23:21 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan, chairman and founder of the Arab Thought Forum (ATF), on Sunday said the Arab Spring should be transformed into a 10-year development plan that focuses on the interests of the Arab nation. During a ceremony yesterday to […]
Amidst Jewish calls to ‘storm Al Aqsa’, Arabs ‘largely silent’
AMMAN — As custodians of the third holiest site in Islam brace themselves for renewed attempts by Israeli extremists to storm Al Aqsa Mosque today, conservationists point blame in an […]
Honour Killings tin Palestine-
Palestinian Women’s Movement wants deal implemented to make way for change in law allowing crimes of honour By Nasouh Nazzal, Correspondent Gulf News http://gulfnews.com/ RAMALLAH : The Palestinian Women’s Movement is awaiting the implementation of the reconciliation deal between Hamas and Fatah, which will pave the way for a legitimate […]
‘Palestinian unity deal a mistake’
AFP / JORDAN TIMES CAIRO — Senior Hamas official Mahmud Zahar slammed a Palestinian unity deal as a “mistake” that has thrown the Islamist movement into crisis, in an interview with Egypt’s official MENA agency published on Sunday. Hamas leader Khaled Mishaal signed an agreement with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas […]
Palestinian Textbooks debate: Do they Teach Hatred
If words like ‘kill a jew’, ‘Israel hamas’, ‘electronic intifada’, ‘counter terrorism’, ‘Palestinian terrorism’, pictures of gunmen in and all sorts of misinformation about either Palestinians or Israelis are coming to mind then here is an article worth reading. Apologists for Israel’s continued occupation and control over Palestinian lives have […]
Threats of war cloud hopes for Middle East
Washington Post: BEIRUT — Fears of an as-yet-undefined Middle Eastern war are darkening the horizons of a region that only a year ago was celebrating the fall of dictators, the ascent […]
Support to Palestinians earns Crown Prince UN donor award
By ARAB NEWS NEW YORK: UN-Habitat has named Crown Prince Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, as the winner of its newly instituted Outstanding Donor Award for his crucial […]
Jews, Palestinians plant trees together in West Bank on Tu B’Shvat
Tu B’Shvat a Holiday in Transition; Once a Celebration of Israel, It’s Now ‘Green’ Jewish Holiday School children from the Efrat settlement and residents of the neighboring Palestinian village of […]
Arab history has been correcting itself
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star, Lebanon Well, reviewing events in Syria this week, I guess the unipolar world, the looming American century, and the end of history that were simultaneously announced by assorted American chauvinists and crackpots at the end of the Cold War around 1990 can be […]
Palestinian ‘freedom committee’ downs tools in protest
AFP | Feb 09,2012 | 22:57 GAZA CITY — A committee on freedom of movement and expression set up under a Palestinian reconciliation agreement has suspended its work in Gaza, one of its members said Wednesday. Khalil Abu Shamala, general secretary of the Committee on Civil Liberties, said the decision […]
After Doha, challenges to Hamas-Fateh unity remain
RAMALLAH — The deal signed in Doha by rival Palestinian movements Fateh and Hamas has moved the two sides closer to reconciliation but challenges remain, officials and experts warn. Palestinian […]