Palestinian-American poet and political activist Suheir Hammad.

She –author of three books, two-time winner of the Audre Lord Writing Award, and co-recipient of the 2005 Sister of Fire Award– is what you would call a “political poet.” This longtime Brooklyn resident sees her poetry as news, containing the power to influence and illuminate the world. She [...]

A multinational poll finds that publics around the world reject the idea that the United States should play the role of preeminent world leader. Most publics say the United States plays the role of world policeman more than it should, fails to take their country’s interests into account and cannot be trusted to act responsibly.

The [...]

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By Uri Avnery’s - Gush Shalom
14/04/07

AT THIS moment, negotiations on a prisoner exchange are in full swing.

The term “negotiations” is really inappropriate. “Haggling” seems more fitting. One could also use an uglier expression: “trafficking in human beings”.

The planned deal concerns living people. They are being treated like goods, for which the officials [...]

Israel has refused entry to the Muslim wife of a Jewish immigrant from Iran. The wife is currently in Turkey but could be sent back to Iran within days, where she is likely to be severely punished.

The immigrant, Puriya Hajaram on Thursday appealed to Haaretz for help in bringing his wife to Israel. “I was [...]

The National Union of Journalists has voted at its annual meeting for a boycott of Israeli goods as part of a protest against last year’s war in Lebanon.

Today’s vote was carried 66 to 54 - a result that met with gasps and a small amount of applause from the union delegates present…

The motion called for [...]

In the US, there is a saying that “two things are only certain in life: Death and Taxes”.

Tax deadline in the US is traditionally on April 15, however, this year it was extended to April 17th because April 15th was a Sunday and Monday is public holidays.

Anyway, here are relevant facts and figures for US [...]

If you read only one thing today, it must be this piece…

By Sara Roy

We have nothing to lose except everything. Albert Camus

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During the summer my husband and I had a conversion ceremony for our adopted daughter, Jess. We took her to the mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath where she was totally submerged in [...]

By: Philippe Khan

Appalling photographs of abuse and torture by American guards at U.S. military bases and detention facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan shocked the international community, but the Palestinians have been suffering harsher treatment inside Israeli prisons since the 1967 occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

The Palestinians’ suffering at the hands of [...]

See, this is the “Democracy of Israel:” Knesset extends law banning Israeli-Palestinian family unification. The Citizenship Law denies family unification to Palestinian men aged 18-35 and women 18-25. But no, it’s not APARTHEID or anything, and of course, they are NOT second class citizens… and no, the world is not full of hypocrite politicians [...]

Such news really makes one feel sick. Who they are fooling?

From Haaretz:

“The visit, which comes about a month after Peretz visited Washington, will also deal with bilateral defense ties between the U.S. and Israel…

The Gates visit is critical to helping heal the rift in the relations between the U.S. and Israel defense establishments, following [...]