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The bloody fight has spread from street to street and from one house to another. Rockets are falling from everywhere on innocent civilians, destroying their houses over their heads. [...]
Following is a letter from a Bahraini friend working with a NGO providing emergency relief to newly displaced refugees from the Nahr el Bared refugee camp in the North of Lebanon:
Dear friends,
Hope this email finds you safe and well.
From the Shatila (Palestinian) refugee camp in Beirut, I am working at an NGO called the Children [...]
1. Is There a ‘Foxification’ Underway at Al Jazeera Television?
By Danny Schechter (Source: MediaChannel)
Sources inside Al Jazeera who are in a position to know what is going on now confirm to MediaChannel.org that there is an internal struggle underway that may dilute Al Jazeera’s independence and steer it in a more pro-western, pro-US direction.
“There is [...]
Yesterday, on the anniversary of the Israeli attacks on Arab states in 1967, The Guardian published two op-eds, which really say it all.
In the first one, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh clearly sets out the Palestinians desire for peace. He said:
The first step to change this catastrophic climate is for the west to engage with [...]
History is full of “what ifs,” and responsible historians should not indulge in such speculation. But journalists may. What if Israel hadn’t taken East Jerusalem and the West Bank in the Six-Day War? Would the Palestinian situation have found some solution and Israel be living at least in relative peace with its neighbors? Would Islamic [...]
Today marks the 40th sad anniversary of ‘Naksa’ (setback), as Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser described the defeat in his resignation announcement on the fifth day if the ‘Six Day War’.
On June 5th 1967, the Israel occupation forces launched ‘Operation Focus’, which toke by surprise three Arab armies; the Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian and ended [...]
(Image by Ben Heine)
When will the world reconsider the future options of resolving the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict? The lack of ‘peace-seeker’ leadership on Israeli sides makes a solution far away than any time in the past, yet, who is paying the price? People under occupation…
Quoting Hasan Abu Nimah:
Has the time not come to determine precisely and [...]
Yesterday I forwarded this insightful observation made by Susanne Scheidt, the coordinator of Al-Awda Italia, and person who is exquisitely informed on events in the Middle East. Since then, we have seen the tragedy deepen and unfold with the entrance of Lebanese Armed Forces into the refugee camps. Susanne has added some background information to [...]
The Zionist regime seeks $500M increase “for modernization “.
Senior U.S. and Israeli officials are discussing a new military aid package that could raise annual U.S. support from $2.4 billion to nearly $3 billion over the next decade.
According to political and security sources here, Tel Aviv is seeking a $500 million to $600 million hike in [...]
This June marks the fortieth anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. Four decades of control maintained by force of arms have enabled Israel to impose its will on the occupied territories and to remake them in its own image.
Here is FAQ on the 1967 war:
1. How did the [...]
First of all, please meet Handala (Hat tip: Ben Heine for his great artwork):
Handala (or Hanzala) is the most famous of the Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-Ali’s cartoon characters. From approximately 1975 through 1987 Naji Al-Ali created cartoons that depict the complexities of the plight of Palestinian refugees. These cartoons are still relevant today and Handala, [...]
I’ve been watching the latest Palestinian refugees crises for a week now. Thousands of Palestinian refugees fled from Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon as one week of clashes by the Lebanese army and a militant group known as Fath al-Islam has left dozens of soldiers and fighters (better described as terrorists) and an [...]
(image by Carlos Latuff)
The annual global human rights report was released today by Amnesty International.
Amnesty International accused both Israel and Hezbollah on Wednesday of committing war crimes during the Second Lebanon War last summer, saying both were guilty of indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas.
But this is not why I’m writing tonight.
Looking at ISRAEL AND THE [...]
Fully 71 percent of Israelis believe that the United States should launch a military attack on Iran if diplomatic efforts fail to halt Tehran’s nuclear program, according to a new poll.
The survey, commissioned by Bar-Ilan University’s BESA Center and the Anti-Defamation League, found that 59 percent of Israelis still believe the war in Iraq was justified, while 36 percent take the opposite view.
PalestineRemembered.com is leading with few active members inside Israel to video document the remains of some of the 531 ethnically cleansed Palestinian villages, towns and cities.
Some of the videos can be found here, and more is coming.
Please circulate this link to your fiends and loved ones. Also, your humble donation (no matter ho much it [...]
The Palestinian refugee problem was created as the result of two wars (Al-Naqba of 1948 and Al-Naksa of 1967), massacres, and other aggressions perpetrated by Jewish underground and terror groups such as Haganah, Irgun, and Stern. After the War of 1948, the UN Conciliation Commission estimated that 726,000 Palestinians (75% of the Arab population of [...]
This is not the first time that Israeli society is repairing the blunders of a past war by means of a new war. People remember Menachem Begin’s observation that the first Lebanon War came to heal the trauma of the Yom Kippur War. That will be the case this time, too. The third Lebanon War [...]
June 2007 marks the 40-year anniversary of Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza Strip and the Syrian Golan Heights.
The ICNP (International Coordination Network on Palestine) has launched during last year’s annual UN civil society conference on the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people a global Call for Action Days on June 9-10, [...]
The following documentary film provides a compelling account of a life inside Iraq that is rarely seen on news bulletins. Stories of ordinary women whose struggle to survive has only worsened since the occupation of Iraq.
The invasion of Iraq heralded promises of freedom from tyranny and equal rights for the women of Iraq. But years [...]
Azmi Bishara - The Legend Begins
(Ben Heine © Cartoons)
1. Will I hang the flag?
By Gideon Levy (Source: Ha’aretz)
There is a flagholder installed in my garden. The previous residents used it to fly the flag of their favorite soccer team. Since they left, the holder has remained orphaned. During my childhood, there was no question about [...]
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