- Standing in front of a map of what both no doubt hope will one day be Greater Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu and Tony Blair have today given a practical demonstration...
- It is often assumed that Israel was on the defensive in the Six-Day War of June 1967. That is testimony to the success of its propaganda, because the reality...
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making familiar noises about Hamas and "terrorism" in the wake of the announcement of the Palestinian unity government. "I call on all responsible...
- The language used by politicians and the media colours and determines the way that we see things; it forms opinions. Thus, Western governments have refrained from calling the military...
- The speaker was a Palestinian woman, a refugee from Yarmouk Refugee Camp in Syria; she is now a double refugee living, if that's the right word, in northern Jordan....
- Yet again, we hear that President Mahmoud Abbas has more or less conceded the lawful right for Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland. Last year he told Israelis...
- The real surprise this week was not that the British House of Commons voted against the government's plans to attack Syria, but that people were surprised that elected MPs...
- Visiting South Africa is always a pleasure, but when the purpose is to attend a conference there is usually something extra special to look forward to. The Afro-Middle East...
- By Ibrahim Hewitt When concern about the after-effects of Israel's aggression against the civilian population in Gaza was still high, Time magazine described Palestinian refugees in Lebanon as "A...
- By Ibrahim Hewitt In his classic 1963 song The times they are a-changin', American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan wrote, "For the loser now will be later to win, for the...
- By Ibrahim Hewitt This week saw the first anniversary of the Israeli assault on Gaza, but only one anniversary really matters in 2010: it is now almost 62 years...
- Boycotts don't work. At least that's what we are told by Israel's apologists whenever the topic of a cultural, academic or trade boycott is mentioned. It was with great...
- The current rise in tension – or breakdown of the close relationship, take your pick – between the US and Israel is taking up a lot of news space,...
- The importance of the Israel-Palestine conflict cannot be stressed enough. The high profile the issue has across the world illustrates its key status in world affairs. All the more...
- In the wake of Israel's assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, the international community called for the siege of Gaza to be lifted. US President Obama called it "unsustainable"...
- Israel, we are told frequently, is "the only democracy in the Middle East". This is the "Get out of Jail" card used against critics whenever the argument is swinging...
- I popped over to Gaza last weekend to see how things are, only it wasn't that simple. Nobody can just "pop over" to Gaza these days; it requires a...
- This quote from an international aid worker in Jerusalem prefaces a new briefing paper from Oxford University's Refugee Studies Centre. Written by Dr. Jason Hart and Claudia Lo Forte,...
- Reports that the headquarters of the Palestinian Journalists Union in Gaza have been shut down by Hamas security forces should concern everyone with an interest in hearing the truth...
- A conference in Beirut last week focussed on the shift of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from "Relief and Works...
- A conference in Beirut focussing on "European Foreign Policy towards the Palestinian issue" has attracted participants and speakers from across the Middle East and Europe. Organised by Al-Zaytouna Centre...
- A conference in Beirut focussing on "European Foreign Policy towards the Palestinian issue" has attracted participants and speakers from across the Middle East and Europe. Organised by Al-Zaytouna Centre...
- At a fund-raising event raising money for the Palestine Legal Aid Fund, I was greeted very warmly by a friend who told me excitedly that she had just returned...
- The brutal killing of an unarmed Palestinian as he lay asleep in his own bed has been "regretted" by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). I am sure that the...
- As the people of Palestine come to terms with the apparent betrayal of their rights by the people appointed to negotiate with the Israelis on behalf of the Palestinian...
- As events in the Middle East unfold, one interesting aspect of the people-power discussion is the reticence of western pro-democracy governments in the face of real democracy on the...
- For anyone relying on the mainstream media for information about the rest of the world, the knowledge they receive builds up into a flavour-of-the-month approach to history. Correspondents flock...
- We will probably never really know if, as Israel's Prime Minister claimed, Iran and Syria orchestrated the Nakba demonstrations which led to the deaths of at least 12 Palestinians...
- The sun is shining, the beach is filling up and the squeal of car tyres and screech of car horns is pervasive. I could be in Beirut or any...
- Thousands of words have been written about the scandalous arrest of Sheikh Raed Salah by the British government in what is being seen as an attempt to silence him...
- The ongoing Israeli siege of Gaza has prompted much media focus on the flotilla and "flytilla" attempts to break the blockade over the past week or so. The Israelis...
- The Jewish Chronicle's Martin Bright has revealed details of "a secret meeting between Israeli President Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority" alleged to have...