Commentary & Analysis

With the first anniversary of Israel's war against civilians in Gaza upon us, a plethora of articles, analyses and comments about the past twelve months and its context have...

On December 21st, the Israeli ambassador in London, Ron Prosor, wrote a commentary in the Daily Telegraph: "Restore Common Sense to Common Law". His comment came a week after...

Further to David Pannick's legal opinion on behalf of the Jewish Leadership Council concerning the possible changes to the law to prevent a warrant for arrest alleging war crimes...

In an article in The Guardian on the 22nd December Nick Clegg, the leader of the UK's Liberal Democrat Party, called for an end to the blockade of the...

As the 27 December draws near, many of us will look back to the year's event to note how little has changed with regards to the conditions in Gaza. ...

The British government's policies on dealing with human rights abuses and having relations with the state of Israel appear to be in continued public disarray in the wake of...

Letters: The Independent Christmas Appeal The Independent's appeal is to be congratulated. In particular, the article about the young Palestinians and Lebanese who are negotiating a very complicated milieu...

Earlier this week the news emerged that the former Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, was forced to cancel a trip to London after a British court issued a warrant...

British government guidelines on settlement produce a step in the right direction The UK government has called for clearer labelling of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the West...

"Those who claim to respect international law cannot avert their eyes when those laws are flouted." "I believe that peace is unstable where citizens are denied the right to...

The "Palestinian problem" is usually perceived to be a "Muslim" problem; a conflict between the Jews and the Muslims and, for the most part, it is. However, it is...

In May of this year, the United Nations Committee Against Torture bought up the issue of Facility 1391, a clandestine Israeli prison where Palestinian, Lebanese, and other Arab prisoners...

In the last week Palestinians have witnessed a spate of detentions and accusations of torture in the West Bank. The perpetrator in question is the Palestinian Authority (PA). Their...

The situation in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories is worsening every day. In blatant disregard of international law, illegal settlements continue to spring up on confiscated Palestinian land....

Yesterday's approval by the Jerusalem municipal planning committee to proceed with the construction of 900 new housing units in the illegal Gilo settlement located in East Jerusalem has dealt...

Since the United Nations Human Rights Council approved Judge Richard Goldstone's report on the war crimes committed in the Gaza conflict, the Israeli government has been in a state...

The Daily Mail reported yesterday that the British "government is sending British police and intelligence officers to the West Bank to try to stop a wave of brutal torture...

Britain's recent negotiations with Libya and the release of Abdul-Basit Ali Al-Megrahi, the only person convicted for the worst ever terrorist atrocity on British soil, (the 1988 bombing of...

For any Jew who speaks out against the policies of the Israeli government or military, they must brace themselves for a barrage of criticisms from their Zionist counterparts. They...

The two reports published today in Yedioth Ahronoth and Ynetnews have pointed out that the last few months have not been good ones for Israel (see "A predictable setback...

By Dr Hanan Chehata on the editorial"The Gaza Trap" By (Times Online, Friday 16th October 2009.) Dear Editor, In the Times today you called upon Europe and the UN...

The London based Arabic daily Al Quds Al Arabi covered today in its editorial the Palestinian reconciliation document brokered by the Egyptian government. The following is a translation by...

By Dr Hanan Chehata on the article "It's not just about Iran" By Hans Blix  (The Guardian, Thursday 8th October 2009.) We are told that the prospect of Iran developing...

By Dr Hanan Chehata on the article "Palestinians should trust Obama" written by the American Task Force on Palestine's President Ziad Asali, as reported in the Arab News Oct,...

p style="text-align: left;" mce_style="text-align: left;">ANALYSISStatement on Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory While the decision of the United Nations (UN) of 1947 (Resolution 181) to establish two states...

International Interference Obstructs Palestinian Reconciliation In February of this year, soon after the end of Israel's assault on Gaza, the two rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah began a...

ANALYSIS Is the two-state solution brain dead? Recently, many commentators on the Middle East have been saying that the two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has now become unworkable...

Will the British government respond to this new sense of realism and maturity?The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Report on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories – calls for...

Broken the Silence … now what? Just over a month ago, a group of veteran IDF soldiers published a report containing statements confirming Israeli atrocities against the Palestinian people...

A video entitled "MB tortures kids and throws them off buildings" has gripped the attention of Egyptians and others following the unfolding events in Egypt. It has been widely...