IntroductionIsrael has been condemned, yet again, by the United Nations for serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian laws. A UN report released last week has confirmed that...

Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban Warning from the Obama administration’s submission to Israeli pressure, in an interview with the Lebanese OTV, Michael Scheuer, a ‘former’ senior CIA officer, said: “Three hundred...

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,...

Dr Bouthaina Shaaban The United Nations Human Rights Council last week adopted a resolution condemning Israel for its attack on the aid flotilla on May 31.  The report said...

By Yvonne Ridley How many of you remember Monty Python’s dead parrot sketch? It was a wonderful comedic routine that transcended nationality and culture. Timeless in its appeal, it...

Beyond the Failed “Peace Process” By Alain Gresh Renewed Arab/Israeli negotiations, opened under the auspices of President Barack Obama in September, are undermined not just by settlement building but...

When I was being held in Israel in 2007 and undergoing a 12-hour interrogation session I remember my interrogator saying to me as he shrugged his shoulders ‘International Law?...

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...

By Khalid Amayreh The Right-wing Israeli government on Sunday, 10 October,  approved a proposal that  would force non-Jewish citizens to swear loyalty to Israel as a Jewish state. The  proposal...

By Yvonne Ridley in Syria After the collapse of the faux Middle East peace talks Israel’s growing isolation in the world is not entirely unexpected. A side-effect is that...

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...

By Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban The recent and latest – but probably not the last – images of prisoners being abused by Israeli soldiers showed a blindfolded Palestinian woman trying...

By Khalid AmayrehThe recent Vatican synod on the deteriorating situation in Palestine-Israel did the right thing by pointing out that Israel ought to discontinue the use of the controversial...

By Omar Radwan Vitriolic racism and hatred has become the Israeli normIsrael appears to be awash with Jewish hate preachers. In the past, rabbis who issued racist edicts or...

By Omar Radwan A new set of photographs taken by Israeli soldiers has appeared on the Facebook page of the Israeli human rights group “Breaking the Silence”.  These photos...

By Dr. Bouthaina ShaabanNews that a “strategic dialogue” was to take place between Israel and the United States was very brief; the news agencies hardly mentioned it. The names...

By Dr Bouthaina Shaaban When I asked in my previous article, “When will this conspiracy of silence end?” concerning more than eleven thousand Palestinian prisoners kidnapped from their homes...

By Renee Bowyer A group of extremist Israeli settlers attacked and set fire to an old Christian church in Jerusalem (Al Quds) on Friday night, 30th October. The church...

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...

By Jared MalsinGAZA–Israeli soldiers shot a mentally ill Palestinian man in the leg when he ventured near the Erez crossing, in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Last Wednesday,...

By Khalid Amayreh Islamist parliamentarians in the West Bank and anguished families of political detainees being held by the Palestinian Authority have urged a visiting delegation of EU politicians...

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...

By Maidhc Ó CathailWhile Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) may have claimed responsibility for the parcel bomb plot, it’s worth considering how this latest Yemen-linked terror scare has...

By Omar RadwanA major reconciliation meeting between Hamas and Fatah is taking place today in Damascus. While this is not the first meeting between the two main Palestinian factions;...

Dr Abdel Sattar QassemSecurity coordination with Israel stands in direct opposition to Palestinian unity, for it is collaboration by any other name. It conflicts with the inalienable national rights...

On November 6th The Jerusalem Post published an article written by G. Steinberg and J. Edelstein titled, ‘Turning the Tables on BDS’. The article discusses the need for Israel...

By Nabil AmrBehind the bustle and bluster of the Sixth General Conference of Fatah lay some very serious discussions, kept secret by virtue of the agreed need for a...

By Dr. Robert LambertIn recent months landmark settlements in civil litigation in Britain’s High Court have vindicated Mohammed Sawalha, one of London’s most industrious and effective voluntary workers. Known...

Occupied Palestine, 23 November 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) urges the French government to immediately cease all undemocratic, repressive measures against its own...

By Khalid Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem During his recent visit to Israel and the Gaza Strip, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini revealed rather brazenly his low intellectual capacity, a...

By Ken Reed A new economic squeeze by Israel Government Tourist Office to exclude Palestine from Holy Land pilgrim tours has begun, aided by full page colour adverts in...

By Fuad KhuffashAs part of a series of reports I am preparing to document Israel’s violations against Palestinian prisoners and detainees in its jails, this article looks at the...