Opinion

The reaction of Latin American governments to Israel's aggression on Gaza has ignited a spectrum of opinions, from outright condemnation to neutral rhetoric. In 2009, the brutality unleashed during...

For the second time in recent weeks, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has supported Palestine. First, was during Operation Pillar of Defence where he travelled to Jerusalem and opposed...

Yesterday marked the commencement of the World Social Forum for a Free Palestine, held in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The global mobilisation is aimed at strengthening solidarity with the Palestinian...

It was hard to read the delegates' expressions as they squinted at the board in the United Nations, searching for confirmation of who had and hadn't voted for Palestine....

Israel seems to have acquired a permanent battleground with its defiant occupation of Palestinian territory and savage assaults upon Gaza. In Israeli terminology, as well as that of its...

Israel's ambiguity with regard to nuclear weapons is well known, as is its refusal to sign-up to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. This tactic has shifted attention away from Israel...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is exerting all the political strength he can muster to sabotage peace for Palestine and Israel. On Monday, he authorised the construction of new...

Following the UN vote which recognised Palestine as a non-member observer state last month, a delegation from Ramallah has visited Venezuela with the aim of consolidating existing agreements, as...

In 2004, 14 out of 15 judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) deemed that Israel's "separation barrier" in the occupied West Bank was illegal.  They found that...

International rhetoric continues to focus on Israel's new settlement construction in the occupied West Bank in retaliation for the UN vote granting Palestinians non-member observer status. European criticism has...

'Eyes on Israel's Military Court' is Addamer's latest report about the manipulation of justice in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The report contains recollections by volunteers who visited Israeli jails...

In the aftermath of "Operation Pillar of Defence", the Israelis have diverted their attention to the occupied West Bank. Mass arrests have been carried out by the Israeli Defence...

Turkey's decision to ask NATO for Patriot guided missiles to deploy along its border with Syria has disrupted its ties with Iran. A once-reliable ally of Tehran against the...

Inside Al-Zaatari Camp in the Jordanian desert, Syrian refugees are supposed to be escaping the bloody uprising next door; instead, young children are dying because of appalling conditions. "People...

Haneen Zoabi's disqualification from standing as a candidate in Israel's general election in January has failed to stir controversy within the Western world, keen as it is to ensure...

In a major boost to the on-going Syrian uprising against  the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, the once-trusted head of the country's military police has defected to the rebels....

The people of Syria are facing a humanitarian catastrophe as the fighting against the Assad regime continues to take a savage toll. there appears to be no end in...

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has issued its weekly report detailing Israel's continuous efforts in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to undermine and disregard international law....

Israel's relations with the European Union are not at a high at the moment. Indeed, an unusually strong condemnation by the EU of Israel's continued construction of illegal settlements...

In November, Egypt brokered an end to the eight-day offensive launched by Israel against the Gaza Strip, the so-called Operation Pillar of Defence. During the assault, 6 Israelis were...

If Chuck Hagel, Barack Obama's nominee for Defense Secretary, is appointed, it would be a "slap in the face for pro-Israel Americans", according to the Republican Jewish Coalition. Senator...

With elections looming in Israel, Benyamin Netanyahu finds himself cornered to defend Likud and its objectives, after Naftali Bennett's Jewish Home party emerged as a potential threat pulling right-wing...

Soon, 'Palestinian National Authority' will become a label reminiscent of the pre-General Assembly vote that saw Palestine upgraded at the United Nations to non-member observer status, if all goes...

Egypt's attempt at brokering reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas has produced initial diplomatic progress. Yesterday's talks in Cairo – organised by President Mohammed Morsi, were an initiative towards constructing...

This week, 48 Iranian prisoners being held by rebels in Syria were freed, in return for 2,100 prisoners being held by the Syrian authorities. It was one of the...

Imagine a Middle East where Naftali Bennett was Israel's Prime Minister. Former settler leader and IT entrepreneur turned politician, his agenda is a lethal cocktail of pro-settlement, anti-Palestinian statehood...

Syria's bloody civil war has been going on for nearly two years. Two things are certain. Firstly, we are no closer to a diplomatic solution. The International Crisis Group...

Israel's general election will take place on Tuesday 22 January. It has long been forecast that Binyamin Netanyahu, the current Prime Minister, will win a comfortable majority. Opinion polls...

Eleven days ago, France launched an operation in Mali to help the government push back Islamist rebels with links to Al-Qaeda. The move had considerable international support. One of...

Ben Gurion's requirement of achieving Jewish supremacy in the 'State of Israel' has been a continuous and discriminative historical process. Demography has been consistently approached from an obsessive preservationist...

During 2011's Arab Spring, protests swept the Middle East. Dictators were ousted, civil wars erupted, and even countries where out and out regime change was not on the cards...

Birth rates among Israel's Ethiopian Jewish community have fallen by nearly 50 per cent in the last 10 years. Now, for the first time, a government official has acknowledged...