Israel

In the week that the British government announced its latest Prevent counter-terrorism strategy, events in the occupied Palestinian territories took yet another sinister turn; illegal Israeli settlers heightened their...

Throughout post-colonial history Arab aspirations for democracy have never been fulfilled. That was because governance was imposed from above. The region's people have never had ownership of their countries'...

Our latest analysis of news bulletins reveals how Israel continues to spin images of war The propaganda battle over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has reached a new level of intensity....

No one could have expected that US President Barak Obama's resistance to the Israeli campaign against him, led by Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, in response to statements he made...

With a better track record of positive action, Barak Obama could have returned to Cairo to deliver his latest speech on the Middle East. Having failed to deliver on...

This year's commemoration of the Nakba (catastrophe) is like no other. For the first time in many decades the Palestine issue has truly found its way to the top...

I read with utter contempt the article by Israeli apologist Michael Weiss in which he asked, "Why is Amnesty hosting a Hamas-friendly publisher of racists?". It deserves a response, not...

First there was the 'Israeli peace initiative', and then the media reports that Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu was considering withdrawing the Israeli occupation army from the West Bank. Two...

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has released its annual report on human rights which examines the implementation of human rights and their abuses across the globe. The report...

The balancing act of international diplomacy is never an easy task. It becomes especially difficult for British diplomats when dealing with the Arab-Israeli conflict. This is not because the...

The Israeli government is taking advantage of the world's preoccupation with developments in Libya to commit bloody massacres in the Gaza Strip. Earlier this week, its missiles killed eight...

In theory they do not seem to have a common cause. In practice, however, the pro-Israel lobby shares several vital interests and characteristics with the dictatorships that have bedevilled...

In Europe, Israel has historically enjoyed a high level of support, not least because it was perceived as a progressive democracy in a sea of Arab backwardness. At the...

A poll conducted in Europe reveals growing disconnect between governments and people over the policy on Israel. The Middle East is not the only region witnessing a growing disconnect...

Ramallah in the West Bank is seen as a beacon of economic success and the symbol of economic development as the Palestinian Authority has pursued peace with – Israel. As...

The announcement by the Palestine Liberation Organisation that it will hold national elections by September has prompted Britain's Minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Alistair Burt, to...

News that Israel's Turkel Commission has found that Israeli soldiers fired at unarmed civilians on a peace flotilla in "self-defence" should come as no surprise. The Zionist state is...

Despite months of pleading and incentive packages from Washington Israel refused to halt its settlement activity on Palestinian land occupied in 1967. Israel's defiance of the international will brought...

The brutal murder of an innocent 66-year old Palestinian man in his bed today has left another indelible stain on Israel's already blood-stained image. This latest crime comes less...

By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Half a million trees planted over the past 18 months on the ancestral lands of Bedouin tribes in Israel's Negev region were bought by a...

Media reports about the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) being "designated" by Israel have come sooner than expected. They follow closely on the heels of the two besmirched reports written...

Israel must be losing too many battles in the war to win global public opinion. This is the conclusion to be drawn from the release of a 66-page document...

The politics of the peace process have emphatically ensured that the mere prospect for producing peace is nonexistent. By Richard Falk It is astonishing that despite the huge gaps...

As Westerners busy themselves preparing for Christmas, Israel has accelerated its campaign of ethnic cleansing in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and within its own (non-declared) borders. Those familiar with...

A meeting has been held in Geneva between Turkish and Israeli delegations trying to resolve the differences between the two countries. The Israelis in particular hope for a return...

When Samuel Eliyahu, the Chief Rabbi of Safed, issued an edict in October calling on Jews to refrain from renting or selling apartments to non-Jews many dismissed him as...

An article in the Jewish Chronicle, London's hub of Israel hate, coincided with a disturbing report from the Guardian's correspondent in the Galilee. The former is based on a...

One week on, the controversy triggered by Mick Davis, Chair of United Jewish Israel Appeal (UJIA) shows no sign of abating. When he criticised the policies of the Israeli...

Activism and protest have long been a part of a student's passage through university. From fighting for women's right to vote, to equal rights for African Americans; from standing...

Dear Mr. Clegg, Were we wrong about you? Your speech to the Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel signalled the end of your relationship with the British electorate. It marked...

It appears the United States efforts to resume direct negotiations between the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah and the Israeli Government has started to bear fruit. This comes amid widespread...

In a quiet street in the Sheikh Jarrah district of occupied East Jerusalem 88-year-old Rifka al-Kurd is explaining how she came to live in the house she and her...