Dr. Hanan Chehata

By Dr Hanan Chehata The Viva Palestina (VP) Convoy 2009/10 brought together an extremely diverse group of people with at least seventeen countries represented. Citizens of Australia, Poland, Belgium,...

A people can only take so much abuse and violence before they finally snap. Israel knows this and it has been doing its utmost recently to provoke another popular...

On 9th November 1989, the wall that had divided East and West Germany for more than 28 years was finally torn down. The creation of the Berlin Wall had...

The UK is "only a bit-part player in the Middle East", says Jewish Chronicle editor.The move yesterday by the British Government to expel an Israeli diplomat, who is also...

There has been a prolonged and concerted campaign to discredit anyone who is brave enough to speak out against the Zionist policies of Israel. The list of academics, lawyers,...

Ramallah: An oasis of prosperity that is the exception, not the rule The West Bank, we are led to believe, is seeing an upsurge in prosperity; a boost in...

Introduction – The OECD and Israel's impending accessionThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) does exactly what its name suggests. The group, established in its current form in...

Something is going very wrong in Jerusalem. Israel's warped sense of immutable ownership and unchallengeable control over Palestinian lives has given way to a rampant series of acts that...

In a news item reminiscent of the shocking and disturbing photos that came out of Iraq's notorious Abu-Ghraib prison a few years ago, now ex-IDF soldier Eden Aberjil has...

Israel's shameless mouthpieceIn yet another revealing speech, this time delivered at a symposium at IDC University in Herzliya, Tony Blair has exposed himself for what he truly is; not...

62 days ago (1st July 2010) three elected members of the Palestinian Legislative Council walked into the International Red Cross headquarters in Jerusalem and they have not left since....

With every day that passes Israel further establishes itself as one of the world's leading violators of human rights. To its British and American allies this may be seen...

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...

Like a bolshie child Israel does not take criticism well. However, unlike a child, Israel does not just stamp its foot and pout when someone criticises it but instead,...

A spirit of awakening has gripped the Egyptian people with unprecedented and previously unthinkable defiance and bravery. They have awoken from their slumber and have realised, at last, that...

It now seems possible that the already infamous "Itamar massacre" last week may not have been the work of a Palestinian but could have been the act of a...

The long-awaited UN Palmer Report into the Israeli attack on the humanitarian "Freedom Flotilla" to Gaza in May 2010 finally came out last week. However, from the moment it...

Israel likes to portray itself as a small, defenceless nation in the middle of a sea of angry Arabs. However, while Israel is anything but defenceless – it is...

A strange affliction seems to be affecting settlers in the West Bank. It seems that as soon as they are granted settler status (a badge of dishonour in the...

Israel has finally done what it has waited almost a year and a half to do; in a raid contravening international law it arrested two members of the Palestinian...