Added on 01/05/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Arab–Israeli War , Asia , Benny Morris , British Mandate for Palestine , Deir Yassin , Deir Yassin massacre , Deir Yassins , Forced migration , History of the Middle East , Israel , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , New Historians , Palestinian exodus , Palestinian refugees , Palestinian Territories , Politics , War/Conflict , Zionism
RAMZY BAROUD: Palestine’s history has traditionally been told through the prism of an accepted Israeli or Western narrative. It’s time for Palestinians to tell their own story.
Added on 19/04/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Arab–Israeli War , Bayt Daras , Beit Daras , British Mandate for Palestine , Deir Yassin , Deir Yassin massacre , Gaza Strip , Irgun , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Lehi , Menachem Begin , Palestinian Territories , Resistance movements , Um Mohammed , Zionism , Zionist terrorism
RAMZY BAROUD: The telling of Palestine’s recent massacres has generally been in the hands of Israeli writers and historians. Time for a change
Added on 14/04/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Cairo , Egypt , Egyptian intelligence , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Hamas , Hosni Mubarak , Islam and antisemitism , Islamic fundamentalism , Israel , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Palestinian nationalism , Palestinian Territories , Politics , Sinai
RAMZY BAROUD: It seemed unthinkable a Muslim Brotherhood government could impose worse conditions on Gaza than Mubarak.
Added on 02/04/2013
Mondoweiss
Fertile Crescent , Forced migration , Foreign relations of the Palestinian National Authority , Gaza Strip , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Middle East , Palestinian National Authority , Palestinian nationalism , Palestinian people , Palestinian refugee , Palestinian Territories , Social Issues , State of Palestine
WALAA AL GHUSSEIN, MONDOWEISS: Asmaa lives in a densely populated area, is dangerously ill. She dreams of Mecca…
Added on 30/03/2013
Mondoweiss
Arab–Israeli conflict , Barack Obama , Benjamin Netanyahu , Government , Human rights in Israel , International relations , Israel , Israel and the apartheid analogy , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Jerusalem , Mahmoud Abbas , Obama , PA , Palestinian nationalism , Palestinian Territories , Politics , State of Palestine , United States , West Bank
If you ever had a burning desire to see the American-Israeli alliance shine, there wasn't a better place to be than Jerusalem last week.
MONDOWEISS: If you had a desire to see the U.S.-Israeli alliance shine, there wasn’t a better place than Jerusalem last week.
Added on 27/03/2013
Juan Cole
Arab citizens of Israel , Arab League , Arab–Israeli conflict , Israel , Israeli people , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Israel–United States relations , Middle East , Palestinian Territories , Politics , Qatar , Shaikh Hamad al-Thani , Views on the Arab–Israeli conflict , War/Conflict
JUAN COLE: Throwing money at Palestine is no substitute for diplomacy so here’s a radical idea to bring Israel to the negotiating table
Added on 19/03/2013
Mondoweiss
Arab–Israeli conflict , Barack Obama , Israel , Israel and the apartheid analogy , Israeli settlement , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Middle East , Palestinian National Authority , Palestinian nationalism , Palestinian Territories , Politics , Ramallah , State of Palestine , United States , War/Conflict , West Bank
ALLISON DEGER, MONDOWEISS: You won’t find many people in Ramallah whose expectations of President Obama’s visit are higher than rock bottom
Added on 18/03/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Arab–Israeli conflict , Civil society , European Union , Human rights in Israel , Human rights in the Palestinian territories , Israel , Israeli settlement , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Jerusalem , Palestinian Territories , Politics , United States , Views on the Arab–Israeli conflict , War/Conflict , West Bank
More bad news emerged from Israel in recent weeks. Indeed, good news is seldom associated with Israel and its military occupation and institutionalized discrimination and mistreatment of Palestinians.
RAMZY BAROUD: ‘The facts on the ground’ quicken day by day as the voices raised in opposition grow more feeble
Added on 11/03/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Arafat Jaradat , Bil'in , Emad Burnat , Israeli settlement , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Modi'in Illit , Oscar , PA , Palestinian National Authority , Palestinian people , Palestinian Territories , Ramallah , Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate , War/Conflict , West Bank
RAMZY BAROUD: It may not have won the Oscar for which it was nominated but it is a compelling story nonetheless.
Added on 02/03/2013
Jonathan Cook
archeologist , Dead Sea , East Jerusalem , Fertile Crescent , fort of Herodium , Hamdan Taha , Herod , Herodium , Israel , Israel Museum , Israeli settlement , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Jericho , Jerusalem , Jerusalem District , Jerusalem Governorate , Palestinian Territories , Second Intifada , West Bank , Yonathan Mizrachi , Zionism
JONATHAN COOK: Many of Palestine’s most treasured tourism sites are strictly controlled and regulated by the Israeli authorities.
Added on 28/02/2013
mai abdul rahman
Arab–Israeli conflict , Arafat Jaradat , Asia , B'Tselem , Human rights in Israel , Human rights in the Palestinian territories , IDF , Israel , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Jerusalem , Palestinian prisoners in Israel , Palestinian Territories , Politics , Samer Issawi , War/Conflict , West Bank
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: The deaths of two individuals detained in Israeli prisons – one Palestinian, one Israeli – have made headlines. But it’s a very common occurrence
Added on 14/02/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Israel , Middle East , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , United States
RAMZY BAROUD: There are whispers about whispers and rumours of various parties prepared to do business but don’t expect much to change in the near future
Added on 03/02/2013
Steve Royston
Adolf Hitler , Amin Husseini , Antisemitism , Discrimination , Fathi Shihab Eddin , Germany , Holocaust denial , Israel , Jewish history , Jews , Josef Stalin , Middle East , Palestinian Territories , Politics , Religion , Religion and politics , Responsibility for the Holocaust , Sociology , The Holocaust , United Kingdom , United States , Zionism
STEVE ROYSTON: It’s not just the Second World War that has been warped by teachers, politicians and others for their own purposes.
Added on 02/02/2013
Juan Cole
Asia , Fertile Crescent , Ibrahim Bornat , Jerusalem , Layla Quran , Music of Palestine , Outline of the Palestinian territories , Palestinian art , Palestinian people , Palestinian Territories , Ramallah , United States , War/Conflict , West Bank
LAYLA QURAN, INFORMED COMMENT: Last Summer I travelled with my father to Palestine to interview leading artists, poets and musicians.
Added on 15/01/2013
mai abdul rahman
Ariel Sharon , Deir Yassin , East Africa , Europe , Gaza , Gaza Strip , IDF , Irgun , Israel , Israel’s military , Jerusalem , Jordan , King David Hotel , Likud Party , Menachem Begin , Moshe Dayan , Netanyahu , Palestinian Territories , South Africa , Stern Gang , The Green Line , Theodor Herzl , Uganda , United Kingdom , United Nations , West Africa , West Bank , Yitzhak Shamir , Zimbabwe
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: It’s a bold move and one that is sure to cause much aggression and derision to be directed his way. What’s the story behind the brutality?
Added on 15/01/2013
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Elias Khoury , Humphrey Davies , Israel , Mahmoud Darwish , Nasser , Oil , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Twitter
M. LYNX-QUALEY: The novelist Elias Khoury has written a letter to Palestinians who began building a village on land seized by Israel. A haunting, elegiac letter
Added on 12/01/2013
Common Ground News Service
Bosnia and Herzegovina , Egypt , Energy , Israel , Michigan , New York city , Northern Ireland , Northern Virginia , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , presiding judge , Rabbi , Sharia court , South Africa , Texas , United States , Washington DC
KADI ZAHALKA, RABBI DR RON KRONISH: The so-called political peace process has been going nowhere for a long time. There is an alternative
Added on 03/01/2013
mai abdul rahman
Declaration of Independence , Gaza , Haaretz , IDF , Israel , Jerusalem , Knesset , Middle East , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Shin Bet , United States , West Bank
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: They are a powerful force within Israeli society and their courage is deeply appreciated by Palestinian activists
Added on 02/01/2013
Crossroads Arabia
Al-Hayat , Islam , Jerusalem , Mahmoud Abbas , Mauritania , Palestinian Territories , President , Religion , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Yusuf al-Qaradawi
CROSSROADS ARABIA: They came thick and fast throughout the last year. Many of them, though, just serve to devalue the meaning of a religious edict
Added on 27/12/2012
Mondoweiss
Al Aqsa Mosque , Christmas , Food and Drink , Gaza , Hana Shalabi , Israel , Israeli government , Israeli military , Israeli Military Strength , Israeli police , Jerusalem , Khader Adnan , Nazareth , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Tel Aviv , UN Court , West Bank
MONDOWEISS: He has been on hunger strike for more than 150 days. Still his story is not heard
