2012: It’s Going to be A Grim Year for Palestine
PHILIP WEISS: Whether it’s a new Republican administration or more Obama the winner this year is clear – Netanyahu.
Israel in Race With Time: ‘Give Peace a Chance?’
JUAN COLE: The maths speaks for itself – a country of 7.5 million people is surrounded by 400 others with whom it seems to be at constant odds.
Israel: World’s First State Enclosed Within Own Walls, Ethnic Cleansing in Process
JONATHAN COOK: The remaining border, the 260km one with Egypt, is being closed with another wall, gaining impetus with the overthrow of Mubarak
Palestine: Where Israel ‘Field Tests’ Both Its Own and American Weapons
ALLISON DEGER, MONDOWEISS: It’s a business worth more than $4 trillion so manufacturers of weapons are keen to know if reality matches the brochure.
Israel Continues Plans to Cut West Bank in Two With New National Park Land Grab
MONDOWEISS, ALLISON DEGER: 35% of East Jerusalem is now set aside as a nature reserve. These areas were at one time under Palestinian control.
Facebook Group Fights for Palestinian Women’s Rights
NIDA TUMA, CGNEWS: A newly established group is using Facebook to try and generate genuine debate between Palestinian women at different ends of the political spectrum.
Palestine: Embrace Neutrality to Unlock Independence
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: Neutrality would allow Palestinians to focus all their energies and resources on social development and nation building…
Israel Backs Itself Into Dangerous Cul-De-Sac
JONATHAN COOK: 2011 marked the point at which the Palestinians called Israel’s bluff and revealed Oslo to be nothing more than a stalling tactic. What does the upcoming year hold?
Hate peddling: Why Republicans are Failing Israel, Palestine – and Themselves
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: They have yet to understand they can support Israel without desecrating Palestinians; that their pandering is harmful to everyone.
Interview: A Guide to Visiting the Real Palestine
KIM WILLIS: Through the tours visitors see the reality of life in the West Bank and Israel, uncoloured by any ‘perspective’; they can make up their own minds about the issues.
“Kefayeh, We Have Had Enough”: On Why It’s Right NOT To Talk
TANYA KEILANI, MONDOWEISS: The ideas behind the anti-normalisation movement are driven by a desire to deconstruct the myths of the occupation.
Warmth and Hospitality: My Memory of Tamimi Family
ALEX KANE, MONDOWEISS: The killing of Mustafa Tamimi by IDF troops has shocked ‘the unshockable’ population of Palestine, as well as the wider world at large.
One Jewish Woman’s Fight for Palestine
SUHAIBWEBB, YASMINE MOGAHEAD: Listening to the wailing she watched as workers laid out the bodies, corpses loaded onto the back of a truck.
Panetta to Israel: “Get To the Damn Table”
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: In an exasperated tone the US Defence Secretary laid down the law to the Israeli government, but is anyone listening?
“I am an Arab Woman of Color and We Come in all Shades of Anger. Beware.”
ANNIE, MONDOWEISS: She is set to become a major star and is a woman of great courage, strength and eloquence. But it’s an eloquence infused with anger.
News Analysis: King Abdullah Visits West Bank
A new dynamic is opening up in Jordanian-Palestinian relations – a recognition and acceptance of the role that the Islamic political movement Hamas plays.
Life in Gaza: ‘A School of Resilience’
FIDAA ABUASSI, MONDOWEISS: There is pain, humiliation, and fear but there is always one strength that one has to fight back – the power of choice.
News Analysis: Hackers Target Palestinian Internet
Internet service throughout the Palestinian territories disappeared altogether or was running very slowly on Tuesday. A sustained, well-organised attack?
Incitement to Hate Should not go Unpunished
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: Ignoring Rachel Abrams’ immoral bigoted tirades are not helpful or constructive. Our collective silence allows her to continue spreading her hateful poisonous ideas
Mosques and Graves Attacked By Israeli Settlers
JONATHAN COOK: Settlers have raised the stakes by attacking mosques within Arab communities that have been traditionally utterly loyal to Israel.
