Added on 07/07/2014
Juan Cole
Asia , Gaza Strip , Israel , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Itamar attack , Palestinian National Authority , Palestinian people , Palestinian Territories , Politics , Second Intifada , War/Conflict , Western Asia
JUAN COLE: The brutal murders of three Israeli teenagers and a Palestinian youth have driven attacks on children to top of the news agenda but it’s not new.
Added on 11/05/2014
mai abdul rahman
Asia , Definitions of Palestinian , Israel , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Middle East , Nakba Day , Palestinian exodus , Palestinian people , Politics , Views on the Arab–Israeli conflict , War/Conflict , Western Asia , Zionism
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: It’s an event that defines both Israel and Palestine. It’s brutal realities will not be wished away.
Added on 12/04/2014
Juan Cole
Anti-Zionism , Asia , East Jerusalem , Israel , Israel and the apartheid analogy , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Jerusalem , John Kerry , Palestinian people , Palestinian prisoners in Israel , Palestinian Territories , Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Politics , United Nations , War/Conflict , Zionism
JUAN COLE: Israel reneged on its promises, Kerry called them out and then all hell broke loose.
Added on 19/01/2014
Jonathan Cook
Arab localities in Israel , Asia , Basilica of the Annunciation , Benjamin Netanyahu , Christian Scout , Fertile Crescent , Hanna Swaid , Israel , Israeli government , Jesus and history , Knesset , leader , mayor , Middle East , Nazareth , Palestinian Christians , Palestinian people , Politics , priest , Ramez Jeraisy , Religion/Belief , Yariv Levin , Zionism
JONATHAN COOK: It’s one of the oldest tricks in the book – divide and rule – but it could be the spark for another Intifada.
Added on 16/12/2013
Jonathan Cook
Arab citizens of Israel , Arab–Israeli War , Asia , Human migration , Israel , Israel and the apartheid analogy , Israeli government , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Negev , Palestinian exodus , Palestinian people , Politics , Second Intifada , Social Issues , War/Conflict
JONATHAN COOK: The loaded term ‘Judaisation’ has been quietly dropped in favour of the more neutral ‘development’. The consequences are the same.
Added on 14/11/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Al-Aqsa , Asia , Benny Morris , David Ben Gurion , Fatah , Fertile Crescent , Hamas , Ilan Pappé , Israel , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Middle East , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian exodus , Palestinian militant groups , Palestinian National Authority , Palestinian nationalism , Palestinian people , Palestinian Territories , Politics , Salman Abu Sitta , Shay Hazkani
RAMZY BAROUD: An hour spent flipping between two Palestinian TV channels made it abundantly clear how Palestinians are missing a clear story about their present and future
Added on 08/11/2013
Jonathan Cook
Ashraf Khatib , Asia , Dror Etkes , Fertile Crescent , Israel , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , large natural gas deposits , Levant , Meged oil field , Oil , oil field , Oslo , Oslo Accords , Palestinian Environmental Quality Authority , Palestinian National Authority , Palestinian people , Palestinian Territories , Politics , United Nations General Assembly observers , USD , War/Conflict , West Bank , Western Asia , World Bank
JONATHAN COOK: It’s clear that Israeli policy is to ensure that any possibility of a future Palestinian state being economically viable remains very remote
Added on 04/10/2013
Jonathan Cook
Asia , Assad , Entertainment/Culture , Fertile Crescent , Gaza Strip , Israel , Palestinian people , Paradise Now , Second Intifada , Tarek , War/Conflict
JONATHAN COOK: It is written by Palestinians, stars Palestinians and is funded entirely by Palestinian money. Welcome to ‘Omar’.
Added on 14/09/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Gaza Strip , Hamas , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Middle East , Oslo , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian National Authority , Palestinian nationalism , Palestinian people , Palestinian Territories , Politics , Ramallah , United Nations General Assembly observers , War/Conflict , Yasser Arafat
RAMZY BAROUD: The physical distance between Gaza and Ramallah belies the significant issues surrounding Palestinian identity today.
Added on 31/07/2013
Jonathan Cook
Asia , Cannes , Eli Suleiman , Entertainment/Culture , Hany Abu-Assad , Israel , Middle East , Nazareth , Palestinian National Authority , Palestinian nationalism , Palestinian people , Paradise Now , United States , Western Asia , Yasser Arafat
JONATHAN COOK: He’s will not let Israelis forget about the impact that their occupation has on everyday Palestinian life.
Added on 23/07/2013
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Arabic language , Asia , Entertainment/Culture , Fertile Crescent , Languages of Africa , Languages of Asia , Novelist , Palestinian people , Selma Dabbagh , writer
M. LYNX-QUALEY: Unlike, say South American writers such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Arab writers appear to be defined by their geography and politics
Added on 21/07/2013
Mondoweiss
Asia , Direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians , Israel , Israel and the apartheid analogy , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , John Kerry , Middle East , Palestinian people , Palestinian Territories , Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Politics , War/Conflict , Washington , Western Asia
MARC ELLIS, MONDOWEISS: Don’t expect anything of substance from the proposed meetings between Israeli and Palestinian ‘negotiators’.
Added on 15/07/2013
Common Ground News Service
Abdul Aziz , analyst for the Middle East , Arab citizens of Israel , Arab–Israeli conflict , Asia , Hebrew University , Israel , Israeli journalist of Iraqi origin and an analyst for the Middle East , Jerusalem , Journalist , Linda Abdul Aziz Menuhin , Mahmoud Darwish , Middle East , Palestinian people , Palestinian refugees , Politics , War/Conflict , Western Asia , Zionism
LINDA ABDUL AZIZ MENUHIN, CGNEWS: An initiative that brings young Palestinians and Israelis together for group singing has been embraced by both communities
Added on 13/07/2013
Jonathan Cook
Arab–Israeli conflict , Asia , Definitions of Palestinian , Human rights in Israel , Human rights in the Palestinian territories , Israel , Israeli settlement , Israeli-occupied territories , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Middle East , Negev , Palestinian people , Politics , South Hebron Hills , West Bank
JONATHAN COOK: It’s time to end the mealy-mouthed, legalistic description of what Israel is imposing on Palestinians. Their treatment has a name, let’s use it.
Added on 03/07/2013
Common Ground News Service
American Task Force on Palestine , Arab–Israeli conflict , Asia , Brandeis University , Correspondent , Educational Echos , Eretz acheret , Fertile Crescent , Forward , Gaza , Human rights in Israel , Israel , Israel and the apartheid analogy , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Mohammad Assaf , Palestinian people , Politics , TEMPER OF THE TIMES INVESTOR SERVICES INC. , The Forward The Times , Western Asia
NATAN ODENHEIMER, CGNEWS: In an open letter a former IDF soldier praises Mohammed Assaf and spells out how he believes he can help unite the two communities
Added on 26/05/2013
Mondoweiss
Asia , climber , Dubai , Everest , Geography of Tibet , Himalayas , Kuwait , Mount Everest , Palestinian people , Peak , Physical geography , Raed Zidan , Shigatse Prefecture , United Arab Emirates
MONDOWEISS: Palestine has a new hero – Raed Zidan – who’s become the first Paletinian man to scale the world’s tallest mountain.
Added on 21/05/2013
Mondoweiss
Asia , Cairo , Entertainment/Culture , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Khan Younis refugee camp , Mahmoud Abbas , Mohammed Assaf , Palestinian National Authority , Palestinian nationalism , Palestinian people , Palestinian Territories , State of Palestine , Western Asia
MONDOWEISS: He very nearly didn’t even make it to the audition but Mohammed Assaf has rapidly become a superstar with his patriotic songs.
Added on 15/04/2013
Mondoweiss
A. B. Yehoshua , Amos Oz , Asia , Chava Lerman , Human rights in Israel , Human rights in the Palestinian territories , Ilana Hammerman , Israel , Israeli Jews , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Palestinian people , Palestinian prisoners in Israel , Samer Issawi , War/Conflict , Western Asia
IRA GLUNTS, MONDOWEISS: The Palestinian hunger striker Samer Issawi sent a letter to prominent Israelis inviting them to see him in prison. There have been radically different responses.
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…
