Middle East Children’s Alliance – The staff and board of the Middle East Children’s Alliance would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to our colleague Dr. Mona El-Farra, her family, and all of the Palestinian families who have lost their relatives and loved ones. Early this morning, Israeli tanks shelled a home in Khan Younis and killed nine members […]
By Chris McGreal. The Guardian – Here are a few questions you won’t hear asked of the parade of Israeli officials crossing US television screens during the current crisis in Gaza: What would you do if a foreign country was occupying your land? What does it mean that Israeli cabinet ministers deny Palestine’s right to exist? […]
By John Dugard. Al Jazeera America – Israel claims that it is acting in self-defense in Gaza, thereby portraying itself as the victim in the present conflict. President Barack Obama and both houses of the U.S. Congress have endorsed this justification for the use of force. But is it an accurate assessment? Gaza is not an independent […]
By Ali Abunimah. The Electronic Intifada – Update, 2 August: Israel acknowledges soldier is dead On Saturday evening, the Israeli army stated that Hadar Goldin, the soldier it claimed Hamas had captured on Friday morning, is dead: It was on the pretext of searching for the missing soldier that Israel slaughtered at least 110 of […]
By Grant F. Smith. IRmep – On July 19, 2013 Greek shipping magnate Victor Restis sued the U.S. based nonprofit American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran Inc. (PDF) which is more popularly known as United Against Nuclear Iran. UANI was incorporated in 2008 and is managed and advised by former U.S. and foreign government officials. UANI’s advisory board includes former Mossad Chief Meir Dagan, long time Israel lobbyist and […]
By Gilbert Schramm. The bizarre and pointless Israeli assault on Gaza has exposed the extent to which Israeli pressure has undermined American institutions. That corruption should be of deep concern to every American. Both here and abroad, we will eventually pay an enormous price for it. Notice the following facts. Our media has been corrupted. […]
By Tariq A. Al Maeena. Gulf News – The Palestinians in Gaza and elsewhere in the Occupied Territories have been living in the world’s largest concentration camp for decades. Every shred of hope for peace with their Israeli neighbours is quickly shattered as the Israeli government has mastered the art of delaying and eventually shelving off […]
By Richard Silverstein. IMEMC – I’ve devoted a good deal of my life to Israel. I’ve studied, read, visited, lived, breathed it. Not in the way diehard pro-Israel fanatics do. But in a different way that matched my own intellectual and political proclivities. It’s a subject that is rich, varied, troubling, bedeviling, and exhilarating. But every […]
By Deepa Kumar. Salon – Israeli propaganda has hit a new low. While the world was still trying to come to terms with the mass deaths in Shejaiya, Benjamin Netanyahu went on CNN to state that Hamas uses the “telegenically dead” to further “their cause.” He added that for Hamas: “The more the dead, the better.” Even while Netanyahu followed […]
By Mohammed Omer. Middle East Eye – BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip – At Kamal Adwan hospital, the ambulances arrived unusually full with several injured at once. While this is becoming an increasingly regular sight in Gaza, there was something new about these ambulance that were rushing in people from a UNRWA school at Beit Hanoun. Everyone of […]
