Daily Archives: 1st March 2013

Is a third Palestinian uprising in sight?

Palestinian woman confronts soldiers Uri Avnery says if there is no end to the Israeli occupation in sight, the third Palestinian Intifada will break out one day, quite suddenly, when nobody has been talking about it”. Read more [...]

Palestine Spring in the making?

Palestinian demonstration Jamal Kanj argues that the continuing hunger strikes by Palestinian prisoners illegally detained by Israel, coupled with ongoing humiliation endured by Palestinians under occupation, could provide the trigger for a third Intifada. Read more [...]

Ethiopia: displacement, intimidation and abuse

Ethiopian land grab Graham Peebles argues that foreign businesses, in collusion with the ruling regime in Ethiopia and under the indifferent watch of foreign aid donors, are raping the Ethiopian countryside and impoverishing rural people. Read more [...]