Tag: Occupation
The Syrian revolution made simple
Nureddin Sabir unpicks the various components of the Syrian armed conflict, and argues that the Syrian people have been badly let down by the incoherent and fractious groups claiming to represent them.
It’s all about appeasing Israeli racism
Jamal Kanj says the latest US “peace proposal” – swapping lands seized by Israel in 1948 with ones it occupied in 1967 – is immoral and illegal and appeases racism.
Israel again rebuffs peace with the Arab world
Jonathan Cook argues that Israel’s lack of interest in the latest Arab territorial concession exposes its longstanding lie that the Arabs "never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity" to make peace.
Truth-tellers and justice-seekers: don’t give up!
Stuart Littlewood argues that amid the darkness engulfing the Palestinian cause, from failed leadership to unconditional Euro-American support for Israeli crimes, signs of hope are beginning to emerge.
Israel’s ethnocentric experiment
Jamal Kanj views Israel's escalating preconditions for talks with the Palestinians, all of which have yielded absolutely nothing and are intended to turn peace negotiations into a process to end all peace.
Arabs reward Zionist aggression
The so-called “Middle East peace process” may be about to start moving, but in the wrong direction. On 29 April, Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim al-Thani, the Qatari prime minister and foreign minister,
Poll reveals Israeli support for apartheid
It should come as no surprise to anyone interested in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that a significant proportion of Israeli Jews are racist. Anecdotally, this has been clear for as long as Israel
In defence of Israeli journalist Amira Hass
Lawrence Davidson hails Israeli journalist Amira Hass, who is being subjected to a concerted hate campaign for acknowledging the Palestinians’s right to resist the Israeli occupation and repression.
G8 and Abbas still block road to Middle East peace
Stuart Littlewood says while the G8 continues to offer failed solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian “President” Mahmoud Abbas hesitates and prevaricates, giving Israel time to create facts on the ground.
“Israel says Assad must stay”
The front-page headline in today’s edition of The Times newspaper says it all: “Israel says Assad must stay”. The reason is not so much fear of the Islamists – for whom historically Israel has