Tag: Israel-Palestine

Averting Another Gaza

By BERNARD KOUCHNER, FRANCO FRATTINI, and MIGUEL ANGEL MORATINOS New York Times: June 10, 2010 The whole world was shocked by the tragic consequences of the Israeli military operation conducted in international waters against the “Peace Flotilla” convoy of ships.…

Al Nakba

Al Nakba 62: The Palestinian “Catastrophe”: 1948-2010 Information Picket and Testimonials A Palestinian artist paints a mural marking the anniversary of the Nakba in the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza strip, 15 May 2006. (Wesam Saleh/MaanImages) Date: Friday,…

Israel knows apartheid has no future

By Mustafa Barghouthi, Ma’an News Agency, April 6, 2010 After decades of military rule over Palestinians and theft of our land, Israeli leaders are increasingly seeing the writing on the wall. They are at least acknowledging reality, if not yet…

UN rights body censures Israel

By Al Jazeera English, March 24, 2010 The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed three resolutions condemning Israel over its policies in occupied Palestinian and Syrian territories. However, the United States voted against them all. Another resolution, calling for…