By Hani Hazaimeh with agency dispatches May 18, 2009 DEAD SEA – “If Israel continues not to accept solving the Palestinian issue on the basis of a two-state solution, then the other option before us is one democratic state in which Muslims, Christians and Jews live side by side enjoying the same rights,” Arab League Secretary General Amr [...]

by Ira Chernus May 18, 2009 Here’s the CIA’s briefing memo for President Obama, in preparation for his talk with Benjamin Netanyahu — in my fantasy. If the CIA was really giving the president the information he needs, it would read something like this: Mr. President: The Israeli Prime Minister will tell you that he wants the Palestinians to [...]

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. The Israeli government often reminds me of a dog I once owned. My dog was forbidden to enter into the living room. Nevertheless, she would creep into the living room, usually moving a few inches at a time in order to see whether we reacted. If we did not react, she would [...]

An Open Letter to Barack Obama from a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate By MAIREAD MAQUIRE May 1, 2009 DEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA, I found your book ‘Dreams from my Father’ a moving and inspiring story of your own struggle to find your identity and purpose in life. You found it for sure, and today carry the hopes and dreams of [...]

Palestinians have marked the occasion of the 1948 “catastrophe”, or Nakba, when they fled their homes in the face of the establishment of Israel. Al Jazeera’s Ayman Mohyeldin reports from Gaza, where this year’s commemorations have been overshadowed by the more recent destruction wrought by Israel’s war on the territory. Fuente: Al Jazeera English

Nota de editor: Todos los días debemos mostrar nuestra solidaridad con el pueblo palestino y su causa de liberación. Pero esta semana, por la conmemoración del 15 de mayo de Nakba (la Catástrofe de 1948 de la expulsión de los palestinos de sus tierras) vamos a publicar cada día un artículo, carta u otra obra [...]

Nota de editor: Todos los días debemos mostrar nuestra solidaridad con el pueblo palestino y su causa de liberación. Pero esta semana, por la conmemoración del 15 de mayo de Nakba (la Catástrofe de 1948 de la expulsión de los palestinos de sus tierras) vamos a publicar cada día un artículo, carta u otra obra [...]

By Amira Hass 05/11/2009 Successive Israeli governments since 1993 certainly must have known what they were doing, being in no hurry to make peace with the Palestinians. As representatives of Israeli society, these governments understood that peace would involve serious damage to national interests.

By Colum Lynch Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, May 6, 2009 UNITED NATIONS, May 5 — A United Nations inquiry into the Gaza conflict earlier this year concluded that Israel intentionally struck a U.N.-run elementary school, killing three young men seeking shelter from the fighting, according to a summary released Tuesday.

Ezra Nawi was ridiculed and arrested for trying to protect people’s homes. Only international attention can help him now Without international intervention, Israeli human rights activist Ezra Nawi will most likely be sent to jail.