Interviewed by Frank Barak Frank Barat: Hi Josh, It is great to have you on Le Mur a Des Oreilles, We are obviously going to talk about Israel and Palestine, about your book “Shattered Hopes” but first I would like to start with something very newsworthy: John Kerry who is leading the last attempt to […]...
By John V. Whitbeck When, in response to the threat of potential Palestinian reconciliation and unity, the Israeli government suspended “negotiations” with the Palestine Liberation Organization on April 24 (five days before they were due to terminate in any event), Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office issued a statement asserting: “Instead of choosing peace, Abu Mazen formed […]...
By Tamar Fleishman It was the Second Holiday (the seventh day of Passover). Another two day of closure. Not many Palestinian come to the checkpoint when on days of closures. A sleepy soldier, probably bitter because he had to stay at this evil place on the holiday, absentmindedly pushed the button to open and close […]...
US Secretary of State John Kerry told a group of senior international officials that Israel risks becoming an “apartheid” state if it does not make peace soon, a US news website reported. Kerry made the remarks at a closed-door meeting of the influential Trilateral Commission on Friday, The Daily Beast news website reported Sunday. The […]...
By Ahmed Meiloud Syrian President Bashar al-Assad tells the West that his regime is essential to their survival, while telling the Arab world that he’s the victim of a Western conspiracy It is clear why Iran and Hezbollah came to the rescue of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad – their alliances with the Alawite regime stretch […]...
By Jamal Kanj The Palestinian Authority (PA) must stop demeaning its people. One can understand being fooled once or even twice, but being fooled over and again every three to four years for the last 20 years is just going overboard. It becomes a bit annoying to continue hearing cries from the same “deceived” Palestinian […]...
A media adviser to Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday denied reports that Hamas was considering recognizing Israel, pointing out that the movement “cannot” recognize Israel. On Saturday the Washington Post quoted Tahir al-Nunu as saying that Hamas “did not rule out the possibility of recognizing Israel,” but today the official said that he […]...
The prime minister of Israel on Sunday dismissed President Mahmoud Abbas’ remarks mourning victims of the Holocaust as a public relations stunt aimed at placating the international community. Benjamin Netanyahu also told his cabinet that Abbas should choose between his agreement to form a unity government with Hamas and make a true peace with Israel. […]...
By Vacy Vlazna ‘The Boycott is a Moral Substitute for War’ – Bertha V Corets Oh dear, poor Israel. Poor Israel – the world’s 4th largest nuclear military power. Poor Israel – the serial war crimes, crimes against humanity, crimes of aggression violator. Poor barbaric Israel is being picked on by the non-violent Boycott Divestment […]...
By Uri Avnery Imagine a war breaking out between Israel and Jordan. Within two or three days the Israeli army occupies the entire territory of the Hashemite Kingdom. What will be the first act of the occupation authority? Establish a settlement in Petra? Expropriate land near Aqaba? No. The very first thing will be to […]...
This week’s reconciliation deal between the PLO and Hamas faces a swift reality check, with president Mahmud Abbas the focus of both Israeli fury and US concern and Hamas seeking to salvage relations with Egypt. “Hamas and the Palestinian Authority had no option but to reconcile,” Naji Sharab, a political science professor at Gaza’s Al-Azhar […]...
The Palestine Liberation Organization on Thursday condemned Israel’s decision to withdraw from peace negotiations earlier in the day as “blatantly disingenuous,” saying that the decision shows a “lack of commitment” toward peace. The statement comes as the UN special envoy for negotiations “welcomed” word of the Palestinian unity deal, which Palestinian president...
US President Barack Obama said Friday that a decision by Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas to seek unity with Hamas was “unhelpful” for the peace process. In his first public comments on the issue since Israel halted peace talks with Palestinians on Thursday, Obama lamented the lack of political will to make “tough decisions” on either […]...
By Julie Webb-Pullman – Gaza A national unity government. Elections. A new-look PLO. Community reconciliation. There are big hopes, and even bigger expectations in Palestine after representatives of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Hamas came to an agreement in Gaza on Wednesday to form a national unity government and hold elections. The rapid progress […]...
By Ludwig Watzal The outgoing Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Richard A. Falk, submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution 5/1 his last report on the dire conditions under which the Palestinian people have to live. Falk’s final presentation addresses Israeli settlements in […]...
Rival Palestinian leaders from the West Bank and Gaza Strip agreed Wednesday to form a unity government within five weeks. It is not the first time that the rival sides have announced a deal to end seven years of separate Palestinians administrations in the West Bank and Gaza. But the new bid by the Palestinian […]...
After Iymen Chehade’s class at Columbia College Chicago was canceled, he realized that his academic freedom had been violated and skillfully protested until his class was reinstated. In this exclusive KAKE interview, Chehade discusses the importance of recognizing and fighting for academic freedom in schools across the globe. (Interviewer: Kellen Winters @_ITSKELS @_KAKEME – Filmed […]...
The Palestinians have relaunched efforts to reconcile their rival leaderships in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as US-brokered peace talks with Israel teeter on the edge of collapse. A week before a nine-month target originally set for an Israeli-Palestinian deal, a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) delegation was expected in Gaza City on Tuesday to […]...
By Nicola Nasser Survival is the key word to understand the Saudi dynasty’s latest external and internal policies. These are designed to pre-empt change but paradoxically they are creating more enemies in a changing world order marked by turbulent regional geopolitics and growing internal demands for change. The seventy-year old strategic oil for security US-Saudi […]...
Reviewed by Jim Miles (The Idea of Israel – A History of Power and Knowledge. Ilan Pappe. Verso/New Left Books, London, 2014.) This is a powerfully written unsettling work that relates the story of Israel from the perspective of how ideas are changed and manipulated for the benefit of the state. Unfortunately the majority of […]...