أرشيف الوسم : palestine

بقلم:  رمزي بارود عندما نشرت كتابي “البحث عن جنين” بعد وقت قصير من المجزرة الإسرائيلية في مخيم جنين للاجئين في عام 2002، تم سؤالي مرارا وتكرارا من قبل وسائل الإعلام والعديد من القراء  عن وصف كلمة “مذبحة” حول ما تصوره  إسرائيل على أنها معركة مشروعة ضد معسكر من ‘الإرهابيين’. وكان الهدف من الأسئلة الاستفهام عن نقل رواية من مناقشة بشأن …

On Tuesday ,Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon signed the first “administrative detention” order for a  Jewish extremist suspect following the arson of a Palestinian home  where a baby was burned alive. The Suspected Jewish extremist is Mordechai Ettinger Meir (his grandfather Meir Kahane founded the racist anti-Arab Kach) , an Israeli settler arrested on Tuesday for “his involvement in violent activities …

 Amnesty International An investigative online tool mapping Israeli attacks in Gaza during the conflict of July and August 2014 has been unveiled by Amnesty International and Forensic Architecture today. Its purpose is to help push for accountability for war crimes and other violations of international humanitarian law. The Gaza Platform enables the user to explore and analyse data about Israel’s …

Basim was born in Tiberius, Palestine and passed away peacefully in Vancouver, Canada, surrounded by his loving family. Basim is survived by his beloved wife of 55 years, Jean, his sister Badia Khouri, brothers Nabil and Atef, scores of cousins, nieces, nephews, extended family, and dear family friend Sarena. Basim and Jean lived the majority of their lives in Abu …

By: Jonathan Cook  Two recent reports suggest that Israel could face catastrophic consequences if it fails to end the mistreatment of Palestinians under its rule, whether in the occupied territories or in Israel itself. The Rand Corporation’s research shows that Israel could lose $250 billion (Dh919bn) over the next decade if it fails to make peace with the Palestinians and …

By: Jonathan Cook  Experience should have proved that one has to be credulous in the extreme – or brainwashed by Zionism – to take seriously “rebuttals” by the Israeli army of evidence of its abuses and war crimes. But for any who still harbour suspicions that claims by the Israeli army aren’t simply self-serving deceptions, take a look at its latest report into last year’s …

By Ramzy Baroud  Are you surprised that there has been little mobilization to help Yarmouk, the Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus, which is overrun by militants, and besieged by the Syrian army? Palestinians – and Syrians – there are killed in a myriad of ways, including starvation. I am not surprised. Even before Palestinian refugees found themselves …

By Ramzy Baroud Waiting on Israeli society to change from within is a colossal waste of time, during which the suffering of an entire nation – torn between an occupied home and a harsh diaspora – will not cease. But what are Palestinians and the supporters of a just peace in Palestine and Israel to do? Plenty. Those who counted …

On Wednesday, Palestine officially becomes the 123rd member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) after joining Rome Statute the ICC’s founding treaty. In a closed ceremony at the court’s headquarters in the Hague, Netherlands. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad alMalki received a ceremonial copy of the court’s statute and then he said “As Palestine formally becomes a State Party to the Rome …

By Ramzy Baroud Imagine if an American presidential candidate made a plea to his supporters on election day with the following statement: “The Republican administration is in danger. Black voters are going en masse to the polls. Liberal NGOs are bringing them on buses.” Even in a country where Chris Matthews is a media celebrity and Pamela Geller is an …