أرشيف الوسم : violence

بقلم : جوناثان كوك التصاعد الأخير في العنف بين الفلسطينيون والإسرائيليون كان  تم وصفه بأنه مختلفا ووحيدا في القدس عن  الإنتفاضتين. الهاتف الذكي كان السمة المميزة لهذه الجولة من الاشتباكات. التآكل المستمر لسنوات بين سلطة  كل من فتح وحماس خلال مرحلة ما بعد أوسلو ، أثبت أن الفصائل الفلسطينية عاجزة عن حماية شعوبها من العنف الهيكلي للاحتلال، وأدى لتوجيه أطفال …

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 …

بقلم : آمنه جويلالي  هيومان رايتس ووتش  في فترة ما، بدت تونس سائرة في الطريق الذي انتهجته عديد الانتفاضات الشعبية في إطار الربيع العربي، بداية يسودها الأمل ثم انزلاق نحو سفك الدماء والفوضى. ولكن ما ساعد على إنقاذ الأمل في تونس هو التكاتف غير المسبوق لمنظمات من المجتمع المدني أشرفت على حوار وطني، ورسمت طريقًا نحو السلام والمصالحة. واليوم، حصل …

By : Ramzy Baroud As much of the Middle East sinks deeper into division between competing political camps, the so-called ‘Islamic State’ (‘IS’) continues its unhindered march towards a twisted version of a Muslim caliphate. Many thousands have lost their lives, some in the most torturous ways, so that ‘IS’ may realize its nightmarish dream. Of course, violence meted out …

Joint Statement from Parties, Institutions, Rights Organizations, and Public Figures on the Proposed Counterterrorism Law The undersigned institutions, political parties, rights organizations, and public figures urge the government to delay the issuance of the proposed counterterrorism law, as published in the press, until a broad and genuine social dialogue takes place about its feasibility, its articles, and the ways to …

CJ Werleman- MEE In an interview on CNN, Suzanne Barakat, the sister of one of the Chapel Hill shooting victims, said the film American Sniper has helped to not only “dehumanise Muslims” but also has created an atmosphere that is akin to an “open season” on Muslim Americans. Barakat says it was this climate of anti-Muslim bigotry that led to …

By Monia Mazigh In the Oxford English Dictionary the definition of the word “fear” reads as follows: “an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain or harm.”Stephen Harper must have learned this definition by heart. The way he uses fear on the Canadian population to pass his proposed new anti-terror legislation is working to perfection, as least so …

By Ramzy Baroud The murder of three American Muslims at a University of North Carolina condominium on Tuesday, 10 February, was no ordinary murder, nor is the criminal who killed them an ordinary thug. The context of the killings, the murder itself and the media and official responses to the horrific event is a testimony to everything that went wrong …

By Ramzy Baroud It is still not about Islam, even if the media and militants attacking western targets say so. Actually, it never was. But it was important for many to conflate politics with religion; partly because it is convenient and self-validating. First, let’s be clear on some points. Islam has set in motion a system to abolish slavery over …

By Scott Long – A Paper Bird There is no “but” about what happened at Charlie Hebdo yesterday. Some people published some cartoons, and some other people killed them for it.  Words and pictures can be beautiful or vile, pleasing or enraging, inspiring or offensive; but they exist on a different plane from physical violence, whether you want to call that plane spirit or …