By Khalid Amayreh
Independent and professional journalists throughout Occupied Palestine are scoffing at the “journalists’ union elections” which took place on Saturday, 6 February, under the aegis of the Fatah organization, describing the event as [...]
Palestinian journalists scoff at “farcical election”
The slippery slope
By Mazin Qumsiyeh Ph.d
As the descent into the slippery slope of racism continues unabated in this
land of apartheid, the angle and degree of the slide seem to surprise many.
The Israeli parliament (Knesset) has a “Constitution, Law and Justice
Committee” terms that only sound similar to what exists in a Western
democracy. But the “Jewish state” is “special” [...]
Did Hamas carry out a coup in Gaza in 2007?
By Khalid Amayreh
Ellen Rosser, Professor of English and a veteran peace activist, maintained an office in downtown Gaza from September 2006 to June 2007. During that period she was an eyewitness to the events which eventually culminated in the violent clashes between Fatah and Hamas in the summer of 2007, ending with Hamas routing Fatah’s [...]
The Kidnapping of Haiti
By John Pilger
January 27, 2010 “Information Clearing House” — The theft of Haiti has been swift and crude. On 22 January, the United States secured “formal approval” from the United Nations to take over all air and sea ports in Haiti, and to “secure” roads. No Haitian signed the agreement, which has no basis in [...]
