by Khalid Amayreh  in occupied Palestine
No sooner had the Obama administration announced the resumption of “indirect” talks between Israel and the PA regime than Israel announced new plans to expand Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem and other parts of the West Bank .
On Tuesday, as visiting  US Vice president Joe Biden was showering Israel  [...]

Khalid Amayreh (*) is a journalist who lives in Hebron, a city brutalized and bloodied daily by armed Jewish settlers who are driving the authentic inhabitants by force. He is what might be called a true Palestinian; a man of integrity who was never seduced by financial rewards and prestige; a man standing who has [...]

Jewish American intellectual Noam Chomsky has called Americans to oppose Israel’s Zionist regime’s treatment of Palestinians. He also said that Israel should not be recognized as a “Jewish state.”
Strong statement that Chomsky in his lecture delivered at Boston University in the framework of “Apatheid Israel Week”, an anti-Israel campaign is [...]

Israel’s rightwing government is not pursuing peace but rather sabotaging it, writes Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank

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This Palestinian child throws a stone at Israeli soldiers in Hebron in what might become the third Intifada after [...]

In a typical move, Israel is building a “museum of tolerance” right on top of an ancient Muslim cemetery, writes Khaled Amayreh
As if all the persecution and brutalisation meted out to the Palestinians were not enough, Israeli authorities are finalising preparations for the construction of a museum on top of an ancient [...]

By Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD
Some 100 people gathered at Ush Ghrab in Beit Sahour to pray for peace and
protest the planned military presence there.   As we were gathering in
peaceful contemplation and prayer, Israeli army jeeps quickly rolled in
between us and one officer barked orders in Hebrew. We explained to them in
Arabic and English [...]

By Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD
On Friday 19 February, larger than usual demonstrations against the
apartheid system are expected in two of the many weekly demonstrations in
the West Bank: Bil’in and Al-Ma’sara. The Israeli army tried desperately to
block such civil resistance actions.  In Bil’in, the village people mark
the 5th year of weekly protests.  In Al-Ma’sara, [...]

“My complete statement about the Gaza “coup”. The intent is reconciliation between Abu Mazen and Haniyeh.” – Dr. Ellen Rosser, Friendship and Peace Society
From September 2006 to June 2007, I had an office in Gaza and was
witness to some of the events that led to Hamas’ takeover of Gaza. Did
[...]

By Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD
NOTE to people near Bethlehem-Beit Sahour area: We need you here tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday mornings at 9 AM at Ush Ghrab.  Thursday up the hill and Friday below the hill for planting (see below).
At around 3 PM today (Wednesday), a friend who lives near the area of the
threatened land of Ush [...]

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 [...]

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” [...]

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 [...]

Accused of treason by one of Islam’s greatest living scholars, Palestinian President Abbas is rocked and on the defensive, writes Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah
A heated exchange of recriminations, name-calling and blame casting has been raging in occupied Palestine between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood following scathing criticisms of President Mahmoud [...]

Viva Palestina convoy that departed Britain a month ago and came under Egyptian police intervention has finally arrived in the Gaza Strip. After Egypt granted permit the vehicles left Arish in groups and the first group crossed into Gaza.
The activists along the convoy resisted all hurdles posed by the Egyptian government and finally succeeded in [...]

“All the free people of the world are wearing these colours, flying this Palestinian flag. And the free people of the world are crying out for Palestine.”
George Galloway MP – speaking in Gaza