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Arab spring, revolution, awakening – all mean one thing: dignity
May 28th, 2011
The mother of a young American, spine, kidney, spleen pierced by a bullet asks the visiting American diplomat to tell their government of his injuries. She won't, saying 'That's politics'. Yes. He is an Arab, the bullet is from an Israeli gun on Nakba-day.
Gisha welcomes small freedom for Gazans via Rafah crossing
May 26th, 2011
In this third posting, we publish the memory of the Rafah crossing's history held by Gisha, the Israeli not-for-profit legal centre dedicated to the right of freedom of movement
Pent-up longing to get home to Gaza may be frustrated by rules on who may cross
May 26th, 2011
A second report on the Rafah opening, from the Ma'an news agency, gives details of who may be allowed to cross, when, and of some of the people in Egypt who long to see their families immured in Gaza
Egypt’s interim leaders to open Rafah crossing this weekend
May 26th, 2011
The co-operation of President Mubarak and the Egyptian army with Israel to block the Rafah crossing has been a principal target of the popular uprising. Pressure to open this one gateway to Gaza has been maintained, with results expected this weekend.
Scottish council accused of being on verge of Jewish book-burning
May 26th, 2011
After Israel's attack on Gaza in Operation Cast Lead, West Dumbarton Council voted to boycott all products made in Israel, including books bought for its libraries. But not to boycott books by Israelis printed elsewhere, or books by Jews as such, or any books sold in bookshops. Opponents claimed otherwise. The statement by the council is at the end of this posting.
Woman who heckled Netanyahu assaulted by AIPAC members
May 26th, 2011
As we posted last week (Human rights groups organise public protest at power of AIPAC) Move Over AIPAC! held a conference and protest in Washington DC May 21-24. A supporter heckled Netanyahu in Congress. She was assaulted and taken to hospital - where she was arrested Check the original for photos and video.
A zero sum game: media 1, Palestinians and Israelis
May 25th, 2011
A third, Israeli, view adds to the posts on this page of Arab and American Jewish perspectives on Netanyahu's speech to Congress this week - and finds nothing of hope or substance in it. Yet accepting the '67 borders could be in Israel's interest
The man who has nothing to say but No
May 25th, 2011
The American Congress responded to PM Netanyahu as a supine people once responded to their out-of-touch Arab dictators - with appeasing applause - writes Dima Khatib. They must all know you can't choose who represents the other side
American Jews hate conflict between the leaders of the US and of Israel
May 25th, 2011
Jane Eisner, editor of Forward - US Jewish weekly - , believes that the thunderous noise of 30 standing ovations for Behamin Netanyahu in his visit to Congress has drowned out the doubts and anxieties about his intransigence
File and forget – BBC response to faults found by own report on Israel Palestine
May 24th, 2011
Former BBC Middle East correspondent Tim Llewellyn says the BBC fails to inform their audiences of the context of the conflict, especially the fact that the Palestinians are fighting a war of liberation against illegal and harsh occupation. The BBC gives its response. The context is a review of the updated edition of Bad News from Israel by Greg Philo and Mike Berry
Hamas chiefs fall out over talks with Israel
May 24th, 2011
Khaled Meshaal, Hamas leader in Syria has said negotiations with Israel should be given a chance. Mahmoud Zahar, a Hamas official in Gaza, says this does not represent the position of Hamas
After Obama, Likud shifts its stance, Palestinian leaders focus on borders
May 24th, 2011
The widely reported Palestinian disappointment with Obama's speech is news to most readers in Israel and the USA. Here Josef Federman recaps the Palestinian position and asks chief negotiator Saeb Erekat what his strategy is now
Response to Nakba day showed Israel’s political bankruptcy
May 24th, 2011
Jonathan Cook offers his analysis of what the Palestinian energy and Israeli political inertia and reliance on military force on Nakba Day shows about the regional state of play
Not the superpower you, and we, thought we were
May 23rd, 2011
The disappointment with President Obama's Middle East speech may belong to disappointment at the lack of effective American power. Obama has understood this, if not what the 'right to choose your own leaders' means, suggests Antony Lerman
Where the lines are drawn on Israeli borders
May 23rd, 2011
Reuters has produced this brief history of who supported which borders, when
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