The Guardian | Release Marwan Barghouti. He can be Palestine's Nelson Mandela The Guardian Despite nearly 12 years behind bars, Barghouti remains the most popular politician in Palestine, capable, according to recent polls, of beating either President Mahmoud Abbas or his Hamas rival Ismail Haniyeh for the presidency. Many believe he could ... Can a focus on “Palestinian narrative” be dangerous to Palestinian rights? Palestine calls for release of Marwan Barghouti during negotiations with Israel Five Best Friday Columns |
Hope through architecture The Economist (blog) NOT only in 2013 did the building of Jewish settlements on the West Bank, the core of a would-be Palestinian state, grow at twice the rate of 2012; its uniform architecture is increasingly attracting Palestinians. In place of their distinctive rough ... |
The Nation | Shira Robinson speaks on 'Citizen strangers' at Palestine Center Mondoweiss On Wednesday, professor and historian Shira Robinson delivered a lecture at the Palestine Center in Washington, DC, entitled “Citizen Strangers: Palestinians and the Birth of Israel's Liberal Settler State,” that discussed many of the findings of her ... Palestine—Kerry's Credibility Crashes As Abbas's Intransigence Increases 'This man is practising social work in one of the most oppressive areas on ... BERES: Why Israel must be self-reliant |
Removal of Barnard Palestine solidarity banner was discriminatory act of ... Mondoweiss Mondoweiss recently reported on how a banner posted at Barnard College showing a map of historic Palestine was taken down by the administration. Here's a letter written by the Center for Constitutional Right's Baher Azmy to the president of the school:. SGA: Safety, SJP, Elections |
Haaretz | US Taxpayers and Palestine's Forced Dependency on Israel Huffington Post As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry continues his drive to establish a "framework for negotiations" for Israeli-Palestinian peace, news items paint a disturbing picture of increasing forced Palestinian dependence on Israel. A case in point is energy ... Israel 'no' on prisoners 'slap in face' to peace: Palestine oficial Paying lip service to Palestine Israel not to release final group of prisoners: Palestine |
Inter Press Service | Art Palestine International's 2014 Exhibit CounterPunch Established by Evangelista and several dedicated supporters, Art Palestine International is “a New York-based cultural organization dedicated to contemporary Palestinian art, [and the] organization collaborates with museums, galleries and non-profits ... PHOTOS: Gaza calls for the rights of Palestinian prisoners and the freedom of ... Israel allows entry of Turkish medical supplies to Gaza Protests in Turkey against Egypt death sentences |
The Times of Israel | UNHRC slams Israel, delays controversial Palestine appointment The Times of Israel WASHINGTON — On the verge of a controversial announcement declaring a new Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Palestine, the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council decided Friday to delay a vote on 18 incoming special rapporteurs ... |
ENPI Info Centre | US isolated in latest UN vote on Palestine The Electronic Intifada (blog) ... humanitarian law. The UN Human Rights Rights Council in Geneva passed four resolutions on the question of Palestine, and as these tweets from the Palestine Liberation Organization indicate, the United States was the sole “no” vote in every single case. UNHRC censures Israel for illegal settlements |
US says glad 'noxious' UN rights envoy for Palestine leaving Reuters Richard Falk, the outgoing United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, told a news conference as recently as last week that Israeli policies bore "unacceptable characteristics of colonialism, apartheid and ethnic ... |
Hamas' new Islamist law causes fury in Palestine gulfnews.com The Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), along with several other Palestinian factions, have labelled the move as an attempt to impose Hamas' conservative agenda on the whole of Palestinian society. Faraj Al Ghoul, the head of the Legal ... |