Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance
Iqbal Tamimi - The Palestinian Kulthum Odeh (1892 -1965) the first woman to hold the professor title in the Arab world
The Palestinian woman who married a Russian and imprisoned for criticizing Stalin in public
Many times I have been reading articles written by Israelis claiming that when Israel was established, the Jews came to a land (Palestine) where there weren’t many people, or there were just a few uncivilized and nomadic groups more like Bedouins, and [...]
Haitham's Choice
Sabra-Shatila Foundation: XO Laptops to the children of Palestinian camps»
Donations to Support Our XO Laptop Program are Greatly Appreciated
Note: The Sabra Shatila Foundation is funding the purchase and shipment of as many XO laptops as possible from the MIT One Laptop Per Child program. These unique self-powered, wind-up, internet-ready laptops cost approximately $180 per unit to manufacture, but they are offered in lots of [...]
Mary's Choice
Khalil Nakhleh - Palestinians Under the Occupation»
An Analytical Overview of the Current Situation
Our current Palestinian situation can be characterized candidly, as one observer described it over 20 some years ago, as a “fragmented national mood”; where more than 80% perceive themselves to suffer from depression and worry; where the percentages of the poor are in constant upward increase [...]
Gilad's Choice
Gilad Atzmon - Credit Crunch or rather Zio Punch?»
John Reynolds ends his latest Observer commentary on the ethical implications of the current economic disaster with the following words:
“Above all we need more individuals to make a stand. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York should go further and call for more Christians to work in the city.” (John Reynolds, chief executive of Reynolds [...]
Features
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Hasbara Deconstruction Site
Gilad Atzmon - Taking Elder Peres Apart»
Truth must be said, I do admire fierce President Ahmadinejad almost as much as I despise war criminal Shimon Peres.
However reading the rant Peres gave Wednesday during the UN’s General Assembly is a rather amusing experience. The man who has more blood on his hands than any living Israeli politician was rather daring.
“The Iranian people [...]
Action Alert
Sabra-Shatila Foundation: XO Laptops to the children of Palestinian camps»
Donations to Support Our XO Laptop Program are Greatly Appreciated
Note: The Sabra Shatila Foundation is funding the purchase and shipment of as many XO laptops as possible from the MIT One Laptop Per Child program. These unique self-powered, wind-up, internet-ready laptops cost approximately $180 per unit to manufacture, but they are offered in lots of [...]
Nakba and Right of Return
Haniyeh, “Our hand is extended for national reconciliation”»
GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haneyya has stressed on Tuesday that the Hamas Movement was going to the Palestinian national dialogue with open heart and mind, and that the hand of Hamas was and still is open for national reconciliation.
“We look at the upcoming Palestinian national dialogue in Cairo with [...]
Video
GOP convention delegate, “Less Taxes, MORE WAR!”»
Thanks Miguel for tipping me to this, from Link TV.
What is entertaining is the denoument: the shark’s been ripped off by the woman he picked up. Yeah, he says to take all the oil from the Middle East, but when $120,000 worth of stuff gets taken by his lady friend, he filed a police report! [...]
Grassroots Activism
URGENT! Protest against Israeli Security Services’ Refusal to allow critically ill patients to exit Gaza for Treatment»
Health Professional Action - Patients from Gaza are still denied access to medical treatment in Israel
Israel/OPT
The Israeli authorities are still denying scores of critically ill patients the authorization they need to leave Gaza for medical treatment that is unavailable in Gaza. Hospitals in Gaza continue to lack vital medical equipment and trained personnel to carry [...]
Human Rights
Twilight Zone / Dead on Arrival»
WRITTEN BY Gideon Levy
Nothing helped. Not the pleas, not the cries of the woman in labor, not the father’s explanations in excellent Hebrew, nor the blood that flowed in the car. The commander of the checkpoint, a fine Israeli who had completed an officers’ course, heard the cries, saw the women writhing in pain in the [...]
Middle East Issues
Venezuela’s Support for Palestine, a model for third world democracy»
WRITTEN BY NIKHIL SHAH
At a time, when the international community has turned a blind eye to Israel’s crimes towards the Palestinians, Venezuela has been one of the few nations who has the courage to openly condemn Israel for its crimes and express support for the Palestinian people. Most members of the non-aligned movement professed support [...]
Internet and Communication
It takes a flight to UK to read the other version of the newspaper and examine the ethics of media»
After eight years of working on production of current affairs programmes and the news at a TV station in the Middle East, and subsequently an ample number of press and media episodes and articles, I found what I have worked on was built on only half the truth.
The nature of working on press related TV programmes [...]
