News and Analysis

Detention offers student new outlook on Israel Celia Hassan, Monday, June 23, 2008 Israel routinely harasses Palestinian Americans traveling to the West Bank or Gaza. The State Department notes numerous reports of “American citizens, of Arab descent, subjected to harsh and degrading treatment at border crossings.” Many are denied entry altogether. Last month, a Palestinian-American…

Occupation by bureaucracy By Saree Makdisi Published: June 24, 2008 The expulsion of half of Palestine’s Muslim and Christian population in what Palestinians call the nakba (catastrophe) of 1948 was undertaken by Israel’s founders in order to clear space in which to create a Jewish state. The nakba…continues to this very day, albeit on a…

Culture of fear by Seth Freedman Seth Freedman is a writer living in Jerusalem. “By continuing to provoke and bully the Palestinians, they create what they fear. Another generation branded Amalekites: another reason for Israelis to circle the wagons, batten down the hatches, and convince themselves that it is simply their lot to be eternally…

Israeli army assassinates two Palestinians in Nablus Tuesday June 24, 2008, Ameen Abu Wardeh for IMEMC (International Middle East media Centre)   “Eyewitnesses confirmed that no exchange of fire took place and that the two were killed although they were unarmed. Medical sources said troops did not allow ambulances to enter the area until five…

Video showing Jewish hoodlums terrorising Arab E Jerusalem The video on June 2-nd, 2008, the anniversary of 1967 occupation of East Jerusalem, which is officially celebrated by the State of Israel. The video shows the narrow streets of the Old City. Among the slogans (in presence of police) you can hear `Mavet La`Aravim` which means `Death…