Pro-Palestinian campaigners claimed victory on Wednesday when charges were dropped against a Jewish activist arrested for protesting at a celebration of Israel's 60th anniversary last June....

so here's the thing. a lot of people percieve whats going on in palestine as this complex totally incomprehensible 'conflict'. and then when you start discussing the 'conflict' there are calls for a 'solution'. let me be clear on a few things. 1. there is nothing complicated about palestine. colonia...

By JONATHAN COOK - March 10, 2009 Visitors to Canada Park, a few kilometres north-west of Jerusalem, enjoy its spectacular panaromas, woodland paths, mountain-bike trails, caves and idyllic picnic areas...The 2,000 Palestinians living there, along with the 3,500 inhabitants of two other villages...w...

Gareth Porter | Hong Kong | March 11 Asia Times - After Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad in October 2005 called for an end to the state of Israel (as a geographical entity), Israeli leaders began stepping up talk of an "existential threat" to the country. Likud Party leader Binyamin Netanyahu, w...

Wikipedia: The Church of the Nativity (Arabic: كنيسة المهد‎) in Bethlehem is one of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world. The structure is built over the cave that tradition marks as the birthplace of Christ, and it is considered sacred by followers of both Christianit...

Female bloggers from across the Middle East joined hands in marking the International Women's Day with posts reflecting on the occasion and celebrating the lives and achievements of women who have touched them. In Saudi Arabia, American Bedu admits that while many women in the kingdom may not ev...

In Occupied Palestine, conditions are far worse and oppressive. "For forty-one years, Israel has denied fundamental rights to four million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza," effectively controlling their lives, and repressively denying them their rights under military occupation. Inequality an...

Ty Hafan, the well-known Welsh charity that runs a hospice for dying children is to attend Aerolink Wales 2009, one of the UK's premier events for weapons manufacturers. Among those attending the arms fair with Ty Hafan are Magellan Aerospace, General Electric, Thales and Gardner Aerospace...a nasti...

By Judy Rebick and Alan Sears - March 05, 2009 The argument that criticism of Israel is inherently anti-Semitic rests on the notion that Israel is singled out for undue criticism because it is a Jewish state. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney used this logic when he said recently, "We do see the gro...

Israeli human rights violations against Arabs and Jews. read more...