Urgent Appeal: 10-year-old girl in need of life-saving brain surgery

Please help us to save the life of 10-year-old Samar Maree from Ramallah. In early December, she was discovered with a tumor in her brain through a visiting mission led by pediatric neurosurgeon, Prof. Lorenzo Genitori at the Kuwaiti Hospital in Ramallah.   Unfortunately, the tumor could not be operated on in Palestine, so we are [...]

Ennahdaleden op sleutelposten kabinet Tunesië

TUNIS -  Premier Hamadi Jebali van Tunesië heeft donderdag de samenstelling van zijn kabinet bekendgemaakt. Op sleutelposten, zoals Buitenlandse Zaken, Justitie en Binnenlandse Zaken, zitten leden van zijn partij, de conservatief-islamitische partij Ennahda. Premier Hamadi Jebali van Tunesië Ennahda kreeg in oktober bij de eerste vrije verkiezingen in het Noord-Afrikaanse land 89 van de 217 zetels [...]

Settlers Enter The Al Aqsa Mosque

A group of Israeli settlers entered on Thursday that Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, under the protection of dozens of Israeli soldiers. The settlers were marking the “Hanukkah” Jewish feast; no clashes were reported.   The Palestine News Network (PNN) reported that head of the Islamic Waqf Department,Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib, told its reporter [...]

BRITISH BANKS FUND CLUSTER BOMB MAKERS

The bombs have taken over from landmines – which Princess Diana campaigned to abolish Sunday December 11,2011 BRITISH banks are still investing in the making of cluster bombs via a “lethal loophole”, it was claimed last night. The bombs have taken over from landmines – which Princess Diana campaigned to abolish – as the world’s [...]

Israel Accuses 4 Countries of Meddling in Its Affairs

JERUSALEM — In a highly unusual response to criticism from European nations on the Security Council, the Israeli Foreign Ministry bluntly accused the countries of “interfering with Israel’s domestic affairs” and warned that they risked making themselves “irrelevant.” The heated diplomatic exchange reflected growing tension and frustration over the impasse in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. International [...]

Palestinian right to fight occupation not only moral, but legal as well

  I agree wholeheartedly with Noam Sheizaf’s recent post about the Palestinians’ moral right to resist. But I would like to add that the moral right to resist is also the foundation of the Palestinians’ legal right to resist the illegal Israeli occupation. Considered within that framework, Israel’s suppression of Palestinian protest and resistance becomes even more striking and [...]

Hamas agrees to join PLO

CAIRO (Ma’an) — Hamas has agreed to join the Palestine Liberation Organization in a move intended to bolster Palestinian reconciliation, The Associated Press reported Thursday. The report comes as President Mahmoud Abbas met Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in Cairo to put “final touches” on an agreement to reconcile the leaders’ rival factions. Fatah leader in [...]