Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Seven years after Rachel Corrie, a US peace activist, was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza, her family was to put the Israeli government in the dock today.
A judge in the northern Israeli city of Haifa was due to be presented with evidence that 23-year-old Corrie was killed ...
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010
It is well known that fisherman in Gaza are among the worst affected by the Israeli blockade. Il Manifesto correspondant Michele Giorgio met with a former Israeli Navy officer, now working with Breaking The Silence, who gave a first hand account of how they were trained to police fishermen.
It's an ...
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Trying to make a living as a farmer in Gaza these days is taking a toll on the family ties so integral to the Palestinian culture. Traditionally, occupations are passed from father to son for generations, and their tie to the land is particularly strong. Before Israel imposed a suffocating ...
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Despite a slight improvement in the general humanitarian situation, the Gaza Strip remains a disaster area. In fact, in terms of the sheer destruction of homes and infrastructure, the coastal enclave can be compared to quake-stricken Haiti, with the main difference lying in the fact that while the Caribbean island’s ...
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
A truly outstanding video by Shadi Nassar that shows clips of Tzipi Livni and others, during the Israeli wanton destruction of Gaza known as "Operation Cast Lead". Her words contradict the actions of her government and army.
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
To talk to girls growing up in Gaza is to encounter a mass of contradictions. On the one hand, Gaza is a deeply conservative, patriarchal society where girls marry relatively young (the average age was 18 in 2006), usually to men identified – or at least approved – by their ...
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Ten years ago, Gaza's approximately 3,600 fishermen were hauling approximately 3,000 tons of fresh fish a year, supporting an even larger 30,000 people in Gaza. Since then, violent clashes with — and ever-tightening restrictions by — the Israeli army have virtually destroyed the once booming business. Today, just 20 percent ...
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
A new lesson from the noble Arab people of Egypt
Translated from Arabic by: Adib S. Kawar
Egyptian Arab sport gave a new slap to Zionist normalization projects towards Arab states that started 30 years ago, when the Egyptian Football union neglected a second invitation by the Zionist Football Union to the ...
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
The Israelis call it the “buffer zone.” Gazan NGOs often call it the “hot zone.” But to the Gazans who live near this wide swath of land alongside the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, it is fertile land where their children played and they made a decent living ...
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
Illustration by Carlos Latuff
By Paul J. Balles*
If you indulge in ad hominem attacks (attacking the person rather than the issue), you can expect the same in return. The issues related to the anti-Semitic label are many.
First, the expression "anti-Semitic" is a misnomer. It's defined as "hating Jews or Judeophobia." The ...
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