Over 13 Honor Killings in Two Months in Palestine

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Seven women were killed in the Palestinian territories because of "honor killings” in the first month of the year 2010. These news were released by Palestinian human rights organizations interested in women's issues, but according to my sources, this statistic was falsified and the real number ...

Rachel Corrie Family Finally Puts Israel in Dock

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 ...

Leaked Zionist strategy Paper to counter BDS – MUST READ!

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

an example of changing the context of the issue by appealing to emotions and creating a brand new narrative Here is a leaked copy of the Zionist plan to attack the Boycott and Divestment Campaign Against Israel's Occupation and to strategy to shut down the debate on the Palestinian issue and ...

Women imprisoned – Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Press Release: International Women’s Day 2010 8 March 2010    Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association marks International Women’s Day 2010 by honoring, commemorating and saluting Palestinian women political prisoners and detainees in their steadfast resistance against Israeli colonial occupation and struggle towards securing the right of Palestinians to self-determination.   An estimated 10,000 ...

Cash Before Conscience: Conclusions From The Russell Tribunal

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

The beginning of March saw the opening of the first session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine in Barcelona. The question referred to by the Organising Committee in the first session of the RTP was whether the nature of relations between EU member states and Israel are unlawful within the ...

Sheikh Jarrah Mass Rally

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Thousands of Israeli and Palestinian activists joined the rally last Saturday in Est Jerusalem to protest the eviction of Arab families from Sheikh Jarrah, where Jewish settlers continue to occupy Palestinian homes. The photos were taken by Brady Ng, FVW, Julian. Photo: FVW Photo: FVW View from the stage Photo: Brady Ng Part of the 5000-strong ...

In Nabi Saleh, women stand up

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Last year, six housewives from the village launched “Budhur”. The women group is active on social, political and women's issues. Budhur, meaning “before blooming”, is an initiative that claims to be innovative. Written and photographed by Valentine Van Vyve. Being a woman in Nebi Saleh might be different from being a woman ...

Khalid Amayreh interviewed by Silvia Cattori

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Khalid Amayreh Khalid Amayreh (*) is a journalist who lives in Hebron, a city brutalized and bloodied daily by armed Jewish settlers who are driving the authentic inhabitants by force. He is what might be called a true Palestinian; a man of integrity who was never seduced by financial rewards and ...

Zahir Ebrahim – Anatomy of Conspiracy Theory

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

WRITTEN BY ZAHIR EBRAHIM     Some may rationally ponder that how is it, that such a long running global conspiracy for world government as outlined in Project Humanbeingsfirst's report "The Enduring Capitalist Conspiracy for World Government", can be kept alive across centuries and across geographies. This brief paper examines that question. Noam ...

Nima Shirazi – ‘Néjàd Vu, All Over Again: The Media, ‘Pretext,’ Context, & 9/11

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Despite a nearly endless barrage of reporting on Iran's nuclear energy program, the US government's push for a new round of sanctions, and on-going efforts to foment regime change in the Islamic Republic, all had been relatively quiet on the Ahmadinejad front in the Western press for some time. Until now. The ...