CNN Middle East News- Syrian rebel leadership is splitRival dissident army officers are claiming to lead the increasingly armed rebellion within Syria, exposing rifts within the opposition. […]
- U.S. working 'at every level' to resolve NGO dispute with EgyptU.S. aid to Egypt could suffer if Egypt persists in prosecuting 43 people, including 19 Americans, in a crackdown on nongovernmental organizations, White House and State Department officials said Monday. […]
- World seeks next step on Syria as deaths mountIntense blasts that echoed through the Syrian city of Homs on Monday were just a part of the latest violence ravaging parts of the country, as world leaders sought a new strategy to end the deadly fighting. […]
- Bold, exhilarating stands for freedom inside SyriaAbu Marwan jumps into the back of the small white van. He and his friend, Abu Omar, are heading to a grass-roots demonstration in the Syrian capital to protest the government of President Bashar al-Assad. […]
- United States orders new Iran sanctionsThe United States has moved to freeze assets of Iran's government and financial institutions, saying they had engaged in "deceptive practices," President Barack Obama's administration announced Monday. […]
- Syrian rebel leadership is split
Tag Archives: palestinians
When Jerusalem became the land of doubt
It is well known that whenever Jerusalem is mentioned, the words holy and faith always accompany it. In reality when talking about the situation of people and specifically the situation of thousands of Palestinians who are living under occupation since 1967, it is a different story. These people wake up every day to start a new round of challenges that are based on letting them doubt everything they have or think about.
What Palestinians And Israelis Must Remember To Forget
by: Jeff Pozmantier
The stars of the Middle East’s longest running two state play features the reliably myopic Israeli and Palestinian leadership-amnesiacs and their supportive minions — always willing to remember what hasn’t worked and forget what has.
Forty four years of off and on Israeli and Palestinian negotiations, surrounded by 63 years of battles with neighboring countries and the militant wings of various Palestinian groups, have contributed to inelastic memories and perceptions. Changes are seen as illusory or unsustainable.
A Success in achieving a Prisoners Exchange: What is next?
In the last week both Israel and the Palestinian people were relieved to close the Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit file and reach an agreement that resulted in releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange to the release of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Egypt, which played an important role in bringing both Hamas and Israel to agree on the deal, promised that the deal would bring more results that would include the end of the siege on Gaza that lasted for more than five years. Other analysts talked about other important changes that would take
Palestinian Bloggers banned from entering Tunisia to participate in so-called “The 3rd Arab Bloggers Meeting”
Palestinian Bloggers applied to get a visa in order to enter Tunisia and participate in the so-called “The 3rd Arab Bloggers Meeting”. The answer was refusing their applications and banning them from entering Tunisia.
Many Tunisian bloggers boycotted the Meeting that is supposed to include Bloggers from the whole Arab world.
Others tweeted and wrote about the weird incident that kept Palestinians away from a meeting that is supposed to address the Palestinian case and
Netanyahu refuses to freeze settlements building in the Palestinian occupied territories
Palestinian officials stated for MAAN news agency that German Counselor Angela Merkel called President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the last Quartet statement that asked both the Palestinian and Israeli sides to return to the negotiations table. The Palestinian source stated that the Palestinian president assured that he would return immediately to the negotiations with Israel once the latter completely stops the building of settlements in the Palestinian territories and agrees on the 1967 borders as a principle for any two states solution.
After Sixty Three Years of Occupation Israel still does not understand
After sixty-three years of occupation and conflict, Israel still does not understand what is the cost of its daily occupation of the Palestinian lands and continues to go in the wrong way to gain temporary security benefits.
The recent Palestinian efforts to bid for a Full Membership state at the United Nations resulted in a wide International diplomatic movement that most of it is in favor of supporting a Palestinian state declaration. On the other side a different kind of movement is going on; a movement that offered everything possible to prevent the Palestinian leadership from bidding for an International recognition of the Palestinians right of living in a state of their own.
A Mental Paradigm Shift, a Revolution of Togetherness – By LAURA SHAZ
Living in Israel is like being part of a modern-day Montagues’ and Capulets’ feud, where the tragedy keeps replaying itself. We live in a big gang against another big gang, but nobody fully comprehends the politics. Yet, everybody has to take a side and perpetuate the tension, hostility and fear. The biggest victims of the Conflict are the Palestinian, Israeli and International mental hostages who cannot cure their own racism and enjoy spoiling a potential future of togetherness.
Palestinians and Israeli Occupation in East Jerusalem – Ramadan 2011
This Video is dedicated to every Palestinian that is Defying the Israeli occupation in East Jerusalem every day. The clips were taken in time of Ramadan 2011.
Videos were taken from www.hon.ps
