23 December, 2005
Dishonest
Brokers
By Remi Kanazi
The European Union (EU) should be ashamed of itself. It has thrown aside the principals of democracy for partisan politics and hypocrisy. In the run up to the Palestinian parliamentary elections, the EU has addressed Palestinian politics and made threats in the process
22 December, 2005
Unrecognised
Villages In The Negev
Expose Israel's Apartheid Policies
By Bangani Ngeleza and Adri Nieuwhof
Eighty thousand Palestinian Bedouin Israelis live in unrecognised villages in the Negev desert in the south of Israel. The villages are deprived of basic services like housing, water, electricity, education and health care
05 December, 2005
Tea
For Two
By Remi Kanazi
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon—the little teapot, short and stout—is making a comeback. He ditched the outdated threads of his radical Likud to prance in the open fields of peace with favorite "doves" like Shimon Peres
27 November, 2005
Bordering
Autonomy
By Remi Kanazi
Last week Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice brokered a deal between Israelis and Palestinians on the Rafah border crossing which connects the "disengaged" Gaza Strip with the outside world
16 November, 2005
Arafat
The Obstacle Has Been Exposed As A Myth
By Karma Nabulsi
The Palestinian leader's portrayal by the west and Israel has been a barrier both to understanding the conflict and to peace
16 October, 2005
Opportunity
Knocks
By Remi Kanazi
Formal talks between Palestinian President Mahmood Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon were put on hold this week. The first face to face dialogue between the two since the "disengagement" of the Gaza Strip was sidelined for a second time because of a difference in "objectives."
05 October, 2005
Air
Raids Terrorize Gaza Residents,
Target Key Infrastructure
By Jon Elmer
Israel’s first major air campaign against Gazans since its August departure from the Strip has ruined important facilities, injured noncombatants and introduced sonic booms as a new tactic
Friday
Night Lights: Game Time In Gaza
By Remi Kanazi
For now, terror's light switch is turned off, but it is only a matter of time before Israel decides to turn it back on. Meanwhile, Palestinian life remains on edge and inconsistent. Those in Israel must come forward and denounce the decisions of Ariel Sharon, if not the switch to peace will remain off indefinitely
04 October, 2005
Hurricane
Gaza
By Yacov Ben Efrat
As a unilateral act, Israel’s disengagement from the Gaza Strip raises basic questions for both sides in the conflict. For Israel, there is the question of how to define its deed: “Should we declare that the occupation of Gaza is over?” No less important are the questions Palestinians are asking: “Is this a victory? If so, who should get credit?”
02 October, 2005
The
Gladiators
By Uri Avnery
The contest between Binyamin Netanyahu and Ariel Sharon in the Likud Central Committee resembled a duel between two gladiators in the Roman arena. The more so since many of the Committee members behaved like the Roman rabble who screamed, rioted and demanded blood
13 September, 2005
Who
Murdered Arafat?
By Uri Avnery
Since taking part in his tumultuous funeral in Ramallah, I have abstained from giving my opinion on the cause of his death. I am not a doctor, and my dozens of years as editor of an investigative news magazine have taught me not to voice allegations which I am unable to prove in court. But, since now all dikes have been breached, I am prepared to say what is on my mind: from the first moment, I was sure that Arafat had been poisoned
11 September, 2005
Gaza
Pullout Paves Way For
Further West Bank Land Grab
By Jean Shaoul
Hardly had the last of the 8,000 or so Israeli settlers left Gaza than Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced that Israel would expand the settlements on the West Bank
02 September, 2005
Rushing
After A Mirage
By Hasan Abu Nimah
There are striking similarities between Israel's departure from southern Lebanon in May 2000 and the events in Gaza over the past two weeks. This is no surprise, as events in the Arab-Israeli conflict have been seemingly moving in circles for years
30 August, 2005
Soldiers,
Anguish Remain Around Evacuated
West Bank Settlements
By Jon Elmer
In the northern West Bank, where Sharon’s “disengagement” does not include the withdrawal of military from evacuated settlements, bitter memories temper Palestinians’ guarded optimism
28 August, 2005
Courting
Disaster
By Remi Kanazi
The Western version of peace is simple, but unacceptable: let Israel continue its warmongering, the appropriating and occupying of Palestinian land, while the Palestinians sit idly by with a ball in their court and no one to play with
25 August, 2005
The
"Disengagement" As Seen From Gaza
By Ghada Ageel
In 2002, Moshe Ya'alon, then Israel's army chief of staff, said that "the Palestinians must be made to understand in the deepest recesses of their consciousness that they are a defeated people." I wonder if Ya'alon would make the same statement today after the completion of Gaza settlers evacuation?
24 August, 2005
Palestinians
Can Play The Israeli Game
By Ahmad Samih Khalidi
Two profound assumptions underlie Ariel Sharon's withdrawal from Gaza. The first is that Israel's overriding value is the preservation of its Jewish character and majority. The second is that the conflict with the Palestinians is not amenable to a final agreed resolution, now or in the foreseeable future
23 August, 2005
Leaving
Gaza – A Calculated Move
By Brita Rose
Far from being part of a peace plan, or a move towards an independent Palestinian state, this is a last resort on the part of Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, to politically maneuver in order to secure the real issue at stake – the larger West Bank with its holy shrines and numerous settlers
21 August, 2005
Sharon
Has Won
By Benjamin Granby
The redeployment plan is a thinly veiled attempt for Sharon to solidify Israeli control over the West Bank, maintain an obfuscated occupation of the Gaza Strip and to splinter what should be a united and free Palestinian nation. No matter what, Sharon has taken the initiative and for the old warrior it means he has won this round
