30 July, 2003
Separation Wall Will Grow
By Rupert CornwellIn a rebuff to President George Bush,Areil Sharon reiterates that construction of the barrier would continue because it was essential for the country's security
Blood Of The Innocent Is On Their Hands
By Chris McGrealThe most shocking aspect of the past three years of intifada is the killing of children by the Israeli army. The numbers are staggering; one in five Palestinian dead is a child
24 July, 2003
Caesar's Favor
By Uri AvneryHail Caesar, those who are about to kill Abu Mazen salute you
The Holes In Israel's Road Map
By Hasan Abu Nimah and Ali AbunimahThe "road map" for peace is in serious trouble. This is because the Bush administration, has allowed Israel to reinterpret it so that it is gutted of the elements that offered hope of progress
23 July, 2003
Imperial Arrogance And The Vile
Stereotyping Of Arabs
By Edward SaidThe Imperialist gaze consideres the Arab incapable of logic, unable to tell the truth and fundamentally murderous
22 July, 2003
"He Risked All For Others"
By Emily SheffieldTom Hurndall's mother remembers her son who was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier on 11 April and is still lying in a coma
20 July, 2003
Arafat vs Abbas
By Khalid AmayrehThe tug of war between Arafat and Abbas has been contained for the moment, but there are no guarantees it will last
Going Nowhere: The Real Road Map For Palestinians
By Daniel Jacob QuinnCheck points, one after another, endless waiting under the scorching sun. All of this in the name of security. Or is it not naked expression of apartheid and racism?
12 July, 2003
The Holy War Israel Wants
By Jonathan CookThe inhabitants of Nazareth, Israel's only Arab city, often talk of the "invisible occupation": although they rarely see police -- let alone soldiers -- on their streets, they are held in a vise-like grip of Israeli control just as much as their ethnic kin in neighbouring Palestinian cities like Jenin and Nablus are
11 July, 2003
A Story From The Heart Of Israel's Secret Prison
By Mohammad DaraghmehA Palestine business man who was incarcerated in a secret Israel prison speaks about the 38 days of his continuous torture
10 July, 2003
A Wall In Their Heart
By Meron RappaportA report on the Apartheid wall
07 July, 2003
Will the Hudna last?
By Uri AvneryAfter "Intifada" (shaking off) and "Shahid" (martyr), another Arabic term has entered the world's vocabulary: "Hudna" (truce)
Treat Them As Human Beings
By Gideon LevyAs long as mothers are giving birth and infants cannot get to hospital on time and return home in a humane way, as long as a groom cannot get to his wedding - there will be no quiet in Isreal and Palestine
Segregation Wall Completely Isolates
Palestinian VillagesThe residents of Nazlat Abu Nar, Nazlat Isa, and Baqa al-Sharqiya in the northern West Bank, say they have become completely cut off and isolated from the rest of the West Bank because of the segregation wall
05 July, 2003
Affidavits From Eyewitnesses To Rachel Corrie Killing
Affidavits given by Nicholas James Porter Durie ,Joseph Carr,
William George Hewitt,Gregory S. Schnabel,Thomas Edward Dale,Richard, J.A. Purssell on the gruesome murder of the pece activist Rachel Corrie in PalestineIsrael Defies Peace Plan with Land Grab On West Bank
By Chris McGrealIn flagrant breach of commitments under the US-led road map to peace, the Israeli government has confiscated hundreds of acres of Palestinian land on the West Bank this week
02 July, 2003
The Dismantling Game
By Jonathan CookWhat is going on in the West Bank is only a game. Settlers quietly re-establish the outposts after Israeli army dismantles them
Picking Up The Pieces In Gaza
By Peter HansenThe loss of palestinina homes to the maws of Israeli military bulldozers or powerful explosive charges is now so commonplace that it fails to make the grade as news
01 July, 2003
The Homecoming
By Sa'id Ghazali in Beit Hanoun, Gaza StripThe Israeli military have begun a limited pull out from Gaza strip. But the damage from seven military incursions in 33 months had left a wide swath on each side of the highway which Israel said was done to remove cover for militants firing rockets
The Aryan Connection
By Satya SagarThe ‘Aryan’ Connection is only myth. But it is horrific to think about the misery that this myth has unleashed on the world
30 June, 2003
An Open Letter To The Survivors Of
The Sabra and Shatila Massacre
By Ellen SiegelEllen Siegel volunteered her expertise and services at the Gaza Hospital in Sabra Camp in Beirut in 1982, and was there during the massacre
Israel`s Lethal Weapon Of Choice
By Molly Moore"Targeted killings," were described by Israeli officials two years ago as "rare and exceptional" measures. But now they are carried out with regularity
29 June, 2003
Israel One More Step Into Open Apartheid
By Ali AbunimahA law forbidding Israeli citizenship for Palestinians from the Occupied Territories who marry Israelis passed its first reading in the Knesset on June 18. This is another milestone on Israel's road to open, institutionalized apartheid
28 June, 2003
Israeli Soldiers Exonerated In Death of Rachel Corrie
Israel's military prosecutor exonerated Israeli soldiers in the death of Rachel Corrie, 23, who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in March
26 June, 2003
The Meaning of Rachel Corrie
By Edward Said"Important aspect of the Rachel Corrie story for me was the young woman's action itself, heroic and dignified at the same time"
23 June, 2003
Escaping What Entraps Us: Reflections From Jerusalem
By Laurie King-Irani"Not only Palestinians are trapped now in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but Jews are, too. Fear and anxiety are unshakeable daily companions.
20 June, 2003
Theater Of Deception Bush, Sharon and Abbas
By Sam HamodMost Arab and Muslims regimes have tried to continue believing in America, but many must consider by now that they have been duped--that America has no ally in the world except Israel
18 June, 2003
Whose Security?
By Jonathan CookThe real meaning of the road map- "that a solution to the conflict can be found in the Palestinians realising Israel's national ambitions rather than their own, far more limited, ones. Palestinians must once again be made to enforce the occupation on Israel's behalf. "
17 June, 2003
Border Crossing Blues
By Raphael Cohen
Writing from Rafah-Egyptian border