Palestine
Joint US-Israeli campaign against Palestinian UN bid
By Julie Hyland, November 5, 2011
The vote by Unesco to admit Palestine as a member has met with an aggressive reaction from Israel and the United States
Captured soldier Gilad Shalit freed in Israeli-Palestinian prisoner exchange
By Alex Lantier, October 19, 2011
Yesterday Hamas released captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit to the Egyptian government in exchange for the release of 1,027 Palestinians detained by Israel.
US Congress blocks Palestinian aid after UN statehood bid
By Jean Shaoul, October 5, 2011
In a provocative move, the US Congress has blocked nearly $200 million of humanitarian aid for the Palestinian people, intended for food aid, health care and development initiatives.
Israel announces new settlements in East Jerusalem
By Jean Shaoul, October 1, 2011
Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s right wing coalition government has approved the construction of 1,100 new homes in Gilo, an outer suburb of East Jerusalem, on what was Palestinian land.
United Nations attempts to stall Palestine statehood bid
By Jean Shaoul, September 26, 2011
On Friday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas formally submitted an application to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon requesting the General Assembly recognise a Palestinian state.
Palestine and the UN: The dead-end of the “peace process”
By Bill Van Auken, September 24, 2011
While the turn to the UN is a tacit admission of the bankruptcy of the US-brokered “peace process,” the bourgeois leadership of the Palestinian Authority is not posing any alternative.
Obama at the UN: The arrogant voice of imperialism
By Bill Van Auken, September 22, 2011
President Obama’s empty and arrogant sermon to the United Nations Wednesday was laced with platitudes about “peace”, designed to mask Washington’s predatory policies.
Israel prepares brutal response to Gaza flotilla ship
By Robert Stevens, July 7, 2011
Israeli government officials have said plans are in place to prevent by force a French ship carrying humanitarian aid from reaching the Gaza Strip.
Israel threatens violence against Gaza aid convoy
By Robert Stevens, June 29, 2011
Israel has threatened violent repression against the Freedom Flotilla II aid convoy, due to sail this week on route to Gaza.
Israeli troops murder Palestinian and Syrian protesters
By Chris Marsden, June 6, 2011
Israeli troops killed 13 protesters after opening fire on a peaceful and unarmed demonstration at the ceasefire line in the occupied Golan Heights.
Further Israeli provocations on Jerusalem Day
By Jean Shaoul and Chris Marsden, June 2, 2011
Yesterday’s Jerusalem Day was an extraordinary political provocation, even by the normal standards of the event.
Israel’s border massacre and human rights hypocrisy
By Bill Van Auken, May 17, 2011
The Obama administration’s reaction to Israel’s massacre of unarmed Palestinian protesters on its borders underscores the hypocrisy of those ascribing “humanitarian” motives to Washington’s predatory policy in the region.
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