We must never forget Gaza

by Khalid Amayreh, PIC Despite a slight improvement in the general humanitarian situation, the Gaza Strip remains a disaster area. In fact, in terms of the sheer destruction of homes and infrastructure, the coastal enclave can be compared to quake-stricken Haiti, with the main difference lying in the fact that while the Caribbean island’s calamity [...]

Israeli Occupation Forces Storm Al-Aqsa Compound, Injure 12 Worshippers

by Hanan Awarekeh, Al Manar 28/02/2010 Twelve Palestinians suffered tear-gas inhalation injuries as Israeli occupation forces deployed riot dispersal gear, while the injured gathered near Bab Al-Majlis on Sunday, the gate leading into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. One woman, in her forties, was taken to a nearby clinic to undergo treatment. Clashes between Palestinians living [...]

UAE police: Most suspects of Dubai terror in “Israel”

Sat, 27 Feb 2010, Press TV The police in the United Arab Emirates insist that most of the suspects behind the terrorist murder of a senior Hamas leader in Dubai will be found in Israel. “What is sure right now is that the majority of the murderers whose names have been announced … are to [...]

Egypt Overturns Ban on Gas Sales to “Israel” despite Gaza Siege!

by Hanan Awarekeh, Al Manar 28/02/2010 Another shameful decision was added to the previous Egyptian decisions concerning their deal with the Israeli occupation government. After helping in blocking over 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the ongoing building of the shameful wall that cuts the Strip from connecting to the outer world, the [...]

Destabilizing Iran? A “Good” Terrorist Captured by Iran

By RAY McGOVERN, source The Iranian government is celebrating the capture of Abdolmalek Rigi, the leader of a violent group called Jundullah (Arabic for Soldiers of God), which Tehran says is a terrorist organization supported by the United States, Great Britain and Israel. Jundullah is one of several groups that have been conducting bombings and [...]

First Summit of Its Kind: Intimacy, Power and Courage…

by Hussein Assi, Al Manar 26/02/2010 The picture is more expressive than the words… Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Syrian President Bachar Assad were finally united in one and only one picture… At the time Israel violates all rules and don’t stop its daily threats against Lebanon, Syria, Iran [...]

Zionists plan to desecrate the Aqsa Mosque and “Israel” approves 600 more homes in occupied Jerusalem

Zionists plan to desecrate the Aqsa Mosque on Sunday 26/02/2010 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Tens of Israeli settlers are planning to desecrate the Aqsa Mosque on Sunday, at a time the Israeli occupation stepped up acts of Judaization against Islamic holy places. The Aqsa Foundation for Endowments and Heritage (AFEH) said that Zionist organisations were calling [...]

Israeli occupation seeks to include 150 Palestinian sites on its Jewish heritage

Israeli occupation seeks to include 150 Palestinian sites on its Jewish heritage Febraury 26, 2010 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Christian-Muslim Committee for the support of Jerusalem and holy sites said that Israeli occupation authorities are preparing to submit a list of 150 Palestinian sites claiming they are traditional Jewish religious sites, including the Aqsa Mosque [...]

‘US Embassy Eavesdropping on All Lebanon’!

Al Manar 26/02/2010 The US embassy is eavesdropping on Lebanon… This “dangerous” information constituted the “headline” in Lebanese daily As-Safir on Friday, an information that the daily put at the disposal of the president, the prime minister and the parliament speaker. According to the daily, the US embassy in Beirut has delivered a letter to [...]

Mossad Regularly Faked Australian Passports: Ex-agent

Al Manar 26/02/2010 Israel’s Mossad has regularly faked Australian passports for its spies, an ex-agent said on Thursday, as anger grew over the use of foreign travel documents for an alleged assassination. Former case officer Victor Ostrovsky told ABC public radio that the spy agency had used Australian passports for previous operations before last month’s [...]

Tormenting the dead

In a typical move, Israel is building a “museum of tolerance” right on top of an ancient Muslim cemetery, by Khaled Amayreh, source. February 25, 2010 As if all the persecution and brutalisation meted out to the Palestinians were not enough, Israeli authorities are finalising preparations for the construction of a museum on top of [...]

Media Reporting on “Israel”: All in the Family

By ALISON WEIR, source Recent exposés revealing that Ethan Bronner, the New York Times’ Israel-Palestine bureau chief, has a son in the Israeli military have caused a storm of controversy that continues to swirl and generate further revelations. (See my piece for CounterPunch, The NYT’s Ethan Bronner’s Conflict With Impartiality.) Many people find such a [...]

Knesset criminalises the commemoration of the “Nakba”

Middle East Monitor, February 25, 2010 A new law in Israel makes it a crime to commemorate what Palestinians call the “Nakba”, the “catastrophe” of their dispossession by the creation of the Zionist state in 1948. The Knesset, Israel’s parliament, has passed “The Nakba Draft Law” after just one reading. Penalties will be imposed on [...]

Sayyed Nasrallah Meets Assad, Ahmadinejad; Discusses Israeli Threats

Sayyed Nasrallah Meets Assad, Ahmadinejad; Discusses Israeli Threats Al Manar 26/02/2010 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday evening joined Syrian President Bashar Assad for dinner in Damascus, Al-Manar TV reported. The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency also said Friday that the three leaders met during a dinner Assad hosted [...]

Researcher claims that “Israel” experiments on prisoners, causes cancer

Middleeast Monitor The Israeli occupation forces have been accused by a Palestinian Researcher of carrying out “thousands of experiments on Palestinian prisoners every year” which have lead to an increase in the number diagnosed with cancer. The specialist in Palestinian prisoners’ affairs, Abdul Naser Ferwana, himself a former prisoner of the Israelis, claims that “more [...]