America: from a shining city on a hill to virtual Jewish fiefdom
One of the grim signs underscoring the utter corruption of the American political environment is the ongoing tuneful and vapid contest between incumbent President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt…
Despite all odds, the Palestinian cause is gaining
Source: The Palestinian Information center [ 21/07/2012 - 12:39 PM ] By Khalid Amayreh in occupied Palestine For many decades, secular and quasi-atheistic regimes in the Arab world used the…
Another futile visit
Source:Ahram Weekly http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2012/1107/eg5.htm Broad smiles and handshakes characterised Clinton’s visit to Israel, but in terms of helping peace, the event amounted to nothing, writes Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah In her…
Those living by the sword shall die by the sword
In a hard blow to the cultist sectarian regime of Bashar Assad of Syria, a car laden with explosives was detonated outside the National Security headquarters’ building in the heart…
PA financial crisis: a symptom of continued Israeli domination
The Palestinian autonomous authority (PA) has been called many names, all denoting its inherent deformity, pathetic nature and scandalous subservience to Israel. A police state without a state, a Palestinian…
Hani Al-Hassan: 1938-2012
Source: Ahram Weekly http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2012/1106/re7.htm By Khaled Amayreh After a long battle with illness, Hani Al-Hassan, the prominent Fatah leader, died in Amman last week aged 74, leaving a rich legacy…
Palestinians want to know who killed Yasser Arafat
Thanks to the thorough and highly professional investigation by al-Jazzera network, which lasted several months, it is now established what killed the late Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat. According to the…
Peace process ‘clinically dead’
The Palestinian Authority is reverting to old oppressive tactics as its raison d’être is increasingly questioned, writes Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah A visibly nervous Palestinian Authority (PA) has been clamping…
Iran:- Assad uses Israel as “red herring” to spread Shiite hegemony
The dark embrace between the clerical regime in Tehran and the murderous cultist regime of Bashar Assad in Syria speaks volumes. The Iranian regime claims to be representing Islam and…
Is the Palestinian Authority an Israeli protectorate
As nearly always, the Palestinian Authority (PA) behavior is visibly pathetic. Unfortunately, there is no other way to relate to this behavior. According to recent reports, Israel sought to obtain…
Putin’s masked pleasantries
Mixed reactions characterise Vladimir Putin’s visit to Israel-Palestine, with Palestinians tired of empty words and Russia’s support for Bashar Al-Assad against the Syrian people” writes Khaled Amayreh in Bethlehem In…
Israel dismayed by Mursi Victory
According to some Israeli strategic thinkers, “darkness” has descended with the victory of the Islamist current in Egypt’s presidential race, writes Khaled Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem… Palestinians wave green Islamic…
The good news from Cairo
There is no doubt that the election of Muammed Morsi as President of Egypt is a heartening news for all free men and women around the world. It is certainly…
Hamas heartened by apparent Mursi victory
Palestinians and Israelis react to the possible victory of Islamists in Egypt’s presidential race, with Fatah and Tel Aviv left worried, writes Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah Palestinian Islamists, who closely…
Israel murders more Palestinians
A two-year-old is among the victims of a barrage of violence Israel this week thrust on the Palestinians, writes Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank Palestinian medics treat a man…
May God be with Egypt
Employing legalistic chicanery, blatant deceit and contemptible conspiracies, the remnants of the Mubarak regime seem hell-bent on aborting the Egyptian revolution. On Thursday, 14 June, the so-called Constitutional Court, an…
Hamas, Fatah seek modus vivendi
originally published in Al-Ahram Weekly Hamas and Fatah are slowly edging towards a national reconciliation pact that would end more than five years of rift and division between the two…
Palestinians polarised by Egyptian scene
Mubarak’s Egypt backed Fatah against Hamas. Now, the shoe is on the other foot as Egypt goes to the polls to choose a president writes Khaled Amayreh in Hebron… The…
The 1967-war revisited
Originally posted to the Palestinian Information Center 1967 – Palestinians crossing into Jordan Part-1 When Israel occupied the West Bank in 1967, I was ten years old. Then, I didn’t…
Palestinian naivety
Originally posted to the Palestinian Information Center Deal or no deal?The recent agreement between Fatah and Hamas to patch up their differences is raising many eyebrows in Occupied Palestine and…
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