Israel refuses to issue ID cards to unregistered Palestinians
Since the occupation began in 1967, Israel has exercised almost total control over the Palestinian population registry and has sole power to determine who is a Palestinian resident.
It’s about TIME
For the past several months I have been receiving TIME magazine. The subscription originally started as a gift from someone unknown, with my last name spelled wrong, lasted for a year. When it came up for renewal, I stalled until the price came down to fifty cents a copy, a much more reasonable price for the quality of the magazine.
Syria and Israel: Do Negotiations Mean a Chance for Peace?
The logic of established patterns of behavior creates a set of expectations. For example, when countries involved in a sustained conflict decide to commence peace talks, such an act suggests that they believe that there is some chance for success.
Palestine: 18 Years of Work Destroyed in Less than Four Hours
Nasser Jaber’s chicken farm was bulldozed by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) ten days ago, in the early morning hours of May 16, while he was sleeping at home in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. He still looks stunned.
Human Rights Group Warns against the Continued Militarizing of Palestinian Society
PCHR expresses great condemnation over the developments of in the Khan Yunis Youth Club, and subsequent armed takeover of the Club by Hamas members last Wednesday.
Critically Ill Patients from Gaza Appeal to Israeli Court
JERUSALEM, 22 May 2008 (IRIN) - Ahmed al-Baghdadi's doctors said he must leave the Gaza Strip and travel to Israel to receive urgent life-saving medical care if he hopes to fight the tumours in his body.
Palestinian Human Rights Group Calls for Release of Hamas Captives
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is extremely concerned about the detention of Khan Yunis Governor Dr. Osama Abd El-Sattar El-Farra, and three Fatah activists, who were all detained by armed members of the Hamas Internal Security Apparatus on Monday 19 May, 2008.
When Free Speech Doesn’t Come Free
Free speech is not without consequence. In the United States, for example, criticism of Israel is tantamount to heresy. Former US President Jimmy Carter felt a societal backlash last year after the release of his book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, which condemned Israel’s apartheid-style policies in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Gaza: Grave dearth of medical supplies and lifesaving treatments
The health situation in the Gaza Strip has been steadily deteriorating since Israel tightened its siege on the area in June 2007, following Hamas’ forceful takeover.
Do not say a day will come, bring that day forth
The establishment of the State of Israel 60 years ago and the Disaster ('Nakba'), which turned a fundamental part of the Palestinian People into refugees – those are the two inseparable sides of the history that could have been different.
