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Israel/State of Palestine

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US to store 800 million dollars worth of weapons and ammunition in Israel

13 January 2010

In 2010 the US military plans to expand its stockpiles of weapons in Israel under a recent bilateral agreement, according to a report in Monday’s issue of the U.S. weekly Defense News.
The US military aid package for Israel already amounts to some 2.5 billion dollars annually. The US (...)

The Transformation of Hamas

by Fawaz A. Gerges

Damascus (Syria) | 11 January 2010

Hamas is a viable social movement with an extensive social network and a large popular base. It derives its legitimacy from the Palestinian people. It is also a rational actor that has moved closer to a vision of peace consistent with international law and consensus. Hamas’ political evolution (...)

"What is the lesson to be learned from the Holocaust?": an interview with Hedy Epstein

by Silvia Cattori

Lausanne (Suisse) | 9 January 2010

85-year old Hedy Epstein is back in the limelight. Last week in Cairo, she embarked on a hunger strike to protest the ongoing blockade of Gaza. A Jewish Holocaust survivor whose parents perished in Auschwitz in 1942, she emigrated to the US in 1948 and first visited Palestine in 2003. (...)

91% of Israelis say Tel Aviv faces acute image problem

7 January 2010

Poster of Tzipi Livni at a recent London demonstration.
A survey conducted by the Kelim Shluvim Research Institute at the request of the Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs revealed that 91 percent of respondents believed Israel suffers an "acute" or "very acute" image problem (...)

The Palestinian people in Gaza have not surrendered!

’Israel resembles a failed state’

by Ali Abunimah

27 December 2009

One year after Israel’s Operation Cast Lead, the conditions of Palestinians in Gaza have not improved; in many respects things may seem even more dire, as hopes of a serious peace effort have been dashed. However, it would be a mistake to miss the more dynamic situation that suggests (...)

Gaza: France oversees the extension of the Separation Wall

26 December 2009

With only a restricted number of goods allowed into the Gaza Strip, either from Israel or Egypt, hundreds of tunnels have been dug under the Egyptian border to bring in supplies for the population. Freedom fighters also use them to smuggle in arms.
The Israeli State is transforming the Gaza (...)

How Myths Can Kill

by Robert Parry

24 December 2009

Myths can be innocuous enough, providing pleasure and comfort to believers: for instance, the Jesus birth stories that are celebrated at Christmas or the legends of Abraham and Moses conveying God’s promised land to the Israelites. But myths can have a darker side when they are embraced as (...)

Liberation Theology

The Kairos Palestine Document

by Lucy Thaljieh, Nora Kort, Rev. Dr. Rafiq Khoury , Rev. Fadi Diab , Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb , Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek , Rev. Dr. Jamal Khader , Rev. Dr. Yohana Katanacho , His Beatitude Michel Sabbah , His Grace Bishop Dr. Munib Younan , His Eminence Archbishop Atallah Hanna , Cedar Duaybis, Geries S. Khoury, Nidal Abu El Zuluf, Rifat Kassis, Yusef Daher