Jimmy Carter: Israel’s ‘apartheid’ policies worse than South Africa’s

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter said in remarks broadcast Monday that Israeli policy in the West Bank represented instances of apartheid worse even that those that once held sway in South Africa.
Carter’s comments were broadcast on Israel Radio, which played a tape of an interview with the ex-president, but did not specify to whom [...]

Our Defense Forces, our war crimes, our terrorism

Author’s note: This is the second version of this piece. The first was written, I freely admit, in anger and in suspicion, not least because of the many cases of the unwarranted killings of Palestinian civilians which have gone unreported, underreported, glossed over, or misrepresented in the Israeli media, and because the army was initially [...]

Israeli Violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention

Israel is a serial international law abuser. Specifically, it commits grave violations of the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention that protects civilians in times of war and has done it for decades:
– Article 2 states that “the present Convention shall apply to all cases of declared war or of any other armed conflict which may arise [...]

(one week of) Israeli Human Rights Violations

Thursday, March 22, 2001
At approximately 10:00 local time, after an exchange of fire between armed Palestinians and the Israeli occupation forces, that were razing areas of land to the west of Al-Nemsawi neighborhood in Khan Yunis, these forces started to fire artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the area. [...]

“Traces of Poison (Israel’s use of biological weapons)”

Israel, not Iraq, holds that distinction of being the first country in the region to use weapons of mass destruction with genocidal intent. Salman Abu-Sitta* digs into a dark history
At a time when TV screens are filled with images of perceived weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq among people who are on the verge [...]

Never Never Land

AFTER HAMAS was elected, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) attempted to cooperate with it. This led Israel to claim there was no one to talk to. After Hamas took over Gaza, however, Abbas officially dismissed its government and set up a Fatah version in the West Bank. Israel’s excuse had evaporated. Instead, PM Ehud [...]

Israeli occupation in plain…

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To blame the victims for this killing spree defies both morality and sens

Washington’s covert attempts to overturn an election result lie behind the crisis in Gaza, as leaked papers show
The attempt by western politicians and media to present this week’s carnage in the Gaza Strip as a legitimate act of Israeli self-defence - or at best the latest phase of a wearisome conflict between two somehow equivalent [...]

Palestine Children’s Relief Fund needs your help

Dear Friends
The PCRF needs your help in getting the sick and injured children who are scheduled for surgery in the US out of Gaza. Congressman Rush Holt is willing to help, as he has in the past, but needs to know there is a mandate from his constituency who support his efforts. Please write to [...]

Final Footage Of Reuters Journalist Killed By IDF Shell

Israeli Soldiers Shoot at Palestinian Journalist
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3yN1Qnz3LQ&feature=related]