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This was always predictable. The Palestinian Islamist party-cum-militia Hamas (an Arabic acronym for Islamic Resistance Movement) was always going to come to the rescue for its secular rival Fatah.
Fatah is one of the oldest Palestinian organizations.
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A new propaganda book on Israel states that the nation is home to an economic miracle because Israel is small and has so many innovative start-up IT companies. Good for...
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During the Oslo years, Yasir ‘Arafat threatened to publicly declare a state before final status talks as the Israeli government continued to refuse to negotiate...
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Tonight - November 9, 2009 - Israeli prime minister Netanyahu met with U.S. president Obama in a meeting that was off-limits to the press.
The timing - 7pm - was also...
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There isn’t a more prominent voice amongst the American Eastablishment than New York Times columnist Tom Friedman (I personally have very low regard for the man)....
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Week In Review In Occupied Palestine
First, an inspiring photo:
A Palestinian protestor climbs up Israel’s Apartheid Wall after Palestinians started to knock...
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Annual U.S. State Department human rights reports are politicized. The content is accurate and done by genuine scholars in the field. But the focus, or lack thereof, is...
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Palestinians were failed once again by the American Administration in regards with the Jewish settlements’ freezing on Palestinian land. American president Barak...
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“It’s time for you to find another donkey.” With those words, according to Palestinian sources, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas...
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No Zionist cause is too extreme and violent for mainstream support in America. Generic pro-Israel fundraisers are one thing, but support for illegal Israeli settlers on...
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The understatement of the year since Israel is a hypocrite everyday. The mere pronouncement that Israel is a genuine democracy is nonsense since it denies equal rights...
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Reporting from Bilin, West Bank - Every Friday, Mohammed Khatib’s forces assemble for battle with the Israeli army and gather their weapons: a bullhorn, banners...
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Palestinians were failed once again by the American administration in regards with the Jewish settlements freezing on Palestinian land. American president Barak...
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In a highly predictable move, the U.S. Congress - no doubt compelled by the famed (or infamous) Israel lobby - has passed a resolution condemning a United Nations...
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Palestine is a haven for terrorists, and it’s no wonder considering Palestinians raise their children to glorify and aspire to Jihad.
Terrorist organizations...
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For a quarter of a century, the 73 year-old who goes by the nickname, Abu Samir, has stubbornly refused to abandon his home, despite Israel’s efforts to make him...
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Met American-born, Israeli West Bank [illegal] settler Yaakov “Jack” Teitel:
“Jack” is just a typical Israeli settler that the Israelis...
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Palestinian officials on Sunday criticized the United States for what one called “backpedaling” on demands that Israel stop settlement construction in the...
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In a predictable move, the U.S. Congress - no doubt compelled by the famed (or infamous) Israel lobby - is considering and will likely pass a resolution condemning a...
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Recent months have not seen the best of times between the Norweigan and Israeli governments.
- Norway’s 400-billion sovereign wealth fund divested from Israeli...
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“It’s time for you to find another donkey.” With those words, according to Palestinian sources, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas...
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My wife and I just returned home from a three-week visit to Israel. To be accurate, we also visited the Palestinian West Bank for a day; a profoundly memorable day at...
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The Hamas-run interior ministry in the Gaza Strip said on Wednesday that it will ban the organisation of elections called for by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in...
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Mahmoud Abbas, the “president” (his term expired and elections have been postponed) of the Palestinian Authority, is facing a great credibility and...
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbads is reportedly pushing for a vote on Goldstone which supposedly proves the occurrence of war crimes in Gaza during the Israeli...
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Fatah has agreed to an Egyptian proposal for the two main Palestinian factions to separately sign a long-delayed unity deal by October 15, a senior party official said...
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Time for another Week In Review in Occupied Palestine.
First, the Palestinian Authority is battling accusations that it is a puppet of Israel after the PA decided not...
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To the waste dump of history is where Palestinian collaborator Mahmoud Abbas belongs. This is a man who has sold out his people and their aspirations for nothing more...
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Hamas and Fatah, bitter rivals who violently split more than two years ago, appear close to a reconciliation deal that could lead to a Palestinian unity government....
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Israel has released nine Hamas members of the Palestinian parliament after the completion of their prison terms.
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Two years after its takeover of the Gaza strip, Hamas has faced down its greatest challenger: A militant, Al Qaeda-inspired organization that says Hamas is not Islamic...
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The Buffoon.
For the United States neo-cons, there is good torture and bad torture. When American and Israel engage in torture it is noble and necessary and when...
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The Fatah movement, the key Palestinian guerrilla movement within the Palestine Liberation Organization moved one step closer to becoming a political party.
With the...
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Fatah, the Palestinian group led by Mahmoud Abbas, today elected a group of younger leaders, as the movement seeks to shake off its reputation for corruption and...
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It was a delicate balancing act for Fatah, the mainstream Palestinian nationalist party, as it sought to rise above past failures, rejuvenate itself and head off the...
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A Jerusalemite born to Jewish parents, Dr. Uri Davis was long discontent with left-wing parties in Israel “because all of them are Zionist parties.”
To...
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Fatah has staged a conference for the first time in 20 years in the Israeli-occupied city of Bethlehem. The point of the gathering was to inject new blood into Fatah...
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Fatah, the divided and demoralized movement of the late Yasser Arafat and the West’s best hope for delivering a Mideast peace deal, is trying to stage a...
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Suha Arafat, the wife [his second wife after his infrequently publicized divorce to his first] of late Palestinian resistance leader Yasser Arafat, has come to the...
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