Palestine Blogs

* Yesterday, hundreds from New York’s Islamic community joined forces with supporters to protest against racial profiling in their neighbourhoods. The demo was specifically a protest to show...

Israelis can definitely take pride in the way some of their foreign travelers conduct themselves abroad (sic). * I have written many times about the scores of youngsters working illegally in just...

 Messages of Support to Mustafa Tamimi’s Family * Martyrs are not numbers. It is essential for us and for supporters of the Palestinian cause to remember the stories behind the names and...

* Times HAVE changed! When I was a youngster, every time we heard the siren from a fire truck we hoped it was our school that was ablaze. Now that New York’s Mayor Bloomberg plans to close down...

Image is by Mahmoud Al Tamimi, 11. ‘’Art for Peace’’ project for Jerusalem children in Jerusalem * Doesn’t the assistance to individuals (even when there are thousands ) beautify the system?...

Having spent most of my life outside of the United States, I’ve never really been a fan of American Football, in fact, I don’t recall ever watching a Super Bowl game. But…. you can...

And they call the wind Maria… * Yesterday, statements made by a prominent spokesman for the ultra orthodox community in Israel, were the subject of the following article which appeared on...

* It was refreshing to see a review on an American Jewish Website of a new film against the occupation. Even more refreshing was reading opinions taken in that review that for sure would not be...

* The phrase ‘Birds of a feather flock together’ never had more of a meaning as in the case of the Adelson’s support of Netanyahu and Gingrich. The following should not come as any...

Restiamo Umani- Stay Human * Prepared by Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD * Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. once stated: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that...

* Chippy Dee Adds…. * OWS is taking its’ act on the road – they are going to be in a different city park every Sunday.  They’re “Occupying Town Squares”.  Today they were at Wash. Sq. reaching...

* A few weeks ago I posted THIS dealing with Israeli parents not wanting their children to see  the ugliness of Apartheid in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. One of the parents was quoted as...

Surprise! Surprise!! …. This should give you a hint * The agenda of the people behind this film are clear: protecting Israel’s illegal settlement project and entrenching further U.S....

The Scribbling of an ordinary Palestinian from occupied Palestine * * Don’t call me invented, because my roots in this land are as old as the land itself. I am part of the land and the land is part...

Referring to his interrogation, Gharra said: “An officer from a police station in the Talpiot area in Jerusalem contacted me more than once and asked me to go immediately to the police station to be...

* Stories about child torture, imprisonment and sometimes even worse have long been hidden by the Israeli censorship machine, but slowly they are trickling out for you to read about …. here is...

Is McCarthyism finally as dead as the man himself? * I was totally bewildered this morning when I read the following obituary in the New York Times. It reports the death of a sportswriter for the US...

The U.S. government has informed Israel that it will recommend that Congress approve a three-year extension of loan guarantees to Israel, worth $3.8 billion. The announcement came after several...

Israelis should prepare themselves for the next generation of Palestinians, a much more savvy generation interlinked with a global world and a region that values rights over an artificial border....

* New York City is home to the world’s largest Jewish community living outside of Israel — around 2 million people. It is also home to one of the largest Arab communities in the United States — more...