Palestine Blogs

If you grew up watching British TV anytime from the early 1970's onward, or if you were a fan of Scottish theatre in that period, then you knew Gerard Kelly. He was an acclaimed TV comedy actor, and...

"The early history of the State of Israel is not unique. Other countries have chapters in their history of which they should be deeply ashamed. And it must also be stated that [Benny] Morris's...

Sixty-four years ago, when the United Nations was debating the future of Palestine, one country stood up in the General Assembly and condemned the determination of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. to force...

We offered them everything, but they refused! Again!! In Condoleezza Rice's new memoir, No Higher Honor, the former US secretary of state claims a "historic peace deal" between Israel and the...

Oh please. When did CNN ever run an article like this, on the difficulty of adjusting to daily life for a newly-released prisoner, about any of the three-quarters of a million Palestinians imprisoned...

18 October 2011 Gilad Shalit looks frail and emaciated: what have his captors done to him? Gilad Shalit's health brings fresh scrutiny of Hamas detention practices; Israeli soldier looked emaciated...

There was an ironic juxtaposition of stories in a post on Americablog last week. The post began with the story of former Fatah militant Mohamed Abu Mailek, who is reported to have been released from...

The Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit will be released after a long captivity. One can only rejoice for him, his family, his loved ones. And forget, for a moment, that he is a member of an occupying army....

The Huffington Post, purveyor of "Breaking News and Opinion" (according to its own self-description), has the following front page reaction to the not-insignificant breaking news of Mahmoud Abbas'...

Earlier today, Ira Glunts posted at Mondoweiss on the subject of Palestinian reactions to Obama’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly. He highlighted the response of Hanan Ashrawi, who mentioned the...