US, Israel inching away over Palestine?

21 May, 2009

Hawkish Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s highly anticipated meeting with the US officials has ended in a rift over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

PFLP slams new gov’t as obstacle to dialogue

21 May, 2009

GAZA, May 21 (Xinhua) — The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Thursday criticized the new Palestinian government as an obstacle on the way of the inter-Palestinian dialogue.

Jerusalem 42 Years Later Where East and West Are Worlds Apart

21 May, 2009

Listening to all the endless, pompous rhetoric about Jerusalem, one might be convinced to believe that this is a city inhabited by divine symbols, not by real human beings, flesh, blood, sweat and all.

Guantánamo: A Real Uyghur Slams Newt Gingrich’s Racist Stupidity

21 May, 2009

In recent weeks, there has been an unsavory race to see which Republican can come up with the most scare-mongering drivel about the remaining 240 prisoners in Guantánamo.

Alert: Gaza/Egypt – Medics and aid workers remain on hunger strikes, Assed Baig blogs from Rafah border crossing

21 May, 2009

Medics and aid workers remain on hunger strike at the Rafah border crossing after continuing to be denied entry, while Assed Baig blogs from location.

Israel demolishes West Bank settler outpost

21 May, 2009

MAOZ ESTHER, West Bank (AP) — Israeli security forces demolished a minor Jewish settlement outpost in the West Bank on Thursday, three days after President Barack Obama told visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he must halt settlement activity.