Posts Tagged ‘Israel’
 

 

Unreported Israel

On the 9th of July, 2004 the International Court of Justice issued its official ruling about Israeli occupied Palestine; the court found the construction of the Israeli wall in and around East Jerusalem, and its associated regi...
by Lucy Ratcliffe
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More Than A Fair Share: A Jewish State For Jewish Citizens

Another national identity crisis surfaced last month, stoking the recent global wave of national struggles to carve out “true” values and recognise “true” citizens. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed a n...
by Gustav Isherwood
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“Bad News for the Peace Pigeon” {Cartoon}

As the Israeli election ends in a dramatic deadlock, a badly weakened Netanyahu is now forced to cobble together a coalition of parties from both camps. Scroll down for the cartoon.
by Mohammad Ali Ziaei
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Now Is The Time For An Israeli Spring

A majority of Israeli Jews (59%) would support the government discriminating against the country’s Arab minority if it formally annexed the occupied West Bank, according to a survey published by Haaretz newspaper on the 2...
by Nadim Souss
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International Political Forum

PHOTOS: One Palestinian Museum’s Artistic Message To The Pope

The Pope’s visit to the Holy Land (today’s Jordan, Palestine and Israel) has been the focus of many activists hoping to get the Catholic pontiff to speak out in favor of the Palestinian cause. One such symbolic act ...
by Joey Ayoub
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Avoiding Operation Cast Lead II

Since the assassination of Hamas’s military commander, Ahmed Al-Jabari, who aided in the negotiations to release captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, on November 14th as part of Operation Pillar of Defence, Israel has conti...
by Rosanna Rafel
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International Political Forum

The Death And Gloom Of Donetsk And Gaza

There were two headline-grabbing events on Thursday, July 17: the downing of Malaysian Flight MH17, presumably by separatists in eastern Ukraine, and the beginning of Israel’s ground assault into the Gaza Strip. While the for...
by Sean Guillory
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Will the Re-Election of Netanyahu be a Step Forward for Israel?

As Israel’s campaign to elect a Prime Minister begins today, one has to ask: Is the Likud/Beiteinu coalition a step forward for Israel? Or is it a step towards what the New York Times calls “a creeping extremism that would ...
by Nadim Souss
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Baroness Warsi Resigns From UK Government Over Gaza Conflict

Senior Foreign Office minister, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, resigned from the UK Government on Tuesday morning over Britain’s policy on Gaza. She posted her letter of resignation on Twitter just after 9AM, citing the UK gov...
by Priyanka Mogul
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