By Amira Hass Those who turned Gaza into an internment camp for 1.8 million people should not be surprised when they tunnel underneath the earth. July 22, 2014 “ICH” – “Haaretz” — – I’ve already raised the white flag. I’ve stopped searching the dictionary for the word to describe half of a boy’s missing […]
by Abdullah Al-Arian The use of informants to target communities is one of the most alarming trends to have developed since 9/11. The FBI has used informants in its counterterrorism tactics [AP] On the surface, the scene unfolds without any hint of intrigue. A young Muslim convert named Darren Griffin meets fellow congregants
By Richard Falk Can international law provide justice for Palestinians? The death toll in Gaza has exceeded 600 people [EPA] What has been happening in Gaza cannot usefully be described as “warfare”. The daily reports of atrocities situate this latest Israeli assault on common humanity within the domain of what the great
By Haidar Eid A day in Gaza under Israeli attack. At least 75 people have been killed overnight in Gaza’s Shujayea neighbourhood[AFP] I sit in my apartment in Gaza City for days and nights, watching the sky turn grey with thick smoke during the day, and bright yellow and orange in the darkness of the
Press Statement Citizens International strongly condemns the current barbaric aggression committed by the Zionist régime in Tel Aviv against Gaza. Over 80 people, including many children, have been killed and 550 people wounded. A single Israeli air strike killed 7 Palestinians including 5 children. Aljazeera reported that at least 550 sites have been hit
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Lift the Ban on Fasting Citizens International strongly protests the action taken by the Chinese Government to ban Uighur students and civil servants from fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. It is shocking that students have been prevented from entering mosques as reported in the international media. The reason given by
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It had the feel of a victory lap, albeit short and quick. Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz visited Cairo on June 20 to congratulate Egypt’s new President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on his inauguration. For the ailing monarch it was a symbol of the kingdom’s success in turning back what he labeled the “strange chaos” of
By Kılıç Buğra Kanat It will again depend on the Maliki administration to turn this situation to its advantage. Changing track and following a more inclusive policy and an attempt to win hearts and minds of people in Iraq will be his best chance to stay in power. After its capture of Mosul and some
by Maung Zarni A poem in memory of the two Rohingya infants who became the well-publicized victims of Myanmar’s “Buddhist” genocide. We are a great nation of “Buddhist” Myanmar We send our waves of Metta for World Peace We boast about our Oxonian Nobel Lady who was once a (vastly mistaken) global icon of
by Joseph Allchin Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled their homes, their leaders tortured and killed. Is this what democracy in Burma was supposed to look like? Two years ago, I stood in searing heat along a dusty rural road in Burma, lined for miles with local people waiting with hope and
