Signing the Declaration of Principles at the White Hoise 1993 Reuters DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES ON INTERIM SELF-GOVERNMENT ARRANGEMENTS September 13, 1993 The Government of the State of Israel and the P.L.O. team (in the Jordanian-Palestinian delegation to the Middle East Peace Conference) (the “Palestinian Delegation”), representing the Palestinian people, agree …

Marks and Spencer opening in Egypt revitalizes calls for boycott Dec 17, 2010 Jano Charbel The boycott movement against Israeli products and services in Egypt is just over a decade old. Domestically, the movement is closely associated with the boycott of US goods and services, which began to gain momentum …

Why Marks & Spencer should NOT open in Egypt 15 Facts about M&S’s support to Zionism Marks & Spencer is a British megastore which has been strongly linked with Zionism since the early 1900s. Now it plans to open its first branches in Egypt later this year. The following is …

Former White House correspondent Helen Thomas Helen Thomas: Jews didn’t have to leave Europe following Holocaust In CNN interview, veteran reporter refuses to call comments urging Jews to leave Israel and return to Europe insensitive, says Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians is the real insensitivity. The Jews did not have …

AIPAC Vetos U.N. Resolution on Israeli Settlements U.S. Casts the Actual Ballot February 22, 2011 By Philip Giraldi Last Friday’s American veto of the United Nations Security Council resolution that would have called Israeli settlement activity on the West Bank illegal was not only shameful, it was possibly the low …

Without Egypt Israel will be left with no friends in Mideast Jan. 29, 2011 By Aluf Benn The fading power of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s government leaves Israel in a state of strategic distress. Without Mubarak, Israel is left with almost no friends in the Middle East; last year, Israel …

Parents Face Killer Not One Word of Remorse’ from Driver Who Crushed RachelCorrie’ ‘Israeli soldier in bulldozer ‘did not see her Harriet Sherwood in Haifa The Israeli soldier at the controls of the bulldozer that crushed the pro-Palestinian activist Rachel Corrie told a court today that the first time he …

Israel greenwashing the “war on terror” Jonathan Cook Under cover of a sudden interest in developing new green technologies, the Israeli government hopes to weaken the Gulf states by making their oil redundant and thereby defeating “Islamic terror.” Uzi Landau, the national infrastructures minister, outlined a vision of a world …

The Limits of Social Movements February 16, 2011 James Petras On the one hand, the social movements demonstrated their capacity to mobilize hundreds of thousands, if not millions, in a successful sustained struggle culminating in the overthrow of the dictator in a way that pre-existent opposition parties and personalities were …

The Palestine Papers – a matter of public interest Shazia Arshad 15 February 2011 Following the leak of some 1600 documents a selection known as the Palestine Papers were released by Al Jazeera and the Guardian newspaper; they highlight previously unknown details relating to the peace negotiations between Israel and …