It’s time for those who hold the keys to their homes to rise up Dr. Salman Abu Sitta 13 February 13, 2011 The issue is not that documents giving details of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority were leaked by Al Jazeera and the Guardian. We all had a …
Read More »The Peel Commission Proposal in Action Again
The Voice of Israel Radio reported that on Thursday (7 October, 2010), Israeli security forces completed a comprehensive security exercise simulating the response to mass demonstrations of Palestinian citizens of Israel following conclusion of an agreement with the Palestinian Authority (PA). Amongst other things, the security forces ran through scenarios …
Read More »Al-Awda Launches New Palestinian Children’s Rights Campaign
Al-Awda Launches New Palestinian Children’s Rights Campaign Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition announces the launching of its Palestinian Children’s Right Campaign. The mission of this campaign is to advocate for the immediate release of all Palestinian children detained in Israeli prisons, and to demand an end to the …
Read More »The Forgotten Conquest: Conquest of Knowledge
Quakers: Religious Society of Friends The Forgotten Conquest: Conquest of Knowledge By Munir Fasheh The drive among Americans to go to other countries to save the world (to educate peoples, civilize them, and help and serve them) is very strong. This “disease” is so contagious that even Palestinians who study …
Read More »Another Childhood Nakba Memory
Khalil Nakhleh – Ramallah I remember it was one Sunday afternoon, sometime around one or two o’clock, when my father barged running into the house shouting “we have to leave, we have to leave”. His face was all red; his eyes shined with piercing outrage, uncertainty and incredulity. I remember …
Read More »A Letter to the Pope
Munir Fasheh of Harvard University Center for the Middle East Studies had sent the following letter to the Pope on October 25, 2006. And because of its validity in today’s world we thought to re-publish it again. The Editor Dear Pope Benedict I am writing to you as a Christian …
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