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On AlterNet: palestine

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "palestine"

Carter was Right But Bush, Media Ignore Hamas' Overtures Towards Peace

Carter was Right But Bush, Media Ignore Hamas' Overtures Towards Peace

Ira Chernus, AlterNet. April 28, 2008.
If the U.S. or Israel were to accept Hamas' willingness to negotiate, they would tacitly acknowledge that Hamas is a player in the game.

Jimmy Carter Was Right to Meet With Hamas

Jimmy Carter Was Right to Meet With Hamas

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. April 21, 2008.
What separates Carter from the neocons is his genuine desire to negotiate a Middle East peace settlement, and that means talking to everyone.

Jimmy Carter: 'I'll Meet Hamas Because Someone Has to'

Jimmy Carter: 'I'll Meet Hamas Because Someone Has to'

Ron Bousso, Middle East Online. April 14, 2008.
No peace deal can be reached without Hamas having a seat at the table.

An Open Letter to All Feminists: Support Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim Women

An Open Letter to All Feminists: Support Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim Women

Piya Chatterjee, Sunaina Maira, Religion Dispatches. March 20, 2008.
Western feminists talk about honor killings and the misogyny of Islam, but hypocritically ignore the legal violence of military occupation.

Academic Freedom? Not for Israeli Arabs

Academic Freedom? Not for Israeli Arabs

Jonathan Cook, Middle East Online. March 5, 2008.
An Arab-Israeli professor is being hounded for opposing militarism.

Don't Believe That Iraq Won't Be The Issue in November

Don't Believe That Iraq Won't Be The Issue in November

Ramzy Baroud, Middle East Online. February 19, 2008.
Once the presidential candidates are determined, the occupation of Iraq will probably position itself as the lead point of contention.

Dark Truths About the Israeli Occupation

Dark Truths About the Israeli Occupation

Daniel Levy, Washington Monthly. January 29, 2008.
Can Israelis ever recover from the self-inflicted damage of becoming a brutal occupier?

Gaza Explodes

Gaza Explodes

Soumaya Ghannoushi, Comment Is Free. January 26, 2008.
In this unfolding tragedy, borders have turned into instruments of collective punishment, Israel's way of bringing Palestinians to their knees.

Israeli Right-Wingers Flood Bush with Anti-Peace Messages

Israeli Right-Wingers Flood Bush with Anti-Peace Messages

Middle East OnlineJanuary 10, 2008.
Right-wingers send hundreds of letters protesting US-sponsored peace talks between Israel, Palestinians.

Israeli Occupation Casts Shadow Over Bethlehem

Israeli Occupation Casts Shadow Over Bethlehem

Ben White, Comment Is Free. December 25, 2007.
At this time of year, faced with occupation and threats from extremists, Palestinian Christians have little to celebrate.

Israeli Palestinians Speak Out

Israeli Palestinians Speak Out

Nadim Rouhana, The Nation. December 13, 2007.
We expect no more and no less than the right to equality in the land of our ancestors.

Annapolis: A

Annapolis: A "Generous Offer" for Palestinian Refugees?

Neta Golan, AlterNet. December 5, 2007.
Under Israel and Bush's "solution", Palestinian refugees who had been expelled from what is now Israel could return, not to their homes, but to small, non-contiguous parts of less than 22% of their original homeland.

As Peace Conference Begins, Palestinians Fear Land-Grab in Progress

As Peace Conference Begins, Palestinians Fear Land-Grab in Progress

Fareed Taamallah, AlterNet. November 27, 2007.
Even while peace talks are underway, the illegal expansion of Israeli "settlements" will continue.

Noam Chomsky on Iran and Palestine [VIDEO]

Manila Ryce, The Largest Minority AlterNet: Video. November 23, 2007.
Chomsky talks with the Real News about the lack of justification for military action against Iran regarding their nuclear program and the accusation that they're fueling the Iraqi insurgency.

Why Would Wolf Blitzer Want Hillary to Win?

Manila Ryce, The Largest Minority AlterNet: PEEK. November 19, 2007.
Manila Ryce: Blitzer was a propagandist within a powerful pro-Israeli organization before he came to CNN.

Palestinian Hip-Hop Artist Belly Raps About His War-Torn Homeland In "History of Violence" [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. November 13, 2007.
Belly says, "If this puts me in the line of fire, then so be it. I felt I had to do this. I represent Arabs who don't want war, who are just like everybody else and that is 99% of us. I want people to see and hear that perspective."

Man From Plains: The Film That Might Make Jimmy Carter a Movie Star

Man From Plains: The Film That Might Make Jimmy Carter a Movie Star

Adam Howard, AlterNet. November 5, 2007.
Man From Plains is a moving, redemptive portrait of a president and a presidency that has been unfairly maligned and reduced to a punchline for far too long.

Hillary Clinton Leads In Yet Another Worthless Poll

Hillary Clinton Leads In Yet Another Worthless Poll

Ari Melber, AlterNet: PEEK. October 8, 2007.
Ari Melber: Did reporters and pundits learn nothing from their misplaced faith in erroneous polls last cycle?

One Palestinian Village Struggles Against Israel's Ever-Expanding

One Palestinian Village Struggles Against Israel's Ever-Expanding "Settlements"

Mohammed Khatib, AlterNet. September 26, 2007.
A recent decision by the Israeli Supreme Court demonstrated both the power of nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation, and its limits.

America's Campaign to Smear Israel's Critics

America's Campaign to Smear Israel's Critics

Salim Muwakkil, In These Times. September 11, 2007.
In the U.S., scholars who contest the conventional wisdom about Israel all too often lose their reputations -- and their jobs.

Jimmy Carter: Ex-President, Humanitarian...Movie Star?

Jimmy Carter: Ex-President, Humanitarian...Movie Star?

Adam Howard, AlterNet: PEEK. September 11, 2007.
Adam Howard: A new documentary starring Carter shows him at his most outspoken and passionate on the crisis in the Middle East.

Israel’s Primal Myth: A Barrier to Peace

Israel’s Primal Myth: A Barrier to Peace

Barry Lando, AlterNet: PEEK. July 22, 2007.
Barry Lando: The Israeli position is a self-serving myth created when the Jewish state was born, perpetuated ever since by the country's leaders and accepted by Washington.

Palestine No More? Here Comes Hamastan and Fatahland

Palestine No More? Here Comes Hamastan and Fatahland

Jonathan Cook, CounterPunch. June 29, 2007.
Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sound more smug than usual after Fatah's overthrow in Gaza. It appears that a drastic and deadly new strategy to isolate Palestinians and use other Arab countries as enforcers has been unveiled.

Jimmy Carter Calls Bush Policy on Palestine

Jimmy Carter Calls Bush Policy on Palestine "Criminal"

Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. June 20, 2007.
Dr. Bruce Prescott: The former president offers a scathing critique of Bush's mideast bungling.

Palestine: How Will the Hypocritical West Deal with a Coup D'état by an Elected Government?

Palestine: How Will the Hypocritical West Deal with a Coup D'état by an Elected Government?

Robert Fisk, The Independent. June 18, 2007.
Hamas is the democratically elected government of the Palestinian territories -- now that it has taken control of the Gaza Strip from the Fatah party, will Israel and the West keep supporting the old regime?