A Never-Ending Horror Story by SONJA KARKAR It happened thirty years ago – 16 September 1982. A massacre so awful that people who know about it cannot forget it. The photos are gruesome reminders – charred, decapitated, indecently violated corpses,… Read More ›
On October 20, 1956, W. E. B. Du Bois delivered this eloquent indictment of US politics and why he won’t vote in the upcoming Presidential election. Du Bois condemns both Democrats and Republicans for their indifferent positions on the influence… Read More ›
No Justice for Martyred Internationalist On 28 August 2012, an Israeli court in Haifa rejected charges that the Israeli Defense Forces or Israel’s Ministry of Defense were in any way responsible for the killing of American internationalist and solidarity activist… Read More ›
An assault on a Palestinian teenager has shone a spotlight on a cauldron of prejudice that runs through the Israeli establishment, explains Hadas Thier. DOZENS OF Jewish teens in Jerusalem’s Zion Square beat a Palestinian youth, 17-year-old Jamal Julani, nearly… Read More ›
Arab Israelis say they try to avoid walking around at night for fear they would be attacked by racists Hassan Shaalan A brutal assault allegedly perpetrated by dozens of Jewish teens last week has reawakened long-harbored feelings of fear among… Read More ›
Two people were ejected from the Republican National Convention when they threw nuts at a black CNN camera woman and said “this is how we feed animals,” the network said Wednesday. “CNN can confirm there was an incident directed at… Read More ›
Appearing before court, 15-year-old suspected of assaulting Arab youth in Jerusalem lashes out at victim, says ‘If I catch him, I’ll beat him. He should die’ Noam (Dabul) Dvir One of the suspects in the Jerusalem lynch case appeared at… Read More ›
Inequality Inside the Green Line by PATRICK O. STRICKLAND Tel Aviv. On May 15, the New York Times ran an editorial authored by Aaron David Miller under the title of “Preserving Israel’s Uncertain Status Quo.” Miller argues that the Israeli… Read More ›
Israel has deported Sudanese asylum seekers by issuing documents with purposefully incorrect nationalities, a recently published report by the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism revealed. More than 100 Sudanese nationals in Israel were given passports or birth certificates incorrectly labeling… Read More ›
JERUSALEM — Israel on Sunday barred the delegations of five countries from attending a diplomatic conference in Ramallah, in the West Bank, upending plans by the Palestinian president to announce his intention to renew the Palestinians’ bid this September for… Read More ›
“Report on Extrajudicial Killings of 110 Black People since January 1st, 2012.” Every 40 hours in the United States one Black woman, man or child is killed by police, and by a smaller number of security guards and self-appointed vigilantes…. Read More ›
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Israeli Defense Ministry wants to evict hundreds of Palestinians from eight hamlets in a West Bank area the military has designated as a firing zone, rights activists said Tuesday, portraying the decision as a new… Read More ›
Israel does not explicitly ban importing books to Gaza, but the blockade makes it extraordinarily difficult to do so. The shortage amounts to a kind of censorship, Gazans say. By Ruqaya Izzidien, Contributor Gaza City, Gaza The Israeli blockade of… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 