By Stephen Gowans According to the White House, Israel has the right to defend itself (1). I would argue that it doesn’t. Based on the theft of another people’s land and denial of their right to return to the homes… Read More ›
Zionism
Outrage over disgusting “cripple Stephen Hawking” jokes after he joins boycott of Israel
By: Charlotte Meredith WORLD renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has faced a barrage of vile abuse today from people furious over his boycott of Israel. The tirade of criticism came after the highly-respected Cambridge professor joined an academic embargo by refusing… Read More ›
Israel used depleted uranium shells in air strike
Israel used “a new type of weapon”, a senior official at the Syrian military facility that came under attack from the Israeli Air Force told RT. “When the explosion happened it felt like an earthquake,” said the source, who was present… Read More ›
“Israel trying to drag US into Syrian conflict”
Israel’s reported second air strike on Syria in two days targeted a facility just outside the capital. But there was no escalation toward Israel to justify the attack – and Tel Aviv is only trying to drag the US into… Read More ›
Israel injects Palestinian prisoners with dangerous viruses
The Israeli regime injects Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails with “dangerous viruses” before releasing them, a report says. “A Palestinian released from Israeli jails, Rania Saqa, has brought to light that the Israeli regime injected detainees that are out of… Read More ›
Death of a Ruling Class Warrior: Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013)
By Tom Mills Thatcher is dead. But for years she was a shadow of her former self. After her fall from power in 1990 she slowly faded away from public life and when she did wander back onto the public stage… Read More ›
Israel appropriates 82% of Palestinian water
A Palestinian water expert has criticised the 1993 Oslo Peace Agreement signed between the Palestinians and the Israelis for giving Israel the right to control Palestinian water. The Director of the Association of Palestinian Hydrologists, Abur-Rahman Al-Tamimi, said: “The Oslo… Read More ›
Israel strikes Gaza for the First Time since Truce
Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon has said Tel Aviv will not tolerate any fire from Gaza on its territory. The statement comes after the first major exchange of fire since November. Two rockets fired by Palestinians have gone off in… Read More ›
Palestinian hunger striker released, exiled to Gaza
A Palestinian prisoner has been exiled to Gaza for ten years, after a long-term hunger strike led the Israelis to sign a deal, releasing the inmate from prison, after holding him without charge for months. “Palestinian prisoner Ayman Sharawna, who… Read More ›
Obama makes fun of heckler asking “who killed Rachel Corrie?”
by Linah Alsaafin US President Barack Obama arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah by helicopter yesterday and gave yet another insipid speech. The Palestinian Authority’s security forces, collaborating with US forces, designated a huge security perimeter with the PA compound — the Muqataa — in… Read More ›
Israel’s Peres urges Arab intervention in Syria
By Martine Pauwels (AFP) STRASBOURG, France — Israel’s Shimon Peres called Tuesday for Arab intervention “to stop the massacre” in Syria as he delivered the first speech by an Israeli head of state to the European Parliament in almost three… Read More ›
IDF teargas int’l journalists covering peaceful protest in West Bank, incl RT crew
Several international journalists, including an RT cameraman, have suffered from teargas as IDF have launched teargas bombs at the media crews outside Ofer Prison, West Bank. In recent weeks protests outside the facility have left scores of injured. The RT… Read More ›
How Israel legitimises torturing Palestinians to death
Many in the West Bank are in mourning over the passing of Arafat Jaradat, who was tortured to death in an Israeli prison – he leaves behind a pregnant widow and two children [AFP] Israel’s policy of torture has left… Read More ›
Autopsy: Palestinian Prisoner Died of ‘Extreme Torture’ in Israeli Custody
Arafat Jaradat, a father of a 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son, worked as a gas station attendant and his wife, Dalal, is pregnant. Craig Brown, staff writer An autopsy on the body of Arafat Jaradat, a 30-year-old father of two,… Read More ›
The dirty dozen: Israel’s racist ringleaders
Israelis chant “Sudanese Back To Sudan” during a right-wing demonstration against African refugees in south Tel Aviv, 30 May 2012. (Oren Ziv / ActiveStills) David Sheen Does Israel refuse to grant equal rights to Palestinian citizens of the state because it is… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 