5 human rights groups petition against Israeli Public Security Minister Ohana’s refusal to vaccinate prisoners According to professional sources, prisoners are an at-risk population and action must be taken to vaccinate them in parallel with […]
by Agence France-Presse China on Friday warned off a US warship sailing near contested islands in the South China Sea, Beijing said, the first such encounter made public since the inauguration of President Joe Biden. The […]
by Agence France-Presse President Joe Biden will Thursday announce an end to US military support for the Saudi allies’ devastating war in Yemen in a speech meant to show a reinvigorated focus on diplomacy. Two weeks […]
IF AMERICANS KNEW Israel and Covid: Palestinians aren’t at the bottom of the list – they’re not on the list at all. (Pictured: a Palestinian family in Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza. The family had originally […]
THE SAKER First, a clarification. When I speak of “Biden” I don’t mean the fungus (to use Tom Luongo’s apt expression) which was recently planted in the White House, I am referring to the “collective Biden” […]
IF AMERICANS KNEW ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. (Photo: ICC Website) In essence, the latest decision opens the door to a full investigation into war crimes in Palestine without further internal legal discussions within the ICC […]
Kathryn Shihadah IF AMERICANS KNEW One Democratic State is a realistic peace-and-justice plan that promises a future for Palestinians as well as Israelis. (Pictured: Palestinians in the village of Haris protest, July 2020) The “two-state […]
PHILIP GIRALDI Pandering to Israel as part of the political process in the United States has become part of the DNA of both major parties. The job of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations must […]
IF AMERICANS KNEW Heavy rains and cold weather have battered Gaza where infrastructure is ill-equipped to deal with extreme weather. (Mohammed SalemAPA images) (EI) This winter is expected to be even tougher, because of pandemic lockdown […]
JAMES THOMPSON In the continuing story of coronavirus, this week brings two stories about limitations. The first is that production of both Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines in Europe is faltering, and from Monday supplies will […]