Analysis on Palestinian history, Middle East politics, and the ongoing struggle for justice.
January 25, 2014 at 3:53 am Jerusalemites go about daily life before the Six Day War of 1967 in ‘Zahrat Al-Madain’ by Jamal Kanj jamalkk Last Tuesday was the 45th anniversary of the outbreak of a war between Egypt and Israel that reshaped the Middle East. At 7.30am, on 5
January 25, 2014 at 3:49 am by Jamal Kanj jamalkk What started as an extension of the Arab Spring is pushing Syria to the verge of civil war. Bashar Al-Assad must stop deluding himself by blaming the frustration of the Syrian people on a foreign conspiracy. Indulging in such self-denial
January 25, 2014 at 3:29 am by Jamal Kanj jamalkk Pre-empting Mitt Romney’s campaign visit to Israel, President Barack Obama last Friday signed the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Co-operation Act of 2012. The bill was drafted by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and co-sponsored by Israeli firsters Barbara
January 25, 2014 at 3:20 am by Jamal Kanj jamalkk WESTERN and Israeli media are full of purported leaks giving details of the joint efforts by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defence Minister Ehud Barak to enlist reluctant military chiefs to their plan to attack Iran. All this
January 25, 2014 at 3:04 am by Jamal Kanj jamalkk On the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a new “sanitised” kind of war is reshaping the future of America’s military industrial complex. The use of unmanned drones – robotic war – is carried out through a string of military sites
January 25, 2014 at 2:59 am by Jamal Kanj jamalkk ZIONISTS and right-wing Christian evangelists appear to be exploiting America’s freedom of speech to fuel sedition and hate between the people of two great religions. In response, right-wing religious elements are manipulating Muslims’ righteous indignation by turning lawful protests into
January 25, 2014 at 2:37 am by Jamal Kanj jamalkk LAST August I predicted that as the US election drew closer, and as the President’s re-election became certain, a credible scenario would be for Israel to strike Iran, pre-empting Barack Obama’s new term in the White House. Israeli Prime Minister
January 25, 2014 at 2:28 am by Jamal Kanj jamalkk On 15 November, 1988, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) National Council, a body representing all Palestinians, declared an independent Palestinian state. The gesture did not change life for Palestinians under occupation or in exile, but that wasn’t the intention. The
January 25, 2014 at 2:15 am by Jamal Kanj jamalkk Israel’s war on Gaza has not stopped since Palestinians exercised their democratic free will and voted for Hamas in the 2006 election. The relentless warfare has alternated between overt bloody and covert muted, but let’s clarify some distortions. Contrary to
January 25, 2014 at 2:02 am by Jamal Kanj jamalkk EGYPTIAN democracy is alive and well. That is about the only positive observation on the current pro-Morsi and counter-demonstrations in major cities across the country. President Mohamed Morsi’s pronouncement on November 22 granting himself supreme powers instigated the current crisis.
