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Those Danish Cartoons: Don’t Be Fooled This Isn’t an Issue of Islam versus Secularism

“So now it’s cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed with a bomb-shaped turban. Ambassadors are withdrawn from Denmark, Gulf nations clear their shelves of Danish produce, Gaza gunmen threaten the European Union. In Denmark, Fleming Rose, the ‘culture’ editor of the pip-squeak newspaper which published these silly cartoons--last September, for heaven’s sake--announces that we are witnessing a ‘clash of civilisations’ between secular Western democracies and Islamic societies. This does prove, I suppose, that Danish journalists follow in the tradition of Hans Christian Anderson. Oh lordy, lordy. What we’re witnessing is the childishness of civilisations...”

Praying with Their Eyes Closed: Reflections on the Disengagement from Gaza

“Israel’s disengagement plan is widely hailed by the international community, led by the United States, as a first step toward the final resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the establishment of a viable Palestinian state. This essay is a refutation of that view. After presenting the current situation of Gaza as the result of deliberate Israeli policies of economic integration, deinstitutionalization, and closure, the author demonstrates how provisions of the plan itself preclude the establishment of a viable economy in the Strip. Examining the plan’s implications for the West Bank, the author argues that the occupation, far from ending, will actually be consolidated. She concludes with a look at the disengagement within the context of previous agreements, particularly Oslo—all shaped by Israel’s overwhelming power—and the steadily shrinking possibilities offered to the Palestinians...”

Mustafa Barghouti - P A L E S T I N I A N   D E F I A N C E

“The Ramallah doctor and activist, general secretary of the Al Mubadara coalition, on struggles against the Israeli Occupation, from the popular movement of the first Intifada to the tactical errors of the second, via the disaster of Oslo. As Abu Mazen is levered into place, what alternatives can combat both IDF stranglehold and the flyblown Palestinian Authority?”

Adam Shapiro’s Statement at the Institute for Research:

“An estimated 200,000 Palestinians will be completely, directly affected by the wall, and who knows how many hundreds of thousands of others will be affected, given that the water resources being confiscated by the Israeli government today provide 50% of the water for the entire West Bank. At least 10% of the land of the West Bank is being annexed to Israel. And already, we have had reports from farmers who have produced documents issued by the Israeli military, telling them that if they wish to get to the land on the other side of the wall, they need to apply for a permit to enter Israel. So already, in just naming the area confiscated by this wall, it is no longer considered Palestinian land by the Israeli government, but rather, Israel.”

Middle East Summit: Of Peace or Pretense?

Our humanity in the Balance:

“On a single day in January, two boys were killed by the Israeli military in the town of Tulkarm. Haza Shadid, 16, was shot in front of us while throwing stones at an armoured personnel carrier that had just teargassed his school. Mohi Hamzi, a boy of 17, was shot while crossing the street in front of the Tulkarm refugee camp. Osama, the ISM regional coordinator, contacted many international news agencies to report the incidents, only to be told time and again that the deaths of two Palestinian boys were not newsworthy.”

On left anti-semitism and the special status of Israel

Zionism and its critics: Labour, the Left and Anti-Semitism

Seeing Clearly Through a Veil of Blood: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from the Perspective of Human Rights and the Law

Living with the Holocaust: The Journey of a Child of Holocaust Survivors

Reflections on Permanent War and Palestine

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