Khader Adnan My husband Khader Adnan has shed a light on Israel’s disregard for human rights / Randa Musa MEMO 22 Feb — The name of my husband, Khader Adnan, has now become known across the world. Four months ago he was unknown outside of our homeland, Palestine. His hunger strike of 66 days has [...]
From the New York Times (emphasis added): In making the deal, Israel averted the possibility of widespread unrest that many expected if the detainee, a 33-year-old member of Islamic Jihad, had died, as medical experts had determined was an imminent danger. More important, it forestalled an emergency hearing at the High Court of Justice that [...]
By Deepak Tripathi Palestine Chronicle Febr 20 2012 The bombing of an Israeli embassy car in Delhi threatens India’s diplomatic maneuvers between Israel and Iran, and has put India’s discreetly nurtured ties with Israel since 1992 through a severe test. Those who are attracted to Israel’s depiction of Iran as a terrorist threat to world [...]
Maan News Agency Febr 20 2012 JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Vandals daubed “Death to Christianity” on a Jerusalem church on Monday in the second such attack in the holy city this month, police said. The words “Price Tag”, a slogan used by ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers, were also scrawled on the walls of the Baptist Narkis Street [...]
Dean Obeidallah recently said he does not “debate” ikhras because we’re a “hate group.” Calling ikhras a “hate site” or “hate group” began with Hussein Ibish‘s bitter attack piece on Ikhras last year. Since then Hussein has been cultivating a friendship with the naive and gullible Dean prompting him to unwittingly parrot the nonsense Hussein [...]
After being repeatedly told we’re not interested in discussing or debating anything with him, Dean Obeidallah continues to ask ikhras for an opportunity to sit down with us for a discussion, debate, or chat. Below is an excerpt from a more recent exchange. Click on “read more” for full transcript. #bbpBox_169566125603045377 a { text-decoration:none; color:#0099B9; }#bbpBox_169566125603045377 a:hover [...]
(Photo: Khaled Desouki/AFP) Hailed as a hero of the Egyptian revolution, Wael Ghonim is the Google manager who went missing during eleven days, early in the revolution, as a result of creating a Facebook page that fueled mass mobilization against Mubarak’s regime. One year ago, the page “We Are All Khaled Said”—in honor of a [...]
Politico’s Dylan Byers interviews new New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren about her recent Twitter controversy. Too bad she seems to refer to Ali Abunimah as an “extremist” (“of course I will talk to him. And I will talk to extremists on both sides”) whatever that means. (Update: Actually, in reading it over, [...]
Diverse PennBDS conference attendees. (Photo: Sara Jawhari) On February 4th, 2012, hundreds of students, professionals and academics gathered at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia for a national BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) conference, organized by the University’s PennBDS student group. The conference gained plenty of attention in the weeks leading up to it from local [...]
(Image: Anonymous) Marking today’s anniversary of the Bahrain anti-government uprising, the hacker group Anonymous shut down the Bahrain government’s website, along with the websites of several U.S. manufacturers of “less than lethal” weapons. From a statement posted by the group today: So you war profiteering all crazy, selling mad chemical weapons to militaries and cop [...]