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• Interview: Education and resistance at the Ann Arbor Palestine film fest
  The second annual Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festival opened on Wednesday, 10 March with the feature film Pomegranates and Myrrh. Such festivals are a growing phenomenon with new ones popping up throughout the United States. The Electronic Intifada contr […]
• Israel seals off occupied West Bank
  Full closure for 48 hours imposed in anticipation of protests after Friday prayers. […]
• Sending a laptop to Gaza
  I sat outdoors at a cafe on the Mediterranean Sea in al-Arish, a dusty seaside town in Egypt's northern Sinai. I drank a tea and smoked a water pipe; it gave me something to do while I waited for Ismail -- that's not his real name -- an Egypt […]
• Over 13 Honor Killings in Two Months in Palestine
  Seven women were killed in the Palestinian territories because of "honor killings” in the first month of the year 2010. These news were released by Palestinian human rights organizations interested in women's issues, but according to my sources, this statistic was falsified and the real number of women who were murdered, only in the cities of […]
• Biden to Bibi: You are endangering us
  The Netanyahu insult to Joe Biden is the greatest thing that ever happened. It has woken a lot of people up, maybe including Joe Biden, who is streetsmart, and will allow the mainstream press in the US to finally question the special relationship and what it is doing to the American interest. You say I’m smoking something. Here is Laura Rozen at Politico: P […]
• US: Europe biased against Muslims
  US annual human rights report says Muslims are discriminated against in Europe. […]
• Israel plans more East Jerusalem homes as talks collapse
  NGO list shows how plans stand after latest settlement announcement brought Palestinian peace talks to haltIsraeli authorities are considering plans for at least another 8,000 homes in settlements in East Jerusalem, it emerged today, despite the latest collapse in proposed peace talks with the Palestinians.US vice-president Joe Biden, who earlier condemned I […]
• Israel's unfair 'law of return' | Abe Hayeem
  While British Jews are offered property in the West Bank, Palestinian refugees are still denied the right to returnThe yearly drive to encourage British Jews to emigrate to Israel culminated last weekend in the Israel Property Exhibition in a north London synagogue. "Make your dream come true with your own home or investment in Israel," it urged. A […]
• App Magnets
  If you just haven’t found the right geeky magnets for your fridge, then these just might be the thing to do the trick.  Now you can pick up a few sets of magnets and have all the apps for your fridge that you’ll ever need.  Each one of the epoxy magnets measure 7/8” by 7/8”.  It appears that 18 of these magnets will come in one of the sets.  You can purchas […]
• Joe Biden attempts to salvage Middle East peace talks
  US vice-president appeals to Israel after Palestinians walk out over decision to build new homes in Jewish settlementThe US vice-president, Joe Biden, today attempted to salvage the Middle East peace talks after the Palestinians announced they were pulling out of a new round of indirect negotiations before they had begun.The Palestinian move was in protest a […]