MALAKA, Gaza Strip — The five veiled women were gesturing, confidently, at other women to get closer. They wanted more voices to join in. My friend and I had already made it past the designated protest line and were next to the journalists and the ambulances standing by. We got closer still. Rhythmically, the women chanted “Going Back,” a cult …
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Robert Fisk: Why the Middle East will never be the same again
The Palestinians won't achieve statehood, but they will consign the 'peace process' to history. The Palestinians won't get a state this week. But they will prove – if they get enough votes in the General Assembly and if Mahmoud Abbas does not succumb to his characteristic grovelling in the face of US-Israeli power – that they are worthy of statehood. And …
Read More »International Gathering to Support Palestinians Abandoned by Regimes in the Region
In the aftermath of the 22 day long Israeli carnage which killed over 1330 Palestinians including 411 children ,injured more than 5,450 people , left over 70,000 homeless and virtually turned Gaza into a wasteland ,all what the war battered and impoverished Palestinians wanted was food, medicine , water and the like to keep their body and soul together in …
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