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Lieberman proposes complete disengagement from Gaza

Five years after Israel's unilateral disengagement from Gaza, Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman has proposed a new plan aimed at ridding Israel of any responsibility for the coastal enclave, the

Israeli navy on high alert to storm approaching Libyan aid ship Amal

The Hebrew radio reported Tuesday morning that the Israeli navy has been put on high alert to storm the Libyan aid ship Amal which resumed sailing on Sunday evening for

Boycott Israel campaign wants Israel to abide by international law

There is a considerable amount of misunderstanding about the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. As John Berger explained a while back, BDS is not a principle but a strategy;

Israel threats to attack Libyan aid ship sailing for Gaza

The Israeli government threatened to attack the Libyan aid ship that will be sailing from Greece on Saturday to the besieged Gaza Strip.

MB MP denounces Israel ‘s decision to deport Palestinian MP’s

The Muslim Brotherhood Parliamentary bloc denounced the Israeli decision to deport MPs from the Palestinian Legislative Council from the occupied Jerusalem .

The political whores of Washington

Last week, 338 members of the US House of Representatives signed a petition calling on President Obama to veto any resolution by the United Nations denouncing the murderous Israeli raid

EU: demolition of Jerusalem homes a violation of international law

BRUSSELS, EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton said that Israel’s decision to demolish several houses belonging to Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem is a violation of international law and constitutes an

Egypt ranks last by rule-of-law index report

The International Justice Project' (IJP) s latest rule-of-law index report revealed that Egypt ranked last of all the Arab states as opposed to Qatar, which came first on the index,

Lieberman’s “peace” plan: strip Palestinians of citizenship

Jonathan Cook reports on Israel’s Moldovan bouncer-cum-Foreign Minister Avigdor Leiberman’s so-called “peace plan”, which entails stripping Israel’s Arab citizens of their citizenship and expelling them from the country.