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Fatah: Collaborationist Israeli ally

Stephen Lendman charts the shameful record of Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah faction, who since the Oslo accords of 1973 have played the role of Israel’s

“A framework agreement” between Israel and Palestinians: precursor to talks without end

Uri Avnery highlights the pitfalls of a “framework agreement”, which the parties to the US-mediated talks between Israel and Mahmoud Abbas have pledged to sign within a year, arguing that

When they shout: We strongly condemn

Martin Indyk wrote an op-ed in The New York Times entitled "For once, hope in the Middle East". When I read it, I felt I should respond with an article

Israeli Soldiers Sexually Abuse Palestinian Children

Damning (September 9) CNN report cites uncorroborated sexual abuse charges of Palestinian children detained by IDF." Military officials refused to "respond to abuse charges as no details (were) provided," a

EU court clears Aqsa foundation of terror charges

A European Union court ruled Thursday that the EU acted illegally when freezing the assets of the Aqsa charity foundation’s Holland branch.

Israel and Palestine: A true one-state solution

"Where is the Palestinian Mandela?" pundits occasionally ask. But after these latest Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington fail — as they inevitably will — the more pressing question may be:

America’s Faltering Search for Peace in the Middle East: Openings for Others? [Must read]

You have asked me to speak to current American policies in the Middle East, with an emphasis on the prospects for peace in the Holy Land.

When Will We See the Next Mass Murder? Rosh Hashanah? Yom Kippur? 9/11?

Here's a news flash for Tel Aviv: it's not a sign of respect when the bulk of humanity views you as psychopathic.

Middle East loses trillions as US strikes record arms deals

Rick Rozoff views the United States’ growing arms exports to Middle East countries, which will spend an estimated 100 billion dollars on arms from the US by 2014, and the

IOF troops take over two Palestinian houses in al-Khalil

IOF troops on Friday occupied two houses belonging Palestinians near the Keryat Arba' Jewish settlement in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil, according to local sources.