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Can O’Keefe lick the Palestinian campaign into shape?

Stuart Littlewood argues that the Palestinian cause is in desperate need of a marketing and public relations makeover, and of competent advocates to promote the Palestinian struggle in the West.

Night clashes in Silwan, two teens detained in Al-Khalil

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently quelled young men in Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem on Monday night who were protesting the storming of their town by an IOF patrol, witnesses

MB’s Opinion in a Newsletter: Serious Incidents Surrounding Egypt and the Arab World

Arab countries, particularly Egypt, are witnessing tension and serious incidents which threaten to shake the unity of the people, and specifically in Egypt.

The Future of Israel

The Israel I live in today is a country where at least half the population is cut off from full-participation in society because of an impenetrable wall of racism and

Israel detains another Palestinian parliamentarian in renewed campaign against Hamas

Israel's occupation forces have raided the home of a member of the Palestinian parliament and former Minister of Finance. Local eyewitnesses say that Israeli soldiers broke into the house of

A dialogue with Hamas – Part 1

In this extended two-part interview Hamdan engages in an in-depth discussion of the party's affairs, policies and interests. This dialogue follows Manuela Paraipan's recently published interview with Hamas leader Khaled

Palestinian fisherman injured in IOF shooting

A Palestinian fisherman was slightly wounded on Saturday when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) aboard navy gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire at fishermen off the coast of northern Gaza city.

19,000 Jews migrated to Israel in 2010

- 19,000 Jews, the majority of them from England, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, have migrated to Israel in 2010, at a 16 per cent increase from last year,

Tens of civilians hurt during weekly anti wall marches

-- Tens of Palestinian citizens were treated for breathing difficulties while others were injured in the Israeli occupation forces' violent dispersal of the weekly anti wall marches in West Bank

IOF troops assault Spanish group at the entrance of Bethlehem

-- IOF troops assaulted a group of Spanish tourists on Thursday afternoon as they tried to enter the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem through its northern entrance to participate