Selected Articles
What Would Einstein Say?
Today the leaders of the State of Israel practice genocide and are associating themselves with the most reactionary forces on the planet. By Fidel Castro: In a Reflection published on August 25, 2010 under the title of "The Opinion of an Expert", I mentioned a really unusual activity of the United States and its allies which, in my opinion, underlines...
Palestinian Statehood: Quality as Well as Quantity
By John V. Whitbeck: On December 17, Bolivia extended diplomatic recognition to the State of Palestine within its full pre-1967 borders (all of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem). Coming soon after the similar recognitions by Brazil and Argentina, Bolivia's recognition brought to 106 the number of UN member states recognizing the State of Palestine, whose...
The Future of the Middle East is in the Grip of Israeli Extremism
By Fahmi Howeidi: It seems that we have come to the moment of truth in the Palestinian conflict, where all the signs indicate that the future of the issue, and the entire region, is now determined by Avigdor Lieberman, a far-right racist in Israel, in league with other extremists and fanatics in the Knesset. Some may say that Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin...
Declaring Palestine: Revisiting Hope and Failure
By Ramzy Baroud: When late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat read the Declaration of the Palestinian Independence just over 22 years ago, Palestinians everywhere were enthralled. They held onto his every word during the Palestinian National Council (PNC) session in Algeria on November 15, 1988. The council members incessantly applauded and chanted in the name of Palestine, freedom, the people and...
Breaking the Israel-Palestine Deadlock
By Noam Chomsky:While intensively engaged in illegal settlement expansion, the government of Israel is also seeking to deal with two problems: a global campaign of what it perceives as “delegitimation” – that is, objections to its crimes and withdrawal of participation in them – and a parallel campaign of legitimation of Palestine.The “delegitimation,” which is progressing rapidly, was carried forward...
Israel's Favorite War Song
By Dr. Ahmed Yousef: Israeli strategists covet the concept of Islamic fundamentalism. It is a convenient, all-encompassing tag easily applied to any bearded man, veiled woman or critic of Western politics who happens to be Muslim. The label has deftly been used to paint a poisoned picture of Islamism in Palestine, and distort Hamas' policies as those of an extreme faction...
Turkey: The New Indispensable Nation
By Recep Tayyip Erdogan:Turkey put its imprint as one of the most influential countries not only on 2010, but on the first decade of the third millennium. At the start of the new decade, too, Turkey’s geopolitical position, rich historical heritage, cultural depth, well-educated young population, ever-strengthening democracy, growing economy, and constructive foreign policy make it an indispensable country in...
The Delusions of The Peace Process
By Richard Falk: The politics of the peace process have emphatically ensured that the mere prospect for producing peace is nonexistent. It is astonishing that despite the huge gaps between the maximum that Israel is willing to concede and the minimum that the Palestine Authority could accept as the basis of a final settlement of the conflict, governmental leaders, especially in Washington,...
The Returning Issue of Palestine's Refugees
By Saeb Erekat: It's 62 years since the UN passed a resolution on the rights of Palestinian refugees – rights Israel must recognise. Before his murder in 1948, Lord Folke Bernadotte, the first UN mediator to the Arab-Israeli conflict, stated: "It would be an offence against the principles of elemental justice if these innocent [Palestinian] victims of the conflict were...
