Archive: palestine
25th November 2010
I received an email the other day from MEMRI, the translation and "media research" outfit founded by former Israeli intelligence officer Yigal Carmon. It was appealing for money.
Considering all the critical things I have said about MEMRI over the years (here, here, here, here, here, and here), I… Read more
12th November 2010
The extraordinary tale of Walid Husayin, a quiet barber from the West Bank who dutifully went with his family to the mosque every Friday – while secretly posting atheist rants on Facebook – is reported by various news websites this morning, including al-Arabiya.
Among other things, he is said to… Read more
30th October 2010
An intriguing report in Asharq Alawsat says the US and Israel have been quietly exploring the possibility of a land-lease option for parts of the West Bank.
The proposal is that under a peace deal, Israel would lease some land (including "land in occupied eastern Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley")… Read more
21st July 2010
Several papers are reporting the case of Sabbar Kashur, a 30-year-old Arab from East Jerusalem, who has been sentencedto 18 months in jail after having sex with a Jewish woman.
An Israeli court convicted Kashur of "rape by deception" because although the sex was consensual he had misled the woman… Read more
7th July 2010
Don't stop, make it pop
DJ, blow my speakers up
Tonight, I'm a-fight
'Til we see the sunlight
Tick tock on the clock
But the party don't stop, no
The extraordinary video has been doing the rounds on YouTube. It shows Israeli troops from the Nahal Brigade’s 50th Airborne Batallion patrolling… Read more
1st July 2010
The UN secretary-general is due to issue one of his periodic reports on the implementation (or not) of Security Councilresolution 1701 which brought a ceasefire in the 2006 conflict with Israel.
Hizbullah is clearly not in full compliance (it was supposed to be disarmed) but neither is Israel.
In a… Read more
26th June 2010
More news of the workshop on gay liberation in the Middle East which was due to be held in Detroit last Thursday. The hosting body – the US Social Forum (USSF) – cancelled it at the last minute following complaints about the workshop's organisers, a militant Zionist organisation called Stand With… Read more
17th June 2010
The US Social Forum brings together organisations from across the United States with the aim of working for social justice. This year's forum, which opens next week in Detroit, includes a workshop on "LGBTQI Liberation in the Middle East". According to the blurb:
The purpose of this workshop is to… Read more
28th March 2010
At the beginning of this month, the Hamas authorities in Gazaannounced a ban on male hairdressers attending to women's hair. Three weeks later, though, they show no sign of trying to enforce it.
Five hairdressers are thought to be affected and have been seeking legal advice. A report in The… Read more
1st December 2009
The Hamas-run government in Gaza is introducing a law that will allow execution of drug dealers, AFP reports.
Attorney-general Mohammed Abed said the government is cancelling the existing (Israeli) drug law and replacing it with an Egyptian law from 1962.
"The latter law is more comprehensive in… Read more
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
