Archive: palestine

By: Brian Whitaker
The release of Hamas’s first feature film, produced in Gaza on a budget of only $200,000, is noted by the Guardian and theJerusalem Post. As might be expected in view of the filming location, it’s descibed as action-packed.  The film's producer, Fathi Hamad, is also the Gaza interior… Read more
By: Brian Whitaker
Several recent reports from Gaza suggest a steady erosion of personal liberties as Palestinian society retreats into supposedly “traditional” values. Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights says there has been anoticeable increase in “honour” killings – the most recent case being that of a 27-year-… Read more
By: Brian Whitaker
An article by Fred Dardick for Canada Free Press (reproduced  here by the Campus Watch website, but presumably not for its academic merit) announces: “Obama is no friend of Israel”. Among numerous other offences, the Obama administration is accused of suggesting – horror of… Read more