Palestine
Yasser Arafat and when poison ‘kills the president’
Mouth-searing and palate-pleasing narratives about assassinations that have a cunningly secretive nature about them have become all too common in the last 50 years — and non more so than when the victims turn out to be those of great controversy.
By Mohammad I. Aslam | Notebook | Wednesday, 18 July 2012 at 4:00 am
This conflict in the Holy Land must end – for the children’s sake
The enduring fact of the failure of peace in the so-called Holy Land is a royal spring of misery from which bitter tensions flow, with mournful consequences for the entire restive middle-east region, already strained by wars and rumours of wars.
By Emanuel Stoakes | Notebook, Opinion, The Foreign Desk | Monday, 9 July 2012 at 12:26 pm
Nearly three months without food, as Israel looks away
Akram Rikhawi, one of many Palestinian political prisoners said to be held by the Israeli government, without charge and without seeing a trial, today will enter his 64th day on hunger strike. 64 days without food. As he does, 25 year old former Palestinian national team footballer Mahmoud Sarsak enters his 88th day on hunger strike, the longest any detainee has gone through such an ordeal in an Israeli jail. That’s nearly 3 months without food.
By Richard Sudan | Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 14 June 2012 at 3:17 pm
Israeli officials may have less to fear coming to UK but uncomfortable questions remain
Despite a change in the universal jurisdiction legislation last year, Israeli officials and military officers are still not visiting Britain for fear of arrest on war crimes charges.
By Ben White | Notebook, iPolitics | Friday, 1 June 2012 at 4:00 am
Palestinian hunger strike comes to an end but the status quo is not sustainable
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, being held without being charge and without trial by the Israeli government, ended their hunger strike last Monday which was in protest at Israel’s policy of ‘administrative detention’.
By Richard Sudan | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 23 May 2012 at 4:00 am
Sheikh Raed Salah wins appeal
Sheikh Raed Salah, the prominent Palestinian spokesperson has won his court appeal overturning home secretary Theresa May’s deportation order issued against him last year.
By Richard Sudan | Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 10 April 2012 at 2:20 pm
Palestine’s right to exist
‘Israel’s right to exist’, those words a stock phrase, typical of the mainstream media, instantaneously stir up deep seated sensitivities over the so-called conflict between the state of Israel and Palestine. So-called because the word conflict implies some sort of equality and level playing field to begin with. However, this is not the case.
By Richard Sudan | Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 26 March 2012 at 12:00 am
Israel: Segregation, discrimination and forced displacement
This is Israel in 2012 according to a top UN body. Using unprecedented strong language, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) criticised Israeli policies in terms of “apartheid”, as part of their published observations following a regular review.
By Ben White | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 21 March 2012 at 5:48 pm
The forgotten plight of the Bedouin in the Holy Land
The Bedouin of Israel and the occupied territories are easy to pick on. Self-identifying as neither Israeli nor Palestinian, not often considered as such by either community in return, their plight is less attention-grabbing, less politically-infused than that of other communities in the Holy Land. Accordingly, when their rights are apparently under assault, their suffering can easily disappear under the radar.
By Emanuel Stoakes | Notebook, Opinion, The Foreign Desk | Thursday, 1 March 2012 at 12:00 am
Barack Obama’s “unbreakable bond” with Israel
Barack Obama has taken pandering to the Israeli lobby to shameful new levels. In a frankly shocking video, even by US standards, in what I can only describe as one the most cynical pieces of electioneering I have witnessed in my lifetime, Obama’s team has released a video re-affirming the USA’s special relationship with Zionism, and their unwavering commitment to supporting a state which draws legitimate comparisons to South Africa under apartheid.
By Richard Sudan | Notebook | Thursday, 26 January 2012 at 12:01 am
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