Israel Thwarts Activists At Ben Guiron Airport

Israel has blocked an attempt by international activists to organize a high-profile, humanitarian visit to Palestinians in the West Bank.

Israeli Troops Fire At Protesters on Golan

Israeli troops have fired at demonstrators from Syria who rushed the cease-fire line fence on the Golan Heights on the anniversary of the Arab defeat in the 1967 Middle East war.

European Union Opens Markets to Palestinian Exports

High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission Catherine Ashton has on behalf of the European Union (EU) signed an Agreement with Prime Minister Fayyad that gives all agricultural products, processed agricultural...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Calls on Cape Town Opera to Cancel Israeli Tour

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has asked the Cape Town Opera to cancel a planned trip to Israel, saying it would be unconscionable.“Just as we said during apartheid that it was inappropriate for international artists to perform in South Africa in a society...

United Nations Expresses Concern At Israel’s Settlement Expansion Plans

The United Nations (UN) Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People has expressed grave concern about Israel’s ongoing policy of perpetuating its occupation of East Jerusalem through settlement expansion...

New ‘Africa Sky’ African Airline to Fly on January 15

The new community airline “Africa Sky” (ASKY) based in Lome has scheduled its inaugural flight on January 15. How People Arrived Here: a sky airlines africa, african sky airline

Trying to Correct a Misconception of Media Bias

Al Jazeera English just pulled the following report from their wire sources: A Jewish-American, who settled in the occupied West Bank, has been charged with killing two Palestinians and attempting to murder more people. Jack Teitel told reporters at...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Morocco for a Meeting of Foreign Ministers

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Morocco for a meeting of foreign ministers from the Middle East and the world’s leading industrialized nations. They will discuss democracy in the region and ways to resolve the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Secretary...

Palestinian Call for Elections Deepens Divisions

Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has signed a decree that presidential and parliamentary elections will take place on January 24. But the announcement has only deepened Palestinian divisions. The vote is supposed to take place in the...