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Why Israel is so excited about "prime minister" Abu Mazen

Ali Abunimah 15 March 2003

Mahmoud Abbas (“Abu Mazen”) Under intense pressure, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has appointed a Palestinian “prime minister.” EI’s Ali Abunimah writes that popular objections to this move stem both from the notion of introducing a “prime minister” in the context of an endless foreign military occupation, and the notoriously corrupt character of the person Arafat chose for the job. Read more about Why Israel is so excited about "prime minister" Abu Mazen

Moran's remarks on Jews stoke debate

David R. Sands 11 March 2003

Rep. James P. Moran’s remarks on the influence of American Jews on the Bush administration’s hard line against Iraq have put a public face on a bitter and intensely personal debate among policy-makers and pundits over the motivations of those pushing a new war in the Middle East. Read more about Moran's remarks on Jews stoke debate

Weekly report on human rights violations

Palestinian Center for Human Rights 13 March 2003

This week, Israeli forces killed 23 Palestinians, including four children, a woman and an old man. In addition, dozens were injured and private and public property was destroyed. Read more about Weekly report on human rights violations

Women prisoners, including cancer patient, denied medical treatment

LAW 12 March 2003

The women’s representative in the al-Ramle prison for women, Amina Mona, in an affidavit given to LAW lawyer Fahmi Shkeirat on Tuesday has accused the prison administration of extremely critical medical negligence, threatening a woman with deportation, and serious abuse. Read more about Women prisoners, including cancer patient, denied medical treatment

Christian Aid's Palestinian partners prepare for the worst

Christian Aid 12 March 2003

Christian Aid partners in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) are stockpiling food and medicines to prepare for the repercussions of a possible war in Iraq. They fear that, as world attention focuses on Iraq, Israeli incursions into the OPT will become even more fierce, with serious humanitarian consequences. Read more about Christian Aid's Palestinian partners prepare for the worst

UNRWA school in Beit Lahia damaged by Israeli military

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East 10 March 2003

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is to protest to the Government of Israel at the wanton damage done to one of its schools during Israel’s weekend occupation of part of Beit Lahia in the Northern Gaza Strip. Read more about UNRWA school in Beit Lahia damaged by Israeli military

Amnon Rubinstein's lazy -- and misleading -- math

Jonathan Cook 11 March 2003

“To be an Arab in Israel is also to suffer from a qualitatively different kind of discrimination: a racism that is unknown to anyone who can claim to be an “ethnic Jew,” or, in the case of the Russian Christians, a “social Jew.” The discrimination is not just structural but ideological: it is the negation of the Arab citizen’s right to an identity as an Israeli. It is felt in the absolute exclusion of the minority from all aspects of the Zionist nation-building programme.” Jonathan Cook exposes the logical and methodological flaws in the writings of former Israeli government minister Professor Amnon Rubinstein. Read more about Amnon Rubinstein's lazy -- and misleading -- math

The Palestinians don't even have weather

Tanya Reinhart 11 March 2003

To the extent that the recent military acts in the territories are debated in Israel at all, the debate almost solely revolves around the question whether or not it is possible to end the Palestinian terror this way. The Palestinians, as human beings, simply do not exist. Tanya Reinhart writes in Yediot Aharonot. Read more about The Palestinians don't even have weather

Palestinian voices on International Women's Day

Robyn Long Ramallah, Palestine 10 March 2003

Last Saturday the streets of Ramallah were charged with the energy of nearly three hundred Palestinian women and men, all demanding an end to the vicious Occupation of their homeland and asserting their opposition to a U.S. war on the people of Iraq. Read more about Palestinian voices on International Women's Day

Israeli and Palestinian movies feature at Amnesty film festival

Arjan El Fassed 10 March 2003

Elia Suleiman’s “Divine Intervention” and Ruth Walk’s “The Settlers” will feature on Amnesty International’s fifth film festival which will take place between 20 and 23 March 2003 in Amsterdam. Read more about Israeli and Palestinian movies feature at Amnesty film festival

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