Radical change in Egypt should mean radical change in Palestine as well: a pro-Palestine Egypt should mean the end of the siege. But when will we see that? Haidar Eid comments for The Electronic Intifada on the future of Egyptian-Palestinian relationship. Read more about Palestine and the Egyptian revolution: a view from Gaza
A trade mission of the US government in partnership with a settlement-based aerospace and consulting firm raises questions about why Washington is promoting the Israeli arms trade and why it is doing so with a firm based in an illegal colony which explicitly contradicts official US policy as well as international law. Read more about US promoting arms trade mission organized by settlement firm
Last month witnessed the launch of the first Polish-Israeli governmental forum held in occupied Jerusalem. The biannual dialogue accelerates an existing partnership between the two countries which includes trade agreements, joint military training exercises and arms deals under an ongoing “Polonization of Israeli Technology” drive. Ewa Jasiewicz comments for The Electronic Intifada. Read more about Bad romance: Poland and Israel's "love story"
After hearing that the New York City LGBT Center was planning to host Israeli Apartheid Week’s final celebratory fundraiser, “Party to End Apartheid,” gay porn director Michael Lucas made some phone calls, sent some emails and spent upwards of $1,000 to pressure the center to close their “open doors policy” and cancel the event. Anna Lekas Miller comments for The Electronic Intifada Read more about Palestine is a queer issue
We are a group of Palestinian youths who have called on Palestinians across the nation to unite under one slogan: “The people want to end the division!” Rawan Abu-Shahla, a member of Gaza Youth Break Out, comments for The Electronic Intifada. Read more about Why Palestinians will protest on 15 March
Benjamin Netanyahu’s advisers conceded last week that the Israeli prime minister is more downcast than they have ever seen him. The reason for his gloominess is to be found in Israel’s diplomatic and strategic standing, which some analysts suggest is at its lowest ebb in living memory. Jonathan Cook reports. Read more about Global unpopularity wearing down Israeli government