Cluster bombs have been banned by 116 countries. Yet one cluster weapon, made in America, is being used on the battlefield in Yemen, dangerously close to civilians. A Yemeni man described the chaos that accompanied an air strike near his village on a Monday morning in April, the day of the weekly market. “Hundreds of people from the surrounding villages were in al-Amar…
From an Aleppo resident: 22/7/2015 “Water finally reached us today after 26 days without it. It came in from the municipality but the pressure is so weak even with the pump working overtime we are only getting a trickle. If we run out of fuel, the water will stop again. For the last 4 weeks we…
“We resign because we prefer to take the courageous Palestinian resistance as our standard, and not anti-Semitism.” FREE PALESTINE MOVEMENT BREAKS FROM USCEIO [US Campaign to End Israeli Occupation] Please be advised that the Free Palestine Movement resigns from the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, effective immediately. We resign because of the disgraceful,…
“The Syrian army relies on loyal soldiers defending their country and their homes from a heavily subsidized, markedly foreign incursion, including many mercenaries paid by the Gulf monarchies and trained by the US. And the army is loyal because they know that although great sacrifices will be asked of them, they will be defending, not sacrificing, their families…
Et pourquoi Israël a raison de s’inquiéter Tandis que le monde entier – à l’exception d’Israël et de l’Arabie Saoudite – célèbre une « victoire de la diplomatie internationale » qui doit mettre fin à plusieurs décennies de sanctions et repousser le risque d’une guerre internationale dans la région, il convient de rappeler certaines vérités sur les…
While the whole world – with the exception of Israel and Saudi Arabia – celebrates a ‘victory for international diplomacy’ that should end decades of sanctions and repel the risk of international war in the region, certain truths should be recalled about the real motives of the US administration in Iran and Tehran’s foreign policy.…
“This is unassailable argumentation and so concise as to be an almost mathematical expression of principle. It is an instruction manual for eradicating hypocrisy.” Paul Larudee ******* “Over the last ten days, Molly Hogan and I have received substantial support for our July 10, 2015 letter to Jewish Voice for Peace regarding their decision to terminate collaboration…
By Steven Nezar Sahiounie With millions fasting and praying worldwide, 3 killers took the lives of dozens of people and injured hundreds, in 3 separate attacks around the world, on June 26, 2015. In Kuwait, the killer was a Saudi citizen named Fahd Suliman Abdul-Muhsen al-Qabaa, aged 23. On Thursday June 25th he left Riyadh…
Very brief footage I filmed during a demonstration in Beit Hanoun, Gaza in 2013 not far from the Erez border with Israel. These are automatic gun turrets at regular intervals along the separation wall. I was told that their range can be altered at whim by the IOF. This means that farmers and residents [many…
Statement of Palestinian groups and individuals in the occupied homeland, refugee camps and the diaspora about the global war on Syria “We are Palestinians and Palestinian organizations that declare our solidarity with the Syrian people in their historic struggle for survival, now in its fifth year. We are in a unique position to…
The Wall Will Fall 