26th July 2014

Gaza: with over 200.000 Palestinians losing their homes in this bombardment and being displaced to shelters, it is hard for these struggling families to buy the children a school bag and uniform for the new school term that will start on the 24th of August. A school bag is only 20$/ 15 Euros/ £ 12…

My article from April 2013 when Mohammed Assaf was on the way to winning Arab Idol..blazing like a “rocket” into the hearts of the Judges and world audiences. Two days ago Mousheera Jammal and I went to Palestine University to talk to Lecturers and fellow students who know Palestine’s rising Arab Idol star…Mohamed Assaf. Mohamed has…

by John Pilger 11 September 2014 “There is a taboo,” said the visionary Edward Said, “on telling the truth about Palestine and the great destructive force behind Israel. Only when this truth is out can any of us be free.” For many people, the truth is out now. At last, they know. Those once intimidated…

“As the early rumbles of thunder reverberate up the valley in France, I am transported back to a day just after ceasefire in Gaza, last November. The second ceasefire finally held after the previous nights opening of the doors to Hell by the Israeli forces. A bombardment so intense from sea and air, an Israel,…

“This day, one year ago we were talking with the Abu Dagga family and the doctors who tried desperately to save Hamid’s precious life but the shrapnel had grazed his tiny heart making their job impossible. We were trying to absorb the futility of his death, the brutality and speed of Israel’s attack when we…

203 Mosques were targeted in Gaza, 73 destroyed completely but the people will never kneel before Israel. Israel is not only hitting the essential infrastructure of Gaza, targeting ambulances, hospitals, disabled centres, water supply, civilian houses they are trying to rip out the heart of Gaza by targeting over 10 mosques over the last 7…

The massacre in Rafah overwhelmed the local hospitals many of which had been forced to close after shelling rendered them unsafe. Bodies crammed into the morgues in August heat..spilled out into the corridors of the hospital and were being stored in any refrigerated unit that was still working after electricity has been cut to the…

Let me briefly explain life under occupation in France..not only in WW2 but at many other times when our own sleepy little town of Le Dorat was under attack. Below the ground of this town is a honeycomb system of tunnels and secret passageways dating back to medieval times. These tunnels were originally used by…

I am no politician but what is so hard about allowing people to have their human rights and freedom to walk in the streets of their city without fear of being flattened by a drone missile or a bomb. This constant ceasefire limbo is simply another form of torture. Last nights vacillation up to the…