Qwaider Planet : Hamas

Stuart Littlewood: Hamas Re-Positioning Themselves?

Intifada Palestine — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:51:18 GMT

Stuart Littlewood “Negotiation today does not serve the Palestinian side… Just as there is currently no parity in the field of confrontation, there is also no parity around the negotiating table,” says...(read more)

Khaled Mesh’al Lays out New Hamas Policy Direction

Intifada Palestine — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:55:54 GMT

Middle East Monitor This is the most recent interview with Khaled Mesh’al who, since 1996, has been the Chairman of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Political Bureau. After the assassination...(read more)

Stuart Littlewood: Hamas, Don’t Blow this Chance

Intifada Palestine — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:27:29 GMT

Stuart Littlewood For example, Hamas could have said: "Israel doesn’t have a monopoly on security and we Palestinians are equally entitled to feel safe... Armed Jewish squatters terrorise Palestinian...(read more)

What does Increased Palestinian Political Repression say About the Prospects for Peace?

Intifada Palestine — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:20:13 GMT

Yousef Munayyer By cracking down on political opponents who reject further concessions to the Israelis (an effort supported and aided by the U.S. and Israel), Abbas is only affirming to the Israelis, Americans...(read more)

Fascism in Ramallah

Intifada Palestine — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:15:30 GMT

Khalid Amayreh Palestinian Authority Intelligence have been harassing and even beating opposition figures. Clearly undemocratic, even barbaric methods, have been used to intimidate, harass and even terrorize...(read more)

A Middle East Peace that Wreaks Havoc

Intifada Palestine — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:06:08 GMT

Ghada Karmi All peace proposals after 1967 were based on maintaining Israel as a regional power and forcing the Palestinians to settle for less than they were entitled to. They were repeatedly offered...(read more)

Mitchell Hoping for a Quick-Fix Fake Peace?

Intifada Palestine — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:34:48 GMT

Stuart Littlewood Obama is US president courtesy of the pro-Israel lobby. He is like putty in their hands. And he’s so ill-informed that he told AIPAC it's OK for Israel to grab the hallowed City of...(read more)

Sami Moubayed: Abu Mazen’s Mission Impossible

Intifada Palestine — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:19:12 GMT

Sami Moubayed Uri Avnery, an Israeli peace activist and Arafat friend, once wrote: "If you are a Palestinian in Jenin [in the West Bank] with a rifle, and you hear their names [Abbas and his team...(read more)

“Israeli” Prime Minister @Netanyahu Joins Twitter & YouTube, Seems Not Knowing His Way Around!

ArabCrunch — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:54:28 GMT

Following the steps by many politicians from around the world and the region like Obama, Queen Rania, El Baradi or Hamas, “Israeli” Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu has joined Twitter, facebook...(read more)

Hamas, the I.R.A. and Us

Intifada Palestine — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:09:28 GMT

Ali Abunimah Why should Hamas or any Palestinian accept Israel’s political demands, like recognition, when Israel refuses to recognize basic Palestinian demands like the right of return for refugees? Read...(read more)

Jamal Dajani: Direct Talks: Five Myths

Intifada Palestine — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:46:04 GMT

Jamal Dajani Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said recently that Abbas was too weak to stand up to Israel and negotiate a just deal at the talks in Washington. "If the talks succeed they will succeed to...(read more)

Leaked CIA Memo Cites U.S. Jews Among Exporters of Terrorism

Intifada Palestine — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:05:08 GMT

Haaretz.com Baruch Goldstein, an American Jewish doctor from New York, emigrated to Israel, joined the extremist group Kach, and killed 29 Palestinians during their prayers in the mosque at the Tomb of...(read more)

Stuart Littlewood: More Pointless Talks with Israel? Send in the Clowns

Intifada Palestine — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:37:06 GMT

by Stuart Littlewood The talks of course have nothing to do with peace. They are about greed, dominance and more land theft. The plan is to get a weakling Palestinian leader into a corner and arm-twist...(read more)

Ghazi’s Arrest Will Not Release Shalit

Egyptian Chronicles — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:28:05 GMT

This message is from a Palestinian student called Mohamed Ghazi who was arrested in Egypt by the orders of the state security and is currently in jail , he sent to the Nadeem center . That Palestinian...(read more)

Bishop Donald Corder: Gaza, Zionism and World Domination: The Fall of Zionism

Intifada Palestine — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:01:07 GMT

Bishop Donald R.Corder Now we are faced with reports of Zionist participation in blowing up the World Trade Center on 9/11. Articles are circulated throughout the Internet and alternative media channels...(read more)

Canadian Boat to Gaza to Break Siege, Overcome “Aid traps”

Intifada Palestine — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:01:55 GMT

In partnership with the Free Gaza Movement (the group behind numerous boats to the Gaza Strip), the Canadian Boat to Gaza initiative, headed in part by Canadian activist Sandra Ruch, seeks to also take...(read more)

Water Supplied in Gaza Unfit for Drinking; Israel Prevents Entry of Materials Needed to Repair System

Intifada Palestine — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:50:23 GMT

B'Tselem Almost 95 percent of the water pumped in the Gaza Strip is polluted and unfit for drinking. This warning was recently issued by the UN Environment Programme, the Palestinian Water Authority...(read more)

Father, Forgive me, I will not Fight for your Israel [VIDEO]

Intifada Palestine — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:34:56 GMT

by Igal Sarna Omer Goldman told me that the crucial moment of her metamorphosis occurred this year when she went to a Palestinian village where the Israeli army had set up a roadblock. Someone she had...(read more)

Dr. Lawrence Davidson: Netanyahu & Abbas: What are the Possibilities?

Intifada Palestine — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:25:34 GMT

Dr. Lawrence Davidson "Despite the fact that Obama and the Europeans act like Abbas is the head of a Palestine government, he represents almost no one but a largely corrupt cabal armed and financed...(read more)

A United Iran Against a Collapsing Israel

Intifada Palestine — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:29:52 GMT

Kourosh Ziabari Israel possesses up to 200 nuclear warheads in flagrant violation of the international law and Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran has made striking advancements in taking over the nuclear...(read more)

An Open Letter to Israel From: Lauren Booth, UK

Intifada Palestine — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:37:07 GMT

Lauren Booth Before you scream ‘lies!’ or ‘anti semite!’ please, I beg you. Parent to parent. Human to human. in the name of the God of all faiths, take a breathe, suspend your disbelief a while longer...(read more)

Don’t Deny our rights: An Open Letter to Mahmoud Abbas

Intifada Palestine — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:15:38 GMT

By Various Undersigned (29 July 2010) The following open letter to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, whose elected mandate expired in July 2009 and who has remained in power under controversial...(read more)

IDF Soldiers Suspected of Theft from Gaza FLOTILLA Ship

Intifada Palestine — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:38:28 GMT

Haaretz News Service The officer, who holds the rank of first lieutenant, allegedly stole between four and six computers from activists on the Mavi Marmara, which was trying to break the naval blockade...(read more)

New York Times Spins UN Report on Gaza Suffering

Intifada Palestine — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:11:49 GMT

Jeremy R. Hammond These casualties have resulted from Israeli attacks across the Green Line (the 1949 armistice line), with soldiers firing indiscriminately at Gazans who are frequently guilty of nothing...(read more)

Hamas must re-brand … and take the wind out of Israel’s and America’s sails

Intifada Palestine — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:35:33 GMT

Stuart Littlewood Palestinians have been put through that sort of mangle for decades. Death and misery still stalk their daily lives thanks to piss-poor Palestinian leadership and the international community...(read more)

Israel’s Hidden Hands in Lebanon: Who Killed Hariri?

Intifada Palestine — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:40:52 GMT

By ESAM AL-AMIN It took four years for the tribunal to admit that much of “the evidence” used against Syria was fabricated by false witnesses, some of them even tied to Israeli intelligence. The whole...(read more)

GARETH PORTER: Israeli Generals and Intel Officials Oppose Striking Iran

Intifada Palestine — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:10:01 GMT

Gareth Porter The Goldberg article also reveals extreme Israeli sensitivity to any move by Obama to publicly demand that Israel desist from such a strike, reflecting the reality that the Israeli government...(read more)

Intifada Palestine Wish you a Blessed Ramadan

Intifada Palestine — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:08:00 GMT

The Intifada Palestine Team Both God's blessing and his generosity are best exemplified this month, as giving alms to the poor, suppressing greed and lust, along with feeling for suffering of the other...(read more)

Who will Take out the Garbage if our Courts of Justice won’t Punish War Crimes?

Intifada Palestine — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:52:28 GMT

By Stuart Littlewood Israel's liking for assassination goes back to pre-state days when such atrocities were committed against Arab and British targets by the Irgun, a Jewish terror organisation that...(read more)

Mark Steel No guns? They must be Terrorists

Intifada Palestine — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:46:12 GMT

Mark Steel One fact emerging from this process was that the victims, according to "Sgt S" who shot six of them, "were without a doubt terrorists". And he produced evidence to back this...(read more)

Intelligence Officers Warning: The U.S Could be Drawn into yet Another Unwinnable war if Israel Attacks Iran!

Intifada Palestine — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:48:30 GMT

The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs Retired U.S. Intelligence Officers warning that Israel may plan to attack Israel as early as this month Read More......(read more)

Freedom FLOTILLA Deaths Will Not be in Vain

Intifada Palestine — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:42:23 GMT

Free Gaza Movement THE Israeli massacre of nine activists on the Freedom Flotilla could in time to be a game-changer with regard to the siege of Gaza. International attention has focused on the humanitarian...(read more)

You Got it Wrong, Mr. Abbas!

Intifada Palestine — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:23:07 GMT

Mahmoud Abbas "I would never deny [the] Jewish right to the land of Israel" "You know that from the year 2000 to 2005 we had a period of Intifada. That period destroyed everything that had...(read more)

Nayef Rajoub: Zionism Carries Within it the Seeds of its own Demise

Intifada Palestine — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:45:41 GMT

Nayef Rajoub I am certain that the conflict won't be over until the disappearance of the ideology of Zionism that makes Israel a colonialist state. This is not wishful thinking; Zionism carries within...(read more)

Fury as Israel President Claims English are ‘Anti-semitic’

Intifada Palestine — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:03:34 GMT

The Telegraph.Co.UK Israel's president has accused the English of being anti-semitic and claimed that MPs pander to Muslim voters. Shimon Peres said England was "deeply pro-Arab ... and anti-Israeli"...(read more)

Obama’s Middle East Moment of Truth

Intifada Palestine — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:07:40 GMT

By Gary Kamiya The new Middle Eastern diplomatic detente leaves Obama only one way forward. If he wants to succeed, he will have to make it clear to the far-right Israeli government that it must stop settlements...(read more)

Middle East History Buff Hague whitewashes Israel’s Villainy on the High Seas

Intifada Palestine — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:17:23 GMT

Stuart Littlewood World Health Organization reported that Israel blocked the delivery of essential medical equipment, including a CT scanner, defibrillators and monitors. Read More......(read more)

Bullying Abbas into Talks

Intifada Palestine — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:36:25 GMT

Khalid Amayreh The Palestine Authority and Israel have been talking face to face for close to 20 years but to no avail, the main reason being Israel's unwillingness to concede anything. In fact, it...(read more)

Israel’s Insane War on Iran Must Be Prevented

Intifada Palestine — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:10:39 GMT

Muriel Mirak-Weissbach I asked the IPPNW member aboard the Mavi Marmora, how he, as a practicing psychiatrist, would evaluate the mental state of the Israeli leadership, he quipped that he was merely a...(read more)

Mishaal Explains Hamas’s Strategy in Dealing with the Israeli Occupation

Intifada Palestine — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:15:43 GMT

Khalid Meshaal Hamas deals with Palestinian Christians in a brotherly manner and based on the Islamic teaching of respecting their faith, citing a number of Palestinian Christian figures who are struggling...(read more)

Israel’s Friends at Westminster Legislate to Protect Vilest Criminals

Intifada Palestine — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:58:54 GMT

By Stuart Littlewood Israelis wanted for war crimes can sleep easier thanks to their friends and admirers in the British Establishment. Yes, our brand-new coalition government intends providing a safe...(read more)

Hasbarapocalypse — Leaked Frank Luntz Memo: Israeli Public Diplomacy in US on Flotilla Failed Dismally

Intifada Palestine — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:19:34 GMT

Frank Luntz He warns of a dangerous slide in the public opinion of the only country considered pro-Israeli, the U.S. Israel misses simple opportunities to change world public opinion, he writes, and the...(read more)

Remembering the Madness and Mayhem of McCarthyism – a Primer for Israel

Intifada Palestine — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:14:16 GMT

Prof. William Cook The State of Israel has just passed a “loyalty oath” required of all prospective citizens living in Israel illegally to swear allegiance to a “Jewish democratic state. Arab Israelis...(read more)

Congressman Joe Sestak Attacked for Signing a Letter Asking for End of Israeli Blockade on Gaza [VIDEO]

Intifada Palestine — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:05:28 GMT

Congressman Joe Sestak Attacked for Signing a Letter Asking to End the Israeli Blockade on Gaza [VIDEO] Read More......(read more)

Exclusive Intifada Interview with Ken O’Keefe: “Israel Executed People in International Waters”

Intifada Palestine — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:06:45 GMT

Ken O'Keefe The terrorists on that night wore Israeli commando uniforms, complete with Balaclavas, assault rifles and pistols. They executed people in international waters, that is the truth no matter...(read more)

BBC HARDTALK With kenneth O’Keefe

Intifada Palestine — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:49:27 GMT

Ken O'Keefe “Palestinians are killed everyday by Israelis and we never hear about it in the Media.” Read More......(read more)

US Marine & Hero Kenneth O’Keefe Speaks: Gaza FLOTILLA Raid, Disarming Commandos

Intifada Palestine — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:36:32 GMT

A US war veteran said yesterday he confronted Israeli commandos when they raided a Gaza-bound aid ship which he had Ken O'Keefe boarded as a peace activist, Anatolia news agency reported. Kenneth Nichols...(read more)

An American “Terrorist” in London

Intifada Palestine — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:59:09 GMT

Ken O'Keefe My 1984 reality is culminating with the United States and Israeli Governments treating me and/or charging me with being a “terrorist”. Americans worry not, you can sleep better at night...(read more)

Guilty as Charged in Gaza Prison

Intifada Palestine — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:29:20 GMT

Ken O'Keefe While in Gaza Concentration Camp I myself can afford three meals a day and clean water, not true for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. But if I am shot I might well die (as many Palestinians...(read more)

Exclusive Intifada Interview with Greta Berlin – Free Gaza Movement

Intifada Palestine — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:42:26 GMT

Greta Berlin What do you expect from a man (Netanyahu) who is the head of a country founded on terrorism? Israelis think everyone is a terrorist, because that’s how they got their country originally. Read...(read more)

Has ‘Obamageddon’ Signed the World’s Death Warrant?

Intifada Palestine — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:26:59 GMT

Stuart Littlewood Considering the Zionist regime's unhinged mentality and notorious lack of restraint, it is obvious that Israel's 200 (or is it 400?) nuclear warheads pose a massive threat not...(read more)

Toy Israeli Houses for Italian Kids, Destroyed Homes for Palestinian Children

Intifada Palestine — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:02:24 GMT

Rome Palestinian Solidarity Network While the systematic demolition of Palestinian homes by Israel continues, the Italian hypermarket instead sells colorful and cheerful plastic toy houses, in addition...(read more)

If HAMAS is a Terrorist Organization, What Does That Make Israel?

Intifada Palestine — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:56:08 GMT

Tim King - Salem-News.com Hamas became well known in Palestine by the mid 90's, for funding and operating schools, health-care clinics, mosques, day-care centers, youth groups and athletic clubs.According...(read more)

It’s official: Israel has Gotten Away with it — Again

Intifada Palestine — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:54:56 GMT

By Alex Kane The "settlement freeze" was never really a freeze, and construction on illegal settlements continues. Settlements in the occupied West Bank, which constitute 42 percent of the land...(read more)

A Gentleman’s Dialogue with Hamas

Intifada Palestine — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:00:34 GMT

Sami Moubayed Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya met a group of US doctors visiting the Gaza Strip and expressed a desire to engage with the Barack Obama administration provided it could deliver a sustainable...(read more)

Iara Lee: We witnessed Outrageous Brutality by Israeli Commandos

Intifada Palestine — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:47:14 GMT

Iara Lee The Flotilla was on a humanitarian mission, these were war commandos, and they came to kill. We were unprepared for this attack. We knew that the Israelis would deter us, but never expected the...(read more)

Hamas: Don’t give in on Shalit

Intifada Palestine — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:16:41 GMT

Khalid Amayreh Israel detains thousands of Palestinian political and resistance prisoners in its dungeons. And as the recently-freed Palestinian Islamic leader Sheikh Nayef Rajoub revealed, many of these...(read more)

Guess Who Wants to Kill the Internet?

Intifada Palestine — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:33:26 GMT

Maidhc O'Cathail How much faith would American voters have in the likes of Lieberman, who claims that the Jewish state is their greatest ally, if they knew that Israeli agents planted firebombs in...(read more)

CCR Demands Return of Property and Evidence Seized by Israel from Flotilla

Intifada Palestine — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:35:07 GMT

Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) The statement requests that the United States join other nations to call for an independent inquiry into the matter by an impartial tribunal and demand that Israel...(read more)

I Have a Dream…” I Dream of Liberation of Palestine.

Intifada Palestine — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:08:05 GMT

Nahida the Exiled Palestinian If Palestinians were to comply and abide by the rules of the game as defined by the colonial “super-powers” the sheer word “Palestine” would have disappeared by now. There...(read more)

Book review: ‘Letters from Palestine’: a must-read

Intifada Palestine — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:07:49 GMT

by Stuart Littlewood They reveal the Palestinians' strength of character so well. For these are among the world's most civilised and sophisticated people. They have withstood 90 years of betrayal...(read more)

Who is the Terrorist: Hamas or Israel?

Intifada Palestine — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:28:50 GMT

Dr. Elias Akleh There are also many evidence implicating Israeli Mossad agents in the 911 bombing of the Trade Center. Hamas did not spy on the US, stole its nuclear fuel and nuclear technology. Israel...(read more)

Yvonne Ridley: US Fear Factory Kills Free Speech

Intifada Palestine — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:12:16 GMT

Yvonne Ridley There are some politicians who want to see the heroic Americans who took part in the Viva Palestina convoys and the recent Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla prosecuted as terrorists. Read More...(read more)

Devouring al-Quds in Broad Daylight

Intifada Palestine — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:06:07 GMT

Khalid Amayreh To be sure the American impotence vis-à-vis Israel is not intrinsic in nature. The US, which is Israel's guardian and ally, simply sees no urgent need to get tough with Israel especially...(read more)

Punishing Turkey

Intifada Palestine — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:05:15 GMT

by Philip Giraldi The Gaza flotilla has been handled by the mainstream media in precisely that fashion – blaming the victim with a unanimity that overwhelms both justice and fairness. No humanity, no mention...(read more)

A Better Blockade?

Intifada Palestine — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:17:13 GMT

Nadia Hijab The most damning report in recent weeks has perhaps been that of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The ICRC rarely speaks out, but it has clearly stated that the closure constitutes...(read more)

BBC HARDTALK with Kenneth O’Keefe on the Israeli Attack on FLOTILLA to Gaza [MUST SEE VIDEO]

Intifada Palestine — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:17:17 GMT

HARDTALK with Kenneth O'Keefe Kenneth O'Keefe talks about the attack on the MV Mavi Marmara that was trying to run the blockade on Gaza Read More......(read more)

The Video Israel Doesn’t Want You to See: Smuggled Footage From the Flotilla Attack

Intifada Palestine — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:49:50 GMT

we must never forget that nine civilian peace activists -- including one American citizen -- were unjustly killed in the process, and that the challenge still remains of bringing Israel to account for...(read more)

Witness This Historic Moment for Gaza

Intifada Palestine — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:52:01 GMT

Rami G. Khouri The really important new development is the growing Arab and international realization that the criminal and inhuman excesses of Zionism -- colonialism, discrimination, collective punishment...(read more)

War Crimes Suit Filed Against Barak, Livni in Belgium

Intifada Palestine — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:40:08 GMT

Aljaazera.net - Ma'an/Agencies Belgian of Palestinian descent, together with 13 Gaza Strip residents, files case in Brussels court against 14 Israeli leaders and officers Read More......(read more)