by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
(source: BBC News) The UK is to expel an Israeli diplomat over 12 forged British passports used in the murder of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai in January. Foreign Secretary David Miliband told the Commons there were “compelling reasons” to...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
By Kim Hawkey (source: Sunday Times – April 18,2010) Row over bar mitzvah deepens after Achmat refuses to apologise. Activist Zackie Achmat has hit back at the country’s chief rabbi in the war of words over a 13-year-old boy’s bar mitzvah....
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
By Khalid Amayreh (source: Al-Ahram Weekly) While the Palestinians and Israelis will soon engage in proximity talks, the preceding battle was won by Israel, with Palestinian leaders much weakened At a time when the Obama administration is hailing the imminent...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
By Jamal Elshayyal (source: Al Jazeera Blog) It was this time last week that I was on the top deck of the Mavi Marmara, and first spotted Israeli war ships in the distance, as they approached the humanitarian flotilla. Little did I know how deadly and bloody were...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
Al Aqsa Foundation Media Release – 2 July 2010 The Al Aqsa Foundation of South Africa (AFSA) was shocked to read various scurrilous allegations against the organisation in The Times newspaper of Tuesday, 29 June 2010. The newspaper article reported that the...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
By Ramzy Baroud (source: ZNet) Each time Israel fails to keep its ‘side of the bargain,’ the Palestinian Authority responds with the same redundant language. The cycle has become so utterly predictable that one wonders why the Palestinian Authority officials even...
