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Israel ahmadinejad and peace interview with ramzy baroud

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

Israel, Ahmadinejad and Peace: Interview with Ramzy Baroud

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‘Baroud: I am not sure if one can still earnestly discuss a two-state ‘solution’.

By Kourosh Ziabari

Ramzy Baroud numbers among remarkable Palestinian journalists, alongside such figures as Khalid Amayreh and Laila el-Haddad. Having been a producer for Aljazeera, he taught Mass Communication at Australia’s Curtin University of Technology, Malaysia campus, and appeared on BBC, ABC, National Public Radio and CNN, among numerous media outlets around the world. His forthcoming book is: My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story (Pluto Press).

How many secret prisons does Isarael have?

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

How Many Secret Prisons Does Israel Have?

‘The Committee Against Torture requested that Israel identify the location of the camp.’

By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth

The United Nation’s watchdog on torture has criticized Israel for refusing to allow inspections at a secret prison, dubbed by critics as "Israel’s Guantanamo Bay", and demanded to know if more such clandestine detention camps are operating.

In a report published on Friday, the Committee Against Torture requested that Israel identify the location of the camp, officially referred to as “Facility 1391”, and allow access to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

The right of return the heart and soul of the palestinian cause

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

The Right of Return: the heart and soul of the Palestinian cause
By Khalid Amayreh in occupied East Jerusalem

61 years

Sixty-one years ago, one of the greatest crimes in the annals of human history occurred when European Ashkenazi Jews, aided by western powers, took over Palestine and expelled and dispersed its native inhabitants to the four corners of the world.

The barbarians committed widespread massacres, replaying and reenacting in Palestine some of the genocidal episodes that had been done in Europe a few years earlier.

What kind of state?

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

What Kind of State?

by Nadia Hijab

Israelis fear that Obama will make them recognize Palestinian rights and force them to give up the Palestinian and Syrian territory they have been busy colonizing since 1967, notes Nadia Hijab.

Arab and Israeli commentators have pretty much outlined the speech Barack Obama will deliver in Egypt during his June visit, even though he is still meeting with the region’s leaders in Washington. While some are optimistic, many are fearful. Israelis fear that Obama will make them recognize Palestinian rights and force them to give up the Palestinian and Syrian territory they have been busy colonizing since 1967. Arabs fear Obama will announce that their leaders plan further concessions in the form of expanded normalization with Israel in the Arab and Islamic worlds before a full withdrawal and comprehensive peace. They also fear his speech will nix the Palestinian right of return, which is both an individual and a collective right under international law, and support Israel as a “Jewish state” instead of the state of all its citizens. There is agreement on one thing: The Obama administration wants to see a comprehensive peace centered on a two-state solution in its lifetime. If this is indeed the case, Palestinians and Israelis face an existential question: What kind of state will each have?