by Firoz Osman | Mar 12, 2014 | MRN Views
H.F.Verwoed, former SA Prime Minister, observed in 1961 that the Jews “took Israel from the Arabs after the Arabs had lived there for a thousand years. In that I agree with them. Israel, like South Africa is an apartheid state.” From its origins in the 19th century,...
by Firoz Osman | Jan 15, 2014 | MRN Views
Ariel Sharon’s murderous legacy has been glossed over downplaying some of the most egregious war crimes and crimes against humanity that he committed with impunity. The presence of other war criminals at Sharon’s funeral, such as Tony Blair, explains why he did not...
by MRN | Jan 10, 2014 | Middle East
[Prefatory Note: this text is based on my presentation at the conference listed below, which brought together a wide array of scholars, media people, and persons concerned with the future of Palestine] Second Annual Conference of Research Centers in the Arab World,...
by MRN | Aug 22, 2013 | Middle East
Palestinians protest the Prawer Plan, which will forcibly displace tens of thousands from the Naqab. (Yotam Ronen / ActiveStills) In September 1948, a Zionist army truck forcibly rounded up 14 Palestinian Bedouin farmers near al-Araqib in the Naqab (Negev),...
by Iqbal Jassat | Aug 21, 2013 | MRN Views
Does American Secretary of State John Kerry relish the idea of being cast as a modern-day Churchill? While we may not know whether he fancies being profiled as a clone of Britain’s Colonial Secretary, it is becoming increasingly apparent that his conduct vis-à-vis...
