It is extremely hard to write this morning, and yet I feel I have to. Everything hurts so much. After a few hours sleep, I woke up in the dark, hoping and praying that I had woken up from a nightmare. The nightmare is still there. Read more about A Few Words
If the situation in the occupied territories caused by Israel’s relentless aggression against the Palestinians living there were not so dreadful, the Sharon-Peres discussions would form the basis for a hilarious and twisted satire. Instead, they are a marker of how far Israel’s political class is from recognising the depth of the crisis they have created and what they need to do to end it. Read more about You cannot be serious, Mr Peres
Your recognition that “Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza has been the defining reality of Palestinians’ lives there for over three decades, longer than most of the Palestinians living there have been alive,” makes plain the continued causes of this conflict. Read more about Letter to Powell: Comments on Your Speech
I wonder why I am so rarely asked by the same media how I feel when Palestinians are killed. No one asked how I felt last week when five Palestinian schoolboys were killed by a bomb planted by the Israeli occupation forces in their refugee camp in Gaza. Read more about Bombs and Wreaths
Ali Abunimah and Chris MatthewsChicago, Illinois4 December 2001
CHRISMATTHEWS: Just late this afternoon, the Palestinian authority announced that they had placed—they have placed a spiritual leader of Hamas under house arrest. We’re joined now by Ali Abunimah. He’s the vice-president of the Arab American Action Network. Read more about Transcript of Ali Abunimah appearance on Hardball with Chris Matthews
While we have seen peace established with several Arab states, we have yet to see any Israeli commitment to full withdrawal, and many acts on the ground that suggest quite the opposite. Read more about Israel and the Arab States
The Israeli gangster regime is continuing Sharon’s declared campaign to kill Palestinians deliberately and cause them as much pain as possible in order to force them to submit quietly to Israel’s military rule. Read more about Israel's choice
Nigel Parry and Ali AbunimahSt. Paul, Chicago7 March 2002
The following material relates to the extrajudicial killing of Palestinian Mahmoud Salah by a Israeli Border Police unit, on Friday 8 March 2002, in Beit Hanina, Jerusalem. Read more about Images of an execution
There is no news today. Or rather the news today is full of stories about Yasir Arafat’s release from his Ramallah prison. This is variously being presented as a cause for jubilation among Palestinians, a personal victory for a ‘defiant’ Arafat, and a ‘success’ for US ‘diplomacy.’ Read more about There is No News Today