By Mary Serumaga | CounterPunch | December 27, 2017 President Trump’s recent defeat in his effort unilaterally to alter the status of Jerusalem in defiance of international law highlights the nature of the relationship between the United States and African countries. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations let it be known before the vote […]
By Prof. Kamel Hamwash | MEMO | December 27, 2107 As the dust settles on a significant week at the UN, in which America’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was rejected roundly by the international community, the Palestinians have made a commitment not to engage with the US in any future peace talks. Where, […]
By Palestina, Gas en de Palestijnse Revolutie | 25-12-2017 Fifteen gas fields have been found on the coast of Palestine since 1999. With a value of at least two hundred thirty billion dollar, this gas will play an important role in the region. The key question for us is how the gas will influence the […]
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales • December 22, 2017 People of the United States: For the past century, the owners of the fruit companies called our country “Banana Republic” and characterized our politicians as “cheaper than a mule” (as in the infamous Rolston letter). Honduras, a dignified nation, has had the misfortune of having a ruling class […]
By Dr Daud Abdullah | MEMO | December 22, 2017 Not for the first time, the free world has stood up for truth and justice in Palestine. The General Assembly’s vote against President Trump’s decision on Jerusalem was a victory for the rule of law over the law of the jungle. It now leaves both […]
RT | December 21, 2017 The UN General Assembly has overwhelming adopted a resolution calling on the US to reverse its decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. One hundred and twenty-eight countries voted in favor of the motion. Nine states voted against the UN resolution and 35 nations abstained. Turkey, which has […]
Palestine Information Center – December 14, 2017 GAZA – The head of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Ismail Haneyya has outlined three means to confront Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and topple ‘the deal of the century’, stressing that the Palestinian people, Hamas, and the resistance will work to […]
Palestine Information Center – December 13, 2017 PRETORIA – “The Council of the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) has resolved that TUT will not forge any ties with the State of Israel or any of its organizations and institutions,” TUT spokesman on the issue Professor Rasigan Maharajh told the African News Agency (ANA) during an […]
By Jim Kavanagh | The Polemicist | December 13, 2017 Donald Trump’s official recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is an embarrassment. A salutary embarrassment. It’s a clumsy, all-too-obvious unmasking of decades of bipartisan U.S. policy whose contempt for Palestinians has been cloaked with a smile and a handshake. As such, it’s an […]
Palestine Information Center – December 12, 2017 RABAT – Members of the Moroccan parliament on Monday condemned the US president Donald Trump’s decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem which he has recently recognized as the capital of Israel. During a parliament session held on Monday and attended by the Palestinian ambassador to Morocco, […]
