Posts Tagged ‘Israel’

New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Tuesday, January 24, 2012 18:00 - 2 Comments

Special Report | Palestinian home demolitions: the ethnic cleansing that dare not speak its name

The ruins of the demolished Abu Omar family home 24th January 2012 - (photo: Itay Epshtain - ICAHD

Livia Bergmeijer reports on the destruction by Israeli bulldozers earlier today of two Palestinian families' homes. This is the latest in a long-running pattern across the occupied territories, whose rate and methods, Bergmeijer argues, betray a policy of gradual ethnic cleansing at work.

New in Ceasefire, Politics - Sunday, December 4, 2011 19:26 - 0 Comments

Comment | The US debacle at UNESCO must be corrected

In an exclusive comment piece, James Early, Director of Cultural Heritage Policy at the Smithsonian Institution, argues that the US decision to cut UNESCO funding over Palestinian membership is highly damaging to the US arts and science community, and should be vigorously challenged.

Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, November 9, 2011 6:29 - 2 Comments

Special Report | Did Zionist hackers bring down our Russell Tribunal website?

Last week, hacktivist outfit 'Anonymous' temporarily disabled the websites of the Israel Defence Force and Mossad, causing much embarrassment to Israel. A few days later, a cyber attack brought down the website of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine. In an exclusive report, the website's designer, Harry Fear, says this was no amateur job but a highly sophisticated attack.

New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, November 4, 2011 7:33 - 4 Comments

Comment | Israel, Occupied Palestine and Apartheid: John Dugard responds to Richard Goldstone

Earlier this week, in a New York Times op-ed, Richard Goldstone denounced those comparing Israeli state policies to apartheid South Africa. He singled out for criticism the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, due to start its South Africa session on Saturday. In an exclusive essay, renowned legal scholar and former UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Territories John Dugard responds.

New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Wednesday, October 12, 2011 22:00 - 3 Comments

Special Report | What’s left of the Israeli Left?

Israeli left wing activists hold signs as they demonstrate against the suggested boycott law, in front of the Justice ministry in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 10, 2011. The Israeli parliament is bracing for a fiery debate over a bill that allow damage suits against Israelis who call for boycotting West Bank settlements. The signs read in Hebrew: " Peace Now", " Fighting the Government of Darkness", The Right Silent Me" . Photo: Sebastian Scheiner / AP

In the fourth of her series of reports from Israel/Palestine, Ceasefire correspondent Teodora Todorova surveys the desolate state of the Israeli Left, featuring an account of a brutal attack last week, largely unreported in the media, by Israeli settlers against anti-occupation activists.

Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire, Politics - Sunday, October 9, 2011 10:34 - 2 Comments

Analysis | One More Disappointment at the United Nations: Richard Falk on the Palmer Report

The findings of the UN's Palmer report, published last month, on Israel's attack on the Gaza Flotilla, have triggered an unprecedented fallout between the Turkish and Israeli governments. In an exclusive new essay, the UN's special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, renowned academic and legal expert Richard Falk, gives his verdict on the report.

New in Ceasefire, Photo Essays, Special Reports - Tuesday, September 20, 2011 13:34 - 3 Comments

Special Report The Real Housing Crisis in Israel

In the second of her powerful eyewitness reports, Ceasefire correspondent Teodora Todorova looks at Israel's assaults on the housing rights of its own Arab citizens.

New in Ceasefire, Palestine is Still the Issue - Saturday, July 23, 2011 0:00 - 3 Comments

Palestine is Still the Issue Why Britain should thank Sheikh Raed Salah

By challenging the government’s attempt to deport him from Britain Sheikh Raed Salah is doing us a favour, argues Asa Winstanley

Features, Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, May 17, 2011 0:00 - 3 Comments

Interview Ilan Pappe on Israel, Palestine and the prospects for peace

In a fascinating video interview, celebrated Israeli historian and dissident intellectual Ilan Pappe talks to author and film-maker Frank Barat about the latest developments in the conflict, including the Palestine Papers, the Arab Spring and the way forward. "It is now time for everyone", Barat writes in his introduction "to re-frame the questions"

Editor's Desk, Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, March 15, 2011 9:00 - 21 Comments

Interview | Noam Chomsky on Libya, the Arab spring, the cuts and more

In an exclusive video interview, world-renowned linguist, philosopher and political analyst Noam Chomsky speaks to Hicham Yezza, editor-in-chief of Ceasefire, about the financial crisis, the cuts, the Middle East, Obama and more.