Posts Tagged ‘Palestine’

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.

Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, January 4, 2012 13:00 - 0 Comments

Interview | Larissa Sansour: “For Palestinians, politics is not just an option, but a fundamental circumstance.”

Two weeks ago Lacoste pressurised the Musée de l’Elysée to withdraw an entry for the Prix Lacoste Elysée by Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour for being "too pro-palestinian". In an exclusive interview, she talks to Ceasefire deputy editor Musab Younis about the fall out.

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.

New in Ceasefire, Palestine is Still the Issue - Saturday, November 26, 2011 1:42 - 1 Comment

Palestine is Still the Issue | The Question of Palestine: liberation or independence?

Two Palestinian Activists Sit Aboard A Jerusalem-Bound Bus In The West Bank. Credit: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images

Asa Winstanley asks some fundamental questions about the very nature of the Palestinian idea.

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, North African Dispatches - Thursday, November 3, 2011 12:00 - 1 Comment

North African Dispatches | US vs UNESCO: A crack in the wall

In this week's column, Imad Mesdoua reflects on the context and repercussions of the Palestinians' successful bid to join UNESCO.

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