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Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, May 11, 2012 0:00 - 4 Comments
Comment | Richard Falk: Palestine’s hunger strikers have created a Gandhian moment
Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories and world-renowned legal scholar, argues that despite the silence from Western media and politicians, the extraordinary hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners marks a dramatic shift in Palestinian tactics of resistance.
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.”
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, November 7, 2011 5:00 - 1 Comment
Analysis | Arab League’s Syria Plan: too little, too late?
In a exclusive essay, Chris Doyle, prominent analyst and commentator on the Middle East, surveys the situation in Syria in the wake of last week's Arab League plan. The prospects for a swift resolution, he warns, are slipping away.
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 - Saturday, October 15, 2011 14:17 - 0 Comments
Special Report | Javier Bardem and the world’s last colonies
This year's meeting of the UN's Fourth Committee on Decolonization, which took place last week, was livened up considerably by the arrival of Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem, who had come to petition on the issue of Western Sahara. Stefan Simanowitz reports exclusively from New York.
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.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 0:00 - 9 Comments
Essay Reflections on Libya and the Left
In an exclusive opinion piece, Syrian-British novelist and commentator Robin Yassin-Kassab offers his take on the Western Left's contradictions on Libya.
New in Ceasefire, North African Dispatches - Wednesday, April 6, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments
North African Dispatches Côte d’Ivoire: another African tragedy
As the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire reaches its apotheosis, Imad Mesdoua traces its origins and the dynamics of the power struggle at its heart. The prospects for peace in the near future, he warns, are not looking too promising.
New in Ceasefire, North African Dispatches - Wednesday, March 23, 2011 0:00 - 9 Comments
North African Dispatches Between a rock and a hard place
As Western military intervention in Libya enters its second week, Imad Mesdoua takes a look at the reasons behind the unfolding tragedy, and its likely consequences.





