Two women I’ve talked to in Gaza have offered me similar reports on both Senator John Kerry, who visited Gaza in February, and President Obama, who is about to come out to Cairo: that these powerful men both “get” the…
Max Blumenthal reporting for Mondoweiss from Israel and the occupied territories: TEL AVIV–Violence erupted in the Palestinian town of Safa today as fanatical masked settlers from the Jewish settlement of Bat Ayin set upon a group of activists from the…
Bridget Johnson responded to my post on her reporting in The Hill entitled “‘The Hill’ covers Obama-Abbas meeting with a Likudnik spin.” She requested that we run the following correction and clarification, which we’re happy to do. Johnson: “I used…
Bruce Wolman writes from Norway: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier demanded an end to all settlement building in East Jerusalem and the West Bank in an interview with the German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, published on Saturday, and then widely distributed…
My group is leaving Gaza over the next couple of days. A few of us don’t want to leave. We feel connected to the place, and the people have been universally welcoming. They all say the same thing. They want…
This is John Ging, the head of UNWRA, the United Nations Works and Relief Agency, in Gaza. Today two western delegations comprising nearly 60 people met with him in Gaza City compound. Ging was surprised by the turnout, but thanked…
Bruce Wolman writes: President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority came to Washington yesterday to meet President Obama. As a warm-up for his big event at the White House, he sat down for an interview with the two editors of…
We have been following the ongoing intimidation of the Israeli anti-militarism organization New Profile by the Israeli government. Today the organization sent out an update that places their experience squarely within a broader trend in Israeli society – the “systematic…
From Scott McConnell: A Dallas judge has meted out heavy sentences to five Arab American men, associated with the Holy Land Foundation, for funneling $12 million to Hamas, designated by the US government as a terror organization. The defendants maintained…