Flotilla Group Calls For UN Escort

ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News

As a new aid convoy to Gaza readies to sail at the end of June, organizers say they are willing to have their cargo inspected and their ships escorted by international observers. Israel dismisses the move as a 'publicity stunt,' while supporters of the flotilla in the EU have questioned the legal necessity of such an escort. Read More...

Israel Announce 1500 New Settlers Homes (CAN YOU SAY "ILLEGAL")

By Munjed Jadou – PNN Editor in Chief- Once again, for those who still does not know the real intentions of Israel, it announced plans to build 1500 homes in Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem, an indication that Israel is shifting away from peace and heading towards right wing and radicalism. Read More...

Israel Borders Of 1967 Would Be 'Indefensible': Netanyahu

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister on Thursday gave a cool reception to President Barack Obama's Mideast policy speech, warning a withdrawal from the West Bank would leave Israel vulnerable to attack and setting up what could be a tense meeting at the White House. Read More...

IF ISRAEL TREATED PEOPLE LIKE HUMANS THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO "DEFEND" ANYTHING!!!

Israeli-Palestinian expectations on Obama's speech low

by Mohamed Abu Robb, Osama Radi

RAMALLAH, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The Israelis and the Palestinians are waiting for U. S. President Barack Obama's speech due to be delivered on Thursday on the major developments in the Middle East and on the future of the peace process as their expectations of the speech are limited. Read More...

CNN: Return To Pre-1967 Borders

Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday made official the long-held but rarely stated U.S. support for a future Palestinian state based on borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war. Read More...

Palestinians Murdered In 'Nakba' Clashes

Israel's Murderous Rampage Has No End!! Read More...

GAZA STRIP Documentary by James Longley

James Longley: In early 2001 I spent three months in Gaza filming material for this documentary, GAZA STRIP, working with local fixer and translator, Mohammed Mohanna. The second Palestinian uprising against Israeli military occupation had begun in September, 2000, and there had already been large numbers of deaths in Gaza when I started this project. Watch Film Here!

Picture Of The Day!

Bahraini security forces have been arresting medical practitioners who treated victims injured in anti-government protests [Al Jazeera]

EMAN AL-OBEITY IS FREE!!!

(CNN) -- Eman al-Obeidy, who garnered worldwide attention for her vocal rape allegations against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi, says she has fled Libya, fearing for her safety. Read More

Picture Of The Day!

Where is Osama Bin Laden?

Where is Osama Bin Laden? That question has been printed, spoken and has crossed the mind of millions of people since the Twin Towers fell on September 11th, 2001. We now know Osama Bin Laden is dead, but the fight against terrorism and the never ending fight for freedom goes on.

The man who orchestrated the death of thousands (Muslims, Christians, Arabs,

Children) over many years died in Pakistan, but dictators across the Middle East and the world continue their tyranny at this very hour! We must not stop, sleep or rejoice for long as we cannot, must not, lose sight of the lives that are ending now as you read these words, in Syria, Bahrain, Yemen, Palestine, China, Libya and many more countries throughout the world!

The twisted desire of dictators and tyrants to kill and strip human beings of the light that shines within is strong, but the resilience of that light to burn and flourish is stronger!

We all know the name of Osama Bin Laden. We have now found him and we know what happened to him. The headlines and pictures will not soon fade.

Do you know who Oman Al-Obeidi is? Do you know who she is and where she sleeps tonight? Do you know Daniel Saud? Who is he? Is the name Abdulhahi Al-Khawaia familiar to you? How about the name Ai Weiwei or Hammand Hosssam Mussa?

Oman Al-Obeidi is a strong Libyan woman who burst into a Tripoli hotel to tell the world that she was taken from the street and raped by Muammar Gaddfis’ men. She has not been able to see her family or leave her home without being harassed or threatened with death.

Daniel Saud, leader of the Human Rights Committee in Syria, was taken by security forces in Baniyas, Syria last month and has not been seen since.

In Bahrain, Abdulhahi Al-Khawaia (an opposition activist) was arrested and his whereabouts are currently unknown. Other members of his family are missing as well.

Ai Weiwei, a Chinese artist, was arrested at the Beijing airport and has yet to be released.

Hammmad Hossam Mussa, believed to be around nine year old, was killed by an Israeli bullet near the West Bank close to the village of Nilin. He was murdered for getting too close to a fence.

We all know the name of Osama Bin Laden. We have now found him and we know what happened to him, but do (did) you know the names of the people above? Do you know what happened (or is happening) to them? Osama Bin Laden is dead and we can finish that chapter, but the next chapter begins. Let us not forget or forgive what has happened to ‘these’ people. Let their names become engrained in your memory (on the printed pages, on your lips and the news networks around the world) along with the countless others that continue to struggle for freedom and liberty today.

Picture Of The Day!

The White House Staff Wait To Hear The Outcome Of The Operation Against Osama Bin Laden

Osama Bin Laden Is Dead!

Picture Of The Day!

Fatah, Hamas Reach Egyptian-Brokered Reconciliation

President Obama Releases His Long-Form Birth Certificate (See It Here!)

Birthers Go Home!!

Freedom Flotilla Update: Netanyahum Plans Meet To Discuss Upcoming Gaza Flotilla

Flotilla organizers delaying launch until after outcome of election to Turkish parliament, leading Israeli Foreign Ministry officials to speculate a strengthening of ties between flotilla organizers and Turkish government. Read More...

Guantanamo Bay: Revelations

It is doubtful that you have not heard of Guantanamo Bay or GITMO by now (the name made infamous by the Bush Administration).  The facility is located at the United States’ Guantanamo Bay Naval Base on the island of Cuba. The Bush Administration established the facility in 2002 to house detainees from the war in Afghanistan and then later Iraq. The facility originally operated three detainment “camps” one of which is now closed. The first captives arrived at Guantanamo on January 11th, 2002 after the Justice Department determined that it could be classified outside the legal jurisdiction of the U.S.  Some 800 detainees or “enemy combatants” were housed at the facility of which (as of February 2011) 172 detainees remain.

            It is now apparent that the creation of Guantanamo Bay detention facility manifested itself out of fear and the need for retribution by the Bush Administration, following the attacks of September 11, 2001, without a careful examination beforehand of what the resounding consequences would be. This facility led the United States down a misguided, slippery slope, away from the freedoms we were founded upon and blurred the lines of the inherent rights of human beings that we supposedly fight for worldwide.   
            If you can imagine having minimal rights, no outside contact or legal representation and no idea when or if you may be released (or how you will be treated), you have Guantanamo Bay.

But who were (are) these detainees that were whisked away in the night without any legal process to be housed at Guantanamo Bay and what happened to them while they were (are) there? Is this justice at its’ finest? In my opinion the Guantanamo Bay detention facility is one of Americas’ darkest hours.

According to recent revelations in documents leaked to the website WikiLeaks, classified reports have showed how many innocent people (due to mistaken identities) and failures in military intelligence were detained and interrogated for years. These people were just apparently in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Hundreds of men were held without reliable evidence or trial solely based on vague, bewildering or inaccurate information. Can you imagine being detained and tortured (according to former detainees) and then to later be told that you were innocent all along and you can now go home? Many of these men lost years of their lives and their families lived day by day wondering if their loved ones were dead or alive--and this just scratches the surface. Is this how justice works? Who is to be held accountable?

 Promising to return America to the "moral high ground" in the war on terrorism, President Obama issued three executive orders in January of '09, including one requiring that the Guantanamo Bay detention facility be closed within a year. The President said "the United States does not have" to continue with a false choice between our safety and our ideals." The President said he was issuing the order to "restore the standards of due process and the core constitutional values that have made this country great even in the midst of war, even in dealing with terrorism." However, this order was later thwarted by Congress.
               Until the remaining 172 detainees receive proper legal representation and recourse and Guantanamo Bay detention facility is closed for good, in my opinion, the United States’ vision of liberty and justice will forever be tainted in the eyes of the world. Read More From Wikileaks...

UNICEF: Israeli Occupation Affecting More Than 1.9m Palestinian Children

GAZA, (PIC)-- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said in a fresh report that more than 1.9m Palestinian children face the threat of death, injury, displacement, detention, psychological distress, and low educational attainment because of measures taken by Israeli forces in the occupied Palestinian territories. Read More...

Countries That Recognize The State Of Palestine

Click On Map For Larger Version

News From Palestine (Palestine News Network)

 Nablus – PNN – At least three Palestinian civilians were injured by Israeli army fire on Sunday during clashes in Nablus that started after a settler was killed in the city. Read More New From Palestine (PNN)

Picture Of The Day!

Gaddafi War Crimes In Misrata!