Intifada Palestine

Share CAIRO – December 21 – Citing escalating tensions on the Gaza-Egypt border, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry informed us on December 20 that the Rafah border will be closed over the coming weeks, into January. We responded that there is always tension at the border because of the siege and that if there are any [...]

ShareDr Francis A Boyle (Palestine) It was December of 1991 and I was serving as Legal Advisor to the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle East Peace Negotiations in Washington DC. The Israelis were stalling, not even negotiating in bad faith, and the Americans under Baker and Ross were doing nothing to get the negotiations started. [...]

ShareMazin Qumsiyeh, PhD A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a villager at home COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM Groups in the Bethlehem area dedicate a series of events called Shepherds’ Nights (December 23-25) to Jerusalem (increasingly being de-Palestinized) and hold a commemoration and protest asking to lift the siege on Gaza (December 31st). See program below [...]