Intifada Palestine

by Paul Balles
From Obama’s 2008 election campaign to Arab Spring and Occupy movements, social networking has played a significant political role within national borders. “Kony 2012” and Invisible Children has extended those borders to 80 million around the world. Looking ahead, Haaretz’s editor says “Israel should take note of ‘Kony 2012.’ It would not be far-fetched to assume that a similar film will be made about the Palestinian conflict.”

by Dr. Lawrence Davidson
On 12 March 2012 David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker,

by Ali Abunimah
By Sunday evening in Gaza, a weekend of relentless Israeli bombing has left 18 people dead and dozens wounded. Israeli propaganda insists that the attacks are about preventing “terrorism” and stopping “rockets.”

by Jamal Kanj
Sheikh Khader Adnan broke his 66-day hunger strike following a promise by Israeli authorities not to renew his administrative detention and to release him on April 17.

MJ Rosenber
Netanyahu and his camp followers here do not really want a war now. They just want it understood that they can dictate whether there is one or not. And when. In other words, they want to show who is boss (it’s not like we don’t know).