Article of Interest: The â??newâ? Occupation scheme to ensure Palestinian rights continue to be negated and violated: the â??Convergence Planâ?. The plan is Israelâ??s latest attempt to legitimize the Palestinian ghettos, to permanently annex territory in the west of the West Bank, seal Palestinians in from the east, and surround a series of Palestinian Bantustans… [continue]

Global Voices: Al-Nakba (or â??the catastropheâ??), the day Israel declared its independence on May 14th 1948, has been the main topic of this past week. For many Palestinian bloggers Al-Nakba means remembering this important moment in history, which set the stage for an ongoing struggle and tragedy; where both past and present are commemorated side by side… [continue]

Article of Interest: More than 4000 Palestinian children have been arrested since the start of the current Intifada on 28 September 2000. Today, there are 405 students still in detention camps and have been suffering all kinds of torture, bad treatments and living under difficult medical and psychological circumstances by Israeli army and intelligence. [here's another article of interest]

An article of interest entitled “Advocating the Rights of Women and Minorities” in the Saudi daily Arab News. I was shaking my head by the end of the first paragraph. If only they had wedding invitations in the Dark-Ages eh?

Jordan yesterday sent 400 tonnes of food aid to the West Bank and Gaza Strip for the second time in a fortnight amid reports of shortages in the cash-stra-pped Palestinian territories. Continue reading ‘Jordan Sends Aid to Palestine’

Article of Interest: The Egyptian Tourist Authority this week launched a new Website, but the domain name, www.Egypt.travel, like all others in the Arab world, is in English, not Arabic. That may change in the coming years, however, experts tell United Press International’s The Web column, as interest in Internet usage is growing in the Arab world, and authorities consider the creation of Internet addresses made up of Arabic alphabet characters, not just ones from the English language.

Article of Interest: Her name was Akaber Adbelrahman Zaid and she was on her way to a doctor’s clinic to have stitches removed from her chin. Instead she received a barrage of bullets to the head, when an undercover Border Police unit opened fire on the car in which she was travelling with her uncle. [Also Related]

This past week Jason Jones on The Daily Show paid a visit to Denmark after the cartoon controversy to find out more about the country that has “inflamed global tension”. It’s quite revealing and informative; a look in to Danish imperialism. Watch Part One & Part Two