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Mahmoud Darwish 1942-2008
In memory of Mahmoud Darwish who died on the 9th August 2008 This article was published by Al-Ahram Weekly in April 2002. To view original article click here “Yet, Israeli forces, armed to the teeth with racist superstitions and military hardware, are besieging the Palestinians’ right to live ordinary lives, albeit lives lived on a margin narrower than dreams, and wider than nightmares” A war for war’s sake By Mahmoud Darwish This is a war for…
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Gulf News: Law of Return and the dilemma
By Abbas Al Lawati To view original article, published by Gulf News on the 9th August, click here Dubai: Adam Shapiro, 36, and the International Solidarity Movement have in many ways been the face of the foreign activism that complemented the second Palestinian Intifada, or uprising, against the Israeli occupation. Founded by Shapiro and his former colleague, Palestinian-American Huwaida Arraf [now his wife], the ISM was established as a non-violent resistance organisation against the Israeli occupation…
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J-Post: Israel battles Spanish arrest warrants
By Ksenia Svetlova To view original article, published by the Jerusalem Post on the 9th August, click here Israel is battling hard to overturn a Spanish court’s decision to issue arrest warrants against six current and former politicians and senior military officials, a source in the Attorney-General’s Office told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. Late last month, Audiencia Nacional, the National Court of Spain (the highest Spanish judicial council), issued arrest warrants against the six –…
