Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinian Grassroots Resistance to Occupation Growing

By Mel Frykberg
As soon as the truck carrying Israeli dairy products entered Ramallah’s city centre it was surrounded by Palestinian activists who proceeded to remove and trash almost 20,000 dollars’ worth of mainly milk and yoghurt.

Families See Hope for Justice in Palestinian Membership of ICC

By Khaled Alashqar
"I have lost all meaning in life after the death of my child, I will never forgive anyone who caused the tearing apart of his little body.  I appeal to all who can help and stand with us to achieve justice and punish those who killed my child."

U.S. Twists Arms to Help Defeat Resolution on Palestine

By Thalif Deen
The United States re-asserted its political and economic clout - and its ability to twist arms and perhaps metaphorically break kneecaps - when it successfully lobbied to help defeat a crucial Security Council resolution on the future of Palestine this week.

OPINION: How Obama Should Counter ISIS

By Emile Nakhleh
President Obama’s speech at the United Nations on Sep. 23 offered a rhetorically eloquent roadmap on how to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).