Abbas meets Obama insult with silence

"Visiting Buchenwald was President Obama’s way of avoiding criticism by the Jewish community of the increasing political pressure on Israel.  His speech at Buchenwald was clearly a jibe at Iran’s President Ahmadinejad – but at the same time it represented an...

Protest in the West Bank over wounded American Tristan Anderson

Several hundred people, Palestinians, internationals and Israelis activist gathered in the Palestinian village of Ni'lin on March 20th to protest the life threatening attack on American activist Tristan Anderson by the Israeli forces in Ni'lin a week earlier on March 13th,...

Tristan Anderson and Palestine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BTkgadWuqQ Video documents the protest in San Francisco in solidarity with Tristan Anderson who was shot in the head with a tear gas bullet by Israeli troops on March 13th, 2009. On March 13th, 2009, Tristan Anderson, from Oakland, California,...

Palestinian Factions Disagree on Unity Government

Palestine's Hamas and Fatah parties have failed to come to an agreement that would form a unity government. The main sticking point is how to deal with pre-existing truce agreements with Israel, with Fatah largely supporting agreements signed by the PLO, and Hamas...