Jefferson Corner

Few days ago, I received from my friend, Subhi Ghandour, the executive director of Al-Hewar Center in Vienna, VA an article written by Mohamed Sief Aldawla of Cairo, titled “Infrastructure for the Siege, Four Treaties and Thirty Nations”. The article is perhaps one of the best and most telling, I have seen so far on the background of the deliberate siege of Gaza, in which the Palestinian Authority played a key role. Read the rest of this entry »

Finally and after 40 years the people of Gaza got it right and tore down that stupid wall. It is not the Berlin Wall, but to the Palestinian people of Gaza it was more than that. Gaza was a virtual prison, where over 1.5 millions were locked up on all sides. Read the rest of this entry »

Watching the news last night of Gaza in the dark makes me sick. I am sick of the Israeli leadership that does not hesitate to show their criminal behavior and racism, which runs deep in their blood, to gain favor with their people. I sick of the Palestinian leadership in both Gaza and Ramallah that is unable to live up to its responsibilities toward more than 4.5 millions under occupation. Yes the Israeli Army and Settler did leave Gaza, but Gaza remained occupied by Israel since Israel exercise control and access to air, land and sea. Read the rest of this entry »

George Bush historic visit to Israel and his commitment to the security of Israel while not even mentioning ending the occupation is a telling where this visit is leading to, war on Iran. Both Israel and the US see the only major issue and conflict in the Middle East is Iran threat to Israel but not Israel’s Occupation and never the threat Israel has posed during the last 60 years. I am afraid that Israel will convince George Bush that war on Iran is in Israel national interests in the same way it convinced George Bush through its agents within the American administration that the war on Iraq is in Israel’s best interest, of course paid for with American blood and money. Read the rest of this entry »

At one time and for a long time, I always believed in the possibility of peace between Israel and the Palestinians based on a two state solution along the 67 borders with Jerusalem as a shared and open city. No more.

Like millions of Palestinians under occupation and millions of Palestinians in exile, I see the possibilities of a two state solution gone for ever. Read the rest of this entry »

Like Arafat on his first historic visit to the Court of St. James, who missed the opportunity to addressed the wrongs committed by Great Britain against the Palestinians and its full responsibility for the Balfour Declaration as the root of the conflict that exiled the Palestinians and contributed to the death of several hundred thousands not to mention the more than 4 million exiles. Arafat could not ask for any thing but support for his 13 different security forces. Read the rest of this entry »