BBC Video of Pres. Asali on the Violence in Palestine and Israel
Media Mention of Ziad Asali In BBC World News - July 2, 2014 - 12:00am




Israeli Intel Chief: Hamas Is Just Like ISIS
Media Mention of Hussein Ibish In The Daily Beast - June 30, 2014 - 12:00am




The Sharon Doctrine
Media Mention of Hussein Ibish In Foreign Policy - January 11, 2014 - 1:00am

The Sharon Doctrine The Mixed Legacy of an Israeli Unilateralist


This Court Case Was My Only Hope
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Palestine News Network
March 14, 2013 - 12:00am


At approximately 07:30 am on 5 January 2009, during 'Operation Cast Lead', Israeli forces fired a tank shell at the house of Hany Abdel Dayem.


Father rejects UN report suggesting errant Palestinian rocket killed baby
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The National
by Hugh Naylor - March 13, 2013 - 12:00am


A British Broadcasting Corporation employee whose infant son was killed during Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip in November has criticised a United Nations report that suggested the cause of the child's death may have been an errant Palestinian rocket


U.N. Ties Gaza Baby’s Death to Palestinians
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Isabel Kershner - March 11, 2013 - 12:00am


A United Nations report has suggested that a Palestinian infant who died in the fighting in


Gaza: Gunfire Erupts Along Border With Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Isabel Kershner - March 1, 2013 - 1:00am


Palestinians fired at an Israeli military jeep along the Gaza border on Friday, hitting the vehicle but causing no injuries, and three Palestinian protesters were wounded by Israeli fire during disturbances alon


2 injured by Israeli fire in north Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
February 15, 2013 - 1:00am


Two young Palestinian men were injured by Israeli fire in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, medics said. A 20-year-old man was hit in the chest by gunfire east of Beit Hanoun, and is a moderate to serious condition, Gaza health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said. Another man, aged 22, was shot in the hand in the same incident and has moderate injuries, al-Qidra said. The pair are being treated in Beit Hanoun hospital.


Swedish photographer wins World Press Photo award
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press
by Toby Sterling - February 15, 2013 - 1:00am


Swedish photographer Paul Hansen won the 2012 World Press Photo award Friday for newspaper Dagens Nyheter with a picture of two Palestinian children killed in an Israeli missile strike being carried to their funeral. The picture shows a group of men marching the dead bodies through a narrow street in Gaza City. The victims, a brother and sister, are wrapped in white cloth with only their faces showing.


Rights group: Israel violated laws of war in Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Diaa Hadid - February 13, 2013 - 1:00am


A U.S.-based rights group said Israel violated laws of war in a series of airstrikes it conducted during an eight-day military operation last November against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Human Rights Watch said it counted 14 airstrikes in which there didn't appear to be a valid military target, and four others targeting militants, but which used disproportionate force.



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