Articles

In a surprising development that escalates the ongoing dispute between Libya and Switzerland, Libya's President Mummar Al-Gadhafi called on all Muslims worldwide to wage a jihad against Switzerland. His call for Jihad is claimed to be in  response for the ... [full story]

By Jon Donnison BBC News, Gaza It is six in the morning at the main port in Gaza City and the sun's not yet up. From the town itself the call to prayer rings out over the water. A ... [full story]

by Lawrence Wright In southwest Israel, at the border of Egypt and the Gaza Strip, there is a small crossing station not far from a kibbutz named Kerem Shalom. A guard tower looms over the flat, scrubby buffer zone. Gaza ... [full story]

By: Omar Shaban The talk might be argumentative about an extraordinary man manages a huge institution established during the Palestinian migration in 1949. Mr. John Ging an Irish born in 1965 and he started administrating United Nations Relief and Works Agency ... [full story]

Position paperThe Fine Line between Tourism and ActivismBy: PalThink for strategic studies     Gaza is the most visited place on Earth. After Israel's unilateral, full out war, against the people of the Gaza strip the international community has had its eyes on ... [full story]

War on GazaOld Questions in need for New AnswersBy Omar Sha’banDespite the fragile cease fire declared unilaterally by Israel on Saturday morning, people of Gaza Strip in general, and those who live in Gaza city in particular, were able after ... [full story]

Mazen Shaqoura Gaza StripGaza used to be called the Land of Yellow and Gold, for over sixty percent of its land was grown with citrus trees. I am a four year old lemon tree living in the northern part of ... [full story]

Pal-Think Initiative on Gaza’s Reconstruction and DevelopmentWe, the undersigned, are a group of leaders and major contributors in Palestinian civil society, private sector and academia who are deeply concerned with the aftermath of Israel’s war on Gaza and the necessity to ... [full story]

Gaza on crossroads again By: Omar Shaban Following Hamas’s win in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections in 2006, the Israeli government, supported by the United States and the international community, imposed a strict siege on all Palestinian Occupied Territories, followed ... [full story]

Gaza Strip, Asharq Al-Awsat - A 'cemetery' in the neighborhood of al Rimal in Gaza is attracting the attention of motorists and pedestrians alike. Set up last Tuesday in al Katiba Square, this symbolic cemetery is comprised of 'graves' symbolizing ... [full story]