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Hungry Warrior: The Untold Story of Hana Shalabi

By Ramzy Baroud on December 15, 2015

Throughout her hunger strike, that of exactly 47 days, Hana Shalabi never slept consistently for a number of hours. In the first few days of her strike, she would doze off only to wake up with the sudden fear that someone was trying to hurt her. (more…)

Israel Wary after Jaramana Strike, Waiting for Hezbollah Response

Local Editor on December 19, 2015

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, speaks to the crowd in a rare public appearance during a rally to mark the Muslim holy day of Ashoura, in the Hezbollah stronghold of south Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday Dec. 6, 2011. Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has rarely been seen in public since his Shiite Muslim group battled Israel in a monthlong war in 2006, fearing Israeli assassination. Since then, he has communicated with his followers and gives news conference mostly via satellite link. Ashoura marks the anniversary of the death in the seventh century of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein. His death in a battle outside of the Iraqi city of Karbala sealed Islam's historical Sunni-Shiite split, which still bedevils the Middle East. Ashoura is one of the holiest days of the Muslim Shiite calendar. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Photo/Bilal Hussein

It’s clear that the Israel can’t bear to officially claim responsibility for the strike which killed the Dean of the freed detainees from the Israeli prisons, Samir Kuntar late on Saturday. However, the Israeli media didn’t hesitate to praise the strike, in an obvious admission that Tel Aviv had carried out the raid. (more…)

US Airstrike Takes Out Battalion of Iraqi Troops Who Were Battling ISIS

December 19, 2015

ISIS terrorists have often lamented, “if only we had an air force to provide air cover when we are fighting in the field.” Yesterday they got their wish (again). (more…)

Arab Community Living in Cuba Celebrates the 48th Anniversary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

By Bill Hackwell on December 11, 2015

Resumen Latinoamericano, North American Bureau

Photo: Bill Hackwell

Photo: Bill Hackwell

A large crowd of Arabs living in Cuba and their supporters filled the Jerusalem – Alquds, Union of Arabs of Cuba, cultural center in old Havana to celebrate the 48th anniversary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). (more…)

Israeli Forces Killing “in Cold Blood,” Palestinian Families Say

By Maureen Clare Murphy on December 11, 2015

Israeli police tape off the site where Izzedine Abdallah Raddad was slain in Jerusalem on 3 December. Mahfouz Abu Turk APA images

Israeli police tape off the site where Izzedine Abdallah Raddad was slain in Jerusalem on 3 December. Mahfouz Abu Turk APA images

Israeli forces shot a Palestinian man and, after he was dead, fired at his head at point-blank range, according to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. (more…)

Mercenaries in Yemen: the U.S. Connection

By Laura Carlsen on December 9, 2015

Latin American mercenaries are leaving the ranks of the national armies of their countries to fight in the deserts of Yemen, wearing the uniform of the United Arab Emirates. (more…)

Case # 7271/15: For the Love of Palestine

By Carlos Aznárez on December 1, 2015

For the Love of Palestine was the title we used on the cover of one of the latest editions of Resumen Latinoamericano newspaper. Yes, for the sake of Palestine and its selfless, suffering, persecuted, but never defeated people.   (more…)

Reclaiming Palestine: How Israeli Media Misread the Intifada

By Ramzy Baroud on Monday, 30 November 2015

Israeli commentators, Yaron Friedman, of “Ynet News” and Haviv Rettig Gur, of the “Times of Israel” are clueless about the driving force behind the Palestinian mobilization and collective struggle. In two recent articles, and with unmistakable conceit, they attempted to highlight what they perceive as the failure of the current Palestinian uprising, or ‘Intifada’. (more…)

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