Johnston Freed!

After 115 days in captivity, BBC reporter Alan Johnston was released from Islamic extremists this morning by Hamas.

We are all overjoyed that you are free and returning home to your family!!! May God bless you as you start your road back to normal life!
And we thank Hamas for securing the release [...]

Hamas Phenomenon and Pakistan - Muhammad Ali Siddiqi

THE rise of Hamas as a political force in Palestine has not aroused in Pakistan the kind of interest it deserves. An offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and its sweeping electoral victory in January 2006 should not be viewed merely as a reaction to Fatah’s decline in the post-Oslo accord period; there are more [...]

Principles to implement Israel boycott should be worked out - OIC

ISLAMABAD: The conference of Muslim Foreign Ministers Thursday called for boycott of Israel, and the principles regarding its implementation should be worked out.
The declaration also called for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, peaceful resolution of Iran’s nuclear issue, stability of Iraq and support to the people of Jammu and Kashmir for their right [...]

Bilal’s Story

‘I want you to do something for me right away!’ I was accustomed to Rughda’s ways and her orders didn’t faze me. She has a good heart and spends much of her time and money trying to help the poor and disadvantaged. So I am happy to be part of her team, on-call whenever she [...]

Palestinian Prisoners Day

Hi, I’m Patricia Skinner. Khalid has very kindly invited me to come along today and put down a few words on what I know about life in Palestine to mark Palestinian Prisoners Day. I live next door in Jordan, so we have a clear window on what is going on with the Palestinians on a [...]

Stop the Occupation

A good friend of mine, Haitham Sabbah, has posted this call to action on his blog, and we are reposting it here in its entirety and in solidarity with our Palestinian brothers and sisters.

On the 40th anniversary of Israel’s illegal military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, join the US [...]

Israel seizes $1 million from West Bank banks

I have tried for a long time not to bring Palestine into my blog posts because of the natural divisive emotion that is felt by everyone to either side, but there are times when I start to wonder how much is enough. After many years of border wars and fighting, the Palestinians agreed to [...]

Enough is Enough

Israel Charges Palestinian Speaker with Being a Member of Hamas
I have tried very hard to keep my opinions about the Lebanon - Israel and Palestine - Israel wars to myself, but when I saw this story on BBC News, I just can’t do it anymore. The Israeli government is charging the Speaker of the Palestinian [...]