Michel "Mikado" Warschawski is an Israeli anti-Zionist activist. He led the Marxist Revolutionary Communist League (also known as Matzpen) until its demise in the 1990s, and founded the Alternative Information Center, a joint Palestinian-Israeli grassroots organization in 1984. He currently resides in Jerusalem. For more from Mikado, visit his bl

Following is the text of a letter sent today to U.S. President Obama, calling upon him to intervene for ending the violation of the Bedouins’ most basic rights. Following the repeated brutal demolition of the village of al-Arakib - four times in one month - the Negev Bedouin community feels itself with its back to the wall. All requests to the g

The Palestinian economy experienced marginal improvements in 2009, but continued to perform well below potential with high unemployment, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) annual report on assistance to the Palestinian people.

Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel told his governing coalition that he did not promise an extension to the partial suspension in settlement construction when it expires in September (by the way, the suspension did not cover most of the settlement areas which are around Jerusalem, nor did it cover existing construction in other areas, infrastructur

Israel's military attack on the Gaza Strip-bound Freedom Flotilla, which resulted in the deaths of nine international activists, the injuring of dozens and deportation of hundreds, launched the Gaza Strip to the top of international news worldwide. This reminds us of the Gaza Sea Port, which was never finished.

Four Israeli settlers were killed in their car Tuesday (31 August)  in the South Hebron Hills, near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron and the settlement of Kiryat Arba.The Islamic organization Hamas has claimed responsibility for the shooting attack saying, “Qassam Brigades announces its full responsibility for the heroic operation in Hebron

The trial for Rachel Corrie, the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) activist killed in 2003, resumes in the Israeli city of Haifa on 5 September.

Once again Uri Avnery is using his blog to criticize the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. Under the title "Red and Green," Avnery comments on the long and interesting program recently broadcast on Israeli Channel 10 on the growing international isolation of Israel.

60 of Israel’s most prominent actors, writers, and directors, from the country’s five leading theatres, have signed a petition saying they will not perform at the new cultural center of the West Bank settlement Ariel.

Further discussion on the pending deportation of children of migrant workers is expected to take places in the coming days within the Israeli government. An aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the government will have to hold another discussion on fate of the children following demands made by Labor ministers and President Shimon Pe

Like every regime marching toward fascism, the knights of the new Israeli order must first deal with the existing dominant values, and appropriate them to the new reality they wish to create.