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Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, spiritual head of the militant Palestinian group Hamas, has fallen victim to justice Israeli-style. Early in the morning as the white-haired, wheelchair-bound leader exited his local mosque after prayers, Israel's Apache helicopter gunships lay in waiting on the direct orders, and under the personal supervision, of Ariel Sharon. This high-profile extra-judicial assassination — one in the long line of many — has thrust the region into turmoil, and, far from weakening the Palestinians and their supporters, it has united them. It has also gagged the moderates and fueled the extremists.

Condemns the violence being used by the Israeli government to imprison and isolate Palestinians in Israel. Human rights violations committed by the Israeli government; Erection of an iron wall in Jenin, Israel to separate Israeli and Palestinians; Israeli government's implementation of a plan initiated by Zionist revisionist planner, racist and colonialist Vladimir Jabotinsky.

Discusses how Palestinian families living within the area Israelis deem Jerusalem or its environs manage their lives. Imposed siege since the Al-Aqsa infitada began; Onslaught of Jewish settlers who come fully armed and often with Israeli soldiers; Imposition of curfews on Palestinian towns like Hebron and Salfeet.

The article explores the Palestinian struggle over the sanctuary at the al-Aqsa Mosque in 2015. Palestinians are considering the struggle as another fight against a colonial occupation, injustices and violations of human rights. Israel is criticized for imposing separate visiting times for Muslims and Jews and expanding secretive excavation work underneath the mosque.

The author talks about the attacks by Palestinian Jerusalemites against Jewish Israelis without considering the current and historical political contexts. Topics covered include the clashes provoked by the kidnapping of Mohammed Abu Khdeir from East Jerusalem, the deployment of border police at the disposal of Jerusalem police and security forces and the presence of freedom fighters in Jerusalem who are willing to die in resistance to the occupation.

The article discusses the psychological impacts of Israel's war against the Gaza Strip. Topics covered include the severe and traumatic deprivation of Palestinians, the failure of the bereavement process to take its natural course, long-term effect of the psychological trauma and the opinion that Palestinians need more than a ceasefire to recover from the effects of the war.

The article focuses on the discriminatory policies of Israel for the residents of East Jerusalem. It offers information on the failure of the Jerusalem municipality to provide adequate services in East Jerusalem for Palestinian citizens. The gap between East and West Jerusalem when it comes to the provision of crucial services such as infrastructure is highlighted.

The article reports that the Israeli peace camp has failed to become a significant political movement because it could not find a peace partner among the various Palestinian movements. Some Israeli Jews maintain that living in occupied Palestine is a religious obligation and that modern European Jews are the direct descendants of the ancient Hebrews, who had exclusive rights to Palestine. The author says Secular Israelis who reject a one-state solution in favor of an exclusive Jewish state fear and mistrust their non-Jewish neighbors.

The article examines the use of bulldozers for violence in the conflict between Israel and Palestine. In a span of less than three weeks, two Palestinians used bulldozers in rampages against cars and people in Jerusalem. Bulldozers also represent the hundreds of Palestinian villages levelled and thousands of homes demolished in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem by Israel.

The author criticizes the legislative bill introduced in the Knesset of Israel that would make Hebrew Israel's sole official language. The author argues that Israel, the occupier of Palestine, wants to eliminate the Arabic language in order to erase Palestinian memories, culture and history. The author relates how Israel is taking possession of the existing culture of Palestine such as de- or renaming events and territories. The author criticizes a vocabulary that serves to perpetuate the injustices in line with Israel's occupation of Palestine.

The article reports that 2008 will mark 60 years since the beginning of the Nakba, the events of 1948 that resulted in the occupation of the Palestinian land and the expulsion of its people by Israel. Nakba is a deliberate program, a process, of occupation, transfer and genocide of the Palestinian people and their national identity to create an empty land to be populated by Jewish immigrants.

The article examines the reason behind the protests held by Palestinians during the peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland in 2007 which aimed to resolve the conflict between Israel and Palestine. The demonstrations in the West Bank and Gaza, by a wide range of Palestinian political and social groups, are an indication of the concern that the conference is laying the ground for an outcome that the Palestinian people cannot and will not accept.

The article focuses on the challenges facing Palestinians in developing their individual as well as national identity. It cites the tactics being used by Israelis to demoralize Palestinians. It mentions that the deterioration of Palestinian morale is further exacerbated by factional infighting and the international support of one faction over the other. It emphasizes the need for Palestinians to build a national consciousness and demand for liberation.

The article discusses several issues regarding the upcoming selection of a national bird for Israel. According to Israeli officials the selection is a tool to generate local identification and way to raise the issue of environmentalism and animal protection. Some of the birds being considered include the bulbul, a festive songbird and the Palestine sunbird.

The editorial discusses the psychological damage done by the Israeli occupation of Palestine since its foundation in the 1950s. The editor describes his experience as a doctor in the region, citing several instances of psychological neuroses among political prisoners and war victims. The editor insinuates that the damages could be part of Israel's efforts to undermine the Palestinian generation.

The article presents information on how the Israeli attacks on Gaza and Lebanon has affected the resistance movements to Israeli occupation. Israel used disproportionate fire power in response to the recent Palestinian and Lebanese resistance operations against Israeli occupation forces. It represented a turning point in the Arab population's relation to Israel. After the two failed resistance operations, the Arab regimes and media were left talking about peace.

The article focuses on the stand taken by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the Palestinian National Accord Document drawn up by members of five separate Palestinian factions imprisoned in Israel. President Abbas launched a national dialogue in Ramallah on May 11, 2006 to work out the differences between his party and other Palestinian factions. He unilaterally decided on a deadline for an agreement of settlement with Israel and pledged to call a referendum if no settlement was reached within ten days. The accord document demanded an unity government.

The article reports that the newly appointed Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh finally formed a cabinet comprising 24 Hamas activists and experts. On March 19, 2006 he presented his cabinet to Mahmoud Abbas, who is Palestinian Authority president and chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). Since its founding in 1964, the PLO has served as an international umbrella group, representing important Palestinian political factions. The U.S. and Israel refused to recognize the PLO until it denounced its principles and amended its charter.

This article presents the history of Jerusalem and some information on the controversy surrounding the Noble Islamic Sanctuary of al-Aqsa. Many individuals, and news reports, confuse the Dome of the Rock with the al-Aqsa mosque, sometimes, it seems, in a deliberate attempt to prepare the world for future scenarios. Over the years, Israeli intelligence sources have spread rumors about the intention of some radical Jewish groups to bomb or destroy Al Aqsa. These threats, moreover, occur in the context of Israeli President Moshe Katsav's proposal to divide the Al Aqsa compound and construct a Jewish synagogue on half of it, and of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's frank declaration that he has no intention of sharing Jerusalem with the Palestinians. INSET: ISRAEL'S CONTINUED ETHNIC CLEANSING OF JERUSALEM.

The article author presents his views on the Sharm el-Sheikh summit between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on February 8. Following the meet, the media were full of congratulations and fantasies of peace. The bitter reality, however, is that nothing has changed in the lives of most Palestinians. Israel offers "disengagement" from Gaza with the left hand, while its right hand grabs more West Bank land, continues to imprison Palestinians behind its apartheid wall, advances its political access to and normalization of relations with other Arab nations, and reaches a formal and internationally accepted agreement with the Palestinian Authority. Unlike the principled stand of the New Zealand government, Palestine's Arab neighbors are eager to send their ambassadors back to Israel, and are using the "success" of Sharm el-Sheikh as a pretext to do so.

Just 10 days after he called on France's 600,000 Jewish citizens to move to Israel "immediately" to escape what he called "the spread of the wildest anti-Semitism," Prime Minister Ariel Sharon welcomed the first 200 French Jewish immigrants to arrive in Israel. According to Israeli press reports, the Jewish Agency had decided to send several hundred agents to France in order to persuade tens of thousands of French Jews to emigrate because of rising anti-Semitic attacks in recent years. A recent survey of French Jews conducted by the Israel Project found that 26 percent are considering emigration due to rising anti-Semitism in France.

The recent annihilation of Rafah is but another link in the chain of Israeli burglaries of Palestine. The intensive, heavy-handed targeting of high-ranking Palestinian political leaders, the not-so-long-ago destruction of Jenin, the construction of the separation wall on both sides of which Israelis will continue living and the daily theft of Palestinian land, life and property over the past 56 years of occupation are but a few examples. Instead, the killing, destruction, terror and expulsions were carefully designed to inflict the maximum horror and dread in the hearts of Palestinians, so as to steal the most possible land with the fewest possible Palestinians still living on it.

Under the pretext of giving the Palestinians a state and allowing them some level of self-determination, the Israeli agenda includes creating ghettos that consist of small, overcrowded and isolated geographical areas. These bantustans contribute to the strangulation of the economy and of the ability to find employment to the point where the average Palestinian will have one of only two choices: to leave voluntarily or to starve in his own land under an illegal occupation. While Israelis feel compelled to cede land and isolate the Palestinians in order to avoid the demographic threat, Jewish settlers in the territories have called for government policies to encourage Jewish births, promote religious conversions and stimulate Jewish immigration.

The latest round of hostilities, after 50 days of relative, uneasy calm in Palestine and Israel, aimed to extinguish the glimmer of hope still alive in the hearts of peace seekers on both sides. The lost Palestinian and Israeli lives were the victims sacrificed in order to attain that goal. The construction of the Wall deep into Palestinian territories, the ongoing building activity in the settlements, the treatment of political prisoners as criminals, and expecting the Palestinians to call themselves terrorists and respect their enemy is definitely not the popular Palestinian concept of peace. Nevertheless, there are enough brave people with the deep commitment to peace necessary to overcome emotional difficulties and cooperate with their Israeli counterparts, provided both sides find that common ground on which their shared humanity can act against in human practices.

Focuses on the emotional aspect of relation of armies of Israel with Palestinians as discussed by a former Israeli soldier named Dani. Discussion about a peaceful solution of the issue; Explanation of Dani on reconciliation; Psychological transformation of Dani from his army practices against palestinians.

Focuses on the attitude of Israeli soldiers toward old aged Palestinians. Reference to an incident in which Israeli soldiers disallowed an old lady to travel in a cab; Exploitation of elderly by the Israelis; Problems faced by old people; Opinion of old people about youngsters' attitude toward the aged.

Relates the experience of Palestinian farmer Abu Mahmoud Shahrour on the small milking business in Jerusalem. Overview on the farm life of the Shahrour family; Threat of Israeli-imposed curfew on the food distribution to Palestinian villagers; Implication of the curfew policy on the starvation of civilian lives.

Focuses on the impact of Israelite assaults on Palestinian people in Middle East. Story of a Palestinian nurse in relation to Israel assaults; Deportation of the Palestinian prisoners to Gaza Strip; Fears of Palestinians to the deportation of the prisoners.

Focuses on the response of the international community toward the border conflict between Israel and Palestine. Intervention of the U.S. government on the situation; Prevention of the Palestinian from coming home; Importance on the restoration of humanity.

Focuses on the discouragement brought about by the bloody invasion of Israel on the people of Palestine. Reactions of the world governments on the perpetuated human atrocity; Importance of moral right in nationhood.

Narrates the story of a witness to the brutality of Israeli soldiers against a Palestinian. Social conditions of Palestinians under the provocation of Ariel Sharon; Prevalence of murders among Palestinians; Rationale behind the provocation.

Presents a perspective by a Palestinian woman on Israeli checkpoints, considered as a sign of Israeli suppression. Author's daily experiences going through checkpoints; Recollection of a difference of checkpoints in the United States; Opinion on the 'Israeli/American' war against the indigenous people of Palestine.

The article focuses on Israeli's war on Gaza. In November 2007 Israeli and Palestinian leaders invited to the Annapolis Conference hailed it as an opportunity for peace and agreed to open negotiations aimed at reaching a final accord on an independent Palestinian state by the end of 2008. The year ended with a war on Gaza, spearheaded by Israel but supported by the international community and the governments of some Arab states. According to the article, Israel's weapons may kill many people but they cannot change the hearts and souls of Palestinians.

The article presents a preface to the issue, highlighting the special section featuring the writings of several Palestinians on the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Twenty-seven elite Israeli air force officers delivered a protest letter September 24, 2003 to air force Major Dan Halutz in which the pilots announced their refusal to participate in targeted killings or any other operations in the occupied territories. The fact that the active-duty signers made their initiative public, therefore, makes it an even more impressive political act. Their courageous protest to the Israeli public and to the Israeli occupation forces (IDF) comes at a time when the Israeli government is poised to invade Gaza and to assassinate more Palestinian leaders, possibly including President Yasir Arafat in Ramallah.

Focuses on the life of Palestinian prisoners in Israel. Notoriety of Israeli political prisons; Abuses of human rights; Recognition of poor prison conditions.

Argues that Israel's taking of the Holy Land is a violation of other people's human rights. Author's sadness for people killed in the terrorist act by Said Al-Houtary and Palestinians who have died at the hands of Israeli military forces; Definition of a terrorist; Claim that Palestinians are ready to sacrifice themselves to the frustration leveled on them by Israeli-Zionist oppression.