Mud, straw, cement bricks, two sheets of glass, and the rays of the Gazan Sun. These are the needed ingredients to cook a meal of meat, rice, beans or macaroni for siege-stricken Palestinian families.

Thursday November 20, 2008 13:01 by Rami Almeghari - Rami Almeghari&Islamonline.net

The decision by the Buckingham palace to bestow an honorary knighthood on Israeli President Shimon Peres should be viewed as a blatant disregard for propriety and moral conduct by Queen Elizabeth II and the British government. It is also a definitive sign of the decadence of our time.

By Khalid Amayreh in Occupied Jerusalem

Please follow the guide (link below) in lobbying the parliament

The lobby of parliament will call on the British government to implement international law and press for:

• an end to the blockade on Gaza
• Israel to end its occupation
• the dismantling of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
• respect for Palestinian sovereignty
• the suspension of the EU-Israel trade agreement

This pack includes useful information on how the lobby day will work. 
A guide to lobbying

With fanfare, fireworks, military parades and a lot of rhetorical overindulgence, the American-backed Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas has been celebrating the 20th anniversary of the so-called “Independence Day.”

By Khalid Amayreh in occupied Palestine

United States President-elect Barack Obama's election victory has revived hopes that stalled Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations could finally lead to a two-state solution. Few new presidents have been greeted with such optimism and associated high expectations.
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 18 November 2008