1. Propaganda, Anger and a Remnant of Hope
(Opinions/Features)

...e destruction of their economy and the theft of their best land and water. “Over all this there is waving the black flag of the frightening contempt for the life and blood of the Palestinians. Israel ...

2. Avnery on the army being slapped in the face
(Opinions/Features)

...bey. According to the classic definition of Judge Binyamin Halevy in the 1957 Kafr Kassem massacre case, the “black flag of illegality” is waving over such orders. The prisoner, Ashraf Abu-Rakhma, was...

3. Uri Avnery on A Judicial Document
(Opinions/Features)

...aders of this column they would not come as a surprise. I have written about them before, e.g. in my article “Black Flag” (January 31, 2009). Amira Hass and Gideon Levy have collected eye-witness repo...

4. Uri Avnery on Israeli War Crimes
(Opinions/Features)

...f Hamas leader Salah Shehade. Apart from the intended victim, 14 people, most of them children, were killed. Black Flag : Israeli War Crimes A SPANISH JUDGE has instituted a judicial inquiry against...

5. When All Else Fails:
(Opinions/op-ed)

...cience gave sign of their aversion to the behavior of this government by wearing a black armband or posting a black flag or ribbon on the door or window ledge or by flying our flag upside down, the nu...

6. Twenty dead in Slovakia mine blast
(Archived/News/S+T)

Twenty miners have been killed following a blast at a mine in Handlova in central Slovakia in the country's worst mining disaster.

7. Nicaragua marks Sandinista revolt
(Archived/News/Global)

Thousands of people have gathered in Managua, the Nicaraguan capital, to mark 30 years since the Sandinista revolution that overthrew Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaragua's then authoritarian leader.

8. Kashmiris march to UN office
(Archived/News/Global)

Tens of thousands of Muslims have taken to the streets of Indian Kashmir's main city to demand that the United Nations recognise their right to self-determination.

9. Strike call marks Mubarak birthday
(Archived/News/Arab)

Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, celebrates his 80th birthday on Sunday, amid a wave of discontent as well as a call for Egyptians to stay at home in protest against price increases and alleged

10. Lebanon blast kills army general
(Archived/News/Arab)

A car bombing in Lebanon has killed a senior army general and at least one other person.