Yes, Israel Can Accept The Right Of Return

When the British withdrew from Palestine in 1948, there were in the country between the Mediterranean and the Jordan about 1.2 million Arabs and 635,000 Jews. By the end of the war that ensued, some 700,000 Arabs had fled and/or were driven out

Uri Avnery
By Uri Avnery
Palestinian refugee Mahmoud Al-Amer, 78, walks past a mural in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin , Monday, May 13, 2013. Arabic on the mural reads, '"we must never forget, the return is a sacred right." (AP/Mohammed Ballas)

Ze’ev Begin, the son of Menachem Begin, is a very nice human being. It is impossible not to like him. He is well brought up, polite and modest, the kind of person one would like to have as a friend. Unfortunately, his political views are far less likable. They are much more extreme than even the acts of his father. The father, after leading the

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As Rebels Lose Ground, Over 600,000 Syrian Refugees Return Home

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that nearly 603,000 Syrian refugees displaced by the war began to return to their cities and villages in the first seven months of this year.

Jay Syrmopoulos
By Jay Syrmopoulos
Syrian refugees are seen within a tent at the railway station of Sid, where Serbian authorities load trains with refugees to Crotia. Sid, Serbia, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015 (AP/Manu Brabo)

The Trump administration’s decision to halt the covert CIA program of arming ‘moderate rebels’ in Syria was lambasted in the mainstream press, but for those paying attention, this was an intelligent move — namely, because those ‘moderate rebels’ are actually terrorists. Now, new information reveals that Syrians displaced by the ongoing

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Fear And Trepidation In Tel Aviv: Is Israel Losing In Syria?

“Without a joint Israeli-US plan, Israel is now emerging as a weak party” Ramzy Baroud.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Illustration by Carlos Latuff for MintPress News

Israel, which has played a precarious role in the Syrian war since 2011, is furious to learn that the future of the conflict is not to its liking. The six-year-old Syria war is moving to a new stage, perhaps its final. The Syrian government is consolidating its control over most of the populated centers, while the Islamic State Group is losing

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EU Condemned For ‘Failing Policies’ As Refugee Deathtoll Rises To 2,100

More than 2,100 refugees have died this year while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.

Julia Conley
By Julia Conley
Boat Refused by Italy

As the European Union called on member countries to contribute more to the effort to resettle refugees, Amnesty International released a blistering report on Wednesday which charges that EU policies have made the Mediterranean route from Africa to Europe more deadly than ever for the tens of thousands of refugees who attempt the crossing. More

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Over 500,000 Syrian Refugees Return To Gov’t-Controlled Areas Of Syria

Though it has been claimed that Syria’s refugees have fled the country to get away from its leader, poll results and other statistics indicate that Syria’s president still remains wildly popular in the country. His most recent re-election saw him win a whopping 88 percent of the popular vote.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
In the badly damaged Al-Shaar neighbourhood in East Aleppo, returnee families and displaced residents receive UNHCR relief assistance at a distribution point run by the Al Ihsan charity in March, 2017. (Photo: UNHCR/Hameed Marouf)

Crucial to the Western narrative of the Syrian conflict is the assertion that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a brutal dictator who has taken to killing his own people over the course of Syria’s six-year-long conflict. This allegation has been the crux of the “humanitarian” justification for foreign military intervention in Syria that would

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UN Report Links Sources of Refugees to US Interventions

A UN report has shown that more than 65 million people were forced to leave their home countries last year, becoming refugees due to deadly conflict. The top nations from which refugees fled have one thing in common, they were all targets of US intervention.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Afghan refugee Rasoul Nazari, 15, holds his 10-month-old nephew Imran after crossing the border between Hungary and Austria in Nickelsdorf, Austria. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

A United Nations report has shed light on the world’s burgeoning crisis of displaced peoples, finding that a record 65.6 million were forced to vacate their homes in 2016 alone. More than half of them were minors. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which drafted the report, put the figure into perspective, stating that

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