Today's News Photos www.aljazeerah.info

الجزيرة

Al-Jazeerah.Home

News Archive

Arab Cartoons

News Photo

Columnists

Documents

Editorials 

Opinion Editorial

letters to the editor

Human Price of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Islam

Israeli daily aggression on the Palestinian people 

Media Watch

Mission and meaning of Al-Jazeerah

Peace Activists

Poetry

Book reviews

Public Announcements 

   Women in News

Cities, localities, and tourist attractions

Dear Readers,

Opinions expressed in various sections are the sole responsibility of their authors and they may not represent Al-Jazeerah's. In particular, Al-Jazeerah may not agree, approve, condone, or acquiesce any of the published photos, cartoons, news articles, and opinion articles.

These materials represent reactions of authors  to American foreign policy in the Middle East, Israeli occupation policies and practices in occupied Palestine, or policies and practices of Arab governments and Arab rulers.

The main objective is to enable English readers all over the world, particularly in the US and Israel, to know about the impact of the policies of these governments on Arabs and Muslims.

When people are more aware of the consequences of policies of their governments, cross-cultural understanding increases, which leads to a more just and peaceful world ... That is the essence of the Al-Jazeerah.info Mission.

Syrians rally in support of President Bashar Assad in Damascus on Wednesday. (Reuters, Arab News, 3/10/05). Israeli Aggression Continues, Muhammed Abu Khalil was assassinated by demolishing his house on his head, in Tulkarem yesterday (IPC, 3/10/05). Family of Killed British Cameraman, James Miller (above), Accuses Israeli Forces of Covering Up the Crime (IPC, 3/10/05). 9 Iraqi Soldiers, Policemen Killed, 30 Americans Injured, 30 Iraqi Shi'is Killed, 40 Injured in Mosul Suicide Bomb. Above: Two Iraqi fighters in Al-Ramadi street yesterday (Assafir, 3/10/05). Israeli occupation soldiers watching a Palestinian child who violated the two-day curfew on the city of Hebron yesterday (Alquds, 3/10/05). Tens of thousands of Syrians came out in Damascus to support President Assad's decision to withdraw Syrian forces from Lebanon (Alquds Alarabi, 3/10/05). Israeli occupation soldiers stopping Palestinian traffic at a Jericho checkpoint yesterday. The refusal of Israelis to dismantle such checkpoints inside Palestinian areas failed the talks about withdrawal and threatened a resumption of fighting (Al-Ayyam, 3/10/05). An activist from Pakistan's six party Islamic alliance Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) shouts anti-government slogans during a protest rally in Islamabad March 9, 2005. Several thousand Islamists protested on Wednesday against policies of President Pervez Musharraf. (09 Mar 2005 REUTERS/Mian Khursheed). Lebanese people wave flags as they listen to Hizbullah leader Shaikh Hassan Nasrullah addressing the crowd during a pro-Syrian rally in central Beirut March 8, 2005. About five hundred thousand of flag-waving Lebanese flooded central Beirut Tuesday for a pro-Syrian rally called by Hizbullah that dwarfed previous Lebanese protests demanding that Syrian troops quit Lebanon. (08 Mar 2005 REUTERS/ Sharif Karim). Making Turkish coffee in her kitchen, Amani Al-Hissi, 25, from Al-Shati refugee camp, in Gaza, who lost her eyesight after having been shot by Israeli occupation soldiers on 18/12/1987, when she was 6-year-old, Read more about her in today's issue: Vision of  Amani Al-Hissi: A Palestinian Girl Made Blind By Israeli Soldiers (WAFA, 3/9/05).

The last Syrian troops withdraw from Tripoli, north Lebanon early March 11,2005. Almost all Syrian troops left north Lebanon on Friday, ending an unbroken 29-year presence. All Syrian troops will leave Lebanon before the May parliamentarian elections. (Photo by Omar Ibrahim/Reuters, 3/11/05). A Palestinian woman, in the Mount of Olives in occupied East Jerusalem, complaining to God the injustice inflicted on her family by the Israeli occupation government, which demolished her house yesterday (Al-Ayyam, 3/11/05). A US-recruited Iraqi intelligence officer guarding three blind-folded Iraqi soldiers who were arrested at Basra for being involved in the Iraqi resistance activities yesterday (Annahar, 3/11/05). An Iraqi school girl waiting for US soldiers to allow her to pass the street to her home in Baghdad yesterday (Assafir, 3/11/05). Vietnamese girls in the city of Pion Ma Thot celebrating the beginning of the end of the Vietnam War 30 years ago (Assafir, 3/11/05). Spanish Parliament in a minute of silence in memory of the train attacks victims yesterday (Annahar, 3/11/04). Anzor, son of the Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov (second from right) reciting Al-Fateha together with some Chechens for the soul of his father, who was killed by Russian forces on Wednesday. Chechen fighters elected Abul Halim Sa'idolayiv to succeed Maskhadov in leading them towards independence of Chechnya (Annahar, 3/11/05). A Palestinian woman crying beside her house which was destroyed by Israeli occupation soldiers. Muhammed Abu Khalil was assassinated by demolishing his house on his head, in An Nazleh Al-Wosta, Tulkarem on Wednesday (Alquds, 3/11/05).

Israeli Deputy Prime Minister, Shimon Peres (left), talking to King Muhammed VI of Morocco, While Algerian President Boutafliqa (middle) and President Ahmed Wel Taya'a of Mauritania listening in Madrid yesterday. North African Arab leaders have been following the footsteps of their eastern Arabian brethren in getting closer to Israel even before the Israeli withdrawal from Palestine and other Arab occupied territories and before the establishment of the Palestinian state (Alquds Alarabi, 3/12/05).  The new Chechen President, Abdul Halim Sa'idolayiv, who was elected by the Chechen fighters to lead his people towards independence from Russia, in a video image yesterday (Assafir, 3/12/05). US soldiers opening an Iraqi house door during a house search (Alquds Alarabi, 3/12/05). Israeli Occupation Forces Invade Villages, Terrorize Palestinians, Storm Homes, Arrest People, Close Roads, Stop Students from Going to School (IPC, 3/12/05). Fatma Al-Barghouthi Dies of Breast Cancer Due to Israeli Occupation Measures (IPC, 3/12/05). Israeli occupation soldiers arresting a Palestinian youngman during a demonstration protesting the Israeli Apartheid, Land-Grab Wall in Bal'een yesterday (Al-Ayyam, 3/12/05). Israeli Occupation Forces Tighten Grip over Occupied East Jerusalem by installing checkpoints between Jerusalem and Ramallah (IPC, 3/12/05). Dr. Mohammed Ghazal, a Hamas leader, speaks during a news conference in the West Bank city of Nablus on March 12, 2005. The Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, announced on Saturday that it would compete in Palestinian parliamentary elections scheduled for July, ending a decade-old boycott. (Reuters, 3/12/05). Islamic Jihad organized a demonstration in Gaza yesterday, in support of Syria and Lebanon (Alrai, 3/12/05).