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Jimmy Carter
A human rights crime
2008-05-08 The world is witnessing a terrible human rights crime in Gaza, where a million and a half human beings are being imprisoned with almost no access to the outside world. An entire population is being brutally punished.    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
Child Suffering from Brain Cancer Dies without Treatment in Gaza Because of Israeli Siege
2008-05-06 Thirteen-year-old Asmahan Al Jamal became the 145th patient to fall victim to Israel's crippling siege on the Gaza Strip yesterday. The teenager died of brain cancer after Israeli military authorities refused to grant her an exit permit to access advanced medical treatment unavailable in Gaza itself.    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
"Who is safer now that Khadra Abu Moatiq and her 4 young children are dead?”
2008-04-28
"A sickening tragedy" was how Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP, Secretary General of the PNI described the killing of a mother and her 4 children in an Israeli military attack on the Gaza Strip this morning. The deaths have brought the number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli military since Annapolis to 418, including 59 children.    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
Israeli Government Seeking Destruction of Palestinian Society in Gaza says Barghouthi
2008-04-24 "Thousands of lives are at stake in Gaza. Israel's siege is pushing a whole society towards collapse." This was how Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, today described the situation in the Gaza Strip, which has reached dramatic levels following the latest Israeli fuel cuts. Food assistance for 650,000 Palestinians is about to stop, 50,000 vaccines for babies are at risk of being spoiled, and sanitation services for half a million inhabitants have been halted.    ... More
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Palestinian National Initiative
The choice of non-violence: Our strategy for Palestine
2008-04-22 Sixty years after the Naqba, the catastrophe, Palestinians are still without a state. They are living under occupation, many are in refugee camps, others are scattered around the world, and a part of the Palestinian people are no more than second class citizens in Israel itself.    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
PNI: Opening Created by Carter’s Initiative Must Be Seized Upon
2008-04-21 Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, today welcomed the efforts of former US President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter to transform the current political dynamic in the region.    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
One More Massacre against Children and Civilians in Gaza: "When will the World React?" asks Barghouthi
2008-04-17 "A criminal massacre against children and civilians," was how PNI Secretary General Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi today described the killing of 22 Palestinians, including 6 children, in separate Israeli military attacks on the Gaza Strip and West Bank since yesterday.    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
Israeli Military Attacks Kill 18 Gazans, Mostly Civilians; Barghouthi: Israel has Exceeded All Limits in its Violations of Human Rights and International Law Palestinian National Initiative
2008-04-17 Separate Israeli military attacks on civilian targets – including a mosque, homes and a hospital - in the Gaza Strip today have killed 18 Palestinians, including at least 2 children and a journalist working with the Reuters news agency. The deaths bring the number of Palestinians killed since Annapolis to 369, including 44 children.    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
Palestinian Leader Mustafa Barghouthi Meets Former US President Jimmy Carter in Ramallah
2008-04-16 Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, met former US President Jimmy Carter yesterday in Ramallah to discuss the situation in Palestine and the need to protect Palestinian democracy and restore Palestinian unity.    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
Israeli Siege on Gaza: Children are First Victims Says Barghouthi
2008-04-15 Palestinian schools in Gaza will be closed for 3 days because of shortages of fuel in the Strip. The Israeli siege on Gaza, which began immediately after Hamas’ electoral victory in January 2006, has been worsening ever since. Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, called the siege “collective punishment on 1.5 million human beings, whose effects are felt most by the most vulnerable: patients, disabled, elderly and children.”    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
Barghouthi: Former US president Jimmy Carter will see that Israel has chosen Apartheid over Peace
2008-04-14 Former US president Jimmy Carter, who arrived yesterday in Jerusalem, will visit the Middle East for a week, including the occupied East Jerusalem and West Bank. Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, declared that “Jimmy Carter is welcomed in the region by all the Palestinians. The Israeli occupation of Palestine has now evolved into a full-fledged Apartheid against all Palestinians. We trust Mr Carter to continue to courageously report the truth.”    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
Barghouthi: "Israel Is Responsible For What Is Happening In Gaza"
2008-04-12 The killing of 8 Palestinians - including 4 children - and 3 Israelis in separate attacks yesterday has brought the number of Palestinians and Israelis killed since Annapolis to 350 and 18 respectively. Among the victims are 44 Palestinian children.    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
Barghouthi: Negotiations are Meaningless until Israel Stops Settlement Expansion, Halts Construction of Apartheid Wall, and Ends Siege on Gaza
2008-04-03 PNI Secretary General Mustafa Barghouthi MP said today that negotiations with Israel are meaningless until it meets basic conditions that reflect a genuine commitment towards peace.    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
Barghouthi: Palestinian and Arab Unity Critical in Facing Israeli Occupation & Apartheid
2008-03-29 As 11 heads of state and officials from 8 other Arab nations gather in Damascus today for the Arab League's 20th Annual Summit, PNI Secretary General Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP stressed the necessity of national and regional unity in facing the multitude of threats posed to Palestinian national rights and regional stability by Israel's ongoing occupation and Apartheid system.    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
2008 Land Day Events Fall under Shadow of Apartheid and Settlement Expansion
2008-03-29 Palestinians will mark the 32nd anniversary of Land Day this year with a week-long series of peaceful demonstrations throughout the West Bank. Land Day commemorates the killing of 6 Palestinians by Israeli troops in the Galilee on March 30, 1976 during peaceful protests over the confiscation of Palestinian lands to facilitate the "Judaization" of the Galilee, by building more housing for Israeli Jews on Palestinian land, and by squeezing out its Palestinian population.    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
Israel's Opening of Jerusalem Police HQ Built on Occupied West Bank Land "Flies in the Face of Peace"
2008-03-29 Israel is set to open its Jerusalem police headquarters built on occupied West Bank land on Monday, in a move that PNI Secretary General Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP said "flew directly in the face of peace."    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
International Community Must Take Moral and Political Stand towards Israel on Gaza Patient Deaths
2008-03-25 Zainab Bashir and Yousef Al-Madhoun have become the 116th and 117th Gazans to be added to the long list of patients who have died after Israel delayed or denied their access to essential treatment outside of the Strip. Bashir, of Deir Elbalah town, and Al-Madhoun of Gaza city, died on Sunday of chronic diseases.    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
2008 International Day Against Racism Marked by Deepening of Israel's Apartheid System
2008-03-20 March 21 will mark the International Day on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, but for Palestinians, there is little to celebrate in this respect.    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
Israeli Extremists’ Attack on Palestinian Neighbourhood in Jerusalem Met with Indifference by Israeli Police
2008-03-17 “Yet another example of the nonchalance of Israeli police forces in the face of violence by settlers and extremists against Palestinians” was how PNI Secretary General, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP described an attack by members of Israeli far right groups on the Jabal Al Mukaber neighbourhood of Jerusalem last night.    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
Barghouthi: Barak Provoking Reaction to Justify Violations Perpetrated Under his Orders
2008-03-13 "Ehud Barak's actions are those of a war criminal, one who should be tried in an international court for crimes against humanity," said PNI Secretary General Dr. Barghouthi today, dismissing a statement by Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak that the killing of four Palestinians by an undercover Israeli death squad in Bethlehem late on Wednesday night, demonstrated Israel's commitment to "pursue and strike all killers with Jewish blood on their hands."    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
More Than One in Four Palestinians Killed in Gaza Were Children
2008-03-06 The Israeli attack on Gaza launched from Wednesday 27 February to Monday 3 March killed more than 120 Palestinians. Palestinian and international sources confirmed that 31 children had been killed, and are investigating 13 more reported child fatalities. Dr. Barghouthi MP, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, declared “this horrendous death toll clearly highlights Israel’s contempt for Palestinian lives, even children. These deaths are war crimes.”    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
Israeli military murders 2 young Palestinians taking part in non-violent demonstrations in the West Bank
2008-03-03 Mahmoud Al Masalmah, 14, was shot in the heart Sunday in Beit Awoua village, near Hebron. Muhammad Shreitih, 19, was shot in the head today in Al-Mazra’a Al-Qibliya village, near Ramallah. Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative declared: “these two young boys were participating in non-violent demonstrations to protest the Israeli killings in Gaza. And Israeli soldiers killed them! This is murder.”    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
Barghouthi calls to save a mother and her three children trapped in their house by Israeli soldiers in Gaza
2008-03-02 Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, called on international organisations and foreign diplomatic services to act immediately to save the life of Mervat AbdelSalam Abu Shbak and her three children, who are now besieged in their house in Ahezbet Abed Rabbo neighbourhood, East of Jabaliya in the Northern Gaza Strip.    ... More
Palestinian National Initiative
Military escalation against Gaza and Israeli threats of ’holocaust’
2008-03-02 Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative declared today that "Israel is killing babies, children and entire families while the world remains silent. This very silence is enabling the Israeli crimes. It must stop."    ... More
New Press Releases
Palestinian Women and Girls Must be Protected
Israeli Airstrike in Gaza Destroys Medical Relief Head Office, Kills Baby
PMRS: Act Now to End the Siege of Gaza

New Articles
Palestinians Fear Two-Tier Road System
Israel's ultimate plan for Gaza
For Palestinians, the power of mass non-violence would be undeniable
Gaza cannot be forgotten
Dream begins to fade under state of siege
An Independent Palestinian State This Time Next Year?
Jenin, Jenin
Hitting the highway
A thorn in the Shin Bet's side
Prerequisites for peace
The Annapolis meeting: short on peace long on process