Startling-and stomach turning: where Palestinians are involved, memory and sense of proportion fail us. The Jewish conscience, justifiably, has long called upon the world's powers and upon their citizens to remain vigilant, never to forget -in the name of "the duty of memory"- the atrocities, massacres and genocides of the... More

　　As students filed into the courtyard of Asma elementary school in Gaza City for the first time since the Israeli offensive began, they were greeted by a bleak reminder of the violence that left more than 1,300 Palestinians dead and thousands injured. 　　A hole punched by an Israeli rocket scarred... More

　　The war on Gaza has taken a heavy emotional and mental toll on the people of the Gaza Strip. Doctors say that at least half of the population need professional help to come to terms with the war. 　　Palestinian men have been hit especially hard. Many of them have spent... More

　　Israel's three-week war on Gaza caused billions of dollars in damage and left the already-tattered local economy on the verge of collapse. 　　Some of the world's richest countries - including the US which has promised a $20-million aid package - have pledged monies to rebuild the Gaza Strip. 　　Al Jazeera's... More

　　Five-year-old Mohammed al-Najjar lets his mind wander as he puts crayon to paper in an effort to depict an Israeli air strike inside a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. 　　"This is the plane and those are two missiles it fired. They hit a house and the house was damaged... More

　　Shifa hospital received hundreds of bodies of those killed and thousands of those wounded during the December 27, 2008 - January 18, 2009 22-day attack, invasion and occupation of Gaza by the Israeli military. 　　Now in front of Shifa hospital was a tent filled with military armaments -- rocket parts,... More

　　Recent developments in Somalia appear to suggest that the country may be on the verge of reaching an end to two decades of war, displacement and hunger. 　　Somalis were first given hope when Ethiopian forces, who invaded Somalia in late 2006, began withdrawing in 2008. 　　This was quickly followed by... More

　　The mutiny by Bangladesh's border security forces in the capital Dhaka has brought back the specter of violence that has marked the country's recent political history. 　　That the army had to be called out to quell the uprising just weeks after December's election is an important reminder that the country's... More

　　The arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, could tear the country apart, Middle East experts have warned. 　　In 2006, Khartoum and the Darfur rebel groups began negotiating a resolution – the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) - to end the conflict.... More

　　Steve Matthews, an aid worker with World Vision Canada, has been to some of the world's most violent and troubled regions, including Darfur, Afghanistan, and Iraq. 　　But even after years in the field, Matthews still has difficulty comprehending the devastating affects of war on children. In February, he returned from... More

　　Massive shipping containers are being hoisted into place to prevent a popular procession that is travelling from all over Pakistan to Islamabad, the capital, in support of Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, the sacked chief justice. 　　These corrugated steel structures, often used in the high seas, are now part of a number... More

　　Confirmed figures reveal the true extent of the destruction inflicted upon the Gaza Strip by Israel’s offensive: 1,434 dead, including 960 civilians, 239 police officers, and 235 fighters. 　　The Israeli offensive launched on the Gaza Strip between 27 December 2008 and 18 January 2009 resulted in extensive death, injury and... More

　　Over the weekend, Israeli border police conducted a number of raids on living quarters and workplaces inside Israel, checking ID cards and looking for Palestinians from the West Bank who were in "Israel" without a permit. 208 Palestinians were arrested in the raids, and sent back to the West Bank.... More