Marian Houk

Israel’s showdown with the UN over immunity for Gazan engineer
Does a UN engineer Israel accuses of working with Hamas have immunity from prosecution? The UN says that if Israel shares evidence of his guilt, it will lift the immunity. So why won't Israel hand over the evidence?
By +972 Magazine September 21, 2016
Yasser Arafat during a visit to the Danish Parliament in 1999. (photo: Hans Jørn Storgaard Andersen)
More subtle than it seems: The mystery of Arafat’s death
Nine years on, Yasser Arafat’s death brings up more questions than answers. Speculation runs rampant as to the nature of his death, while the potential for a scientifically conclusive cause of death, let alone the identity of a possible perpetrator, fades away.  By Marian Houk In “Killing Arafat,” a recent Al-Jazeera documentary on the mysterious…
By +972 Magazine November 18, 2013
Prisoners' relatives participate in a protest in front of Najah National University in the West Bank city of Nablus in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners still on hunger strike in Israel prisons; Ayman Sharawna (171days), Samer Issawi (140 days) and another 3 prisoners, December 18, 2012. (photo by: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)
Former PA minister raises questions about prisoner release
If Israel doesn’t follow through with release of all pre-Oslo Palestinian prisoners, including citizens of Israel, ‘we’ll create pressure – and we’ll try to stop these negotiations,’ Palestinian Prisoners’ Club head Qaddura Fares says, adding that after previous releases, he has little hope. By Marian Houk “No, I am not satisfied,” Qaddura Fares said crisply, the morning…
By +972 Magazine July 30, 2013
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  3. Arms sales to Israel are slowing. But that's only half the story
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