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Year: 2015
Greek Parliament Votes to Recognize Independent Palestinian State
The Greek parliament has unanimously voted to recognize Palestine as an independent state. It comes amid an official visit to Greece by the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. The Greek premier Alexis Tsipras said on Monday […]
US Military Provided Assad with Intel on Extremists via Russia, Israel and Germany: Rreport
The Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff has been indirectly providing Syrian military with intelligence on Islamic extremists fearing the Obama administration’s agenda to oust Bashar Assad will engender total chaos in Syria. A new investigation […]
Israel Returns Body of 72-year-old Hebron Woman 45 Days after Death
The Israeli authorities on Tuesday returned the body of 72-year-old Tharwat al-Shaarawi, who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in early November after she allegedly attempted to ram them with her car. Her body was […]
Israel has ‘Deprived 23,000 Orphans of Monthly Sponsorship’
The Deputy Head of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Shaikh Kamal Al-Khatib, said on Monday that Israel’s banning of the group has deprived 23,000 orphans from their monthly sponsorship payments, Anadolu has reported. “The Islamic […]
A Crushed Generation: Photography under Siege in Gaza
By Ramzy Baroud Taghreed has never been outside Gaza. Her family were exiled to the impoverished Gaza Strip when Palestine was ethnically cleansed, to make room for the state of Israel in 1948. She was […]
Missiles Fly over Israeli-Lebanese Border after Killing of Hezbollah Commander in Syria
Lebanese militants and Israeli Defense Force (IDF) traded cross-border fire after the news that Hezbollah commander Samir Kuntar was killed in an airstrike in Damascus. Israel fired artillery over the border after rocket fire hit […]
Online Campaign to Release Palestinian Children from Israeli Jails
An international online campaign to release Palestinian minors from Israeli jails is expected to start today, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club announced. More than 1,500 Palestinian children have been arrested throughout the occupied Palestinian territories since […]
Israeli Forces Raid Duheisha Refugee Camp, Tear Gas Residents
Israeli forces early Monday stormed the Duheisha refugee camp south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank during an arrest raid, locals said. Locals told Ma’an that snipers deployed on rooftops as groups of soldiers […]
More Than 43,600 Disabled People in Gaza
Some 43,642 people are living with disabilities in the Gaza Strip, 2.4 per cent of the enclave’s population, a report issued by the Palestinian Medical Relief Society and the National Society for Rehabilitation revealed yesterday. […]
PLO to Cut Relations with Israel
PLO Secretary Saeb Erekat said yesterday that diplomatic relations between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel will officially come to an end at the start of 2016, Palsawa.com has reported. Speaking to local Palestinian radio […]
Gaza Refugee Child: I Dream of Telling the World My People’s Story
By Yara Jouda I am a girl from Gaza barely 15-years old. Maybe I’m not old enough, but I’m mature enough to write in the name of dead Palestinian children who didn’t have enough time […]
Brazil Delays Approval of Israeli Ambassador
Israel’s foreign ministry has revealed that the Brazilian government is delaying its approval of the new Israeli ambassador, who is the former head of the Israeli settlement council, Dani Dayan, Arab48.com reported on Friday. According […]
Israeli Forces Kill 3 Palestinians on Friday
Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and Gaza on the 12th Friday of the third Palestinian “Intifada” (uprising), according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The ministry said that […]
Dimming Bethlehem’s Christmas Celebrations
By Jessica Purkiss Normally around this time in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, Christmas festivities are in full swing. This year, however, the municipalities decided to tone down their public Christmas celebrations amid escalating violence […]
Hundreds in Hebron Demand Return of 21 Bodies Held by Israel
Hundreds of Palestinians from the Hebron district on Thursday marched in demand that the Israeli government immediately return the bodies of 21 Palestinians who were recently killed by Israeli forces. Families of those killed, Hebron […]
Israel and UN Incitement against Palestinian Resistance
By Ramona Wadi While Israel continues with its premeditated and systematic oppressive policies, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a statement which, as is typical of the organisation, is devoid of both coherence […]
Palestinian Shot Dead in Nablus after Alleged Attempted Attack
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teen near the Huwwara military checkpoint in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus on Thursday, locals and Israel’s army said. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an […]
UN Official Rejects Recent Violence as ‘New Normal’
A senior United Nations official on Wednesday rejected the potential for current violence in the occupied Palestinian territory to become the “new normal,” calling on Palestinian and Israeli leadership to let go of “immediate fears.” […]
Lieberman launches Campaign to Oust Zoabi and Joint Arab List from Knesset
Israeli Member of Knesset Avigdor Lieberman, who also heads the Yisrael Beiteinu Party, has launched a campaign to oust Arab MK Hanin Zoabi and the Joint Arab List from the Israeli parliament. The campaign, which […]
Israel, India and Eggshells
By Iqbal Jassat During Indian President Pranab Mukherjee’s recent visit to Israel, he departed from his prepared text at a ceremonial reception hosted by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. Much to the consternation of his hosts, Mukherjee […]
Ya’alon: Insufficient Evidence to Prosecute Settlers in Dawabsheh Arson Attack
Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon said there is insufficient evidence to prosecute settlers suspected to have been responsible for the arson attack committed against the Dawabsheh family in the West Bank village of Duma, south […]
18-year-old Dies Weeks after Being Hit by Israeli Crossfire in Nablus
A 18-year-old Palestinian died on Wednesday after succumbing to wounds sustained from Israeli forces at a military checkpoint in Nablus in October, her family told Ma’an. Samah Abd al-Mumen was shot at the Huwwara checkpoint […]
Israeli Forces Kill 2 Palestinians in Qalandiya Refugee Camp
Israeli forces on Wednesday shot dead two Palestinians during a predawn military raid in the Qalandia refugee camp near Ramallah, locals and medics said. Locals in the occupied West Bank refugee camp told Ma’an that […]
Israel’s Objectives for Its Wall on the Gaza Border
By Adnan Abu Amer Since the end of the 2014 Israeli war on Gaza, the enclave’s borders have been witnessing mutual mobility by the Israeli army and Hamas fighters, with each sending the other messages […]
CrossTalk: Syrian Minefield
With two widely differing coalitions and one very complex Civil War, it would appear there is little room for compromise in Syria today. While Russia has called for a united front to fight terrorism in […]
Jarrar: ‘My Imprisonment is Based on Political Reasons’
Senior leader of the Palestinian Popular Front Khalida Jarrar said yesterday that she is being imprisoned for political reasons, stressing that the Israeli judicial system is silencing any voice that discloses Israeli crimes, the Safa […]
Yaalon Declares War on Rights Group Breaking the Silence
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said on Tuesday that he had banned Israeli veteran group Breaking the Silence from participating in any official activities with Israeli forces, Israeli media reported. Yaalon’s statement was made on […]
Hungry Warrior: The Untold Story of Hana Shalabi
By Ramzy Baroud Throughout her hunger strike, that of exactly 47 days, Hana Shalabi never slept consistently for a number of hours. In the first few days of her strike, she would doze off only […]
Rachel Corrie Sport Initiatives Aim to Counter Destruction of Israeli Policy in Gaza
By The Rachel Corrie Foundation It is July 2014, and more than a dozen people gather on the beach in Khan Yunis, the second largest urban area in the Gaza Strip. They line up plastic […]
16-year-old Palestinian Shot after Alleged Stab Attempt in Hebron
Israeli forces shot and seriously injured a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron after an alleged stabbing attempt, locals and the Israeli army said. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that […]