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Month: September 2017
Protests and Pledges as Israeli PM Ends Mexico Visit with Offer to ‘Develop Central America’
On the last stage of his brief tour of Latin America, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been holding talking with Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto. Pena Nieto told reporters that he had accepted Israel’s […]
Israel Destroys Palestinian House for 8th Time
Israeli bulldozers demolished a Palestinian home in Umm Qabu village in the Negev of southern Israel for the eighth time on Thursday. According to witnesses, Israeli bulldozers raided the village on Thursday morning and demolished […]
Poll: 44% of American Jews Oppose Moving US Embassy to Jerusalem
Forty-four per cent of American Jews don’t support the US President Donald Trump’s suggestion of moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the American Jewish Committee (AJC)’s survey revealed yesterday. The survey, which […]
Arab League, Japan Urge for Just, Lasting Peace in Middle East
The first round of Arab-Japanese political dialogue stressed the necessity of achieving a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, Algerian Foreign Minister Abdul Qader Mesahel said. In a joint press conference with […]
UN Official Welcomes Hamas Readiness to Form National Unity Government
The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process expressed support for Hamas’ expressed willingness to reconcile with the Fatah movement, head of the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA), in a statement released on […]
Palestinian Refugee Killed in Germany
Palestinian refugee Mohamed Abdel Nasser Nasser was found dead in Germany on Tuesday, the Action Group for Palestinians in Syria (AGPS) revealed yesterday. The AGPS said that Nasser fled the Palestinian refugee camp in the […]
Remembering the Ottoman Empire in Palestine
By Gabriel Polley The last months of this year contain two landmark centenaries in the history of Palestine. The first is the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, on November 2nd. On that day, while […]
Fifteen Year-Old Boy from Gaza Produces Computer Games
A 15-year-old Palestinian boy from the Gaza Strip has taught himself to produce professional-standard computer games, Safa News Agency reported on Monday. Bilal Shahin has developed 20 games over the past three years, one of […]
Israeli Settlers Uproot Olive Trees in Nablus-Area Village
A group of Israeli settlers from the infamously extremist Yitzhar settlement in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus uprooted a number of olive trees near the village of Burin on Wednesday. Ghassan Daghlas, […]
Ashkenazi Man’s Burden
By Rima Najjar It’s been almost one hundred years since the Balfour Declaration and we are still trying to “understand” Zionism and Jewish supremacy in Palestine. For a long time, what stood in the way […]
UN’s List of Companies Linked to Settlements to Be Published Despite Israeli, US Pressure
The United Nations Human Rights Council reportedly plans to go ahead with the publication of a list of companies operating in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory and the Golan Heights, in spite […]
Israel Should Back-off: Africa Does Not Need a Modern Colonial Master
By Dr. Daud Abdullah The Twittersphere went into overdrive immediately after the cancellation of the controversial African-Israeli summit. “When you are on an Apartheid selling roadshow Africans don’t buy it,” tweeted the South African Boycott, […]
The Genocide of the Rohingya: Big Oil, Failed Democracy and False Prophets
By Ramzy Baroud To a certain extent, Aung San Suu Kyi is a false prophet. Glorified by the west for many years, she was made a ‘democracy icon’ because she opposed the same forces in […]
Document: British Officials Disturbed by Israeli Child Rights Abuses
Newly published government documents have revealed considerable concern amongst British officials about human rights abuses experienced by Palestinian children at the hands of Israeli authorities. The documents, released under the Freedom of Information Act, are […]
Hamas Declares Readiness to Form National Unity Government from Cairo
Head of the Hamas movement’s politburo Ismail Haniyeh and other high-ranking Hamas members met with Egyptian intelligence officials in Cairo on Monday night, with talks focusing on cross border security and a readiness for Palestinian […]
The Call of the Sky: Transcending the Borders of the Occupation
By Dr. Samah Jabr In a psychotic state, a 16 year old young woman patient from the West Bank went beyond the confines of her own boundaries: “I saw the sky turned red in color […]
Assad Must Keep Iran out of Syria If He Wants to Survive, Says Israeli Minister
Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said on Monday that Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad has to keep Iran out of Syria if he wants to survive, local media have reported. “Israel needs to pressure world powers […]
Reports: Israel to Take Unprecedented Measures against Amnesty International
The Israeli government is set to take punitive measures against the country’s branch of international human rights group Amnesty International, according to reports in the Israeli media today. While Amnesty has long been favorite target […]
Israeli Forces Destroy Parts of Palestinian Cemetery in Jerusalem
Israeli forces on Monday morning demolished parts of the outer wall of a Palestinian cemetery in occupied East Jerusalem, according to local sources. Mustafa Abu Zahra, head of the committee for the preservation of Islamic […]
PA: Palestinian Pressure Delays Africa-Israel Summit
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Monday it was instrumental in leading a boycott campaign against the Africa-Israel Summit planned for next month, after organizers of the summit announced the event was “postponed” without […]
Human Rights Watch: Israeli Banks Supporting Settlements
Human Rights Watch has published a report today highlighting the role of Israeli banks in supporting Israeli settlements, noting that Israel’s largest banks are not required by domestic law to provide many of the services […]
Palestine Pushes Arab League to Block Israeli Bid at UN Security Council
The Palestinian Ambassador to Egypt and permanent envoy to the Cairo-based Arab League Jamal Shubaki said on Sunday that the Arab League Council approved a Palestinian proposal to create a committee aimed at countering Israel’s […]
Israeli Soldiers Storm Jerusalem Neighborhood, Fire Tear Gas at Palestinian Schoolchildren
Israeli forces stormed the town of Abu Dis in the occupied West Bank district of Jerusalem on Sunday morning and fired tear gas at university students and young schoolchildren at Al-Quds University. Hani Halabiya, a […]
Palestinian Woman Attacked by Hebron Settlers (VIDEO)
A Palestinian woman was moderately injured and hospitalized Saturday evening after Israeli settlers occupying her home in Hebron’s Old City in the occupied West Bank attacked her with stones. Hazem Abu Rajab told Ma’an that […]
Palestinian Foreign Affairs Ministry Slams Israel’s Decision to Close Jerusalem’s Golden Gate
The Ministry of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs condemned on Sunday the decision of the Israeli public prosecutor to shut down the Golden Gate, one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. The […]
WHO: Israel Delays or Denies Two in Every Five Gaza Patients Access to Healthcare Abroad
Israeli authorities delayed or denied two out of every five patients in the Gaza Strip access to medical care outside of the besieged coastal enclave over the month of July, the World Health Organization (WHO) […]
Israel Lobbies Shaping Illinois Governor’s Race
By James M. Wall A foreign nation is having an impact on the Illinois Democratic 2018 primary campaign for governor. Israel’s lobbies, led by AIPAC, are demanding absolute loyalty to Israel from all leading candidates. Few Illinois […]
Hamas Leader in Cairo to Discuss Gaza Blockade
Chief of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Cairo on Saturday to hold talks with senior Egyptian officials on his first such visit as leader, a Hamas spokesman said. In the past few […]
Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Supreme Court of Backing Racial Segregation
Israeli rights groups Wednesday accused the Israeli Supreme Court of ruling in favor of racial segregation. The Israeli Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday a petition filed by Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority […]
3,647 Israeli Settlers Stormed Al-Aqsa in August
Some 3,647 Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in August, Quds Press reported. The number includes some 1,079 settlers who entered the area under Israeli security protection to commemorate what they call “the destruction of the […]