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Month: February 2018
Israel Kills Palestinian Hours After Arresting Him (VIDEO)
Israeli occupation authorities yesterday morning killed a Palestinian man hours after arresting him, according to Palestinian human rights sources. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said occupation forces informed the family of 33-year-old Yassin Omar Al-Saradih from […]
BDS Victory: Honda Moves Motor GP with Joe Roberts From Israeli Settlement
After international pressure from the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement, Honda has decided to move a motorcycle racing show from an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Honda’s distributor in Israel had launched […]
Anti-Palestinian Bias: Montréal Gazette Smears Freedom Promoting Students
By Yves Engler Shame on the Montréal Gazette. Shame on Dan Delmar. Even when McGill’s uber-Israeli nationalist administration dismisses allegations of “anti-Semitism” the paper and its writer uses them to smear freedom promoting students. In […]
Shababeek: Palestinian Refugees’ Window to the World
By Samaa Abu Sharar – Beirut It all started with the simple idea of giving voice to Palestinian youth in camps and gatherings across Lebanon. Marginalized and haunted by stereotypes for as long as they […]
Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Shepherd, Slaughter His Flock of Sheep
Israeli settlers on Wednesday attacked a Palestinian shepherd and then brutally slaughtered ten of his sheep near Nablus. #Extremist Jewish #settlers from #Yitzhar settlement, illegally built to the south of #Nablus, kill some 13 #sheep […]
UNRWA Condemns Killing of Two Palestinian Refugee Children Near Damascus
UNRWA condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the killing yesterday in a mortar attack of two Palestine refugee children near the Palestinian refugee camp of Jaramana, 8 kilometers from Damascus, UNRWA Spokesperson Chris Guinness said. […]
Israelis Steal More Palestinian Land to Build Apartheid Wall (VIDEO)
Israeli forces on Wednesday razed lands in the northern occupied West Bank district of Jenin as well as the southern West Bank district of Hebron, according to Wafa news agency. Israeli forces raided the Jenin-area […]
Israel Jails Eritrean Asylum Seekers for Refusing Deportation (VIDEO)
Asylum seekers held at Israel’s Holot detention facility began a hunger strike last night, reported Haaretz, to protest the jailing of seven Eritreans who refused to leave Israel. According to the newspaper, this is the […]
More Than a Fight over Couscous: Why the Palestinian Narrative Must Be Embraced
By Ramzy Baroud As soon as Virgin Atlantic Airlines introduced a couscous-style salad “inspired by the flavours of Palestine”, a controversy ensued. Israel’s supporters ignited a social media storm and sent many complaints to the […]
The Palestinian People Are Not Fooled any More
By Rima Najjar As a Palestinian, I am skeptical about Mahmoud Abbas’s address, billed by the press as “Abbas delivers rare address at UNSC meeting”, which calls for two states. Whereas I believe that the Boycott, […]
Abbas Proposes Peace Plan to UN Security Council (VIDEO)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, on Tuesday, proposed a peace plan at the United Nations Security Council that tackles core issues, which have foiled peace efforts over the past few decades. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas […]
Egypt Announces Rafah Crossing Open for Four Days, Shuts It Down Day Later (PHOTOS)
The Egyptian authorities will open Rafah crossing with Gaza for four days as of today, Wednesday, February 21, the Palestinian embassy in Cairo announced. However, local Palestinian media sources announced that the crossing was shut […]
South Africa to Cut Diplomatic Ties with Israel (VIDEOS)
South Africa has been a staunch ally of the Palestinian struggle and regularly spoken out against the atrocities committed by the Israeli government. The South African government is intending to cut diplomatic ties with Israel […]
Israel Carries Out Airstrikes over Gaza (VIDEOS)
Israeli air forces conducted airstrikes on agricultural lands east of Rafah City in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday at dawn. According to locals, Israeli warplanes conducted 10 airstrikes causing significant damage to the land. […]
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Says People are Living Under ‘Migrants’ Terror’
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely on Tuesday said people in Tel Aviv are living under “migrants’ terror,” justifying government’s recent move of handing eviction notices to asylum-seekers from mainly Eritrea and Sudan to either […]
Gaza Received No Funds from PA since Reconciliation
Gaza’s Ministry of Education said yesterday that it has not received any funds from the Palestinian Authority (PA) government since the signing of the reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas in October last year. Undersecretary […]
US Ambassador to Israel: Settlers ‘Not Going Anywhere’
The US Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, reportedly warned a group of Jewish American leaders that the removal of West Bank settlers could spark civil war, reported Israel’s Channel 10. According to Israel’s Channel 10, […]
Prominent Pro-Palestinian Dutch Activist Passes Away at 91
A prominent pro-Palestinian Dutch activist Margriet Teders passed away last Tuesday in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She was 91. Teders was born on February 18, 1926 and was considered one of the oldest activists in the […]
Israeli Veteran: ‘Piercing Eyes of Young Palestinians Eventually Made Me Break My Silence’ (VIDEOS)
A former Israeli soldier has said that it is the responsibility of Israeli citizens to call for an end to the occupation in order to put an end to the suffering of the Palestinians. During […]
Palestinian Sues Dutch Supplier of Israel Attack Dogs (VIDEO)
A Palestinian teen is suing the Dutch company that supplied Israeli forces with the attack dogs that severely injured him three years ago, according to the Electronic Intifada. Hamzeh Abu Hashem, from the occupied West […]
This B’Tselem Report Exposes Israel’s Pollution of the Occupied West Bank
By Ramona Wadi Israel remains the only UN member state which has never declared where its borders are. In fact, it has refused to demarcate any borders due to the Zionist intention to colonize the […]
Egypt to Allow Stranded Palestinians into Gaza
The Rafah border crossing is to be open today for one day and in one direction to allow Palestinians stranded in Egypt to return to their homes, the General Authority for Crossings and Borders in […]
American Comedian Sarah Silverman Tweets in Support of Ahed Tamimi (VIDEO)
US comedian Sarah Silverman has come out to publicly show support for imprisoned Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi. The Jewish comedian and actress took it to Twitter to show solidarity with Tamimi against the injustice committed […]
Israel Will Boycott Paris Film Festival Due To Content That May ‘Hurt the Reputation of Israel’s Military’ (VIDEOS)
The Israeli government is to boycott the Paris Film Festival over the organizer’s decision to air a movie that is said to “hurt the reputation of Israel’s military”. Culture Minister, Miri Regev, is said to […]
Israel Returns Body of Slain Palestinian Five Months after Death (VIDEOS)
The family of Nimr al-Jamal, 37, finally laid him to rest on Saturday, after Israeli authorities had been holding his body for nearly five months. Al-Jamal was killed on September 26th after he carried out […]
Lebanon Rejects US Proposal on Maritime Borders with Israel (VIDEO)
Speaker of Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri on Friday told the state National News Agency (NNA) that a US proposal concerning the disputed Lebanon-Israel maritime border was “unacceptable.” During a meeting with the acting Assistant US […]
UN Blames Funding Cuts and Blockade for Gaza Crisis
Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric blamed on Thursday UNRWA funding cuts, the closure of Gaza’s crossings, and the delay of internal Palestinian reconciliation for the dire situation in the enclave. Answering to questions […]
Israel Continues to Bomb Gaza, Kills Two Palestinian Teenagers
Two Palestinian teenagers were found dead in the southern area of the besieged Gaza Strip, following two waves of Israeli air raids. The two bodies of the two 17-year-old boys were retrieved in the city […]
Israel Shells Gaza with Tank Fire after ‘Device Explodes’ Injuring 4 Soldiers
At least four Israeli soldiers were injured when a patrol was hit in an IED explosion in the Gaza Strip. Following the incident, an Israeli tank fired at an observation post located in the area. […]
‘Great Concern’: Chile Calls on Israel to Release Ahed Tamimi
Amid a campaign by the large local Palestinian community, the Chilean government expressed Friday its “great concern” over the case of Palestinian iconic teen Ahed Tamimi, who is being tried by an Israeli military court […]