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Month: July 2018
Global Jewish Groups Issue Joint Statement in Support of BDS Movement
An unprecedented joint statement has been issued by dozens of Jewish groups in several countries offering their support to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. They affirmed that their condemnation of the Israeli state […]
Israel Passes Controversial ‘Jewish Nation-State’ Law (VIDEOS)
Israel’s parliament on Thursday adopted a law defining the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people, provoking fears it will lead to blatant discrimination against its Palestinian citizens. The legislation, adopted by 62 votes […]
Israeli Weapons Found in Daesh Arms Depot (VIDEO)
Israeli-made weapons have been found among a cache of arms belonging to the terrorist group Daesh. The discovery was made by Syrian government troops in the south of Hama province, during a large-scale military operation […]
The Massacre of Inn Din: How Rohingya Are Lynched and Held Responsible
By Ramzy Baroud “In my four years as High Commissioner, I have heard many preposterous claims. That claim is almost in its own category of absurdity. Have you no shame, sir, have you no shame? […]
Israeli Legislators Prepare to Vote on ‘Jewish Nation State’ Bill
Israel’s ruling coalition is preparing for key votes in the Knesset today, “designed to pass the controversial nation-state bill that would let the state encourage the establishment of communities for Jews only”, reported Haaretz. According […]
US Episcopal Church Adopts Boycott of Israel
The US Episcopal Church has announced it has adopted a series of human rights resolutions which will set a screening mechanism for Israeli companies. According to the resolution, the companies will be screened for human […]
Gaza Patients Appeal to International Community to Save their Lives
Patients in Gaza’s hospitals organized a sit-in in central Gaza City to appeal to the international community, Quds Press reported Tuesday. The Palestinian Ministry of Health organizes a protest in front of the Erez crossing […]
New Israeli Law Bans Groups Critical of State, Military from Schools (VIDEO)
Israel’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday that could see groups critical of government policies toward the Palestinians banned from entering Israeli schools and speaking with pupils. Critics of the law, which passed with 43 […]
Palestinian Dies after Being Shot by Israeli Forces in Gaza (VIDEOS)
A Palestinian has died days after being shot by Israeli forces along the Gaza border, the enclave’s health ministry said on Tuesday. #فيديو Sari Dahoud al-Shobaki inside the hospital with his father after being injured […]
EU Slams Israeli Government Attempts to Conflate Terrorism and BDS
European Union (EU) foreign minister Federica Mogherini sent a strongly-worded rebuke to Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan, slamming his ministry’s “vague and unsubstantiated” claims that Brussels is financing “terrorism” and the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions […]
Israeli Minister: Israeli Jets should Drop Bombs over the Heads of Gaza Children
Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett has insisted that Israeli warplanes should drop bombs over the heads of Palestinian children flying kites into Israel, Ynet Net News reported. OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, https://t.co/mG675eZcdJ.– Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett […]
Israel Blocks Fuel Shipment to Gaza
Israel has further tightened its blockade on the Gaza Strip, preventing gas and fuel deliveries through its only commercial crossing with the Palestinian besieged enclave a week after they announced the closure of the crossing. […]
Maradona: ‘I Am Palestinian’ (VIDEO)
Argentine former soccer star and host of “De La Mano Del Diez,” teleSUR’s Russia 2018 World Cup show, Diego Armando Maradona met with Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday. Football legend and longtime […]
Netanyahu Warns Israel of ‘Prolonged Struggle’ with Besieged Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Israeli community leaders of southern Israeli towns that their country is engaged in a “prolonged struggle” with the besieged Gaza Strip. PM Netanyahu: I have just finished an excellent […]
Livni: Israel Must ‘Recruit the World to Pressure Hamas’
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel Tzipi Livni (Zionist Camp) criticized the Israeli government for its approach to the occupied Gaza Strip on Sunday, urging intensified efforts to fight Hamas, reported Arutz Sheva. Spoken […]
Israeli Army to Hold ‘Wide-Scale Drill’ Simulating Invasion of Gaza City (VIDEOS)
The Israeli army is to hold “a wide-scale drill simulating a ground operation” in the besieged Gaza Strip, reported Israel Hayom. The military confirmed that a scheduled “wide-scale exercise simulating a ground incursion of Gaza […]
UN Envoy Meets Top Hamas Leader in Gaza (VIDEO)
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov met the head of Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza yesterday, Shehab.ps reported. The UN envoy discussed “in depth” the different issues related […]
One State or Two States, Israel Has the Upper Hand in Manipulating Palestinian Compromise
By Ramona Wadi Following the Middle East Quartet’s statement in 2016 which effectively rendered the two-state compromise obsolete, the international community, including representatives of the Quartet, have failed to come up with other strategies. International […]
Three Palestinians Finally Buried after Israel Held Bodies for Months (VIDEOS)
Three Palestinians were finally buried on Saturday after their bodies were held by Israel for three months. Mohammed Abdulkarim Marshoud a 30-year-old father of four died after a settler shot him in the head in […]
General UN Peace Envoy Arrives in Gaza amid Tension
UN peace envoy Nikolay Mladenov arrived in the Gaza Strip on Sunday amid tension in the Palestinian territory, according to a local Palestinian official. Mladenov arrived in the Palestinian territory through the Erez crossing, the […]
Israeli Air Raids Kill two Palestinian Teens in Gaza (VIDEOS)
At least two teenagers in the Gaza Strip have been killed by Israeli air raids, according to Palestinian health officials, as Israel carried out the largest daylight attack on the besieged enclave since the 2014 […]
EU Denies Netanyahu’s Accusation of Interfering in Israeli Legislation
The European Union has rejected accusations made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that it interferes in Israeli legislation, Arab48.com reported on Friday. The EU Mission is Israel said: “The way that Israel defines itself […]
Israeli Minister Planned Khan Al-Ahmar Demolition 40 Years Ago (VIDEOS)
Israel planned the demolition of Khan Al-Ahmar to make room for illegal settlements 40 years ago, newly-emerged documents have revealed. The revelations show that Uri Ariel, now Israel’s agriculture minister, approved plans for a “Jewish […]
Violence Flares as Israel Strikes Besieged Gaza Strip
Israel’s army said it had launched airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip early on Saturday, following Israeli violence at the Gaza fence that saw a Palestinian teenager shot dead and many injured. Now: Israeli occupation […]
Palestinian Child Killed, 43 Injured in Gaza Protests
A Palestinian child was killed today and another 43 people were wounded, during a protest in Gaza, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry in the besieged Gaza Strip. #BREAKING Palestinian killed by Israeli fire on […]
UN: 1,400 Palestinian Protesters May Suffer Long-Term Disability
Some 1,400 Palestinians shot by Israeli forces during “Great March of Return” protests in the occupied Gaza Strip face the possibility of “long-term disability”, a United Nations agency has said. Updated #Humanitarian Snapshot: casualties in […]
Jewish Settler Who Killed Palestinian Toddler, Family to Be Released (VIDEO)
An Israeli court on Thursday ordered a suspect in a firebombing that killed a Palestinian family to be released from prison to house arrest after throwing out parts of his confession. The July 2015 arson […]
Israeli Supreme Court Freezes Demolition of Khan Al-Ahmar (VIDEO)
Israel’s Supreme Court has suspended the planned demolition of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank pending an appeal amid international opposition to the move. The court on Thursday extended a previous suspension of […]
Lieberman Calls to Shut Down Israeli Embassy in Ireland
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman called to shut down the Israeli embassy in the Irish capital Dublin, Thursday, in response to the Irish Senate’s decision to boycott Israeli settlements products. Lieberman tweeted: “It is pointless […]
Razan Al-Najjar’s Last Interview: ‘This is My Resistance’ (VIDEO)
Editor’s Note: Razan al-Najjar bought her own medical kit to volunteer as a medic at the fence separating besieged Gaza from Israel. She was one of the first medical workers offering help and saving lives, […]