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Month: August 2019
Tlaib Won’t Visit West Bank under ‘Oppressive’ Israeli Conditions (VIDEOS)
US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has said she will no longer visit the occupied West Bank under the “oppressive conditions” required by the Israeli government, who hours earlier said they would allow her entry on “humanitarian” grounds. Tlaib, […]
Israel to Sign Free Trade Deal that Excludes West Bank Settlements
In what is being described as a first of its kind, Israel is set to sign a free trade deal with South Korea that excludes settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory and Syrian Golan Heights. […]
PLO Warns of ‘Religious War’ over Al-Aqsa’s Status (VIDEO)
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) warned Thursday that calls by an Israeli government minister to change the status quo at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque would lead to a “religious war” Anadolu reports. In a written statement released […]
Manifestos of Hate: What White Terrorists Have in Common
By Ramzy Baroud Writing under the title of “If the El Paso shooter had been Muslim”, Moustafa Bayoumi stated the obvious. “If the El Paso shooter had been a Muslim,” Bayoumi wrote in the British Guardian […]
French Jewish Settlers March through Hebron, Claiming All West Bank Belongs to Israel (VIDEO)
French Jewish settlers marched through Hebron (Al-Khalil), in the occupied West Bank yesterday waving Israeli flags and claiming that the entire region belongs to Israel. Pro-settler news outlet Arutz Sheva reported that more than 1,200 French Jews […]
Jewish Settlers Spray Racist Graffiti on Palestinian Property in West Bank
Jewish settlers on Thursday spray-painted racist graffiti on Palestinian cars and walls of homes in az-Zawiya town in Salfit province, north of the occupied West Bank, Palestinian Information Center reports. Eyewitnesses said that a gang of […]
US Congresswomen Slam Israel’s Move to Deny Entry (VIDEO)
United States congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar have called Israel’s decision to bar them from entering the country ahead of a planned visit to the occupied West Bank “a sign of weakness” and “an insult to democratic values”. Tlaib, […]
Washington Is Facilitating Further Collective Betrayal of Palestinian Political Rights
By Ramona Wadi Palestinians want their land and rights restored; it’s a simple demand which the international community has succeeded in mangling in order to promote colonial agendas. US President Donald Trump has contributed to […]
Right-Wing Israeli Politicians: Two-State Solution More Dangerous than BDS
A number of right-wing Israeli politicians wrote to members of the US Congress on Monday telling them their support for a two-state solution in Israel and Palestine was “far more dangerous” than BDS. The Congress […]
Israeli Army Admits Blindfolding Palestinians Is against Protocol (VIDEO)
A petition to Israel’s Supreme Court has forced the Israeli army to admit that its soldiers break protocol by blindfolding Palestinians in their custody. At the end of May, a petition was filed to Israel’s […]
Israel’s FM Sends Bahrain Counterpart and ‘Friend’ Eid Greetings
Bahraini Foreign Minister Khaled Bin Ahmed Al Khalifa yesterday received salutations for the Muslim celebration of Eid from his Israeli counterpart and “friend” Yisrael Katz. Katz wrote on Twitter: “My friend Khalid Bin Ahmed Al […]
Bassam Shakaa: The Making of a Palestinian ‘Organic Intellectual’
By Ramzy Baroud It would be unfair to claim that Palestine has not produced great leaders. It has, and Bassam Shakaa, the former Mayor of Nablus, who passed away on 22 July at the […]
Armed Jewish Settlers Storm Palestinian Town, Conduct Military Training
Jewish settlers stormed a town between the occupied West Bank areas of Nablus and Jenin. Palestinian Authority official Ghassan Daghlas said dozens of Jewish settlers stormed the occupied town of al-Masoudiya on Monday evening and […]
Netanyahu Seeks Trump’s Go-ahead for Israel’s West Bank Annexation before Election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing US President Donald Trump to give the go-ahead for Israel’s annexation of the West Bank before the country’s upcoming general election. Officials in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office […]
Israeli Forces Open Fire at Palestinian Couple, Injure Both
Israeli forces stationed near the separation wall to the west of the village of Zaita, north of Tulkarem in occupied West Bank, opened fire at a Palestinian married couple, shooting and injuring both with rubber-coated […]
Obama’s Unending Wars: Fronting the Foreign Policy of the Permanent Warfare State – Book Review
By Jim Miles (Obama’s Unending Wars – Fronting the Foreign Policy of the Permanent Warfare State. Jeremy Kuzmarov. Clarity Press, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2019.) Obama is a shining light in comparison to his two bookends, […]
1967 Must Not Be the Only Reference Point for Israel’s Colonial Presence
By Ramona Wadi Various Israeli politicians over the years have justified settlement expansion as being necessary for peace. The Oslo Accords facilitated this propaganda with an interminable “interim” period during which settlement construction has continued […]
Israel Expels Filipino Worker with Israeli-Born son
A Filipino migrant worker and her Israeli-born teenage son were in the process of being deported from Israel on Sunday night after successive court appeals failed, an NGO lobbying for children of migrants said. Rosemarie Perez was arrested by […]
Israel to Demolish Homes of Palestinian Suspects in Soldier’s Death
Israeli forces mapped overnight Sunday the homes of two Palestinians suspected in the West Bank murder of Israeli soldier Dvir Sorek, ahead of possible demolition, reports Haaretz. Cousins Nseir Asafra, 24, and Kassem Asafra, 30, were […]
Over 1,700 Jewish Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque (VIDEOS)
Hundreds of Jewish settlers on Sunday forced their way into Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, according to a Palestinian official, Anadolu reports. Firas al-Dibs, a spokesman for Jerusalem’s Religious Endowments Authority said in a statement: “Since the […]
Jewish Settlers Assault Elderly Palestinian Man (VIDEO)
Jewish settlers assaulted a Palestinian elderly man in the West Bank on Saturday evening, Palestine Information Center reports. A gang of israelis abuse and assault a 70 year-old Palestinian man and other members of his family […]
Israeli Forces Attack Palestinian Worshippers in Al-Aqsa during Eid Prayer (VIDEOS)
Israeli forces attacked Palestinian worshippers in Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque complex on Sunday, injuring at least 37, according to a Palestinian official, Anadolu Agency reports. Firas al-Dibs, a spokesman for Jerusalem’s Jordan-run Religious Endowments Authority, said: “A […]
Kashmir’s Agony Fueled by Modi’s Rightwing Regime Echoes Across the World
By Iqbal Jassat All it took was a blink of an eye to realize that India’s rightwing government outmaneuvered old-style colonialism by repackaging it as “democracy in action”. Whether described as a double takeover or […]
United Church of Canada Should Come Clean on anti-Palestinian Accord
By Yves Engler Toronto church Trinity-St. Paul’s shameful suppression of a Palestinian youth cultural event highlights anti-Palestinian rot festering in the United Church of Canada. It ought to also shine a light on a little […]
Israeli Forces Kill 4 Palestinians in Gaza
Israeli forces killed four Palestinian youths near Khan Younis, in the south of the besieged Gaza Strip, on Friday. Three of the Palestinians were members of Hamas-run restraint force, which is responsible for preventing breaches […]
UNRWA Schools to Open on Tme despite Cuts to Funding
Over 700 schools run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) will open in time for the new academic year across the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt), as well as in […]
Palestinian Prisoners Need Our Attention before They Die
By Ramona Wadi Since 1967, 220 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli prisons. The latest victim is Nasser Taqatqa, detained in June from his home in Beit Fajjar, accused of purportedly having ties to Hamas. Taqatqa, age […]
UN Experts: ‘Meaningful Action’ Needed to Stop Jewish Settlement Expansion (VIDEO)
UN human rights experts in Geneva stated yesterday that the international community should be taking serious practical steps to prevent Jewish settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank. The statement was responding to a decision earlier […]
Benny Gantz Vows to Build Housing Units in Southern West Bank Settlements
Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) alliance head Benny Gantz yesterday vowed to build housing units in Israeli settlements in the south of the occupied West Bank, reported Arutz Sheva. Gantz made the comments during a visit to […]
Anticipating Raids by Illegal Jewish Settlers, Jerusalem to Close All Mosques for Eid
Palestinian organizations in Jerusalem will close all the mosques in the city during Eid Al-Adha, in a bid to protect the city’s Al-Aqsa Mosque from planned raids by illegal Jewish settlers. Eid Al-Adha – an […]