Unidentified gunmen reportedly shoot and kill four Israelis travelling in their vehicle in the south of the occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank. The incident took place near the Kiryat Arba Jewish settlement close […]
By Iqbal Jassat – Pretoria I wonder whether pro-Israeli apologists ever sense the sheer hopelessness of their desperate attempts to shield the apartheid regime from legitimate and necessary criticism. Having had the misfortune of reading […]
Washington has criticized Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef over remarks that Palestinians should perish from this world. "We regret and condemn the inflammatory statements by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef," US State Department spokesman Philip J. […]
The UN investigators have arrived in Jordan to probe Israel’s deadly attack against an international Gaza-bound aid convoy that killed nine Turkish activists. The investigators interviewed four Jordanian activists who were on board the Mavi […]
Israel has decided to deprive six ailing Palestinian prisoners of direly-needed medical care and place them under strict confinement. The Israeli prison service has chosen to move those affected from Israel’s Ramleh Prison Hospital to […]
By Mark Gonzales Prelude: I. The three century old remains of 20,000 African men, women, children former slaves were discovered after the clean up of the World Trade Center’s collapse. II. Between twenty and thirty […]
Despite heavy opposition, acting Palestinian Authority (PA) chief Mahmoud Abbas claims the time is right to take the opportunity to resume talks to “achieve peace.” The remarks came after the PA police blocked a meeting […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given into pressure to further discuss the deportation of children of foreign workers. A source close to the prime minister said that the cabinet will hold another meeting for […]
Israel has lashed out at EU for censuring the regime’s guilty verdict against a Palestinian activist for protesting erection of the ‘apartheid wall’ in the West Bank. Tel Aviv’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor rejected […]
By Neve Gordon On May 31, I joined some 50 students and faculty members who gathered outside Ben-Gurion University of the Negev to demonstrate against the Israeli military assault on the flotilla carrying humanitarian aid […]
By Stuart Littlewood – London The Palestinians’ champion – their White Knight – is preparing to ride forth next week and do battle at the negotiating table with the racist regime’s Black Knight and his […]
By Jim Miles Palestine Betrayed. Efraim Karsh. Yale University Press, London, 2010. Was Palestine betrayed? Of course it was, by the British, the United States, France, the League of Nations, the United Nations, the remnants […]
The European Union (EU) has voiced concern over an Israeli court’s conviction of a rights activist for protesting Israel’s segregation barrier in the West Bank. An Israeli military court on Tuesday found the 39-year-old Abdallah […]
An Israeli court has ordered the release of an extremist rabbi who sparked outrage across the globe for inciting Jews to kill non-Jews, even children. Yossi (Yosef) Elitzur, a resident of the hardline Yitzhar settlement […]
By Ramzy Baroud The soldiers of the US 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division hollered as they made their way into Kuwait. ‘We won,’ they claimed. ‘It’s over.’ But what exactly did they win? And […]
By Stephen Lendman James Petras’ powerful 2006 book titled, ‘The Power of Israel in the United States’ explained the enormous pro-Israeli Jewish Lobby influence on US Middle East policies. Often harming American interests, they’re pursued […]
GAZA CITY (IRIN) – The quality of life, the economy and food security for Palestinians living in Gaza have been severely impaired by Israel’s strict four-year blockade, according to the UN. Israel says its closure […]
The exiled leader of Hamas has warned that talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority could be a ‘fatal blow’ to the Palestinian cause, and urged the Egyptian and Jordanian leaders to boycott them. Khaled […]
By Susan Abulhawa (Born to refugees of the 1967 Six Day War, Susan Abulhawa is the author of the novel Mornings In Jenin, the profits of which partly go to the children’s charity she founded, […]
By Sherri Muzher I don’t know where I’m goingBut, I sure know where I’ve beenHanging on the promisesIn songs of yesterdayAn’ I’ve made up my mindI ain’t wasting no more timeBut, here I go again […]
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington, D.C. Palestinians will begin heading home a year from now to reclaim property in their homeland, which they have not seen for 62 years since the state of Israel […]
Israel has refused to cooperate with the UN Human Rights Council in a probe into a deadly Israeli attack on an international Gaza-bound aid convoy, a UN official says. A member of the UN fact-finding […]
Democratically elected Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said the Palestinian Authority’s decision to resume direct talks with Israel is doomed to fail. Speaking at a mosque in Jabaliya, Haniyeh said that negotiations with Israeli would […]
By Khalil Nakhleh Like many thousands of Palestinians in Ramallah, I feel utterly confused by the dishonesty of being railroaded concerning local boycott of ‘settlements’ products. Because we—my wife and I—are committed to the principle […]
By James Gundun – Washington, D.C. You may be surprised to know that direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) have commenced. PA President Mahmoud Abbas was. Multiple sources told reporters Monday that […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Nearly 600 Israelis have signed up for a campaign of civil disobedience, vowing to risk jail to smuggle Palestinian women and children into Israel for a brief taste of life outside […]
The Palestinian Hamas movement has indefinitely postponed a meeting with Fatah leaders over the Palestinian Authority’s decision to resume direct talks with Israel. Senior Hamas official Selah al-Bradawil said the decision has "made it too […]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should be indicted in connection with an alleged bribery scandal involving a construction project, police say. Olmert will likely be charged with accepting a bribe in order to advance […]
Members of a UN committee, probing the Israeli attack against a Gaza-bound aid convoy, have visited the injured people of the incident in Turkey. The UN panel met with the wounded activists at Ataturk hospital […]
The acting Palestinian Authority chief has warned that it will quit peace talks with Israel, should the Tel Aviv regime continue its settlement activities. In a letter to the European Union, Mahmoud Abbas said that […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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