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Month: July 2014
Statement by Director of UNRWA Operations in Gaza on the Unfolding Situation
By Robert Turner – Gaza Again the people of Gaza are suffering. The focus of the cameras will be on the dramatic footage created by massive airstrikes and people fleeing air raid sirens. But at […]
When Will Palestine’s Leaders Change Their Tactics?
By Samah Sabawi As Israeli air strikes rain death and destruction on Gaza, and as protests rage in Palestinians cities and camps throughout the West Bank as well as inside Israel’s 1948 borders, an op-ed […]
48 Killed in Gaza, Israel to ‘Intensify’ Attacks
Israel will step up its air strikes on Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. “We have decided to further intensify the attacks on Hamas and the terror organizations in Gaza,” his office quoted […]
Cultures of Hate: Israelis, Not Palestinians, Excel at Vengeance
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Shock and anger have engulfed Israeli and Palestinian societies since they learnt last week of the barbarous murder of children from their communities. Hours after three Israeli teenagers’ bodies were […]
27 Palestinians Killed, Hamas Claims Responsibility for Rocket Fire on Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa
The armed wing of Hamas claimed that it fired long range rockets at Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and Haifa on Tuesday. “For the first time, the (Ezzedine al-) Qassam Brigades strike Haifa with an R160 […]
Ziofascism, Lynching and the Prospects of a Third Intifada
By Jamil Khader The savage and irrational lynching of Mohammad Abu Khdeir marks a new troubling trend in the radicalization of Israeli Jewish society. The seventeen year old Palestinian teenager was abducted on his way […]
Rocket Intercepted outside Tel Aviv as Gaza Death Toll Climbs to 15
15 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed, at least 90 wounded Tuesday as the Israeli army prepares for all possible scenarios amid spiralling tensions, including an invasion or a ground operation. A rocket fired at […]
Death toll Reaches 14 as Israel Targets Northern Gaza
Israeli airstrikes on the northern Gaza Strip killed three Palestinians on Tuesday evening, bringing the total death toll in Israel’s latest assault on the besieged enclave to 14. Ahmad Moussa Habib, 48, and Ahmad Ahed […]
7 More Palestinians Killed, 25 Injured in Airstrike on Southern Gaza
Seven Palestinians were killed and 25 were severely injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in the southern Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll from Tuesday’s airstrikes to 11, a health ministry spokesman said. […]
3 Killed in Israeli Airstrike on Car in Gaza City
An Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in Gaza City killed three Palestinians on Tuesday, bringing the total death toll in Israel’s latest assault on the besieged enclave to four, medics said. Three people were killed […]
‘Prince of Darkness’ Disowns Iraq’s Tragedy
By Ramzy Broud As Iraq stands on the verge of a complete breakdown into mini sectarian states, former leading neoconservative and Iraq war advocate Richard Perle has chimed in on the situation on Newsmax TV. His […]
Ramzy Baroud on the ‘Third Intifada’
Ramzy Baroud discusses the likelihood of a Third Intifada, the whether the current demonstrations could be the spark and the effects of disunity both in the Palestinian Authority and in the Israeli government.
Sacred Treason: Palestinian-Israeli Security Alliance
By Vacy Vlazna ‘A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his […]
Israel Approves Escalation of Gaza Attacks as 3 Confess to Teen’s Murder
Israel’s security cabinet late Monday has reportedly given approval to military forces to escalate their attacks against Gaza. A large-scale military operation against the Palestinian enclave is off the table for now, but the cabinet […]
Rocket Barrage Targets South Israel
Dozens of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip struck southern Israel late Monday, Israel’s army said, while residents of the occupied West Bank said three landed near Bethlehem. There were no immediate reports of injury […]
Hamas Demands Release of Re-arrested Prisoners before Ceasefire
Hamas is demanding the release of all Palestinian prisoners re-arrested after their release in the Shalit exchange deal before returning to ceasefire, Israeli media reported Monday. Israel’s Hebrew-language Walla news website cited a high-ranking Hamas […]
Israel’s War on Palestinian Journalists
By Steven MacMillan For years now, the government of Israel has pursued increasingly belligerent policies towards Palestinian journalists who cover the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the expansion of the illegal settlements program. On the […]
Unequally Worthy in Life and Death
By Samah Jabr, MD This morning I woke up to the noise of helicopters, police cars, and ambulances as clashes erupted in our previously peaceful neighborhood of Shufat, East Jerusalem, with Israeli security forces shooting […]
On a Critique of Ilan Pappe by Gilad Atzmon
By William James Martin On BBC’s news program Hardtalk, historian Dr Ilan Pappe answers questions from interviewer Stephen Sackur which begins with Mr Sackur describing Ilan Pappe as maintaining that the Jewish state is racist, […]
Locals: Settlers ‘Abduct, Attack’ Palestinian near Nablus
Palestinians in the northern West Bank say Israeli settlers kidnapped and attacked a young Palestinian man early Saturday. Locals in the village of Osarin south of Nablus told Ma’an that settlers approached the village in […]
American Teen Brutalized by Israeli Police ‘to Be Tried Sunday’
A Palestinian-American teen who was beaten, badly injured, and detained by undercover Israeli police officers in Jerusalem on Thursday is set to be tried Sunday, a rights group said. Tarek Abu Khdeir, 15, was beaten […]
Report: Hamas Explores Breaking Unity, Forming Government in Gaza
Citing frustration with the newly formed unity government, a senior Hamas leader said Saturday that the group is considering forming its own government in Gaza led by Palestinian factions, Palestinian news agency Ma’an reported. Hamas […]
Israel’s Self Constructed Image is Crumbling
By Sam Bahour The reignited cycle of violence in Palestine and Israel provides the Israeli government with exactly what it has been begging for months for, violence. However, for once, Israel may be facing a […]
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria: Did Bin Laden Win?
By Eric Walberg Osama Bin Laden’s goal in the September 11, 2001 attacks was to suck the US into Afghanistan and Iraq, sparking a regional conflagration that would sweep away the imperial legacy. Over a […]
Palestinian Official: Autopsy Shows Teenager Burnt Alive
A preliminary autopsy report shows that a Palestinian teenager believed to have been murdered in a revenge killing was burnt alive by his kidnappers, a senior Palestinian official said late Friday. Attorney General Muhammad Abd […]
Report: Investigation into Arafat’s Death to be Revived
By Mamoon Alabbasi A French investigation looking into the death of former Palestinian president Yasser Arafat is reportedly being revived, after the emergence of new information suggesting Arafat may indeed have been poisoned. In December […]
11 Injured in Multiple Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza
Eleven Palestinians were injured overnight Wednesday as Israel attacked 15 targets in the Gaza Strip, medics said. Gaza health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said 11 Palestinians were hospitalized following multiple airstrikes, including a 17-year-old boy […]
Teen Killing Tensions Spiral as Israel, Gaza Fighters Trade Fire
Reports are emerging that Israel is sending troops to the border with Gaza. It is not known at this time if this will be part of a larger operation. This news comes in the wake […]
170 Palestinians Injured in East Jerusalem Clashes
Over 170 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday following the kidnapping and killing of a 16-year-old Palestinian from the Shufat neighborhood, medics said. Red Crescent medics said […]
Family of Murdered Palestinian Teen Criticize Israeli Police
The family of murdered Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Khdeir on Wednesday criticized Israeli police for their inaction in finding the killers of their son. Abu Khdeir, 16, was kidnapped and killed early Wednesday in a […]