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Month: February 2015
Palestine Shuts Down as Snow, Frigid Rain Pummel Holy Land
Shops and offices in cities across the West Bank were closed Friday after a major winter storm pummeled the region and left nearly half a meter of snow in some places. Snowfall began late Thursday […]
The Netanyahu Coup against an American President
Netanyahu is a curious paradox of dubious repute, while nonetheless remaining, according to polling data, widely admired by the Israeli public. He demands to be regarded as the saviour of Israel while continuing to engage […]
Israel to Sue Meshaal for Closing Ben-Gurion Airport
“After we have all these figures we will turn to the American attorney general and demand that he put on trial Meshaal and those who were responsible for the rocket fire from Hamas.” Channel 2 […]
UN Peace Coordinator Unwelcome by Palestinians
By Nicola Nasser The PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) did not object to the appointment of new UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process Nikolay Mladenov, although he was described by Tayseer Khaled, a member of […]
Dispatches From Lexington Prison: The Front Page Rule
By Kathy Kelly After a week here in FMC Lexington Satellite camp, a federal prison in Kentucky, I started catching up on national and international news via back issues of USA Today available in the […]
It All Depends on Whose Symbols are Mocked: Lessons From Charlie Hebdo
By Kristoffer Larsson More than a month has passed since the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris. How should we understand this dreadful massacre? That if you insult a minority that then a few individuals within […]
166 children have died in Al-Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp
Geneva-based Friends of Humanity announced on Wednesday that 166 children have died since the start of the regime’s siege of Al-Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp south of Damascus, Anadolu has reported. The Bashar Al-Assad regime has […]
After Raid, Activists Rebuild Protest Camp
Palestinian activists rebuilt the Gateway to Jerusalem protest camp in the central West Bank on Wednesday for the ninth time in just over two weeks following another raid and demolition by the Israeli military, local […]
It’s Happening Again, and the World is Watching
By Mats Svensson Suddenly she asks: What is apartheid? She has probably heard me talking about apartheid a bit too much. I have started nagging. She is young. 14 years. I have only known her […]
Palestinian children behind Israeli bars
Bayadsi believes Israel has other motives for targeting Palestinian children, in Jerusalem in particular. “Israel is exploiting their childhood, their innocence,” she says. During questioning, Bayadsi explains, Israeli interrogators mostly hound these children about information […]
Israel’s Fifth Column: Enabling Netanyahu benefits no one
By Philip Giraldi .. As Allan Brownfeld has argued very persuasively Judaism is a religion and the United States and Israel are both sovereign countries having different interests, which is something that Robert Kraft, Bill […]
Netanyahu sued by Jordan hip-hop group
The group Torabyeh (“Of the soil”) took legal action with the Haifa District Court, claiming that their song Ghorbah (“Alienation”) had been used without permission in the right-wing ruling Likud campaign, Reuters reported. Netanyahu used […]
Only Five Percent of Pledged Aid Reaches Gaza
By Annie Slemrod Just over 5 percent of the money pledged to rebuild Gaza after last summer’s devastating 50-day war with Israel has been delivered, IRIN has learned. More than 2,000 Palestinians – the majority […]
Jordan BDS calls ‘Day of Action’ on Feb 20 against Israel gas deal
Jordan BDS campaigners have planned a ‘Day of Action’ for Friday February 20, in protest at the country’s proposed gas deal with Israel. In September 2014, the Jordanian National Electric Power Company signed a letter […]
Hamas: Blair Visited Gaza to Demand New Preconditions
Deputy head of Hamas Mousa Abu Marzouk says the last visit to Gaza by international Quartet envoy Tony Blair came to notify the Hamas movement of a new set of preconditions before the war-torn coastal […]
Six months later: Fewer Israelis think Israel won latest Gaza war
According to Israeli news site Ynet, the polls, which included 500 respondents from a sample representing the adult Jewish community of Israel, determined in July 2014 that 71 percent of Israelis believed the country was […]
Israeli Forces Open Fire at Farmers near Gaza Border
Israeli forces on Wednesday evening opened fire at Palestinian farmers near the border east of the town of al-Maghazi in the central Gaza Strip. Witnesses said that Israeli soldiers stationed at the border opened fire […]
Canada’s Opposition To Palestine’s United Nations Involvement Appalling, Says Envoy
OTTAWA – Canada has formally opposed Palestinian attempts to join 15 different United Nations treaties and conventions — a position that puts the federal government on the wrong side of history and at odds with […]
Israel Court Quashes Ban on Zuabi Campaign
The Israeli Supreme Court overruled Wednesday a ban on a member of Knesset from Israel’s Palestinian community as well as an extreme right-wing Jewish activist from running in next month’s election, an official said. Last […]
Hamas seeking to fight Israel from Lebanon – Amos Harel
Hamas says it plans to form military units to operate in southern Lebanon, and according to the organization’s statements in recent weeks it already fired rockets from Lebanon into Israel, during last summer’s war. The […]
‘Netanyahu Sacrifices Literature for Election Votes’
Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, tried to thwart opposition voices among Jewish intellectuals ahead of the general election in March by banning three judges from the prestigious Israel Prize’s panel, Ariel Hirschfeld, one of the disqualified, […]
CNN/COR poll: Majority of Americans oppose Netanyahu invite
Washington (CNN) – A large majority of Americans believe that Republican congressional leaders should not have invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress without consulting the White House, according to a new CNN/ORC […]
Gaza Security Makes Arrests following Attacks
Security forces in the Gaza Strip have made several arrests linked to a spate of attacks on Fatah and Hamas officials in the coastal territory, an interior ministry official said Tuesday. Iyad al-Bazi, spokesperson of […]
‘Islamic State’ mystery
People’s history attempts to study certain political and other phenomena by examining the underlying circumstances of history that go beyond the intrigues, interests and conspiracies of competing elites. It looks at the lives of ordinary […]
17 Books About Palestine That You Must Read – BuzzFeed
Here is a list of 17 must-read books about Palestine, written by Palestinians. “In a land where hope is the most precious commodity passed down through the generations, these [books] provide a tangible platform for […]
The Best of America: Kayla, Deah, Yusor, Razan
By Basil Abdelkarim Among this new year’s countless tales of heartbreak and sorrow, two recent tragedies involving young Americans stand out. Last week, we learned that 26-year old humanitarian Kayla Mueller, held captive by ruthless […]
Parking Space Terrorism: Time for Action after Killing of Three US Muslims
By Ramzy Baroud The murder of three American Muslims at a University of North Carolina condominium on Tuesday, 10 February, was no ordinary murder, nor is the criminal who killed them an ordinary thug. The […]
Israeli Authorities Approved Landfill Project in East Jerusalem
Israeli authorities on Monday approved a solid waste landfill project on over 500 kilometers of land in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli settlement researcher Ahmad Sublaban told Ma’an that the district planning and construction committee approved […]
Palestine Free of IS Cells, Says PA
A spokesman of the Palestinian Authority’s security services insisted Monday that Palestine is free from any cells affiliated to the Islamic State militant group. Adnan Dameiri said in a news conference in Ramallah that Israel […]
Why Palestinians should unite to support Naqab protests
An additional obstacle to mass mobilization at the moment is that the political parties representing Palestinian citizens of Israel are preoccupied with the elections to Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, scheduled to take place in March. […]