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Month: July 2015

Hamas: ‘Settlers, Soldiers’ Legitimate Targets after Infant Killing

July 31, 2015

Palestinian political factions strongly condemned an arson attack carried out by settlers which killed a Palestinian infant on Friday, holding the Israeli leadership fully responsible for the brutal attack and calling for revenge. Hamas said […]

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EU Calls on Israel to Halt Settlement Expansion

July 31, 2015

In the wake of the Israeli government’s announcement that it is going to build more than 800 new housing units in settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, the EU has called on Israel to halt […]

UNRWA Cuts are a Violation of Human Rights

July 31, 2015

By Ali Huwaidi The last thing one would think of is that the reduction of services provided by an agency established by the UN would constitute a violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, […]

Abbas Wants ICC to Probe Arson Attack that Killed Palestinian Infant

July 31, 2015

President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday that he would appeal to the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into an arson attack carried out by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank which killed a […]

Ultra-Orthodox Jew Stabs at Least 6 at Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade

July 31, 2015

At least six people were stabbed at an LGBT pride parade in Jerusalem on Thursday, local media reported, citing Israeli police and paramedics. The suspected attacker, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, has been arrested. Police said that […]

Alliance Blackmail: Israel’s Opposition to the Iran Nuclear Agreement

July 30, 2015

By Richard Falk The Vienna Agreement [formally labeled by diplospeak as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)] reached by the P5 + 1 on July 14, 2015 has been aptly hailed as a political […]

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Palestinian Man Refuses Millions to Give up His Land

July 30, 2015

Thirty-one years after the Israeli authorities confiscated his land in the Palestinian village of Dura Al-Qar’, north of Ramallah, Palestinian landowner Abdul Rahman Kassem has fought for a legal ruling for the demolition of two […]

Amnesty: Israel Committed War Crimes during Rafah ‘Carnage’

July 30, 2015

There is overwhelming evidence of war crimes commissioned and committed by the Israeli military in Rafah last August, a new report by Amnesty International has concluded. In what the global human rights NGO has described […]

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Israel Moves to Legalize Gitmo-style Force-feeding of Hunger Strikers

July 30, 2015

The Israeli parliament has passed a bill that allows the force-feeding of Palestinian prisoners who resort to hunger strikes to protest their administrative detention without charge. The national medical association said the procedure amounts to […]

Hamas Rejects Fatah’s Demand to Hand over Rule of Gaza

July 30, 2015

Hamas officials on Wednesday rejected demands by Fatah leadership to hand over rule of the Gaza Strip and called for an “uprising” against Palestinian Authority security forces. Fatah leader Azzam al-Ahmad had said on Sunday […]

Resistance and BDS Only Way to Change Israeli Settlement Policies: Zoabi

July 30, 2015

Arab Member of the Knesset Hanin Zoabi said yesterday that the Palestinian resistance and international prosecution of Israeli crimes can only change the Israeli settlement policies, Arab48.com reported. Zoabi’s remarks came after Israeli Prime Minister […]

The Stalemate in the Palestinian Political System

July 29, 2015

By Majed Kaylai  The Palestinian political system is characterised by a statute of limitations due to the fact that the same factions have formed the ruling elite and the same tactics have been implemented for […]

Barghouti is Likely to Become President if Abbas Doesn’t Run

July 29, 2015

Results of a recent poll revealed that imprisoned Palestinian parliamentarian Marwan Barghouti is likely to become Palestinian Authority (PA) president if current President Mahmoud Abbas does not run for presidency, Qudsnet.com reported yesterday. The poll, […]

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Israel PM Approves 300 Settler Homes in Occupied West Bank

July 29, 2015

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday approved the “immediate” construction of 300 settler homes in the occupied West Bank as his government came under pressure from right-wing Jewish groups. “After consultations in the prime […]

Palestinian Girl Reduced to Tears by Merkel Speaks Out

July 29, 2015

The 14-year-old Palestinian girl with cerebral palsy who hit the headlines after Angela Merkel explained Germany’s tough asylum policy toward refugees in camps, reducing her to tears, said she hopes that Israel disappears and there […]

Darker Horizons Ahead: Rethinking the War on ‘IS’

July 29, 2015

By Ramzy Baroud As much of the Middle East sinks deeper into division between competing political camps, the so-called ‘Islamic State’ (‘IS’) continues its unhindered march towards a twisted version of a Muslim caliphate. Many […]

Besieged Yarmouk Camp No Longer Besieged, UN Rules

July 28, 2015

By Joe Dyke The United Nations has quietly removed a major Palestinian camp from its list of besieged areas in Syria, despite not being able to deliver aid there for four months, and to the […]

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PLO Official: Secret Peace Talks serve Israeli Interests

July 28, 2015

A PLO Executive Committee member on Tuesday said that secret meetings between Palestinian and Israeli officials serve Israeli interests and violate previous PLO decisions on resuming peace talks. Tayseer Khalid, from the Democratic Front for […]

UNRWA to Delay Opening 700 Schools due to Cash Shortage

July 28, 2015

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) held an extraordinary meeting for its consultative committee in Amman on Sunday to discuss its financial crisis, Jordan’s Al-Sabeel newspaper […]

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Abbas: Egyptian Military Coup was a ‘Miracle’

July 28, 2015

Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah President Mahmoud Abbas praised the military coup in Egypt, describing 30 million people taking to the streets voluntarily to call for the coup a “miracle”, Palestinian news agency Safa reported. […]

The Deep Roots of Turkey’s War on ISIL

July 28, 2015

By Ramzy Baroud July 23 signalled a major shift in Turkey’s policy towards Syria when its fighter jets began pounding Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets. The change in Turkey’s attitude towards […]

Four Facts You Might Not Know about Housing Demolitions by Israel

July 27, 2015

By Annie Slemrod The small Palestinian village of Khirbet Susiya in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has been drawn into the international spotlight this week, as the US, the UK and the EU condemned plans by […]

Palestinian Teen ‘Executed’ During Arrest, Family Says

July 27, 2015

Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Latifa was “executed” during an arrest raid in the Qalandiya refugee camp on Monday, his family said, refuting claims that he fell from a rooftop while being chased by Israeli forces. […]

Palestinian Detainees Set Fire to Rooms Following Israeli Jail Raids

July 27, 2015

Palestinian prisoners being held in Israel’s Nafta jail set fire to rooms inside the prison after they declared a campaign of non-compliance on Monday in response to cell raids by Israeli prison guards. The Palestinian […]

From Chaos and Counterrevolution: After the Arab Spring

July 27, 2015

(This feature on Iran is an extract from Richard Falk’s latest book, Chaos and Counterrevolution: After the Arab Spring. Visit Zed Books if you are interested in making a purchase.) By Richard Falk I have […]

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Obama Marching Israel to ‘Door of the Oven’, Says Presidential Hopeful Huckabee

July 27, 2015

By endorsing an “idiotic” nuclear deal with Tehran, President Obama is essentially marching Israelis “to the door of the oven,” said Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, bringing Holocaust references to the chorus of Iran critics […]

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Report: Palestinian, Israeli Negotiators Meet in Jordan

July 27, 2015

PLO chief negotiator Saeb Erekat met with Israeli Interior Minister Silvan Shalom in Amman last week, according to Israeli media reports. Hebrew-language website Walla reported that the two officials met in the Jordanian capital five […]

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Israeli Settlers, Troops Storm Al-Aqsa, Injuring Dozens

July 27, 2015

Dozens of Palestinians – and four Israeli soldiers – were injured on Sunday when Israeli security forces stormed occupied East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and clashed with Muslim worshippers. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that […]

‘Fortress Israel’: The Ups and Downs of Arms Sales and Cyber Surveillance

July 25, 2015

By Shir Hever The military industry in Israel has had its ups and downs over the years. After the occupation of 1967 and the French arms embargo on Israel, massive state investments in arms production […]

Arms Sales to Israel: The UK Government Can’t Be Trusted

July 25, 2015

By Ryvka Barnard Last week, the UK government announced the outcome of a review of military export licences whose legality had been called into question during Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip last summer. The outcome, […]

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