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Month: September 2015
Palestinian Pianist from Yarmouk Joins Migrant Tide
Three years of siege, famine and bombing of his Damascus refugee camp didn’t kill celebrated Palestinian musician Aeham al-Ahmad, but something died inside him the day militants burnt his beloved piano in front of his […]
Naked Clown Activists Issue Apology to Palestinians after Protesting at Israeli Wall
A group of nude Spanish activists who staged a protest at the wall separating Israel and the West bank – while wearing nothing but clown noses – have apologised after offending Palestinians. Members of the […]
UK Labour Party Revolution
By Jamal Kanj The election of veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn to lead the Labour Party in the UK is a revolution by all means. In a party grassroots election, the 66-year-old outsider defeated a line-up […]
Two Israeli Air Raids Target Gaza Strip
Israeli fighter jets launched two attacks on the Gaza Strip on Saturday. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that an Israeli warplane fired a missile at a military training site belonging to Ezzedin al-Qassam Brigades, the armed […]
Seven Detainees Mark 30th Day on Hunger Strike in Israeli Jails
Seven Palestinian administrative detainees currently held by Israeli authorities in solitary confinement continued a hunger strike for the 30th day in a row Saturday, the Prisoners’ and Former Prisoners’ Affairs Committee said. The seven are […]
The Sabra and Shatila Massacre is Personal
By Sam Bahour These last few days, as they do every year, weigh heavy on every Palestinian’s heart. For me, and my family, the heaviness is also personal. Every Palestinian carries around two hearts. One […]
Egyptian Army Floods Gaza Border Tunnels
The Egyptian army started early this morning to pump large amounts of sea water into large pipes that have recently been extended across the border connecting Gaza and Egypt in an attempt to destroy tunnels […]
Dozens of Palestinians Injured in West Bank Protests
Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Friday as Israeli forces suppressed protests across the West Bank in support of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound amid ongoing entry restrictions. An Israeli armyspokespersondid not immediately respond for comment […]
Israeli Forces Prevent Palestinian PM from Entering Jerusalem
Israeli forces on Friday evening prevented Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and his envoy from entering Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority (PA) said. The PM, accompanied by the head of PA intelligence, Majid Farraj, and head […]
Israel Approves Use of Police Sniper Fire against Palestinian Rock-throwers
Israel has approved the use of a low-powered Ruger sniper rifle by police against “certain” rock-throwers in Jerusalem, local press report. Previously use of the weapon to curb violence in the West Bank was limited […]
Jordanian MP Calls on Kingdom to Dismiss Israeli Ambassador
In response to the Israeli violence against Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jordanian Member of Parliament Hind Al-Fayiz yesterday urged her government to call off the peace agreement signed with Israel and to dismiss its ambassador from Amman, […]
Israeli Forces Detain 8 Children in East Jerusalem Arrest Raids
Israeli forces detained eight Palestinian children overnight Wednesday and during the day Thursday in occupied East Jerusalem, a watchdog said. The Silwan-based Wadi Hilweh Information Center told Ma’an that Israeli forces detained Amer Siam, 12, […]
Rights Group: More Than 1,991 Palestinian Children Killed since 2000
More than 1,991 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces and extremists since 2000, according to figures released by an international rights group Thursday. Ongoing settlement building in occupied East Jerusalem and the West […]
The Fires of Religious War Rage over Al-Aqsa
By Yousef Rezqa Israeli media sources have recently published the following statement: “Netanyahu’s government has decided to implement its decision to divide Al-Aqsa mosque in two phases: the first phase is to limit the presence […]
Israel Re-arrests Prominent Palestinian Hunger Striker
Israeli authorities today re-arrested Mohammad Allan – a Palestinian activist who recently waged a weeks-long hunger strike to protest against his continued detention by Israel – upon his release from hospital, according to local media. […]
Israeli Forces Assault Two Al-Aqsa Mosque Guards
Israeli forces on Wednesday assaulted two Al-Aqsa Mosque guards at the holy site in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Endowment said. Mowafak al-Hamami, 50, and Hamza Nimer, 35, were assaulted by Israeli […]
The Horrifying Syrian Dilemma Persists
By Richard Falk On its surface Syria offers seems an ideal case for humanitarian intervention. An incredible half of the 23 million Syrians are either internally displaced or refugees living in dire circumstances, aggravating the […]
Israeli Forces Storm Aqsa Mosque in Third Day of Clashes
Israeli forces entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound’s southern mosque on Tuesday sparking the third straight day of violent clashes at the third holiest site in Islam. Dozens of Palestinians were injured in the clashes, during […]
How Yarmouk Came About: Israel’s Unabashed Role in the Syrian Refugee Crisis
By Ramzy Baroud When Zionist Haganah militias carried out Operation Yiftach on 19 May, 1948, the aim was to drive Palestinians in the northern Safad District outside the border of Israel, which had declared its […]
On the Destruction of Meaning in Palestine
By Samah Jabr An apple a day keeps the occupation away. That appears to be the message from a new Palestinian Authority TV commercial. The apple here is not the famous fruit that hit Isaac […]
Ellsberg: Israel’s Persecution of Nuke Whistleblower Vanunu a Relic of British Colonialism
After 18 years in prison, the man who exposed Israel’s nuclear weapons program to the world, Mordechai Vanunu, remains restricted under obsolete principles contradicting the UN Charter on Human Rights, prominent whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg told […]
Source: Palestinian ‘Collaborators’ to Sue PA in Israeli Court
Twenty Palestinians have filed a lawsuit against the Palestinian Authority in an Israeli court, seeking up to $100 million in damages after they were detained for alleged collaboration with Israeli intelligence, a PA security officer […]
Salah: Attack on Al-Aqsa a Blight on the World
Israeli attacks and violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque bring “shame to the whole world,” Sheikh Raed Salah told Alkhaleejonline.net yesterday. Salah reiterated that the violations of the Israeli occupation against the holy site are continuous, calling […]
PLO: Israel ‘Playing with Fire’ at Aqsa Compound
Senior PLO official Hanan Ashrawi on Monday accused Israel of provoking the entire Muslim world in its actions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, after violent clashes rocked the holy site for the second straight day. […]
Ramzy Baroud on RT’s CrossTalk – Refugee Crisis
The law of unintended consequences: Europe has finally started to address a humanitarian crisis partially of its own making: the growing wave of refugees from the war-torn Middle East. As EU members grapple with binding […]
Israel ‘Has Taken Over’ Aqsa Compound, Says Official
The director of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani, said Sunday that Israel had effectively taken over the holy site, after a day of violent clashes between Palestinian worshipers and Israeli police took place […]
Burned Alive by Israelis
By Jamal Kanj Five years ago at a stop during my book signing tour in San Diego, I met an adorable toddler named Farah. She was being treated in the US for severe burns she […]
Remi Kanazi’s Before The Next Bomb Drops – Book Review
Reviewed by Mike Kuhlenbeck Many mainstream reporters have been fired over the years for doing what poet Remi Kanazi does so well in his latest book Before the Next Bomb Drops: tell the truth about […]
Palestinian Refugees Joining Exodus from Syria
Palestinian pensioner Zahra Zahroura always imagined seeing out her days in her adopted Syrian hometown of Homs, sustained by the hope that being made a refugee once was enough for any lifetime. But as the […]
Ya’alon: Israel Knows who Burned Palestinian Family Alive
Israel has identified those responsible for the arson attack that killed three members of the Palestinian Dawabsheh family two months ago but has not arrested them to protect the identity of their sources, the defence […]