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Month: November 2015
Hamas to ‘Distribute Land’ Among Gaza’s Unpaid Civil Servants
Gaza’s de facto leaders Hamas on Saturday announced plans to distribute land among civil servants hired after 2007 whose salaries the Palestinian Authority has refused to pay. Hamas’ finance minister Ziad al-Thatha made the announcement […]
87 Palestinians Shot by Israeli forces in West Bank, Gaza Clashes
At least 87 Palestinians were shot and injured by Israeli forces during clashes in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip on Friday, medics told Ma’an. The Red Crescent said 22 Palestinians were shot with […]
Israeli Committee Discusses Proposal to Debar Arab MKs
Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation will discuss a draft bill on Sunday that aims to make the debarring and removal of Knesset members (MKs) easier, especially Arab members like Hanin Zoabi MK and Basel Ghattas […]
FA LES TEEN – A Poem
By Uzma Falak My grandmother wove dreams on her spinning wheel, invoked you in her songs. I memorized the rhyme. My mother treasured your olives— a keepsake of the Blessed Land, a relic I never touched. […]
Netanyahu: Labeling Settlement Products ‘Moral Degeneration’
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu described the EU decision to label products from illegal Israeli settlements as “moral degeneration”, Quds Press reported yesterday. “This decision is shameful and is based on moral degeneration, as well as […]
University of Liverpool Students Vote for BDS
Students at the University of Liverpool have voted to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, in a significant victory for Palestinian solidarity campaigners. The motion commits the Liverpool Guild of Students to, among […]
Palestinian Shot Last Week During Clashes Dies from Injuries
A Palestinian man died on Thursday evening from wounds sustained in clashes last week in Ramallah’s al-Bireh city, medics said. Mahmoud Said Ulayyan, 20, was shot in the head during clashes with Israeli forces on […]
2 Israelis Killed, 2 Injured in Tel Aviv Stabbing Attack
Two Israelis were killed and two injured Thursday in a stabbing attack in southern Tel Aviv, according to Israeli police and medics. Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri said that a stabbing attack took place inside […]
On the Banning of the Islamic Movement in 48 Palestine
By Lama Khater History has proven that the stupidest measure any occupying power anywhere can take is to strip an effective and influential political and social movement from all of its gains and its public […]
EU Delegation Meets with PA to Discuss Gaza Reconstruction
Palestinian Authority officials on Wednesday met with the European Union’s delegation to the West Bank and Gaza Strip to discuss Gaza’s reconstruction effort, the Minister of Public Works and Housing said. Mufid al-Hasayna said the […]
Israel Strikes Gaza by Air
Israeli air forces this morning carried out a series of airstrikes against a number of resistance bases across the Gaza Strip, no casualties were reported, Quds Press reported. Witnesses said Israeli helicopters flew across the […]
Hamas Slams Rumored PA, Egypt ‘Unilateral’ Rafah Crossing Agreement
The Hamas movement on Wednesday slammed rumors that the Palestinian Authority and Egyptian government, without consulting Hamas, had allegedly come to an agreement to reopen the border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. During […]
Rohingya vs the Generals: How To Forge A Democracy And Get Away With It
By Ramzy Baroud Writing in the New York Times in an article entitled “Myanmar generals set the stage for their own exit,” Thomas Fuller expressed his and the media’s failure to recognise the total fraud […]
From Pol Pot to ISIS: The Blood Never Dried
By John Pilger In transmitting President Richard Nixon’s orders for a “massive” bombing of Cambodia in 1969, Henry Kissinger said, “Anything that flies on everything that moves”. As Barack Obama wages his seventh war against […]
Banging Your Heart against Some Mad Bugger’s Wall
By Vacy Vlazna Mohammed, now 6, and Jihad, now 4, have missed their mother, Shireen’s happiness that has been shrouded by grief over the past year, missed their beloved father’s voice, laugh, smile, presence, his […]
Prominent New York-linked Artists Endorse Cultural Boycott of Israel (VIDEO)
Leading artists with ties to New York have expressed their support for the cultural boycott of Israel in a new video from campaign group Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel. The […]
Poll: Most Palestinians Reject Abbas, Object to His Views
Most of the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip reject Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas and refuse his views regarding dealing with the Palestinian cause, Safa news agency reported […]
‘Provocation’: Israel Outraged over Spain’s Netanyahu Arrest Warrant
srael wants to quash an arrest warrant prepared by a Spanish judge for Benjamin Netanyahu over the deadly 2010 IDF attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla that killed ten people. The Israeli PM and six […]
UNRWA’s Institutional Presence and Neutrality
By Ramona Wadi In his address to the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee on Decolonisation, UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre Krähenbühl gave a detailed overview of the restrictions faced by the organisation which, in turn, affect […]
Palestinian Killed in Gunfight with Israeli Forces Near Ramallah
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian in armed clashes north of Ramallah on Tuesday evening, with two others injured during an exchange of fire. Israel’s army said that shots were fired at an Israeli […]
Israeli PM Approves over 450 New Settler Homes in East Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved the construction of 454 new settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem, lifting a freeze on their construction in place since 2013, Israeli officials were reported as saying Tuesday. […]
Rafah Border Closed for 300 Days This Year
The Palestinian Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip has revealed that the Egyptian authorities have kept the Rafah border crossing closed for 300 days this year to-date. The figure was released in a study published […]
Thousands Attend Funeral of 2 Palestinians Killed in Qalandiya Camp
Thousands of Palestinians on Monday attended the joint funeral for two Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Qalandiya refugee camp overnight during a raid to demolish an alleged attacker’s home. The funeral set off from […]
Israeli Navy Opens Fire on Fishermen off Gaza Coast
Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza coast yesterday, causing all fishing boats to flee and leaving the fishing nets in the sea, the Syndicate of Palestinian fishermen told QudsNet. According […]
The Long Road to the Paris Massacres
By Jeremy Salt Let us be crystal clear about this. The road to the bombings in Paris began with the invasion of Iraq. It ran through the destruction of Libya and the attempted destruction of […]
Roots of Terror
By Jim Miles I was sickened to hear and watch the events occurring in France. Part of that was for the immediate families, friends and neighbors of those so needlessly killed. Another part was the […]
On Zionism and Racism: Time to Rekindle UN Spark
By Eric Walberg UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon recently held a commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the squashing of UN resolution 3379, equating Zionism with racism. It was passed in 1975 by a vote […]
Attacks within Hospitals Lack all Morality
By Dr. Aayesha J Soni On the 12thof November, 20-30 men arrived at the al-Ahly hospital in Hebron in two mini vans at around three o’clock in the morning, entering with someone in a wheelchair […]
Is Erdogan a Great Leader?
By Jamal Kanj It is high time for Recep Tayyip Erdogan to step aside if Turkey is to continue progressing democratically, and flourish economically. Great leaders know when and where to pass their torch. Regardless […]
Spanish Court Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Other Officials
A Spanish court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior Israeli officials for their role in the 2010 attack on the Freedom Flotilla heading to Gaza, local media reported […]