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Month: June 2016
PA: Municipal Elections to Take Place in Palestine in October
The Palestinian cabinet on Tuesday announced a decision to hold municipal elections on October 8, according to a statement released by the cabinet. The cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, appointed a central elections […]
Israel Has Sight Set on Dahlan to Rule Gaza
Israel has hopes of dismissed Fatah leader, Mohamed Dahlan, being appointed as governor of the Gaza Strip, a military analyst for the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported yesterday. Alex Fishman stated that Israel might go beyond having Dahlan in Gaza, and aim to have […]
Israeli Forces ‘Mistakenly’ Kill Palestinian Boy, Seriously Injures Others
Israeli forces shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian bystander and seriously injured four other Palestinian teens early Tuesday morning in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, after Palestinian youth nearby allegedly threw stones and Molotov […]
Ramadan Open Market set up by Gift of the Givers
Gift of the Givers sets up the first ever “open market” for people to do their Ramadan “shopping” in Gaza. Vouchers were given to 600 families in Rafah and Khan Younis and they could choose […]
How Lodewijk Asscher Abused his Position in Dutch Politics to Support Dutch Jewish Settlers
By Tariq Shadid A major political scandal is unfolding in the Netherlands: politician Lodewijk Asscher has made sure over the years that AOW-pension payments to Dutch Jewish settlers in the Occupied Territories were kept at […]
Stolen Joys – A Poem
By Nour El-Borno – Gaza Moons shine through her eyes As she walks past her house: Here, she once laughed; There, she once cried. “I remember,” she whispers. The dark hours that […]
Israeli Minister Proposes a $5 Billion Island off Gaza
The Israeli Minister of Intelligence, Israel Katz, is promoting a $5 billion plan to build an island off the Gaza Strip that would give Palestinians in besieged Gaza a seaport, and maybe a hotel and […]
Gaza’s Workers Work Night Shifts in Ramadan to Avoid Heat
Thousands of Palestinian workers do their shifts during night hours during the holy month of Ramadan to avoid the heat wave that is sweeping the Gaza Strip. The summer season officially started on June 20, […]
Almost 42% of West Bank and Gaza Strip Residents are Refugees (VIDEO)
Approximately 41.6 per cent of Palestinian residents in the state of Palestine are refugees, Quds Press reported Palestine Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) saying yesterday. In an official report, the PCBS said that 26.3 per […]
UCI’s TABO Project Extends High Voltage Electricity to Qarawa
Union Construction and Investment’s (UCI) major real estate project, TABO, on Monday announced the completion of the extension of a network of high voltage underground electricity cables in QarawaBaniZaid, north of Ramallah. The pioneering project […]
Media Club Requests PA to Protect Journalists
The Palestinian Media Club yesterday called on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to protect journalists from the Israeli occupation instead of harassing them and putting restrictions on their work, the Safa news agency reported. The Media […]
Egypt Denies Sea Borders Discussion with PA
Palestinian Authority (PA) foreign ministry yesterday refused to comment on Egypt’s denial that the two authorities are discussing their mutual sea borders, Quds Press reported. PA ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour had allegedly begun negotiations with […]
Right-wing Israelis ‘Tour’ Aqsa Compound – Accused of Provocation
Witnesses and officials from the Islamic Endowment (Waqf) that control Al-Aqsa Mosque told Ma’an that more than 60 Israelis toured the compound, escorted by six Israeli intelligence officers. The Waqf condemned Israeli authorities last week […]
Muhammad Ali: An American Tale
By Jamal Kanj It is fair to assume that most readers today can’t name the current heavyweight boxing champion. The same people would, however, most likely name the champion from 50 years ago. That’s what […]
Palestinian Man with Down’s Syndrome Dies from Wounds
A Palestinian young man from the West Bank who suffered from Down’s Syndrome died on Sunday evening after succumbing to wounds he sustained when Israeli forces shot him during clashes in his hometown of Sair, his […]
In Controversial Move Israel Approves More Funding for West Bank Settlements
The Israeli media reported yesterday that the Israeli cabinet approved $18.6 million in funding to settlements in the occupied West Bank due to the “worsening security situation”. The approved funds are in addition to the […]
PPC: 485 Palestinian Political Prisoners Sentenced to Life Imprisonment in Israeli Jails
By Yousef Aljamal Palestine Prisoners Center has revealed that there are 485 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails sentenced to life, including Palestinian prisoners from Jerusalem and the 1948 territories. The latest two political prisoners […]
World Refugee Week Reflects the Displacement of Generations of Palestinians (VIDEOS)
9Millions of people are marking Refugee Week which starts today, June 20, in the hope of highlighting the bleak reality of life as a refugee. The forced mass expulsion and displacement of the Palestinian people, […]
Solar Panels to Add Light during Gaza’s Blackouts
A Palestinian farmer is to install solar panels on his chicken farm in order to ensure he obtains a continuous electricity supply, Arab48 reported yesterday. Fifty-two-year-old Nahid Abu-Asi, said his farm, which is located to […]
Herzog Agreed on 1967 Borders in Secret Talks
Isaac Herzog, leader of Zionist Union, agreed to return to Israel’s 1967 borders in secret talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2014. During the 2014-2015 election cycle in Israel, Herzog agreed to hand the […]
Palestinian Prisoners Begin Solidarity Hunger Strike
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said Monday that 65 Palestinian prisoners affiliated with the left-wing Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) have started an open hunger strike in Israel’s Megiddo prison, according to […]
Ashrawi: Palestine Mourns the Loss of Labor MP Jo Cox
Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, PLO Executive Committee Member, said on Saturday that the people of Palestine mourn the loss of ‘Palestine’s dear friend and peace and justice activist,’ British Labor MP Jo Cox. She was murdered […]
Song about Normalization!
The latest spate of acts of normalization conducted by some Arab writers (eg. Amin Maalouf’s interview on a right-wing Israeli satellite channel) and official Palestinian, and Arab, participation in the Herzilya conference are just two […]
Young Palestinian Musicians from Gaza Tour the UK (VIDEO)
Four young Palestinian musicians left the Gaza Strip on June 3, 2016, heading for Brighton to perform music. Singer, Najlaa Humaid, guitarist Mohammed Shoman, oud player Mohannad Abu Safia and qanun player Farouk Abu Ramadan, […]
Israel Allows only 300 Gazans to Pray at Al-Aqsa for Second Friday in Ramadan
Three hundred Palestinians from the Gaza Strip were permitted to visit the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Friday, according to Palestinian officials. This followed a recent decision to lift a ban implemented last […]
Palestine-Egypt to Set Mediterranean Sea Border
Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday that the Palestinian and Egyptian foreign ministries have reportedly initiated negotiations to determine the undersea border between their territories. The Associated Press quoted Riyad Mansour as […]
PA Representative to UN Addresses ‘Collective Punishment’ of Palestinians
Palestinian Authority Representative to the UN, Riyad Mansour, has called for international pressure on Israel to stop collective punishment of the Palestinians, Quds Press has reported. UN Secretary General and the current presidency holders of […]
Conquest and Tyranny versus Peace and Justice
By William A. Cook “Conquest and tyranny, at some earlier period, dispossessed Man of his rights, and he is now recovering them. And as the tide of all human affairs has its ebb and flow in […]
Zionist Union Party Accuses Netanyahu of Failure to Improve Palestinians’ Standard of Living
The Israeli army advised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take appropriate measures to improve Palestinians’ standard of living. However, he failed to act on this advice, a member of the Knesset said. Co-leader of the Zionist […]
‘End the Division’ Campaign Aims to Unite Hamas and Fatah Factions
Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip took to the streets to call for national unity, with Palestinian youth turning to social media to call for an end to the divisions. A group […]