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Month: September 2016
Barghouti: Israel Displays Impudence Without Limits
By Dr. Mustafa al-Barghouti Every time I accuse the Israeli Prime Minister with impudence, he becomes more impudent. He reached a new level of impudence when he demanded the removal of all settlements, which is […]
Hamas: Israeli Siege Cannot Maintain Calm in Gaza
Hamas has stressed that Israel’s ongoing siege on the Gaza Strip does not help maintain a state of calm in the area. The movement’s spokesperson, Hazem Qasim, said: “The Israeli accusations against the movement saying […]
Israel Bans Fatah Deputy Secretary from Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound
Israeli authorities have banned Deputy Secretary of the Fatah movement, Shadi Mutwir, from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for six months, according to the Fatah spokesperson in occupied East Jerusalem. Rafaat Elayyan condemned the decision […]
Berkeley Reinstates Palestine Course After Protests
The University of California, Berkeley, has reinstated a course on Palestinian history following its suspension last week. The school’s dean announced the decision after the course description was revised by the lecturer. “Palestine: A Colonial […]
US Aid Deal Gives Green Light to Israel’s Erasure of Palestine
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth The announcement last week by the United States of the largest military aid package in its history – to Israel – was a win for both sides. Israeli prime minister […]
Palestine: Pass The Nightmare On To Israel
By Iqbal Jassat The month of September carries painful memories for Palestinians. It is marked by revisiting gory details as annual commemoration activities recall horrors of Israel’s brutal and bloody massacres. Without exception, Palestinians as […]
UNRWA Staff to Go On Strike Today
Mohammed Alghurra, a member of the Arab Workers Union at UNRWA, said his union has decided to go on strike in the first of a series of activities and measures to be taken until the […]
Israeli Justice Minister: BDS is the ‘New Face of Terrorism’
Israeli Justice Minister, Ayelet Shaked, has branded the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement a form of “terrorism”, in remarks made on Sunday. Speaking at a Jewish National Fund (JNF) conference in New York, the […]
Rafah Border Opened Briefly to Allow Return of Palestinian Pilgrims
Egyptian authorities closed the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip early on Sunday morning, after opening it to allow the return of Palestinian pilgrims who traveled to Saudi Arabia to perform […]
Activists Slam ‘Racist’ Remarks Towards Palestinians by Lebanese Minister
Palestinian and Lebanese activists have denounced remarks made by Lebanese Foreign Minister, Gebran Bassil, who said that he “Supports giving citizenship to children of Lebanese female nationals, except that if they were married to Palestinians […]
54% of Gaza’s Reconstruction Funds Have Not Been Delivered
A report published by Gaza’s Chamber of Commerce has revealed that 54% of Gaza’s reconstruction funds have not yet been paid, although donor countries have pledged to do so two years ago. The report noted […]
Risking Death by Drowning to Escape Gaza Siege
By Hamza Abu Eltarabesh Sajed’s family understands why he decided to travel towards Europe. Opportunities are severely restricted in Gaza, which has been under siege and closure since 2007 and has suffered three devastating Israeli […]
Qatar: Reconciliation Meeting Underway Between Hamas and Fatah
Osama Al-Qawasmi, the spokesperson for the Fatah movement, has affirmed that Qatari efforts are underway to hold a reconciliation meeting between Hamas and Fatah in the Qatari capital of Doha. Al-Qawasmi noted that the Palestinian […]
Israeli Forces Arrest Palestinian Writer in Ramallah
The Israeli occupation forces arrested Palestinian writer, Salah Hamideh, 44, from his house in the town of Bitounia, in Ramallah, in the West Bank, on Sunday Local sources told SAFA News Agency that an Israeli […]
Israel Condemned for Shooting of Jordanian National
The Jordanian Foreign Affairs Ministry has issued a statement yesterday condemning Israel’s shooting of Jordanian national, Said Hayil al-Amr, at Alamoud Gate in Jerusalem after Friday prayers. Sabah Alrifaee, the spokesperson for the Jordanian Ministry […]
Survivors Recount Sabra-Shatila Massacre
By Nour Samaha – Shatila Camp, Lebanon (Three women who lived through the 1982 massacre at Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon remember harrowing killings.) The fighters began at sunset, meticulously working their way through the […]
Israeli Forces Forcibly Evacuates Palestinian Family From Their Jerusalem Home
Israeli forces in Jerusalem have forcibly evacuated the 8-member Girsh family from their Jerusalem home which they have been living in since the 1930s, and handed it over to an Israeli settler group. The apartment […]
Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Three Palestinians
The Israeli occupation forces executed three Palestinians in Jerusalem and Hebron yesterday, Palestinian sources said. Local sources said Fareed Amer was shot dead in front of Alamoud Gate in Jerusalem after Friday prayers. Israeli sources […]
Hamas Minister of Interior: ‘US is the Biggest Supporter of Israeli Terror’
In response to the US State Department’s labelling of Fathi Hammad, the former Hamas Minister of Interior and founder of Al-Aqsa TV, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, Hammad said in a press statement that […]
Palestine FM Slams Israel in Speech in Venezuela
Palestine’s foreign minister, Riyad al-Maliki, slammed the Israeli occupation during a speech in Venezuela before the Non-Aligned Movement. Addressing the Non-Aligned Movement in a speech during the 17th summit of the movement in Venezuela, al-Maliki […]
Former Palestinian PM Calls for Annulment of Oslo Accords
Ahmed Qurei, a former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority and peace negotiator with Israel, has declared that he supports the annulment of the Oslo Accords, Chinese news agency, Xinhua reported. In a televised interview, […]
ICRC Expresses Concern over Health of Hunger Strikers
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) released a statement on Thursday, expressing the organization’s concern with the severely deteriorating health of three hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners currently protesting their administrative detention orders. In the […]
Barak-Netanyahu Exchange Insults over US Military Deal
Ehud Barak, Israel’s Former Prime Minister and Defense Minister, has said that current Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had not dealt effectively with Israel’s negotiations that led to the recent signing of a military aid deal […]
World Bank: Israeli Restrictions Worsen Palestinian Economy
The Palestinian economy remains “worrying” as growth stagnation, delays in aid delivery, and Israeli restrictions continue to seriously impede improvements to the Palestinian financial situation, a World Bank report revealed on Thursday. According to the […]
Berkeley Suspends ‘Palestine: A Settler Colonial Analysis’ Course
Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, Nicholas Dirks, has bowed to pressure from pro-Israel Jewish groups and suspended a course that discusses the history of Palestine since the late 1800s to the present day […]
US and Israel to Sign Largest Military Aid Deal
The governments of Israel and the United States are to sign a $38 billion military aid package on Wednesday, which promises Israel financial assistance and missile defense systems over the course of 10 years, according […]
Four West Bank Settlements Need Funding for ‘Protection’
Israeli parliamentary committee has named four West Bank settlements considered “the most threatened” and “in immediate need of defense measures.” According to a report by Ynetnews, a meeting held by the Israeli Knesset Foreign Affairs […]
Lieberman Orders Israeli Military to Boycott UN Middle East Envoy
The Israeli Channel 2 reported last night that the Israeli Defense Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has instructed his ministry staff to boycott Nikolay Mladenov, the UN Envoy to the Middle East. According to the report, the […]
Palestinian Prisoners Stage Mass Hunger Strike in Support of Hunger Strikers
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club has said that some 50 Palestinian prisoners belonging to the Islamic Jihad Movement and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in various Israeli jails have yesterday launched an open-ended […]
Three Israeli Airstrikes Hit Gaza Overnight
Local sources in the Gaza Strip said three Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza last night. The airstrikes targeted three sites in northern Gaza as well as in Gaza City. The first airstrike hit an empty lot […]