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Month: July 2017
Israel Will Intervene in Syria to Stop Iran, Hezbollah: Israeli Official
Israel may need to intervene in Syria to destroy Iranian and Hezbollah forces if countries overseeing the ceasefire fail to block them from constructing permanent military bases in Syrian territory, former Israeli National Security Council […]
Israeli Supreme Court Mulls over Demolition of Bedouin Village in West Bank
The Israeli Supreme Court is currently deciding the fate of an unrecognized Bedouin village in the South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank, scheduled to be demolished and its population transferred to an adjacent […]
Israel Arrested Over 400 Palestinians in June
Israeli forces detained 388 Palestinians, including 70 minors, across the occupied Palestinian territories in June, rights groups revealed on Sunday. According to the information gathered by Addameer, the Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights, the Palestinian […]
Electricity Cuts in Gaza Put Dialysis Patients at Risk
More details have continued to emerge regarding the dire state of the medical sector in the Gaza Strip, as the besieged coastal enclave has been coping with a severe medication shortage on top of an […]
Scores of Israeli Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa while Palestinians Refused Entry
Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa this morning, whilst Palestinian visitors are refused entry unless they undergo intrusive searches, according to the Palestinian Information Centre. Entering through the Mughrabi Gate under the protection of armed Israeli police, […]
Israelis Forces Shoot Two Palestinian Fishermen
Israeli naval forces shot and injured two unarmed Palestinian fishermen who were working off the coast of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip overnight Sunday. Spokesman for the health ministry in Gaza Ashraf al-Qidra […]
Israeli Forces Arrests UN Official En Route to Jerusalem
Israeli forces have detained a United Nations official based in the besieged Gaza Strip, with neither the UN nor Israeli authorities commenting publicly on the case five days after the arrest. According to local NGO […]
The Breaking of the Middle East – Book Review
Reviewed by Jim Miles (The Six Day War – The Breaking of the Middle East. Guy Laron. Yale University Press, New Haven/London, 2017.) Between a short Introduction that attempts to construct the underlying social science […]
Settlement Wine Labeling Fiasco Exposes Duplicity in Canadian Policy
By Hanna Kawas Last week, Canada became a focus for the issue of labelling products from the illegal Israeli settlements. The lightning rod was a complaint to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) about 2 specific […]
Netanyahu Determined to Sabotage Syria Ceasefire
By Iqbal Jassat Would any reasonable person having regard to the gruesome carnage Syria’s six year long civil war has wrought on its people, be opposed to a peaceful resolution? Or to put it more bluntly: […]
Palestinian Officials Meet as Israel Imposes New Restrictions on Al-Aqsa
Palestinian officials held a meeting on Sunday to discuss recent Israeli measures at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. The Ramallah meeting included Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Muhammad Hussein, Palestinian Authority (PA) Deputy […]
‘Never Met Anyone from Gaza’: Encounter with a Stranger
By Rawan Yaghi Let me tell you about my latest encounter with a stranger. A couple of days ago, I was listening to music through the glorious invention of earphones. My ipod playlist, though, is […]
Settlers Set Up Caravans on Bethlehem Land
Israeli settlers Sunday set up five caravans on lands near the village of al-Khader, to the south of Bethlehem in the West Bank, according to local sources. Ahmad Salah, coordinator of the Anti-Settlement Committee in […]
Will Canada Have a Pro-Palestinian Major Party Leader
By Yves Engler Sometimes silence in politics speaks louder than words. Israel lobby groups’ response (or lack thereof) to NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton’s recent support of Palestinian rights suggests they believe previous criticisms backfired. Two […]
Israel Reopens Jerusalem’s Noble Sanctuary
Israel reopened Jerusalem’s Noble Sanctuary-Temple Mount compound on Sunday, drawing a protest by Muslim religious authorities over the installation of metal detectors at entrances two days after a deadly shooting. On Friday, three Arab-Israeli gunmen […]
Israel Pushes Bill Blocking Partition of Jerusalem
An Israeli ministerial panel has advanced a proposed law blocking negotiations on any partition of Jerusalem, local media reported Sunday. According to The Jerusalem Post, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved the bill, allowing it […]
Palestinians Clash with Israeli Police outside of Al-Aqsa amid Ongoing Closure
Palestinians and Israeli police clashed outside of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Saturday, as the holy site remained under lockdown for the second consecutive day following a deadly shooting attack inside […]
Gaza without Electricity for 30 Continuous Hours
Palestinians took to demonstrate against the dire situation they are living in after electricity supplies in Gaza were cut further, resulting in Gaza having no electricity for 30 continuous hours for the first time since […]
Palestinian Prisoners Suffer ‘Brutal’ Conditions in Israeli Jails
Palestinian prisoners are subjected to “unprecedented, oppressive and brutal” at the hands of their Israeli jailers, the head of the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, told a UN committee on Wednesday. He went […]
Gaza and the Failure of the National Project
By Haidar Eid – Gaza In order to understand the draconian measures taken by the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority against the Gaza Strip, which has already been enduring a suffocating, decade-long Israeli siege, one has to […]
Israel Continues to Hold Lawyer in Solitary Confinement
The Israel Prison Service (IPS) has been holding imprisoned Palestinian lawyer Shirin Tariq Issawi in solitary confinement for more than three weeks, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs said on Thursday. Issawi, who was detained […]
Israeli Occupation Forces Detain Scores of Al-Aqsa Employees after Shooting
Israeli forces detained dozens of Islamic Endowment employees at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday, following a deadly shooting attack earlier in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem that left two Israeli police officers and […]
Israel Shuts down Al Aqsa Mosque after Shooting (VIDEOS)
Israeli police closed and cancelled Friday noon prayers in Al Aqsa mosque and briefly detained Jerusalem’s top Muslim cleric after three Palestinians and two Israeli police officers were killed in a shootout in Jerusalem’s Old […]
Hundreds Mourn Death of Teenager Killed by Israeli Forces
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered on Friday in the Bethlehem area in the southern occupied West Bank to mourn 18-year-old Baraa Hamamda, who was killed earlier in the day during an Israeli army raid in the […]
Israeli Forces Kill Two Teenagers in Jenin
Israeli forces shot and killed two young Palestinians – one 17-year-old and one 20-year-old – and injured at least two others after a violent military raid into Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West […]
3-Year-Old Child Dies Due to Lack of Facilities in Gaza
The latest victim of the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s dramatic reduction in medical referrals for residents of the besieged Gaza Strip was a three-year-old girl, who died on Thursday after the PA failed to respond to […]
Report Documents Arrest of 84 Palestinian Women and Girls in 2017
Israel has arrested 84 Palestinian women and young girls over the past six months, the Prisoners’ Centre for Studies said in a report. Researcher and spokesman for the center, Riyadh Al-Ashqar, explained that Israel targets […]
UN Voices Concern over Deepening Electricity Crisis
Rights groups and United Nations agencies have continued to express grave concern over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the besieged Gaza Strip, where two million Palestinians under Israeli siege have faced the devastating effects of […]
The Long Fight Against TV and Movie ‘Bad Arabs’
By James M. Wall Jack G. Shaheen, retired professor of communications at Southern Illinois University, died Sunday, July 9, after a short battle with cancer. He was 81. His death brought to a sudden end, […]
Why Palestine is Still the Issue (VIDEO)
By John Pilger (This is an abridged version of John Pilger’s address to the Palestinian Expo in London on 8 July, 2017. John Pilger’s film, ‘Palestine Is Still the Issue’, can be viewed below.) When […]