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Month: August 2017
Israeli Report: Blatant Discrimination in Israeli Schools against Arab Students
A report by the Israeli Ministry of Education has said Jewish Israeli students obtain government funding that is some 67% higher than that granted to Arab Students. The report clarifies that the difference is related […]
NGO: Palestinian Territories Facing Worsening Child Protection Crisis
Ahead of World Humanitarian Day, to be marked on August 19th, as the United Nations (UN) prepares a global awareness campaign on the impact of conflict on humanitarian aid workers and the broader civil society, […]
Palestinian-American Activist Stripped of Citizenship, Deported
Seventy-year-old Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh has had her US citizenship revoked yesterday after failing to disclose convictions for bombings in Jerusalem decades ago. US District Judge Gershwin Drain yesterday sentenced Odeh to time served, given […]
Abbas Adviser Not Optimistic About US Delegation’s Visit
Nabil Shaath, advisor for foreign affairs to the PA’s President Mahmoud Abba, said Thursday that he was not optimistic regarding the visit of the American delegation to the region this month, pointing out that there […]
Shamasna Family Eviction Suspended in Israeli Court
An Israeli magistrate court suspended the eviction of the Shamasna family in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday, after the family refused to leave their home of 53 years amid claims […]
Security Intensified at Gaza Border Following Suicide Bombing
Gaza’s forces have tightened security in the besieged enclave on Thursday after a suicide bombing targeted Palestinian security forces near the Egyptian border earlier in the day, killing one Palestinian and injuring four others. The […]
Home of Slain Palestinian Detonated by Israelis
In a raid Thursday morning on the Ramallah-area village of Deir Abu Mashaal in the central occupied West Bank, Israeli forces blew up the home of slain Palestinian Adel Hassan Ahmad Ankoush, who was killed […]
Swedish Activist Begins One-Year Trek to Palestine
A pro-Palestinian Swedish activist started a 4,800-kilometre trek to Palestine to raise awareness of the ongoing Israeli occupation on the 5th of August. Benjamin Ladra started his journey ten days ago from the Swedish city […]
Hebron: Israeli Occupation Forces Confiscate 47 Dunums of Land
Israeli authorities confiscated at least 47 dunams (12 acres) of lands in al-Thahiryeh village, south of Hebron city, in the southern occupied West Bank for alleged military purposes, locals told Ma’an on Wednesday. Al-Thahiryeh mayor […]
Caught on Tape: Israeli Police Raid on Hospital over Critically Wounded Palestinian (VIDEOS)
An Israeli police raid on Al-Makassed Hospital in East Jerusalem last month left one critically wounded Palestinian dead, an investigation by Israeli NGO B’Tselem concluded, adding that the raid endangered the lives of other patients. […]
Al-Araqeeb Village: Palestinian Bedouins Refuse to Surrender 116 Times
By Ramzy Baroud On August 1, the Palestinian Bedouin village of Al-Araqeeb was destroyed for the 116th time. As soon as Israeli bulldozers finished their ugly deed and soldiers began evacuating the premises, the village resident […]
Settlement Expansion Continues in West Bank with Installation of more Caravan Units Near Bethlehem
Israeli settlers reportedly installed caravans on the outskirts of the illegal Israeli settlement of Betar Illit in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem on Wednesday, official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. Ten caravans […]
Gaza Fishermen Come under Israeli Fire again
Israeli naval forces opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the northern coast of the besieged Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning. Witnesses said the fishermen were forced to sail back ashore to Beit Lahiya after […]
Palestinian Family on Brink of Eviction by Israel from Home of 50 Years
An elderly Palestinian couple have told RT that it’s “great injustice” if Israel carries out a decision to evict them and their relatives from the home they have owned in East Jerusalem for over 50 […]
Egypt Opens Rafah Crossing to Allow Humanitarian Cases, Pilgrims
Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Monday morning to allow Palestinian pilgrims to exit the blockaded coastal enclave to perform the Muslim hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia as well […]
Israeli Occupation Forces Detain 16 Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli forces Tuesday detained 16 Palestinians during military raids in multiple West Bank districts, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). According to PPS, at least five Palestinians were detained in the Ramallah area, in addition […]
Muslim Leader Raed Salah Arrested again by Israel
Israeli police detained Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of the northern branch of the outlawed Islamic Movement in Israel, on Tuesday morning and transferred him for interrogation “over suspicions of his involvement and support of […]
Israeli Police Raid Palestinian Homes in Jerusalem
Israeli police and Shin Bet, Israel’s internal intelligence agency, forces raided several neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem overnight between Monday and Tuesday, storming and ransacking Palestinian homes that police accused of being financially supported by […]
Nasrallah: Hezbollah Stronger in Every Way than During 2006 Victory over Israelis
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has warned the Lebanese resistance movement is capable of defeating Israel in the event of a new conflict. The Hezbollah secretary-general made the comments in a televised address marking the […]
Netanyahu Backs Partitioning Iraq for Kurdish State
During a meeting with a U.S. delegation, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed interest in partitioning Iraq. The Prime Minister told the group of 33 congressmen that he favored the establishment of an independent Kurdish […]
EU Sponsored Housing Project Destroyed by Israelis
Israeli forces demolished housing donated by the European Union (EU) in a Bedouin village in the southern occupied West Bank on Monday morning. Khashem al-Daraj and Umm al-Kheir are among dozens of small communities located […]
Jewish Extremist Leader Protests Ban on MK Visits to Al-Aqsa by Sitting Outside Holy Site
Far-right Israeli parliamentarian Yehuda Glick protested outside of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday morning to denounce the ban preventing Knesset members from accessing the compound for the past year and […]
Greek Orthodox Church to Appeal Israeli Decision on Contested Property Sale
The Greek Orthodox patriarch of occupied East Jerusalem announced on Sunday that the church would be appealing a recent Israeli court decision approving the sale of church property to right-wing settler organizations seeking to expand […]
‘The PA Could Arrest Anyone’: Palestinian Journalists Go on Hunger Strike to Protest PA’s Campaign
As local and international criticism continued to mount against the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority’s (PA) tightening noose on freedoms of expression in the occupied West Bank, seven Palestinian journalists imprisoned by the PA have begun a […]
Jerusalem: EU Calls on Israel to Reconsider Eviction of Palestinian Family
The European Union missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah expressed concern at the imminent threat of eviction by Israeli authorities of the Shamasneh family from their home in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem. […]
Palestinian Home under Threat of Settler Takeover Becomes House of Prayer
Scores of Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem performed prayers outside the Shamasna home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on Friday in a show of solidarity with the family, who is facing imminent evacuation from their […]
Illegal Settlement Expansion Grows as 29 Units are Installed in West Bank
Israeli settlers installed 29 mobiles homes in and near several illegal Israeli settlements in the Nablus and Tulkarem districts of the occupied West Bank. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israeli settlement activity in […]
Restriction on Movement Undermines Living Conditions in Gaza, Says UN
Longstanding restrictions on the movement of people and goods to and from Gaza have undermined the living conditions of approximately two million Palestinians in that area, said a report by the United Nations Office for […]
Israeli Media: Security Coordination with PA Resumed
The Palestinian Authority has restarted security coordination with Israel without announcing the measure, Al-Monitor reported. “Security coordination was resumed on August 4, but the Palestinian Authority is being discrete about the news and refuses to […]
Beyond Liveability – A Poem by Samah Sabawi
By Samah Sabawi life beyond livability is inevitable like the rainfall and the winter storms life inside the walls is ferocious…stubborn unstoppable It grows like dandelions through parched rocks inevitable it transcends obstacles and powers […]