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Month: January 2018

US Partisan Divide over Israel at Its Widest Ever, New Poll Finds
The US partisan divide between Republicans and Democrats over Israel is now wider than at any point in the last forty years, a new poll by the Pew Research Center has found. According to Pew, […]

Hundreds in Gaza Protest US Decision to Scale Down Aid to UNRWA
Hundreds of Palestinian refugees gathered on Wednesday in Jabalya refugee camp, to the northeast of Gaza, to protest the United States recent decision to scale down its financial contribution and food aid to the United […]

Palestinians Get 3G Internet after Decade-Long Row, Gaza Excluded
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank began receiving 3G mobile telecommunications services on Tuesday, after years of wrangling with the Israeli authorities. The Jawwal and Wataniya firms began offering the service to their customers Tuesday […]

‘Apartheid State’: UNHRC Condemns Israel for Human Rights Abuses
Israel’s human rights record was put under the spotlight Tuesday during a major international review at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva as part of the body’s regular examination of Israel’s actions in […]

Israeli MP At Football Match Laughs As Sports Fans Call for Genocide of Palestinians (VIDEO)
A outspoken Israeli minister was recorded at a recent football match in Jerusalem chanting racist chants along with other Israeli sport fans. Israeli MP Miri Regev stood among a cheering crowd of young Israelis and […]

Young American Jews Increasingly Hostile Towards Israel, Says Jewish Agency CEO
Young American Jews are increasingly turning away from Israel, the Jewish Agency CEO has warned, viewing “the Jewish state as antithetical to their liberal values”, reported Haaretz. Speaking in what the paper described as “uncharacteristically […]

Israel Demolishes Naqab Bedouin Village for 124th Time (VIDEO)
Israeli authorities Wednesday demolished the Bedouin village of al-Araqib in the Naqab desert in southern Israel for the 124th consecutive time. Israeli police and bulldozers broke into the village and demolished the tin homes residents […]

UNRWA Launches #DignityIsPriceless Campaign to Raise Funds for Palestine Refugees (PHOTOS)
Pierre Krähenbühl, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, launched #DignityIsPriceless campaign upon arrival in the Gaza Strip on Monday. The campaign aims to collect funds for Palestine refugees following the US decision to cut down its funds given […]

Shortage of Medicines in Gaza Is Hurting Psychiatric Patients
The severe medicine shortage in the Gaza Strip’s hospitals is negatively affecting patients with chronic illnesses, mainly psychiatric patients, an official in the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza told Quds Press on Sunday. According […]

Why Is the Israeli Army Finally Worried About Gaza?
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Last week Israeli military officials for the first time echoed what human rights groups and the United Nations have been saying for some time: that Gaza’s economy and infrastructure stand […]

‘Black Lives Matter Akin to Palestinian Struggle’ (VIDEO)
Women from the Black Lives Matter Movement made a powerful statement supporting Palestinian women at the Women’s march in Los Angeles. The New York Times reported that nearly 600,000 women marched in the southern California […]

US VP Speech in Knesset Sparks Clash Among Lawmakers (VIDEO)
US Vice President Mike Pence delivered a speech before the Israeli Knesset that sparked outrage and resulted in many Arab MP’s being forced out of the session by security. Palestinian MPs were removed by security […]

Israel May Shutter Dublin Embassy (VIDEO)
Israel may be shutting its Dublin embassy, reported the Irish Times. 'No decision made' amid reports Israel may close Dublin embassy in cost-cutting move (via @thejournal_ie) https://t.co/oYDxu8xMEu — PaddyOConnor (@PadddyOConnor) January 23, 2018 The Irish […]

Tell Ahed She Can Make Them Go Away, by Magic, and to Sing
By Rima Najjar I wish Caryl Churchill would write a follow up to her play Seven Jewish Children and call it Seven Palestinian Children. Churchill’s play, first produced in February of 2009, was “for Gaza”, […]

HRW Tells Israel: Don’t Lock Up Asylum Seekers (VIDEO)
Israeli authorities should abandon a new policy that could lead to the indefinite detention of thousands of Eritrean and Sudanese nationals for refusing to leave Israel for Rwanda or Uganda, Human Rights Watch said today. […]

King of Jordan Tells Pence East Jerusalem Must Be Capital of Palestine
Jordan’s King Abdullah during a meeting with US Vice President, Mike Pence, said that East Jerusalem must be the capital of a future Palestinian state, adding that the only solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was […]

Palestinian-American Groups Withdraw from Women’s March in Protest of Pro-Israel Speaker, Scarlett Johannson
NBC reported that three Palestinian human rights groups pulled out of the Los Angeles Women’s March Saturday after it was announced that one of the featured speakers was actress Scarlett Johannson, who promoted SodaStream, a […]

French Municipality Recognizes Palestinian State
Patrice Leclerc, mayor of Gennevilliers, a northern suburb of Paris, on Friday announced his decision to recognize the state of Palestine saying that the decision will be officially signed next Monday. Leclerc said in a […]

Impediments to UNRWA’s Mandate Reflect Intention to Make Violations Permanent
By Ramona Wadi Last year, Israel and the US invested unprecedented efforts in discrediting the legitimate rights of Palestinians and seeking to limit, to the point of dysfunction, the role of institutions working directly with […]

Maliki Calls on ICC Prosecutor to Exercise Her Statutory Authority Without Delay
Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad Malki Friday called on the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, to exercise her statutory authority, without delay, to prevent the continuation and perpetuation of […]

Ayman Odeh: Pence ‘Dangerous and Messianic,’ Dedicated to ‘Destruction.’
The head of Israel’s Arab coalition party has vowed to boycott the flash visit by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, expected to arrive in Israel on Sunday evening. “We were asked if there’s a change […]

BDS Slams Bollywood for Embracing Israel
Pro-Palestinian activists with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign, BDS, in South Asia joined progressive commentators in slamming the Israeli prime minister over his visit to India and his charm offensive at the country’s film […]

Petition on Change.org Calls for Release of Palestinian Prisoner with Health Problems (VIDEO)
Thousands from around the world have signed a petition on Change.org, calling for the unconditional release of highly regarded human rights defender, Muther Amira. The Palestinian Social Worker and Human Rights activist. previously served as […]

Palestinian Prisoner Dies from Medical Neglect
Due to medical negligence, Palestinian prisoner from West Bank passed away on Saturday morning inside an Israeli prison. Palestinian prisoner dies inside Israeli jails https://t.co/xjN6XKEQsZ pic.twitter.com/yxt1VoRaTA — Days of Palestine (@DaysofPalestine) January 20, 2018 Palestinian […]

US Will Further Slash UNRWA Aid by Another $45 Million (VIDEO)
Time Magazine reported that the US State Department is further slashing its aid package to UNRWA by another $45 million. The U.S. is holding back a further $45 million in aid for Palestine https://t.co/kr2AD1ZkGL — […]

Iconic Irish Leader Gerry Adams Calls for Declaration of State of Palestine (VIDEO)
Long-time supporter of Palestine, and president of the Sinn Féin party in Ireland, Gerry Adams called the International Community once again to recognize a Palestinian State. He called on his own government to upgrade the […]

PLO Calls on EU to Take Effective Political Steps to Salvage Peace (VIDEO)
Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Saeb Erekat Thursday called on the European Union (EU) to take effective political steps to save peace in the region. This came during a […]

Israel Apologizes for Deadly Embassy Shooting in Amman
Israel has formally apologized for the fatal shooting of two Jordanian citizens by an Israeli embassy guard in Amman last year, Jordan’s foreign ministry said. The guard, identified as “Ziv”, shot two Jordanians in a […]

Luxembourg Foreign Minister Calls for Palestinian State (VIDEO)
In an interview with the German Daily, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Luxembourg Foreign Minister, Jean Asselborn advocated for a Palestinian state, saying that with the leadership of France, many other European nations would join the movement. If […]

Human Rights Watch Slams US for Cutting Aid to Gaza (VIDEO)
The International Human Rights Organization, Human Rights Watch strongly denounced the US decision to cut a significant percentage of their contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). 2017 another bad year for […]