The International Judo Federation suspended on Saturday Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine and his coach Amar Benikhlef for withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics before his event started, after the draw set him on course for a […]
After nearly two decades of trying, Israel has finally been granted observer status at the African Union, the Israel Foreign Ministry confirmed yesterday. Israel was a member of the AU’s forerunner, the Organization of African […]
Scores of unarmed Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank town of Beita, medics said. Protests there have been ongoing for several months, since Israel installed an illegal […]
By Jim Miles After the most recent Gaza war, I was asked to make a presentation to a local service club concerning events in Israel and the Middle East. The presentation started with an introduction […]
The President of the UN Human Rights Council, Shameem Khan, has announced the appointment of three members of the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, to investigate “alleged […]
Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine has reportedly withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics before competing after the draw set him on course for a possible match-up against an Israeli opponent. Nourine was set to face Sudanese judoka […]
Ben & Jerry’s decision to end sales of its ice cream in the Occupied Palestinian Territories has been welcomed by many, with supporters of the Palestinian cause announcing on social media their decision to increase […]
Jewish settlers today set fire to equipment inside a quarry in the town of Jamma’in near Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, according to a local activist. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors Jewish settlement activities […]
The Israeli Ministry of the Interior is refusing to process family reunification applications submitted by Palestinian men married to Israeli citizens, although the occupation authorities are required by law to consider these requests after the […]
Palestinian institutions today accused the Israeli authorities of torturing a Palestinian detainee to death, Anadolu Agency reports. Forty-three-year-old Abdo Al-Khatib was killed yesterday after being tortured during interrogation at the Al-Maskobiya interrogation center in occupied […]
By Mahmoud Ajjour – Gaza Palestinian artist Bilal Khaled is not only famous in Gaza for his outstanding Arabic calligraphy skills but worldwide as well. News of his accomplishments has been featured in The New […]
By Ramzy Baroud Europe’s identity crisis is not confined to the ceaseless squabbles by Europeans over the EU, Brexit or football. It goes much deeper, reaching sensitive and dangerous territory, including that of culture […]
Facebook has reinstated the permissions of a Palestinian reporter’s account after his access was restricted for posting a message from imprisoned Palestinian parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar about her dead daughter, according to reports. The limits on […]
A movement of over 150 Palestinian organizations, village councils, and activists have launched the Campaign to Defund Racism. The campaign calls on US supporters to pressure New York Attorney General Letitia James, the state’s chief […]
Syria’s air defenses on Monday intercepted an Israeli attack on Al-Safirah area of southern Aleppo, Syrian state media reported, Reuters reported. A Syrian military spokesman told state media the damage was being assessed after air […]
By Ramona Wadi Jerusalem is once again in the diplomatic crosshairs over US President Joe Biden’s intention to reopen the American Consulate in Jerusalem, which was closed by the Trump Administration in 2019. According to […]
The US tech and retail giant, Amazon has pulled the plug on infrastructure and other services that it offered to Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, following allegations that the company’s spyware was being used to […]
Israel warned of ‘severe consequences’ following Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling ice cream in the occupied territories, and urged US states to invoke anti-boycott laws, reports Reuters. Monday’s announcement followed pro-Palestinian pressure on […]
In another major win for the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement., the ice cream US giant, Ben and Jerry’s announced Monday that it “will end sales of our ice cream in the Occupied […]
Activists, journalists and politicians around the world have been spied on using cellphone malware developed by a private Israeli firm, reports said Sunday, igniting fears of widespread privacy and rights abuses. The use of the […]
Palestinian weightlifter from Gaza, Mohammad Hamada, will be making history by being the first such athlete to compete at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this month. Hamada secured his place after participating in six international […]
Israeli occupation forces yesterday imposed tight restrictions, closed Palestinian shops, and stopped Palestinians at checkpoints to secure raids by illegal Jewish settlers to an archaeological site in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), […]
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett ordered on Sunday Israeli occupation police to ensure “orderly and safe” storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Jewish settlers, Israeli media reported. After a meeting with the Israeli Public Security Minister […]
By Kathy Kelly Earlier this week, 100 Afghan families from Bamiyan, a rural province of central Afghanistan mainly populated by the Hazara ethnic minority, fled to Kabul. They feared Taliban militants would attack them in […]
The Palestinian Football Association has welcomed the scrapping of a football match between Spanish giants FC Barcelona and Israel’s Beitar football team, which was scheduled to take place on August 4 in Jerusalem, reports Anadolu Agency. “We express […]
Protected by heavily armed Israeli occupation police, 1,371 Jewish settlers accompanied by Knesset members stormed Al Aqsa Mosque and clashed with Palestinian worshipers inside the third Islamic holy site. Media sources and eyewitnesses reported that […]
A senior US diplomat warned Israeli officials this week that the multiple crises facing the Palestinian Authority left it “like a dry forest waiting to catch fire”, Axios reported. Hady Amr, deputy assistant secretary of […]
Israeli forces have rounded up 5,426 Palestinians, including women and children, in the first half of 2021, according to Palestinian NGOs, Anadolu Agency reported. A total of 854 children and 107 women were among those […]
Israeli intelligence software Cellebrite is supplying Vietnam digital surveillance tools which it has used to quash opposition, rights groups say. Israeli newspaper Haaretz said Vietnam’s Public Security Ministry, which is responsible for the police and […]
Israeli occupation forces yesterday bulldozed the largest Canaanite cemetery in Palestine, located in Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, the Palestinian Information Centre reports. Hassan Brijieh, the director of the Office of the Wall and Settlement […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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