Without reaching a reconciliation with the Palestinian factions, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday called for the Palestinian parliament to be dissolved. During a meeting of Fatah’s Revolutionary Council in Ramallah, Abbas issued a […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday warned that Israel would strike Gaza with “very powerful blows” if the Great March of Return protests were not brought to an end. Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, […]
Israel’s Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman has ordered an immediate halt to fuel deliveries headed to the besieged Gaza Strip in response to what he said were attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians, his office announced […]
Israeli forces have killed six Palestinians, including two teenage boys, during ongoing protests along the Israeli separation fence east of Gaza, according to Ashraf al-Qidra, the enclave’s health ministry spokesperson. https://t.co/kRKzrsfTQlSix Palestinians Said Killed as […]
The Rachel Corrie Foundation (RCF) will welcome Norwegian physician, humanitarian, and activist Dr. Mads Gilbert to the Pacific Northwest for a fundraising lecture benefiting RCF Gaza Projects on Thursday, October 25, 2018, at the Ballard […]
Israeli authorities have refused entry to the occupied Gaza Strip to two members of a US medical delegation because they are Jewish, reported Haaretz. Initially, the refusal was extended to the entire group, from the […]
As the frail body of 12-year-old Nassir Al-Mosabeh fell to the ground on Friday, September 28, history was repeating itself most tragically. Little Nassir was not just another number, a ‘martyr’ to be exalted by […]
Two Palestinians suffered injuries, on Monday evening, after Israeli forces opened fire at crowds gathered at the northern borders of the besieged Gaza Strip to take part in a naval march setting off from the […]
Israeli’s Education Minister Naftali Bennett said yesterday that he would impose a “shoot to kill” policy in Gaza, including against Palestinian children. Bennett says IDF should shoot to kill Gazans who cross border https://t.co/cEi5uqQ195 pic.twitter.com/cHrwbtb9Dg […]
Thirteen students at United Nations schools have been killed by Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip since March, according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. The UNRWA statement, released yesterday, reveals that the […]
An Israeli warplane carried out an airstrike, on Monday morning, targeting east of Rafah City in the southern besieged Gaza Strip. A Ma’an reporter said that an Israeli warplane fired a missile that landed next […]
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has rejected a request from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to cancel the punitive measures he has imposed on the Gaza Strip, Israeli TV claimed yesterday. The Israeli state-owned […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned ministers that Israel is “preparing for the possibility of a military campaign in the Gaza Strip should the humanitarian conditions in the territory cause border clashes to spiral out of […]
Dozens of Palestinians demonstrated high unemployment rates in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, which has been reeling under a crippling Israeli blockade since 2007. Protesters called on local authorities and the Ramallah-based Ministry of Labour to intervene […]
Israel has announced further reductions of the Gaza Strip’s fishing zone, stating it was in response to the weekly protests near the fence east of the coastal enclave. Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s office said […]
Israeli naval forces detained two Palestinian fishermen off the coast of northern besieged Gaza City, on Saturday morning. Head of the Fishermen Union in Gaza, Nizar Ayyash, said that the Israeli navy detained two fishermen […]
President of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas has told Hamas to hand over control of the Gaza Strip by the end of the month or “suffer the consequence.”. Abbas’ comments came to light yesterday […]
Italian journalist, Francesca Borri, has allegedly interviewed the top Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar. However, Hamas sources accused Borri of lying about the nature of the interview. These sources told Al Jazeera, that the […]
The Gaza health ministry has confirmed that Faris al-Sirsawi, 12, and Mahmoud Akram Abu Samaan, 24, were killed near the fence east of the Gaza Strip by Israeli sniper fire. The 2 #Palestinians killed by […]
Several Palestinians, including a journalist, were injured by Israeli live ammunition at the eastern border of the besieged Gaza Strip, on Friday. Palestinian crowds gathered at return camps set up at five different points across […]
The Great Return March protests in the Gaza Strip have provided the foundations for Palestinians from which they can articulate their demands, away from the political bickering, opportunism, and exploitation which has rendered the people […]
Some 70 percent of medicines for chronic diseases and 75 percent of those for cancer treatment and blood diseases are not available in the besieged Gaza Strip, the spokesperson for the Palestinian Ministry of Health […]
Secretary of Fatah’s Central Council Jibreel Al-Rajoub said on yesterday that his movement “has a strategic decision” to disengage with Israel, stressing “this is the time to implement the PLO’s National Council and Fatah’s Central […]
A Palestinian teenager was killed by Israeli forces during demonstrations along Gaza’s northern border with Israel. Shocking and terrifying footage of the moment that Israel despicably killed 15 year old Ahmed Abu Habel #Murder pic.twitter.com/94Du6QBQgD […]
I am currently working in one of the busiest, and most specialized, trauma centers in Johannesburg, South Africa. When coming on for duty over a weekend shift, one can be sure that it will be […]
A 78-year-old Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli forces, on Tuesday, east of the al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central besieged Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced, on Wednesday, that […]
The moment long feared is fast approaching in Gaza, according to a new report by the World Bank. After a decade-long Israeli blockade and a series of large-scale military assaults, the economy of the tiny […]
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) decided, on Tuesday, to temporarily withdraw part of its international staff from Gaza following a series of security incidents affecting […]
(The Biggest Prison on Earth – A History of the Occupied Territories. Ilan Pappe. Oneworld Publications, London, 2018) The history of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine is continued with Ilan Pappe’s recent work, The Biggest […]
Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett, head of Jewish Home Party, yesterday accused Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman of “weakness” for engaging in ceasefire talks with the Palestinian resistance in Gaza, Ynet News reported. Ynet News reported […]
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