Hamas has condemned an Israeli decision to close a military investigation into an assault on August 1, 2014, in which 135 Palestinians were killed in Rafah, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. […]
Female Palestinian journalist, Lama Khater, has said that she is being exposed to “torture” by Israeli interrogators who are attempting to get “baseless confessions” from her, Felesteen reported yesterday. A lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoners’ […]
By Ramzy Baroud When Mike Treen, the national director of the Unite Union in New Zealand, arrived at the airport in the capital, Auckland, on 1 August, a group of people was anxiously waiting for him […]
Israel reopened the Karam Abu Salem border crossing, known as Kerem Shalom in Israel, the primary passageway that transfers necessities to residents of the besieged Gaza Strip. The lifting of the closure on Wednesday will allow […]
Israel’s Jerusalem Municipality’s Planning and Construction Committee has approved a plan to build military colleges on Palestinian land located in Ein Karem village, southwest of the holy city, Safa reported yesterday. The Planning and Construction […]
Israeli forces have begun leveling land in a village in the occupied West Bank in preparation to expand a nearby illegal settlement. Israeli forces armed with machinery invaded the Palestinian village of Einabous, south of […]
A total of 520 Palestinians were detained by Israeli occupation forces in July, human rights groups have said. A report by the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Addameer, and the Prisoners Commission revealed that of those arrested, […]
Israeli occupation forces yesterday raided a Palestinian school in Al-Khader neighborhood in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, the Anadolu Agency reported. Every morning, thousands of #Palestinian children in are confronted with #Israel's INSANITY […]
A Palestinian man who was shot by Israeli forces during the Great March of Return protest in May – on the besieged Gaza Strip’s border with Gaza – succumbed to his wounds on Monday, medical sources […]
By Ramona Wadi In less than three months, Jewish settlers have destroyed over 2,000 trees and grapevines in the occupied West Bank. Rights group B’Tselem has issued a detailed report on this destruction, including testimony […]
Editor’s Note: Oud player and actress Reem Anbar grew up in Gaza City and attended the Said Al-Mashal, first as a student and later as a performance teacher for groups of children and youths. From […]
A group of Palestinian fishing boats that sailed off the shore of Gaza to challenge an Israeli naval blockade of the coastal enclave drew warning shots from the Israeli navy on Saturday, the boats’ organizers […]
The killing of four Palestinian children aged 10 and 11 by an Israeli air strike on a Gaza beach during the 2014 war could have been prevented, internal documents seen by US website The Intercept show. The […]
Thousands of Palestinians paid farewell to three Palestinians killed by Israeli gunfire during anti-occupation protests in the Gaza Strip a day earlier as reported on Anadolu Agency. Scenes from the funeral of slain Palestinian medic […]
International solidarity is needed to take the voice of the Palestinians’ “Great March of Return” to the world, Tunisian MP Solaf Kostantini. Speaking to Felesteen newspaper, Kostantini said the “Great March of Return” which was […]
Israeli warplanes targeted and destroyed the Said al-Mishal Cultural Center in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City Thursday, in a round of airstrikes. Israeli airstrikes destroyed a cultural center in the Gaza Strip. A […]
The BBC changed its ‘Israeli airstrikes kill a woman and a baby’ headline to fit the occupation agenda after complaints by the Israeli Spokesperson of Foreign Affairs Emmanuel Nahshon. The original headline reported on Israeli airstrikes […]
Israeli forces have shot dead two Palestinians, including one volunteer paramedic, according to health officials in the Gaza Strip, as protesters gathered along the Israeli border fence for the 20th week. Israeli snipers have killed […]
By Yves Engler What to call someone who claims to oppose racism, except for that directed against Palestinians? Judge someone by what they have done and continue to do. Consider the source. These thoughts ran […]
At least three Palestinians, including a pregnant woman and her 18-month-old child, were killed by Israeli air attacks and artillery shelling on the besieged Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian health ministry. The Israeli military […]
Israel plans to expand one of its illegal West Bank settlements to triple its current size, a move which will absorb a nearby illegal outpost previously home to the Dawabsheh family’s killer. Under the plans […]
By Ramona Wadi The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian territory (UNOCHA) yesterday published a joint statement calling for the protection of children’s rights. As usual, the UN has […]
The Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement has issued a call to the Irish Football Association to cancel a “friendly” match between Northern Ireland and Israel, scheduled for September 11, in Belfast. Just like […]
Israeli authorities arrested seven Palestinian journalists in one week from the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, Al-Khaleej Online reported yesterday. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club (PPC) described this as a “Dangerous escalation against the Palestinian […]
An Israeli soldier who shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian as he tried to flee in 2015 is being promoted, the Israel army announced yesterday. Colonel Yisrael Shomer is to take command of the Nahal Brigade, […]
Israel’s Ministry of Defence yesterday released the first images of its sea barrier designed to further blockade the besieged Gaza Strip. The barrier is located on Zikim beach, approximately three kilometres from Gaza’s northern frontier. […]
By Yoav Litvin Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s extreme right-wing government has abandoned any façade of democracy and liberalism and is effectively exposing Zionism as a racist and nationalistic project rooted in white supremacy, settler […]
The Freedom Ship 3 yesterday departed from Gaza port in an attempt to break the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, the National Movement to Break the Siege announced. Gaza freedom flotilla (3) to break […]
A 17-year-old Palestinian yesterday succumbed to wounds he had sustained during “the Great March of Return” protests in the besieged Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed that Ahmad Jihad Al-Aydi became […]
Israeli navy attacked and captured the second Gaza-bound aid ship named Freedom which aimed to break the illegal 12-year siege on the Strip yesterday morning. Israel intercepts, hijacks the second boat of Freedom Flotilla, the […]
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