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Gaza: 4 Palestinians Killed, Dozens Injured by Israeli Forces (VIDEO)
Four Palestinians were shot and killed by Israeli forces during weekly protests across the eastern borders of the besieged Gaza Strip since Friday afternoon. ?From the farewell & funeral of the martyr Ayman Munir Shbeir […]
Palestinian Teen Killed, 40 Others Injured in Gaza Protests
A Palestinian teen was shot and killed by Israeli forces, while at least 40 others sustained injuries with Israeli live fire, and dozens suffered tear-gas inhalation as Israeli forces suppressed the 39th Friday of the […]
Is There A Plot to Depopulate Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon?
By Ramzy Baroud An eerie video of a photo of one “Hajj Jamal Ghalaini” with a prayer on a backing track pops up occasionally on Facebook. The voice is that of an allegedly religious […]
11 Palestinian Protesters Injured by Israeli Live Bullets
At least 11 Palestinian demonstrators were injured by Israeli gunfire off northern Gaza Strip’s Beit Lahia shore, the Palestinian Health Ministry announced Monday, reports Anadolu Agency. The ministry said the demonstrators were injured by Israeli […]
The PA is Authoritarian Yet Lacks Authority
By Ramona Wadi It is easy to lose count of the number of futile challenges made by the Palestinian Authority to Israel since the collapse of the last negotiations led by Former US Secretary of […]
18 Palestinians Injured in Gaza Protests
At least 18 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces’ live fire during the 36th Friday of “The Great March of Return” protests alongside the eastern fence separating Israel from the besieged Gaza Strip. Israeli forces […]
NSJP & YPM Statement on Institutional Opposition to Conference at UCLA
Co-Sponsored By: Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine, UCLA (GSJP) Jewish Voice for Peace, Los Angeles (JVP – LA) Campaign to TAKE ON HATE United States Palestinian Community […]
14 Palestinians Injured by Israel in Gaza Marches
Israeli occupation forces once again tried to repress peaceful Palestinian protests in Gaza, injuring 14 on Friday. The marches were held under the banner “the resistance unites us and will be victorious”. Thousands of Palestinian […]
The Politicization of the Palestinian Right of Return is Imperative
By Ramona Wadi In its annual report to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People recommended that Israel acknowledges the Palestinian Nakba. The backdrop […]
Gaza Images on Display in France Show Palestinian Resilience
A photojournalist exhibited images from his native Gaza, showing Palestinian resilience amid years of war and hardship. Khalil Hamra, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for The Associated Press, exhibited his work in a France show titled […]
The Debate on UNRWA Takes Focus away from the Realities of Palestinian Refugees
By Ramona Wadi In the aftermath of the US decision to end its funding of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the EU has pledged to continue its financial support. In terms of […]
US Cuts to UNRWA Point to the Dark Future Being Readied for the Palestinians
The Trump administration’s decision to scrap all future aid payments to the main agency helping Palestinian refugees marks a new – and most likely disastrous – chapter in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The US State Department […]
Clarifying the PA’s Role in Diluting the Palestinian Right of Return
By Ramona Wadi It is not only the Trump administration that wants to alter, to the point of negating, the Palestinian right of return. On Tuesday, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas made statements that conform […]
Palestinian Anger as US Ends Funding for UN Agency
Palestinians reacted angrily on Saturday to a US decision to end all funding for the UN agency that assists three million needy refugees, seeing it as a new policy shift aimed at undermining their cause. […]
Collusion to Preserve UN Authority Thwarts the Palestinian Right of Return
By Ramona Wadi It is possible that the arguments in favor of retaining the Palestinian right of return are falling into the semantics trap which Israel has been perfecting overtly over many decades. As the […]
Nikki Haley: Right of Return for Palestinians Should Be Reviewed
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has suggested the right of return for Palestinian refugees could be removed from any eventual peace settlement with Israel. Speaking at an event on Tuesday with the […]
UNRWA: No One Has the Power to Change the Nature of the Agency’s Work
A spokesman for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, said on Sunday that no one has the power to change the nature of the agency’s work, Anadolu has reported. Adnan Abu […]
Israel Encourages US Cut in UNRWA Donation
Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have encouraged the US to slash Washington’s donation to the budget of UNRWA, the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees, Haaretz reported on Monday. However, Israeli security officials […]
The UN’s Divisive Tactics Will Not Alienate Palestinians from Their Right of Return
By Ramona Wadi Nobody takes the UN seriously anymore. It has bred an array of detractors from across the entire political spectrum while continuing to function as an organization that facilitates the continuation of violence. […]
Palestinian Conference in Istanbul Discusses ‘Deal of the Century’ (VIDEO)
The Popular Conference of Palestinians Abroad launched its second gathering on Friday in Istanbul, Quds Press has reported. "The Popular Conference is the largest serious initiative outside Palestine since the Nakba. Through the conference, we […]
US Presbyterian Church Votes Unanimously to Support BDS
The Presbyterian Church (USA), which represents 1.5 million Americans, has voted overwhelmingly in support of the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign (BDS). Members took part in a vote last Friday on a slate of […]
Defiance that Launched Gaza’s Flaming Kites Cannot Be Extinguished
First Israel built a sophisticated missile interception system named Iron Dome to neutralize the threat of homemade rockets fired out of Gaza. Next, it created technology that could detect and destroy tunnels Palestinians had cut […]
Senior Palestinian Official: US ‘Working Hard’ to Topple PA
A senior Palestinian negotiator has accused the United States of trying to topple the government of President Mahmoud Abbas, insisting that Washington has disqualified itself from any possible role in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. Senior […]
Palestinian Youth Shot in Gaza Succumbs to Wounds
A Palestinian youth on Sunday succumbed to wounds he sustained from Israeli army fire during protests in the Gaza Strip, according to the Health Ministry. Osama Khalil Abu Khater, 25, was injured in the abdomen […]
Israeli Forces Injure Five Palestinians near Gaza Fence
At least five Palestinians were injured near the fence separating Gaza from Israel on Friday as Israeli forces opened fire at hundreds of peaceful protesters, according to Palestinian news agency, Wafa. This is Gaza today. […]
The More Plausible and Reasonable History of Palestine and Israel
By Rima Najjar The history behind Palestine and Israel is a history of Jewish European settler-colonialism — i.e., Zionism. And since racism is a symptom and a tool of settler-colonialism, Zionism is also viewed as […]
Return – Gaza Rises from Our Hands to Reclaim Its History
By Ramona Wadi Looking inwards is like following the rhythm of a wave caressing Gaza’s shores. It spills over sand and rocks, leaving part of its itinerary to mingle with the imprints of feet that […]
Palestinians Take Part in the Great March of Return for 10th Week In a Row (PHOTOS)
For the 11th week in a row, Palestinians took part in the Great March of Return on Friday, June 1, 2018. The protests were held under the title “From Haifa to Gaza”, as a sign […]
UK PSC Conference: As Gazans Have Said, Return is the Key
By Blake Alcott The UK Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) held an all-day Right of Return Conference on Sunday, May 20 in London, attended by about 150 people. The event resulted from a motion at PSC’s […]
Report: 54 Gaza Injured in Critical Condition
The Palestinian Independent Commission in charge of prosecuting Israeli crimes in the Gaza Strip said yesterday that 54 of the victims wounded in the massacre committed by the Israeli army on Monday are in a […]