To Members of the United States Congress: The unlawful and provocative assassination of Iran’s top general, Qasem Soleimani, has already given rise to an escalating spiral of lethal events. The greatest risks are to stumble […]
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The American TV game show, Jeopardy, has been slammed on social media for judging the Church of the Nativity, which is located in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, as part of Israel. Show producers are […]
US Senators approved on Thursday a massive aid package to Israel, amounting to $3.3 billion in annual aid. However, the American Senate was compelled to disregard provisions that call for punishing Americans for boycotting Israel. […]
(How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States. Daniel Immerwahr. Farrer, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2019.) The Greater United States of the title is not just the contiguous states of […]
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said on Wednesday that America’s next step, after recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, is the annexation of the occupied West Bank, […]
By killing top Iranian military commander, Qasem Soleimani, American and Israeli leaders demonstrated the idiom ‘out of the frying pan into the fire.’ US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are both […]
Israel was notified in advance of the US plan to assassinate Iran’s top military general Qasem Soleimani, Israeli military and diplomatic analysts revealed on Friday. Speaking to Israel’s Channel 13 news, the analysts added no further details due to heavy […]
“All attempts at trying to limit UNRWA’s mandate or defund it or attack it have failed, and we hope that the international community will continue to come to the rescue.” These were the words of […]
Israel’s plans to annex the occupied Jordan Valley have been frozen following the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to launch a full investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories, reports Ynet News. The first […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has voiced “firm” opposition to a bid in the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate alleged war crimes committed by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories. After nearly four […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday pledged to annex the Jordan Valley and illegal settlements built in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem with the United States’ support. Speaking during a visit to the […]
On December 11, US President Donald Trump used the occasion of a White House Chanukah reception to announce his signing of an executive order (EO) that requires alleged anti-Semitic incidents be treated in the same […]
Details of US President Donald Trump’s peace deal for the Middle East dubbed the “deal of the century”, have allegedly been obtained by Lebanese TV station Al-Mayadeen. While the report has not been officially confirmed, […]
The United Nations extended the work of its Palestinian refugee agency for another three years on Friday, despite fierce opposition from the US and Israel. The current mandate was due to run out in June 2020 but 169 countries […]
(Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine. Noura Erakat. Stanford University Press, 2019) The sounds of the bombs that fell on Gaza in November 2019 were almost as deafening as the sound of […]
US Democratic Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar have been subjected to far-right, Islamophobic fake news that is being composed and spread on Facebook by an Israeli group, reported the Guardian. The investigation revealed how 21 far-right […]
Brown University yesterday voted in favor of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which seeks to financially pressure Israel into ending the occupation of the Palestinian territories and allow full equality for its Arab-Palestinian […]
As Thanksgiving 2019 fades into the past so does the call for commemorating not the Pilgrims’ feast but rather the colonialist history of America. As Joel Doerfler observes, so, too, does the pedagogy of Palestine/Israel […]
Many Virginians recently celebrated as both houses of the Virginia legislature came under Democratic Party control. In the past 30 years, the state has shifted from being a conservative Republican state to a liberal Democratic […]
It is hardly a major surprise that the US government has finally decreed that illegal Jewish settlements built in defiance of international law are somehow “consistent” with the said law. US foreign policy has been […]
Israel’s prime minister traveled to the West Bank on Tuesday to celebrate the US’ announcement that it does not consider Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories to be a violation of international law. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the […]
The European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said on Monday that the EU’s position on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank remains “unchanged” adding that the settlements are […]
TRT World News: The Trump administration has announced it will no longer consider Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank to be illegal, reversing 50 years of policy. The announcement is seen as a boost […]
US President Donald Trump’s administration feels frustrated and disappointed with Israel in general and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in particular, Ynet News reported US officials saying yesterday. The Israeli website reported White House sources saying: “Americans are […]
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon was left shocked as at least a hundred students staged a walkout during a talk he was about to give at the US’ Harvard Law School on Wednesday. […]
For several weeks since the JStreet conference, various political commentators have focused on how Democratic candidates speaking at the gathering include the possibility of leveraging aid to Israel as part of their campaign platforms. In […]
CODEPINK condemns the past two days of Israeli attacks on Gaza, following the assassination of the Islamic Jihad commander, Baha Abu al-Ata. The Israeli escalation is a perfect example of a long series of war crimes […]
A coalition of US Jewish organizations sent a letter to leaders of Israeli political parties, warning them against full or partial annexation of occupied West Bank, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Thursday. Israeli prime minister, Benjamin […]
A United States representative visited a village in the occupied West Bank Tuesday, where he witnessed the Israeli government denying local residents access to water. Democratic Representative Andy Levin visited the Palestinian village of Susiya, south […]
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