Israel’s Ambassador to Washington Michael Oren attributes the relations between the US and Israel to protecting the lives of American soldiers abroad. Oren noted that Israel supplies Washington with the intelligence it needs in its […]
Israeli settlers have attacked a group of activists protesting Tel Aviv’s confiscation of Palestinian land in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem (al-Quds). Five people were slightly injured on Monday after extremist Jews […]
Israel’s hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is determined to push ahead with the construction of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. "We will continue developing in the North and the South, and […]
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth A group of Jews and Arabs are fighting in the Israeli courts to be recognised as ‘Israelis’, a nationality currently denied them, in a case that officials fear may threaten the […]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has fired another broadside at Israel over its aggression against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. “We cannot watch the murder of children in Gaza with indifference. This is […]
Human rights group Amnesty International has voiced concern over the rising number of Palestinian children held in Israeli jails. The rights group said in a report that many Palestinian prisoners suffer medical negligence at the […]
An Israeli military inquiry claims that the last-month killing of four Palestinians by Tel Aviv forces had been prompted by ‘tactical failure.’ An investigation launched into the March incidents claimed the deaths had been caused […]
By William A. Cook ‘Unauthorized statements have been made to the effect that the purpose in view is to create a wholly Jewish Palestine … His Majesty’s Government regard any such expectation as impracticable and […]
By Tammy Obeidallah On May 15, 1948, one day after the British mandate over Palestine ended, the Jewish state of Israel was officially created. That date marked the beginning of a 62-year exile for 750,000 […]
French diplomats have informed President Nicolas Sarkozy there is no chance that Paris can initiate meaningful talks between Israel and Syria any time soon. Two senior diplomats made the conclusion after visiting the Middle East […]
Israeli fighter jets have attacked central and eastern Gaza Strip following Tel Aviv’s threats of a fresh round of strikes on the blockaded sliver. The Sunday raids targeted al-Maghazi near the Gaza City and al-Qarara […]
Hamas has called for Palestinian caretaker Prime Minister Salam Feyadh to be tried in a court of law, arguing that he has undermined the Palestinian cause. In a statement issued on Saturday, Hamas accused Feyadh […]
By Iqbal Jassat How do you define a geographic location whose borders, security, natural resources, public planning, public works and infrastructure, trade, industrial development, air and cyberspace are not in its own control? To name […]
An Israeli journalist has been arrested for allegedly leaking classified military documents ordering the targeted assassination of Palestinian fighters. Anat Kam, who has secretly been under house arrest since December, is accused of copying highly […]
Hamas Political Bureau chief Khaled Meshaal says that the Palestinians will do whatever is necessary to acquire their rights. Talking to reporters after a meeting with senior members of Palestinian factions at his home in […]
By Uri Avnery – Israel ‘Hold me back!’ is a part of Israeli folklore. It reminds us of our childhood. When a boy has a scuffle with a bigger and stronger boy, he pretends that […]
A new aid convoy is scheduled to be sent to the besieged Gaza strip by sea under the slogan of “Freedom is the Last Port”. The decision was made in meeting held by Turks, Arab […]
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says the Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas urged Israel to topple Hamas in last year’s Gaza war. According to Lieberman, Abbas urged Israel to topple the Hamas government in […]
By Iqbal Jassat – Pretoria A tweet on twitter by the editor of the Electronic Intifada Ali Abunimah ‘Fayyad just gave away your right of return’ alerted me to access the link and discover that […]
Israeli troops attack Palestinian and international activists who are holding anti-wall rallies for the third consecutive week in many parts of the occupied West Bank. Disregarding the closed-zone order by the Israeli military, demonstrations are […]
By Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D. On this Great and Holy Friday, Christians in the Holy Land feel like crying out the same words of our Lord and Savior, “My God, my God, why hast […]
The British Foreign Office has expressed concern over Israel’s air strikes on the Gaza Strip and the escalation of violence in coastal sliver over the past week. The UK’s warning came after Israel launched more […]
By Sam Hamod Splitting the moonwith phosophorous, they come,night after night, whistlinginto our dreams, crashinginto our bedrooms, smashing inthe roof of Aunt Zakia’s house, beforeshe could even get outto cry for help–we carried her, three […]
Israeli warplanes carried out at least 13 overnight air strikes on the Gaza Strip, injuring three children on Friday, Palestinian sources say. The F16 fighter jets were hovered over the enclave, launching a series of […]
A Palestinian official has warned that the Israeli regime was planning to encircle the Old City in Jerusalem (al-Quds) with settlements. Fatah legislator Hatem Abdul-Qader said on Thursday that the plan was oppressive as more […]
Israeli settlers have clashed with Palestinians in the West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron), but there was no report of casualties. The clashes broke out when a bus carrying Jewish worshipers arrived in al-Khalil to […]
By Deepak Tripathi The inaugural decade of the new century will be remembered for two phenomena above all: the savagery of human nature, and the United States, the world’s sole hegemon, going rogue, and taking […]
Only non-Palestinian Christians will be allowed to enter the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in East Jerusalem (al-Quds) on Saturday, when eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate "Saturday of Light." Israeli security officials informed church officials that […]
Armed Israel settlers have invaded Palestinian-owned buildings and lands designated by the Palestinian Authority for the construction of the first centrally-planned Palestinian town called Rawabi. Around 60 settlers associated with the group "Youth for the […]
Abbas Zaki, a senior member of Fatah, the political party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, has refused to appear before an Israeli military court. Zaki, who was arrested at a peaceful rally to mark Palm […]
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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