Over 80 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli forces near Ramallah on Tuesday, medics said, as protesters commemorated the Nakba, or catastrophe, of their exile in 1948. After a mass rally in Ramallah’s Clock […]
Israeli forces faced off with Palestinian stone-throwers in the West Bank during the annual Nakba Day protests over the "catastrophe" that befell the Palestinians in 1948. At Beitunia checkpoint near Ramallah, youths hurled stones at […]
By Stuart Reigeluth The Israelis are anything but stupid. However their cleverness and innovation in perfecting the technological, logistical and financial dimensions of the military occupation and colonisation of Palestinian land make the situation nearly […]
By Ramzy Baroud Many Palestinians remember and reference al-Nakba, also known as the Catastrophe, on May 15 every year. The event marks the expulsion of nearly a million Palestinians, while their villages were destroyed. The […]
Detainees on Monday signed a deal with the Israeli prison authority to end their mass hunger strike, officials told Ma’an. Prisoner representatives from each of the factions agreed to the deal in Ashkelon jail, prisoners […]
The European Union has criticized Israel over its growing settlement activities in occupied territories and ill-treatment of Palestinians. EU foreign ministers issued a harsh critique of Israel on Monday, blaming Tel Aviv for threatening a two-state […]
Israel and the Palestinian Authority have issued a rare joint statement saying both are committed to peace, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dispatched an envoy to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Netanyahu’s office issued the joint […]
Israeli settlers east of the separation barrier in the central West Bank occupy the land most critical for any future final status agreement under a two-state solution. But instead of limiting settlement expansion, critics say […]
By Vacy Vlazna On May 15, 1948 the unilateral proclamation of the State of Israel which erupted into the brutal Palestinian Nakba or Catastrophe was also catastrophic for United Nations (UN) ringing the death knell for […]
By Iqbal Jassat- Pretoria Amidst reports that pro-Israeli lobbies in the United States have secured an assurance from the Obama administration to relentlessly pursue countries seen to be wavering in their compliance with rigorous sanctions […]
By Frank Barat Before I start, I’d like to make it clear that not all views/takes on the subject will be mentioned in this piece. I will not talk about the ‘views from Mars’ (actually […]
By William A. Cook ‘We dance round in a ring and suppose/ But the secret sits in the middle and knows.’ – Robert Frost Victors’ celebrations harbor shadows that lurk in the soul as revelers […]
By Ludwig Watzal The establishment of the State of Israel in Palestine and the myth of Jewish return after two thousand years of exile to a ‘land without a people, for a people without a […]
Israel is still refusing to transfer Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahla to hospital after 73 days on hunger strike, the Prisoners Society said Friday. Diab, 27, and Halahla, 33, are being held in a prison […]
By Jamal Kanj Each year on May 15 Palestinians commemorate the Nakba or Catastrophe. On that May Day, Palestine ceased to exist from the world’s map and 85 percent of its natives were evicted from […]
By Ismail Salami Imagine a world plunged in darkness and extreme cold with the sunlight screened off by a thick pall of dust cloud. Imagine a world flung back into chaos. This is an image […]
By Uri Avnery The master magician has drawn another rabbit from his top hat. A real and very lively rabbit. He has confounded everybody, including the leaders of all parties, the top political pundits and […]
A Palestinian prisoners rights group said Thursday that leaders of a hunger strike met with the Israeli prison administration inside Nafha jail. The Hussam organization said the administration indicated it was flexible about loosening the […]
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees today urged the Israeli Government to find an acceptable solution to the issue of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, noting their demands are […]
By Sam Bahour As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict faces hunger strikes and the threat of renewed conflict, the question being tirelessly reiterated is whether a two-state solution is beyond us. The answer is "Yes" and "No." […]
A group of protesters blocked the entrance to the United Nations office in Ramallah Wednesday morning, slamming the UN for not intervening to save hunger-striking prisoners. Around 50 Palestinian youth began the sit-in outside the […]
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the importance of averting any further deterioration in the condition of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody who are on hunger strike, and urged everyone concerned to reach a solution to […]
The Israeli parliament has approved an agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and the opposition Kadima party to form a coalition cabinet. The coalition deal was approved on Wednesday by 71 votes to 23 […]
By Ramzy Baroud A critical shift in the Palestine-Israeli conflict is now underway. The shift promises an endgame for the Israeli plot in Palestine, and a possible collective response from the Palestinian people. Every Palestinian […]
By Patrick O. Strickland – Ramallah, The West Bank Following the examples of Khader Adnan and Hana Shalabi, 1,500 Palestinian prisoners have joined a mass hunger strike campaign inside Israeli military prisons. They are calling […]
By Jonathan Cook Israelis barely had time to absorb the news that they were heading into a summer election when Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu yesterday pulled the rug from underneath the charade. Rancourous early electioneering […]
By Tamar Fleishman – The West Bank The detainment of a person that is being transferred by an ambulance to one of the six Palestinian hospitals in East Jerusalem, until the completion of the bureaucratic […]
A Palestinian hunger striker who has gone without food for 70 days said Tuesday he had no plans to back down despite suffering severe medical complications. Thaer Halahla, 33, from Hebron, wrote in a letter […]
In a surprise move, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has called off plans for early elections and formed a unity government with the centrist Kadima party. The recently elected head of Kadima, Shaul Mofaz, will […]
In a show of solidarity for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, hundreds of people have taken to the streets in the West Bank. Tuesday’s protests in Ramallah come as a hunger strike by almost 2,000 prisoners […]
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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