The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called for hospitalization of six Palestinian hunger strikers who are being held in Israeli prisons. "We urge the detaining authorities to transfer all six detainees without […]
By Ramzy Baroud Israel is currently experiencing the kind of turmoil that may or may not affect its political hierarchy following the next general election. However, there is little reason to believe that any major […]
By Jamal Kanj In the US, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a Jewish Human Rights organization, prescribes racial integration, equality and multiculturalism for America society. ADL and other Jewish organizations work closely at local levels with school […]
Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by two Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in protest at being held without charge. But in its decision, released by the justice ministry on Monday, the court said security […]
Undercover Israeli forces threw stones at Israeli soldiers during a protest in the West Bank village of Bilin, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported Monday. Several officers in Israel’s Masada force — a unit in Israel’s […]
Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has indicated that he would seek a new general election in September, a year ahead of schedule. In an address to his Likud party in Tel Aviv on Sunday evening, Netanyahu […]
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh calls on Israel to release Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike to protest their detention. Describing the mass hunger strike by Palestinians in Israeli jails as a humanitarian struggle, Haniyeh on […]
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan The current leaders of the West Bank Palestinians are physically, politically and financially taken hostages by the Oslo agreements that they negotiated, signed and promoted. Oslo City was the venue of […]
By Dan Freeman-Maloy David Cronin is one of the leading public critics of European policies on Palestine. He has written for a variety of publications across Europe, has served as European correspondent for The Sunday […]
By Neve Gordon Take this test to find out how much you know about the gradual shift in Israeli political thought over the decades. Not long after Israel celebrated its 64th Independence Day on April […]
By Samah Sabawi The passengers’ names have finally appeared on the exit list and they have lined up to board the bus in the early hours of the morning. They were finally given permission to […]
Reviewed by Ludwig Watzal (Speaking the Truth. Zionism, Israel, and Occupation, edited by Michael Prior, Interlink Publishing, Northampton, MA, 2005, 254 pp.) When the South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu paid his first visit to Palestine, […]
By Lo Yuk Fai Bob Simon: Mr. Ambassador, I’ve been doing this a long time. And I’ve received lots of reactions from just about everyone I’ve done stories about. But I’ve never gotten a reaction […]
Ten Palestinian prisoners participating in a mass hunger strike in Israeli jails have been placed under medical supervision as their conditions worsen, officials said. A spokeswoman for Israel’s prison service said on Saturday that the 10 […]
By Susan Abulhawa This week, amidst the incredible ongoing mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners, some of them on the brink of starvation, the Methodist Church failed to pass a resolution to divest from three […]
By Fida Jiryis ‘I don’t want to open all my wounds…,’ says Maher Daoud, a descendent of Iqrit refugees, as we drive to the site where the village of his parents once stood. I wince […]
Israel’s prison administration has agreed to meet several demands made by Palestinian hunger-strikers, including allowing them to receive visitors and make phone calls, an official said Friday. Palestinian Authority prisoners minister Issa Qaraqe said a […]
Israel’s prison administration has agreed to meet several demands made by Palestinian hunger-strikers, including allowing them to receive visitors and make phone calls, an official said Friday. Palestinian Authority prisoners minister Issa Qaraqe said a […]
The unrepentant brother of the man who killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was released from prison after serving 16 1/2 years for complicity in a murder that stunned Israel, and according to some destroyed […]
Israel has taken delivery of its fourth German-made Dolphin-class submarine capable of carrying nuclear warheads with an operating range of 4,500 kilometers (2796 miles). The INS Tannin submarine was delivered to Israeli officials in Hamburg, […]
By Susan Abulhawa Some years ago, I was on a panel with three men, Jeff Halper among them, at a Sabeel conference in Pennsylvania. Each panelist was asked to give their vision for a solution to […]
By Uri Avnery Generals and secret police chiefs get together for an attack on the politicians. In some countries, they arrest the president, occupy government offices and TV stations and annul the constitution. They then […]
A Palestinian official says a recent meeting between the major factions of Hamas and Fatah in Egypt ended inconclusively. Hamas Political Bureau chief Khaled Meshaal and his deputy Moussa Abu Marzouq met with senior Fatah official […]
Activists and journalists demonstrated outside a US-sponsored event marking World Press Freedom Day in Ramallah on Thursday, after the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate called for a boycott. The US Consulate organized the event at the Ceaser’s […]
Adopting the ‘Kairos Palestine’ document, Methodists Elevate Palestinian Rights and Israel Divestment to Mainstream Prominence By Palestinian BDS National Committee “Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a […]
By IRIN From factories to the fishing industry, the Gaza Strip economy is being affected by more than two months of fuel shortages and power outages, taking a toll on the livelihoods of its 1.6 […]
By Yousef M. Aljamal, CPDS On Wednesday 2nd May the Gaza Center for Political and Development Studies staged a ceremony to award a group of writers and activists addressing prisoners’ issues. The ceremony, sponsored by […]
Israel’s military has closed its probe into the 2009 shelling of a house in the Gaza Strip that killed 21 members of the Samouni family during Operation Cast Lead. It said on Tuesday that the […]
A Palestinian human rights organization has expressed deep concern over the lives of two prisoners who have been on hunger strike for 63 consecutive days in Israeli jails to protest harsh prison conditions. Addameer Prisoner […]
Tzipi Livni, the former head of Israel’s biggest opposition party Kadima, has resigned from parliament, a month after she lost a primary battle for leadership of the centre-right party. Speculation about Livni’s political future had swirled […]
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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