The Israeli army has warned some 100,000 Palestinians in the eastern Gaza Strip to evacuate their homes, military sources said Wednesday. Eyewitnesses saw flyers dropped over the Zeitun neighbourhood southeast of Gaza City, and residents […]
Ramzy Baroud discusses the validity of the Egypt-proposed ceasefire in Gaza, the long term strategy for all the interested parties, and what the fallout is likely to be in the Israeli political scene.
By Ahmed Meiloud Eight days have lapsed since Israel started massive airstrikes on Gaza, with the prospect of an Egypt-brokered cease-fire raised on Tuesday and at time of press appearing uncertain. The densely populated strip […]
Israel has resumed air strikes on Tuesday afternoon after accepting an Egyptian-led ceasefire proposal earlier in the day. Israeli army took to social media around the time of an Israeli air strike in Gaza City […]
By Ron Forthofer The following material is excerpted from a column I wrote about Israel’s attack on Gaza in June 2006. This column could have also been written about Israel’s horrific attacks on Gaza in […]
By Shafiq Morton The gloves need to come off on the truth of what has been happening in Gaza – not only since the launch of Operation Protective Edge last week, but also since Operation […]
By Neve Gordon For several days now, some of my neighbours have suggested that the time has come to “destroy them”- meaning either Hamas or Palestinians – “once and for all”. The rockets being fired […]
Israeli airstrikes killed five Palestinians in Gaza overnight Monday, with at least 192 killed and 1,400 injured as Israel’s assault enters its eighth day. An airstrike in Khan Younis early Tuesday killed 33-year-old Suleiman Abu […]
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said Tuesday that the group were not consulted by Egypt about ceasefire arrangements and only heard of the initiative through media outlets. “We in Hamas haven’t heard about the Egyptian […]
By Richard Falk The civilian population of Gaza are trapped in an overcrowded war zone with no form of exit. This situation reveals a serious gap in international humanitarian law As the hideous Israeli assault […]
Gaza has been described as the world’s largest open air prison. Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip has had catastrophic results for average Palestinians living there. We look at the the unforgiving realities they face […]
Washington warned its Israeli ally Monday against any ground invasion of Gaza, as Egyptian officials said the US top diplomat was headed to the region to join efforts to end a week of deadly violence. […]
On the ground in Gaza: Thousands of Palestinians seek refuge at UNRWA schools Shams Odeh reports for Middle East Eye in Gaza speaking to Palestinians who evacuated their homes in northern Gaza Strip after Israeli […]
The Arab League has called on the international community to end Israeli air strikes on Gaza and to protect Palestinians, ahead of a foreign ministers’ meeting later Monday. The call, in a report to be […]
By Jamal Kanj Seeing “free” Western media with headlines like “Rockets raining over Israel”, or describing the success of Israel’s Iron Dome defence system in intercepting missiles from Gaza, you would assume there was a […]
Israel’s military assault on Gaza continued for a sixth day on Sunday with the Gaza Ministry of Health saying 165 Palestinians have been killed and over 1,000 injured. The latest airstrike on Sunday killed Layla […]
Gaza witnessed the bloodiest day since the Israeli military offensive on Tuesday, with 52 Palestinians killed, leading the death toll to rise to 157, but with no Israelis killed. Israel continued to build up troops […]
By Heathcote William An old man holds a placard that reads, “You take my water, burn my olive trees, Destroy my house, take my job, steal my land, Imprison my father, kill my mother, Bombard […]
Twenty-year-old Palestinian Sally Saqr lies in a hospital bed in Gaza’s Shifa hospital with burns that have turned her cheeks an angry pink beneath her ventilation tube. She survived an Israeli strike in the early […]
By Jamal Kanj Scene one: Disappearance of three illegal Jewish settlers in Hebron. Israel closes the West Bank, demolishes homes of supposed kidnappers, nonstop air raids on Gaza, kills two dozen Palestinians and imprisons more […]
Ongoing Israeli airstrikes across the besieged Gaza Strip have killed over 20 Palestinians since midnight, bringing the total death toll to more than 130, Gaza medical sources said Saturday. The latest airstrike killed Khawla al-Hawajri, […]
The music video opens with Palestinian Hamas fighters in fatigues building, transporting and then firing rockets at Israel — but the triumphant lyrics are being sung in Hebrew, not Arabic. “We prepare a generation of […]
Ronnie Kasrils, former Minister in the government of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist talks about the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
Noor Harazeen reports for Middle East Eye in Gaza speaking to victims of the latest Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip that has left over 100 people dead and more than 750 injured.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that he will not bow to world pressure to stop a ferocious military campaign against rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. As the military onslaught entered its […]
By Ramzy Baroud When the bodies of three Israeli settlers – two teenagers, Aftali Frenkel and Gilad Shaar, both 16, and Eyal Yifrach, 19 – were found on 30 June near Hebron in the southern […]
Israeli air strikes on Friday killed six Palestinians, medical sources said, as the death toll of Palestinians killed since Tuesday reached 95 people. Five Palestinians, including a woman and seven-year-old child, died when Israeli strike […]
By Ludwig Watzal The kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers and their murder was a despicable crime. Those responsible must be held accountable and brought to justice. Everybody condemned this heinous crime, including all Western leaders. […]
Israel plans to “expand and continue” its operations in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned, while also saying “we can’t do what the Russians did in Chechnya”. Netanyahu’s statements, made on Thursday lunchtime […]
Israeli airstrikes across the besieged Gaza Strip killed 30 Palestinians overnight Wednesday and Thursday, including a family of eight, bringing the total death toll to 81. Israeli warplanes fired a missile at a car in […]
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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