Jewish Poem of Contrition
By Darren Stein There is no hiding from the screams of a child, Baby forms shredded by shrapnel, Little bodies broken by bricks; It makes me sick to look upon, ashamed as both a human […]
Year: 2014
Children of Gaza – Jon Snow’s Experience in the Middle East – Channel 4 News
Jon Snow recounts the scene in Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, where doctors struggle to treat adults and children wounded by Israeli attacks.
Obama Tells Bibi a Ceasefire is a ‘Strategic Imperative’
Pressure is increasing on Israel to agree on a ceasefire and end their three-week-long assault on the Gaza strip. On Monday, the UN Security Council released a statement urging an immediate ceasefire, while US President […]
Gaza Bodies Pulled from Rubble during Truce as Toll Tops 950
The bodies of 85 of Palestinians were recovered from rubble across Gaza on Saturday, raising to over 950 the overall death toll of Israel’s onslaught on the territory since July 8, medics said. Emergency services […]
6 Palestinians Killed in West Bank amid Protests against Gaza Assault
Six Palestinians were killed on Friday as protests erupted across the West Bank in solidarity with the Gaza Strip, which has been under Israeli assault for the last 18 days. The deaths come after a […]
Hamas Says 10 Israeli Soldiers Killed in Beit Hanoun Ambush
he Hamas-affiliated al-Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility on Friday for killing “at least” 10 Israeli soldiers after targeting an Israeli infantry unit with explosives in eastern Beit Hanoun. Al-Qassam said in a statement that its fighters […]
Palestinian Death Toll at 843 as Israel Announces Death of Soldier
The Israeli army said on Friday that one of its soldiers had been killed in Gaza earlier in the day, bringing the total number of soldiers dead in the fighting to at least 33 as […]
16 Palestinians Dead since Midnight on 18th Day of Gaza Offensive
Some 16 Palestinians have died as a result of Israeli attacks on Gaza since midnight, as reports of a new ceasefire proposal surfaced on the 18th day of the offensive on the Strip. Ashraf al-Qidra, […]
Israel’s Genocide in Gaza will Achieve No Goal
By Ahmed Meiloud For over two weeks, the Gaza strip (already besieged for the past 7 years) has been subjected to continuous bombardment from air and sea. This is the third war to be waged […]
Gaza, Israel and ‘Human Shields’
By Sarah Gillespie What does it mean to use human shields? Employed by the Germans and Japanese in the second word war, the tactic is premised on an underlying trust in your enemy’s humanity. It […]
Dozens Feared Dead as Israel Shells UN Shelter in Beit Hanoun
A spokesman for the UN’s Palestine refugee agency UNRWA in Gaza Adnan Abu Hasana said on Thursday that they had received no warning before Israeli forces shelled a Beit Hanoun school that was serving as […]
Palestinian Leaders, Civil Society, Demand End to Blockade as Death Toll Passes 745
The leader of Hamas has declared they will not accept a ceasefire in Gaza until there is an agreement to end Israel’s punishing eight-year long blockade on the Palestinian coastal enclave. “We will not accept […]
73 Palestinians Killed on Wednesday in Gaza, Total Death Toll at 695
Unceasing Israeli attacks on Gaza left 73 Palestinians dead on Wednesday, bringing the death toll since the beginning of Israel’s offensive on the Strip to 695. A Palestinian health ministry spokesman said that 13 people […]
Mashaal: No One Can Disarm Palestinian Resistance
Khaled Mashaal, head of Hamas’ political bureau, said Wednesday that Palestinian militant groups in Gaza refuse to disarm. “No can disarm the resistance,” Mashaal said in a televised speech from Doha. Twenty-eight foreign ministers of […]
Israeli Forces Bomb al-Wafa Hospital in Gaza City
Israeli warplanes on Wednesday bombed a central Gaza City hospital after the army claimed militants opened fire from the premises, while a UN human rights chief warned that abuses by Hamas did not justify possible […]
US Plays Decisive Role in Israel’s Attack on Gaza
By Jonathan Cook Two reporters for major US TV channels were summarily “removed” last week from covering Israel’s attack on Gaza, moments before Israel launched a ground invasion. NBC pulled out Ayman Mohyeldin, who has […]
Complicity in Ethnic Cleansing
By Ron Forthofer Israel’s current attack on a basically defenseless population in Gaza is a repeat of its massacres of Palestinians in November 2012, December 2008-January 2009 and June-July 2006. This time Israeli forces have […]
Gaza Death Toll ‘Rises above 600’
The death toll in Gaza rose above 600 on Tuesday as emergency teams pulled dead bodies from the rubble of homes destroyed by Israeli strikes on the 15th day of the assault. Palestinian medical sources […]
Video: A Wounded Man Killed by a Sniper while Looking for His Family
ISM volunteers and local residents went looking for survivors and the bodies of family members in the Shujaiyya neighborhood, where hundreds of Palestinians were killed and wounded in what Palestinians already see as one of […]
Gaza’s Resistance Will Not be Crushed
By Ramzy Baroud On the 13th day of Israel’s so-called Operation Protective Edge, stories of entire families collectively pulverized, women and children keenly targeted by Israeli soldiers saturate the media. Until now, 430 Palestinians have […]
Gaza’s Shejaiya Carnage Fills Shifa Morgue
By Mohammed Omer “No, it’s not him” says the brother of Mohammed Al Mobayed, as he moves on to the next body searching for his brother. Half of the family is at reception, and the […]
Israel Claims Infiltration Plot Foiled, as Gaza Death Toll Passes 500
The Israeli army say they have intercepted two groups of Palestinian fighters who entered Israel via tunnels from the Gaza Strip on Monday morning. A military spokesperson said at least 10 fighters had been killed, […]
Hamas Says It Has Captured Israeli Soldier in Gaza
The Hamas-affiliated al-Qassam Brigades said on Sunday night that it had captured an Israeli soldier, the first since the release of Gilad Shalit in 2011. Al-Qassam Brigades said during a speech by spokesman Abu Ubaida […]
Mass Exodus from Gaza’s Shejaiya as Israeli Strike Kills over 100
Thousands were forced to flee their homes in northern Gaza Sunday after a night of fierce bombardment as Israel expanded their ground assault on day 13 of the deadliest violence in the enclave in five […]
On ‘Human Shielding’ in Gaza: Israeli Army Tried to Justify Striking Civilian Areas
By Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini All fighting within cities and all bombardments of urban spaces, even the most “precise and surgical”, is a potential death trap for civilians. Consequently, the permeation of war into […]
Report: Israeli Offensive Displaced more than 135,000 Gazans
The ongoing Israeli military attacks on the Gaza Strip have so far displaced more than 135,000 Palestinians and destroyed more than 2,00 homes, the Geneva-based Euro-mid Observer for Human Rights said on Sunday. The group […]
Mr. Obama, Spend One Night with Us in Shifa Hospital, It would Change History
By Mads Gilbert Dearest friends, The last night was extreme. The “ground invasion” of Gaza resulted in scores and carloads with maimed, torn apart, bleeding, shivering, dying – all sorts of injured Palestinians, all ages, […]
Suffocating Indoors Under the Rain of Israel’s Bombs
By Ayah Bashir Three weeks before this attack, I had the long-awaited chance to spend a week in the occupied West Bank and the 1948 territories (present-day Israel). I wanted to write about this marvelous […]
Thousands Flee Gaza’s Shujaiyya after Deadliest Israeli Attack in Years
Thousands were forced to flee their homes in northern Gaza Sunday after a night of fierce bombardment as Israel expanded their ground assault on day 13 of the deadliest violence in the enclave in five […]
Video: Footage from Israeli Massacre in Gaza’s Shujaiyya
Footage: Al Aqs TV:
