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Month: September 2015

Seven Points Not on the Arab Media Agenda – What is There to Celebrate?
By Ramzy Baroud It has been recently announced that Arab ‘media experts’ plan to ‘celebrate’ Arab Media Day on April 21, 2016. The theme for the first day, of what is meant to be an […]

Palestinians Could Learn from Bolivia’s Indigenous Movement
By Nick Rodrigo Bolivia’s 35-plus indigenous nations make up over 60 per cent of the country’s population and have a long history of struggle with the state. This has linked material grievances to the ethnic […]

18 Palestinians Injured in West Bank Clashes
At least 18 Palestinians were injured on Tuesday as Israeli forces suppressed demonstrations across the occupied West Bank in support of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Twelve Palestinians were injured as Israeli forces suppressed a protest near […]

Israel Has Achieved All Its Objectives
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan Israel never had it so good today and justice to the Palestinians never has been so remote. Arab regimes have no credible options that may threaten Israel strategically, or they do […]

Abbas Set for UN Speech as Palestinian Despair Mounts
Mahmoud Abbas heads to the UN this week for a speech expected to be closely watched for clues of his intentions at a time of growing despair among Palestinians, moribund peace talks and volatility in […]

Unemployment in Gaza Stands at 60% Due to Israeli Offensive and Siege
The Public Workers Union in the Gaza Strip has said that the eight year Israeli siege and last year’s military offensive on the coastal enclave raised the number of unemployed workers to 213,000, responsible for […]

Time for UN to Shift Mission in Yemen
By Nicola Nasser Peace in Yemen will continue to be elusive unless the United Nations shifts its mission from sponsoring an inter-Yemeni dialogue to mediating ceasefire negotiations between the actual warring parties, namely Saudi Arabia […]

The Yemen Catastrophe: Beset by Contradictions of Will and Intellect
By Richard Falk Any attempt to provide a coherent account of the political strife afflicting Yemen is bound to fail. The country is crucible of contradictions that defy normal categories of rational analysis. If we […]

New Report Documents How Israel Keeps Palestinians off Third of West Bank Land
Around a third of the entire West Bank is closed to Palestinians as Israeli military zones, according to a new report. “Walled Garden – Declaration of Closed Areas in the West Bank” is published by […]

Clashes Break out at Aqsa Compound on Last Day of Eid Holiday
Clashes broke out in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound when Israeli forces stormed the holy site on Sunday morning, the last day of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, witnesses said. Witnesses told Ma’an that special Israeli […]

No Morality in Zionism – On the ‘Independence’ of Settler Minorities
By Jeremy Salt In the Middle East and Africa there are two striking parallels to the Palestinian experience. The first is Algeria, where invasion and occupation began in 1830 and did not end until 1962. […]

B’Tselem Investigation: No Justification for Multiple Bullets that Killed Hadil al-Hashlamun in Hebron
By B’Tselem ‘The soldiers overreacted to an incident that could have ended without casualties. The establishment automatically backs them up.’ On Tuesday, 22 September 2015, at around 7:45 A.M., Israeli soldiers shot and fatally wounded […]

Revealed – the UK Charity Facilitating Donations to Israeli Settlements
By Ben White A UK charity is acting as a conduit for donations to Israeli settlements in the West Bank, it has been revealed, prompting calls for action from the Charity Commission. UK Toremet receives […]

Israel Eases Open-fire Rules on Stone Throwers
AFP reports that Israel’s security cabinet on Thursday broadened the rules under which stone-throwers can be targeted by live fire, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said. “The security cabinet has decided to authorise police to […]

Nablus Police Chief, 3-year-old Daughter Injured by Israeli Fire
The chief of police in the Nablus district and his three-year-old daughter were injured after being shot by Israeli forces with rubber-coated bullets on Friday during a raid in the village of Kafr Qaddum in […]

Palestinian Shot by Israeli Forces Last Week Dies from Injuries
A Palestinian shot and critically injured by Israeli forces at a military checkpoint in eastern Nablus last week died from his wounds on Thursday, medics said. Medical sources told Ma’an that Ahmad Izzat Khatatbeh, 26, […]

Thousands Pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque for Eid al-Adha Holiday
Thousands of Palestinians performed prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the Eid al-Adha holiday on Thursday, a Palestinian Authority official said. Worshipers began arriving in the early hours of Thursday morning, with around 50,000 […]

After 23 Years, Palestinians Call Oslo Accords ‘A Mistake’
By Aness Suheil Barghoti Twenty-three years after the famous handshake between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin, some Palestinians now say that the Oslo Accords – which opened relations between the two […]

UNRWA Secures Funding to Rebuild 1,100 Destroyed Homes in Gaza
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has announced it has obtained the funds to rebuild 1,1000 homes completely destroyed during Israel’s incursion on the Gaza Strip […]

Two-thirds of Palestinians Support Abbas Departure
An opinion poll has suggested that two-thirds of Palestinians believe that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas should resign. They also think that his resignation from the PLO Executive Committee is not “real”. The Palestinian Centre […]

Israel Imposes Lockdown on East Jerusalem Neighborhoods
Israeli authorities closed the main entrances to East Jerusalem neighborhoods with cement blocks on Wednesday, preventing Palestinians from preparing for the Eid al-Adha holiday, locals said. Locals told Ma’an that Israeli authorities closed the three […]

IDF Shoots 18yo Palestinian Woman 10 Times, Lets Her Die in Street
An 18-year-old Palestinian girl was shot by Israeli troops at a Hebron checkpoint for allegedly refusing to show her purse or face and “trying to attack” a soldier. She died of multiple wounds in a […]

Israel’s High-Stake Game in Al-Aqsa and Why Netanyahu May Prevail
By Ramzy Baroud The State of Israel was established on the ruins of Palestine, based on a series of objectives that were named after letters from the Hebrew alphabet, the consequences of which continue to […]

PA Calls for UN Investigation Into Killing of Hebron Teen
The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday demanded that the UN form a committee to investigate the shooting of teenager Hadel al-Hashlamon, 18, who was shot three times by Israeli forces at a checkpoint in Hebron in […]

Russia and Israel Agree to ‘More Honest’ Exchange of Information on Syria – Kremlin
Russia’s president and Israeli’s PM have agreed to “establish a channel for information exchange” with regard to the current situation in war-torn Syria, a Kremlin spokesman said on Tuesday, commenting on the Netanyahu’s visit to […]

Abbas Gets Ready to Drop a ‘Bombshell’
By Dr. Saleh Al-Naami Mahmoud Abbas has promised to drop a “bombshell” during his speech scheduled for later this month at the UN; his bomb, however, detonated too soon in Tulkarem, only 30 kilometres from […]

Poll: Majority of Palestinians Oppose Two-state Solution
A majority of Palestinians now oppose a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel, with only a third believing it is still a practical possibility, a poll released Monday found. The poll, conducted by the […]

Army: Palestinian Dies while Attempting to Throw IED at Israeli Forces
A Palestinian man was killed Monday night while allegedly trying to attack Israeli forces with an IED that exploded prematurely in the village of Khursa near Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank, an Israeli […]

Israel Accuses Arab-Israeli Woman of Affiliation to Daesh
Israeli activists have published a video on the Internet showing a Palestinian woman from Israel encircled by Israeli police inside an Israeli court chanting “Daesh is continuous and expanding” Arabi21 reported on Sunday. Israeli media […]

Museumizing Al Aqsa Mosque
By Mahmoud Zidan On 25 March 1974, Pope Paul VI expressed his dismay at the declining number of Christians in Jerusalem. Because of that decline, he then warned – a warning that resonated with the […]