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Month: October 2015

End Slavish Support for Israel: It is about Fairness, Rule of Law
By Richard Forer In 2008 the United States and the government of Israel agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), in which the U.S. would “help Israel meet its security requirements.” The terms of the […]

Palestinian Killed after Alleged Attack Attempt North of Jenin (VIDEO)
A Palestinian was shot dead Saturday after an alleged attack attempt on an Israeli security guard at the al-Jalama military checkpoint north of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli army and media said. […]

Report: Palestinian Security Cooperation with Israel
Set up under the 1993 Oslo Accords, security coordination involves the sharing of intelligence between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The PA was also established under Oslo. Before the official signing of the agreement, the […]

Gaza Submerged by Seawater Pumped by Egypt
Palestine’s interior ministry in Gaza said on Friday that wide swathes of land have been submerged by seawater pumped by the Egyptian army to flood the tunnels linking Egypt with the coastal enclave, Quds Press […]

Israel to Release More Bodies of Palestinians Slain in Hebron
he Israeli authorities on Saturday agreed to release the bodies of at least seven Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces after alleged attacks in Hebron district, Palestinian and Israeli sources told Ma’an. Kamel Hmeid, the […]

8-month-old Baby Dies from Tear Gas Inhalation near Bethlehem
n eight-month-old Palestinian baby died Friday from tear gas inhalation in Beit Fajjar village south of Bethlehem during clashes in the area, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. The ministry said in a statement that […]

Israel Returns Bodies of 5 Palestinians in Hebron, 1 Near Jerusalem
Thousands of Palestinians on Friday evening received the bodies of five Palestinians who were killed by Israeli forces in Hebron over the last month. The five were identified as Dania Irsheid al-Husseini, 17, Bayan Ayman […]

Israeli Forces Injure 55 Palestinians, 16 by Live Fire in West Bank
Israeli forces injured 55 Palestinians, 16 by live fire, in clashes around Ramallah and Hebron in the occupied West Bank Friday. In clashes in al-Balou’ neighborhood in northern al-Bireh near Ramallah, 37 Palestinians were injured, […]

Israel Expands Detention without Trial to Minors in East Jerusalem
Israeli authorities last week placed three Palestinian minors from East Jerusalem under administrative detention, a move rights group say is unprecedented in the city, as Israel heightens security measures amid a month of deadly violence. […]

Netanyahu Mulls over the Possibility of Establishing a Special Court for Security Affairs
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering the possibility of creating a special court for security issues, Israeli newspaper Haaretz has reported. Netanyahu made the revelation during a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and […]

New Zealand’s Zionist Diplomacy in the Security Council
By Dr. Vacy Vlazna The reprehensible draft ‘resolution’ circulated by New Zealand (NZ), the present chair of the UN Security Council, is so blatantly biased against the Palestinian people that it proffers, in this instance, […]

2nd Palestinian Killed in Hebron after Alleged Stabbing Attempt
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian near the illegal Beit Hadassah settlement in Hebron in the second alleged stabbing attack in the city on Thursday. Witnesses told Ma’an the incident took place in Shuhada Street […]

Netanyahu and the New Palestinian Generation
By Hussam Abu Hamed US Secretary of State John Kerry did not want to leave Amman empty handed. In light of his war against Daesh, the bouts of clashes between the Jordanian government and Islamists, and […]

Israeli Forces Injure Dozens During Clashes Across West Bank
Israeli forces shot and injured dozens of Palestinian protesters with rubber-coated steel bullets and at least four with live fire in protests across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, medics and locals told Ma’an. The […]

Knesset Dismisses Zoabi after She Accused Israel of Executing Palestinians
The Israeli Knesset has dismissed Arab MK Hanin Zoabi from a meeting of the education committee after he accused the Israeli occupation of killing Palestinians, Palestinian Safa news agency reported on Wednesday. “The Israeli occupation […]

Dead Conscience – A Poem
By Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti (To the so-called champions of the human rights) No matter if you lose sight and see not, But what to those who vision clear claim, Can see pebbles in the children’s […]

Amnesty: Israeli Forces ‘Ripped up the Rulebook’
Amnesty International on Tuesday demanded that Israel stop unlawful killings in occupied Palestinian territory, stating that Israeli forces appeared to have “ripped up the rulebook.” “There is mounting evidence that, as tensions have risen dramatically, […]

Palestinian Shot Dead in Kiryat Arba after Alleged Stabbing Attempt
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man on Wednesday after allegedly attempting to carry out a stabbing attack near the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba in Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank. […]

Confronting the Obvious Truth: Palestinian Authority vs. the People
By Ramzy Baroud Saeb Erekat is an enigmatic character. Despite minimal popularity among Palestinians, he is omnipresent, appears regularly on television and speaks with the moral authority of an accomplished leader whose legacy is rife […]

The Palestinians Are Living in a Tragedy of Eternal Struggle
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan The third explosion in the Palestinian struggle for freedom from occupation finally came in October of this year, sparked by the Israeli minister of defense banning the Palestinian Murabitun from entering […]

2 Palestinians Killed near Bethlehem After Alleged Stab Attack on Soldier
Two Palestinians were shot and killed in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc south of Bethlehem on Tuesday after allegedly stabbing an Israeli soldier, Israel’s army said. A 19-year-old Israeli soldier was moderately wounded after being […]

More than 300 UK Academics Declare Israel Boycott
More than 300 UK scholars have declared their support for an academic boycott of Israel, with a full page advertisement in The Guardian on Tuesday. In what has been described as an unprecedented step, the […]

77 Injured with Live, Rubber-coated Steel Bullets in West Bank Clashes
Israeli forces injured 143 Palestinians during clashes across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a Red Crescent spokesperson told Ma’an. Errab Foqoha said that Israeli forces shot and injured 22 Palestinian protesters with live fire, […]

The ANC and Hamas Stand Shoulder to Shoulder against Apartheid in Palestine
By Daud Abdullah Whatever political and practical weaknesses it may have, there are some things that will remain forever constant within the African National Congress (ANC). Opposition to apartheid is one of them. It was, […]

Palestinian Teen Shot Dead during Clashes in Hebron
Israeli forces shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian during clashes in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron on Monday evening, the Palestinian Ministry of Health told Ma’an. The ministry identified the teen as Iyad […]

Palestinian Shot Dead after Alleged Attack at Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque
Israeli forces shot and killed a 19-year-old Palestinian man after he allegedly attempted to stab an Israeli soldier outside the Ibrahimi Mosque on Monday, in the second reported death in Hebron. The Palestinian was identified […]

Intifada Without a Leadership: Until When?
By Dr. Adnan Abu Amer Since the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli clashes at the beginning of the month, one distinction was highlighted: the absence of a political and field leader. Meanwhile, the Palestinian youth continue […]

Israel Launches Gaza Airstrike after Rocket Fire
Israeli forces launched airstrikes in the Gaza Strip Monday evening, following rocket fire from the besieged territory, Israel’s army said. “Earlier this evening, sirens sounded in multiple communities in the Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council. A […]

Palestinian Harry Potter Fan calls out JK Rowling for Backing ‘Culture of Co-existence’ Letter
A music teacher from Dunfermline has crafted a Facebook post to one of her favourite authors, JK Rowling, calling her out over her support of the Guardian’s “Culture for Coexistence” letter. Seeing the news on her Facebook […]

Ramzy Baroud: Palestine Remains the Core Struggle in the Middle East
Interviewed by Info-Palestine (This interview was originally published in French.) Info-Palestine: Our interview with Ramzy Baroud is concerned with the situation in Palestine, the raging conflicts in the Middle East and the role of the […]