Yemen’s Conflict is Splintering Out of Control
By Joe Dyke and Almigdad Mojalli As ceasefires go, the latest one in Yemen might go down as one of the most irrelevant ever. It was supposed to be in place for 10 days but, […]
Year: 2015
‘Choked, Beaten and Strip-searched’: HRW Slams Israel for ‘Abusive Arrests’ of Palestinian Kids
Israeli security forces have performed “abusive arrests” of Palestinian children, chocking, beating and threatening kids as young as 11, a global watchdog said in a report. “Israeli security forces have used unnecessary force to arrest […]
Hamas Denies Taking Part in Saudi-led Coalition
Palestinian Islamist Movement Hamas has officially denied claims by Iranian news agency Fars that it agreed to take part in the Saudi-led coalition against the Houthi coup in Yemen, Anadolu agency reported on Sunday. In […]
Gaza’s Sole Power Plant to Shut Down in Ongoing Energy Crisis
Gaza’s sole power plant will stop running Monday evening as it is unable to cover taxes imposed by the national unity government, Gaza’s energy authority said. The unity government waved the tax in a show […]
Germany: Economic Ties with Iran Depend on Improving Relations with Israel
German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel urged Iran at the start of a three-day visit to improve its relationship with Israel if it wanted to establish closer economic ties with Germany and other western powers. Gabriel, […]
Prisoner’s Wife Gives Birth to Twins Using Smuggled Sperm
A Gazan woman gave birth on Monday to twins conceived using sperm smuggled from her husband inside an Israeli prison, her family said. The woman, who was not identified, reportedly named the twins Mutaz and […]
Palestinian Youths Stuck at Cairo Airport
Several Palestinian youths from the Gaza Strip heading to Saudi Arabia and European countries have been stuck at the Cairo International Airport for a month. Three young men and two young women were reportedly taken […]
Israeli Forces Shoot Injure Palestinian Teen Near Gaza Strip Border
Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian teenager Friday evening in the town of Abasan al-Kabira east of the Khan Younis district in the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses said. Mansour Abu Taima, 14, was reportedly […]
Angela Merkel Makes a 14-year Old Palestinian Girl Cry
A video has gone viral on social media of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a high school gymnasium bringing a teenage Palestinian refugee to tears after telling her that she is not welcome in Germany. What comes […]
Camp Life: Daily Struggles in Shatila
By Richard Hardigan – Shatila Refugee Camp, Lebanon “Two weeks ago my five-year-old cousin was shot in the eye and killed.” Amal Mohamed’s face betrays no emotion as she explains what happened. “They celebrated with […]
Secrecy in Sinai – an Unknown Human Toll
By Mohannad Sabry – Cairo Ever since Islamic State-affiliated militants tried to take the town of Sheikh Zuwayed in North Sinai last week, the Egyptian media has talked of little else. “What mistakes were made?” […]
Israelis ‘Aassassinated Syrian General in 2008’ – NSA Leaks
Israel’s naval commando unit shot and killed Muhammad Suleiman, a top military advisor to the Syrian President Bashar Assad in 2008, according to a leaked National Security Agency file, published by The Intercept. Suleiman was […]
Israeli Military Court Sentences Gaza Power Station Official to 21 Years in Prison
An Israeli military court has sentenced Palestinian prisoner Derar Abu Sissi to 21 years in prison for developing Qassam rockets, Quds Press reported. Israeli intelligence kidnapped 46-year-old Abu Sissi, the head of the operations department […]
Israel Orders Palestinian Village to be Demolished after Ramadan
Israeli authorities ordered the demolition of homes in a village south of Hebron to be carried out after Ramadan, Israeli watchdogs said on Wednesday. Rabbis for Human Rights and B’Tselem said in a statement that […]
Shoot and Lie: Israeli Forces Are Killing Civilians with Impunity
By Ben White On Sunday, an undercover unit of Israel’s Border Police conducted an arrest raid in Shuafat refugee camp, an area of Occupied East Jerusalem locked behind the Separation Wall. Encountering resistance from local […]
Meshaal on Short Visit to Saudi
Head of Hamas Political Bureau Khaled Meshaal and a delegation of senior officials arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evening for a short visit, the first since 2012; media sources reported. The Hamas delegation will […]
10 Reasons Why We All should Boycott Israel in Solidarity with Palestinians
By War on Want Ten years ago this week, over 170 Palestinian civil society organisations called upon people of conscience to build a movement for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it ends […]
Skeptics, Snapbacks & Netanyahu: How Iran Nuclear Deal Could Still be Derailed
Triumphal tags of “comprehensive” and “historic” used by US and Iranian leaders to describe the Vienna treaty on Iran’s nuclear program have not impressed those cynical of the deal’s actual implementation. Here is why it […]
Palestinian Family Mourns Third Son Killed by Israeli Army
For more than a decade, the Kasbah family has displayed a banner depicting brothers Samer and Yasser, shot dead by Israeli troops during the Palestinian Intifada aged 15 and 11. Ten days ago, Fatima and […]
Gaza Writes Back – Book Review
Reviewed by Gary Corseri (Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine. Edited by Refaat Alareer. Just World Books, Charlottesville, VA, 2014. 205 pages.) I think I was in the first grade […]
Why Palestinians Fight Back: The Logic of Life and Death in Gaza
By Ramzy Baroud Another row is brewing between Israel and the Palestinian Resistance Movement, Hamas, over the release of Avraham Mengitsu, an Israeli citizen who, according to Israeli military sources, ‘slipped into Gaza’ on September […]
Voting for Hilary Clinton? Red Lines versus Lesser of Evils
By Richard Falk Assuming that the current prospects for presidential candidates hold firm, and Hilary Clinton is nominated by the Democrats and Jeb Bush, Rick Rubio, or Scott Walker win the Republican nomination, what should […]
U.S. Campaigners Release List of 100 BDS Successes
To mark the 10th anniversary of the Palestinian call for a Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, U.S. based activists have published a list of what they describe as 100 BDS successes. The list includes […]
Israel Prevents Palestinians in Jerusalem from Getting Water
The Israeli water authority has discussed appeals against the new system for collecting water charges from “unlicensed” houses, including those not linked to the water system, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel has revealed. […]
Israel: Palestinian Death Penalty Bill Vote Cancelled
The Israeli water authority has discussed appeals against the new system for collecting water charges from “unlicensed” houses, including those not linked to the water system, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel has revealed. […]
Israel Releases Khader Adnan for 2nd Time in 2 days after Rearrest
The Israeli authorities released Khader Adnan for the second time in two days late Monday, after they briefly rearrested the veteran Palestinian hunger striker in East Jerusalem a day after he was released from 11 […]
Israeli Knesset to Address Shelved Plan to Relocate Negev Bedouins
Bedouin residents of the Negev are gearing up to take last minute measures as the Israeli Knesset is slated Sunday to discuss a plan to forcibly relocate tens-of-thousands of Bedouin Palestinians. The Prawer Plan was […]
Summer in Gaza – A Poem
By Uzma Falak We are left to count again massacres, dead eyes harboring a dream, burnt throats on the brink of a an anthem charred olives, faithful lips and fingers— maimed. Seraj- 8, Bassim-10, Moussa-16, […]
Authoritarians, Foreign Invaders and Wars Create Extremists
By Hasan Afif El-Hasan ISIS, al-Qaeda, al-Nusrah Front, AQAP, Boko Haram, al-Shabab and many other Radical militant organizations became the face of political Islam and they are projecting the worst image of Islam and its […]
Smarter Foreign Policies or Bigger Blowbacks?
By Ralph Nader Are Washington’s relentless bombings and military immersions in sectarian battles within Arab and neighboring regions accelerating the spread of terrorist attacks? Yes. The recent rash of terror attacks in Kuwait, Tunisia, Somalia, […]
